T minus 3 days

We sold our house!!! I hope the couple moving in loves it as much as we have. We have loved living in our house and in Urbana. Let me list a few of the things that have happened during the past 6 years while we have lived at 7 Weaver Pl:

- I graduated from vet school.
- I started my first job as a veterinarian.
- Alex graduated with his PhD and three years later his MD.
- We brought home our beautiful baby Cecily after waiting for her for years.
- Alex (with just a little help from me, my dad, and my mom) transformed this house from a fixer upper to a beautiful fixed up.
- Alex planted a garden each year and very fruitful blackberries, raspberries, grapes, and a peach and pear tree. I learned how to make jam. Lots and lots of it.
- We tried our hand at having chickens and rabbits.
- We had many friends over for dinner/games, etc and grew to love so many people here.

I could go on and on. We have cherished this house and I cried the day the for sale sign went up. While it is a huge relief to have it sold, we will always look back fondly on our time here.

Just a few pictures of our house:

The slate floor turned out great. The bathroom was one of the last things we did so I haven't had a lot of time to enjoy it...

Alex put hardwood floor in about half of the house. 

 The kitchen originally had two different types of linoleum. We decided to tile the dining room, kitchen and laundry area. That was the first major project after the kitchen cabinets. I helped quite a bit with the tile project. We will never tile 600 sq ft again. It was so much work!

original kitchen

Dining room. These walls used to have nasty painted paneling. 

We painted every wall in the entire house. 

I did very little of the painting. I don't really like to paint. 

Here are a few more old pictures of the house:

The floor was half done for quite a few months...

We tore up lots of carpet.

The bathroom...

What is that, officer? You want to pull me over when we have our screaming baby, our mewling cat, and our two dogs in the car and just left the house in a huge hurry to get out before people arrived to look at it with the Realtor? Is there any chance you heard me talking to my husband about 10 seconds earlier about how funny it would be if we were pulled over right now? I just may have uttered the words "I dare that policeman to pull me over." 

Happy Mother's Day!

Today I am so grateful for the blessing of being a mother. This time last year we didn't really know if we would ever be able to have children so it means that much more to us. We were lucky to be able to celebrate Mother's Day with both of our mothers and some other wonderful family. 

Yesterday Alex graduated. It was awesome. He has worked so hard and dedicated so much of his life (9 years!) to his degree. He gave a great speech too. 

Cecily with her future husband. 

Today, (besides Mother's Day), Cecily received her baby's blessing at church from her dad. 

 Cecily's great grandma Gammon made her dress, bonnet and booties. 

 I love my family! Missed those that couldn't make it, but they were there in spirit.

My beautiful baby

A few more pictures of Cecily with some of her cousins:

Alex is pooped. So am I.

Cecilito Burrito

Hi.

Cecily is the cutest thing I have ever met.

Exhibit A

Q: So how do you feel after 7+ weeks of momhood?
A: Awesome. Still wearing maternity pants. And will be for a while... But actually I do feel great.

Q: How is the little burrito sleeping?
A: Better and better. The other night I am pretty sure she went 7 hours between feedings (only pretty sure because my days run together and I am never sure what happened when...) and has had documented 6 hour spaces before. So we still aren't getting as much sleep as we would like but it so so much better compared to a month ago.

Q: What are you up to nowadays?
A: I am back to work part time.

Q: How is that?
A: Actually, good. It gets me out of the house, around other people, doing something I like, and I don't have to worry about Cecily because she has the best babysitter in the world!

Q: What is Cecily up to nowadays?
A: She gets cuter and cuter every day. She smiles at us regularly. I can't wait for her to start laughing. She outgrew the newborn stuff a while ago and has outgrown a lot of the 3 month clothes too. It kills me to pack up clothes she has outgrown.

Q: How is the best babysitter ever?
A: Good. He graduates this weekend! Woo hoo! We can't wait to see all the family that is coming to town for the event and for Cecily's baby blessing this Sunday.