Terrible News... :( (and Easter!)

 We didn't get the house. :(

Someone came along and put a better offer on the table, so we didn't get it.

 The crappiest thing is, the builders okay'd this AFTER our mortgage was approved... so does that mean we're out our loan?! We're getting totally screwed here it feels like...

What the hell do we do?!?!
 


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Sorry, but I just HAD to!!! That was probably mean, but I'm rolling with laughter over here... I hope I didn't just jinx us with this jerk of a prank!! Oh, karma's going to get me later, I'm sure!

Okay, so the big secret's out! Well, sort of. Pretty much both sides of our family know... that we're... BUYING A HOUSE!!! EEEEEEEEEP!!! It's scary, it's exciting, it's nerve racking, my mind is constantly racing with all the things we need to do... but it will be worth it. We will own something, build equity, and when we pack up and move, find some lovely people to rent out. Hopefully, anyway. My hopes are good, and I know we can do this. I think I have a pretty good sense. Well, sometimes. Sometimes I'm flat out stupid, but nothing in my gut tell me to run away from this. When we were looking at two story homes I didn't want to originally admit to Josh that inside, something was telling me no. That along with everything I'd read and despite the realtor denying it, that a two story would be harder to rent out, not to mention maintenance and power would also be more expensive. On top of a mortgage that would be a wee bit more expensive, too. Josh didn't put an ultimatum on me or anything. He's such a great guy. He just said, 'I'll buy whichever house you want, just keep those things in mind.' At first I was like, I get the huge burden of picking the house?! But when I REALLY thought about it... it was a no brainer.

I realized, Christine, you're being foolish. This isn't your dream home. This is a first home, and one that will eventually be rented out. You want a two story for all the wrong reasons, and you're being very selfish. Do you have any gut warnings with the homes in Trimmier Estates?

And I didn't! The two homes we looked at in Trimmier immediately impressed me. Plus the price tag and the fact it was brand new was extra delicious frosting on the cake.. so it's official...ish! The house is under contract, we're just waiting for the closing process and for all the ducks to be in a row... the only thing that can stop this is if financing falls through, but everyone involved said that that would be as likely as aliens invading our planet. So, unless the skies start to fill with spaceships, this is happening, everyone! I hope my writing a blog post about this does't jinx it either.... hehe.

The pros for this house and there are many... is that for the nice price (cheaper than many of the homes we looked at) this house is completely brand new, built by an established builder, and the kitchen... oh that kitchen! Stainless steel everything with stainless steel fridge, an ISLAND (oh *faints*) 4/5 bedrooms (but I'm stealing one to make my office, and Josh too), and a nice big yard for Desoto. We loved these houses compared to the other builder's (Ashford) we looked at, and these homes seemed better constructed and more sound. I fell in love with the errmmm what do you call it? The er, bits.. and pieces... of the bathrooms. I cannot for the life of me recall what the hell I'm talking about, I can't find the word in my brain! Lol. The faucets and the errrr bathroom... things... were black and had a very beautiful antique-y vibe to them. Everything just looked good. This house just seemed like "the one." The neighborhood is great too -- not next to a busy street, and the times we were there scoping out the house, the neighborhood was nice and quiet. Another interesting note? The house is on Libra Drive! I'M A LIBRA! That sounds like I'm just grasping at straws, but I thought it was pretty cool. Lol.

So yes, we absolutely have house fever and we wished we could move RIGHT NOW!!! Lol. We're mildly satisfying the moving itch by rounding up some boxes and packing the little things here and there...we should be moved in by the time Josh's mom and dad come visit! We probably definitely won't be moved in 100% but at least they get to bask in the glory of the new house and get to see it before Desoto stinks it up with his Doberman farts! Yippeee!!!

Can you tell I'm just barfing with excitement?! But I should calm down before I have a heart attack... I guess I can talk about Easter now. :)

Yesterday was Easter! Obviously. We had a good relaxing day... I don't think I did much except for do the baskets with Cam and Josh, and Josh made nachos, mmm! Well, he made nachos and then I woke up and was like where's my nachos?! And then he made me some. Lol. Camilla was actually very tired during the basket celebration. Literally right afterwards, she fell asleep. But she loved her new stuff! She loved pulling out her new loot of toys and especially loved throwing them at me, and pulling out the Easter grass and flinging them to the side, oh and she definitely loved her new romper outfit I got her... she was so happy with that she immediately threw it on the floor! Oh I love this baby and how she shows her appreciation and love. <3 Lol.

Here are some pictures of our Easter. :)

Oh! Grandma Sue and Grandpa Den, thank you so much for sending Camilla an Easter Basket. :) And Grandpa Frank, thank you for sending a card and Easter money for Cam! So thoughtful and lovely of all of you! 

Thank you so much Grandma Sue and Grandpa Den!!!!

Awwww!

More things! Lol.

Easter outfit. <3

Those little feeties make me wanna cry!

Oooh egg.

This stuff is weird, ma.

Second basket, yippee!

This bunny isn't as cool as the one Grandma and Grandpa sent me.

Present time?

Oooooooooh!

Velveteen Rabbit, thanks ma!

What the heck is this outfit?! Meh. *immediately throws to floor*

And this is the face of, "Fuck this headband, I need a nap!"

She was in a better mood after the nap. :)

 Lesson learned... if Camilla is close to naptime, don't do any special Holiday celebrating yet. Lol.

Oh my gosh!! Cutest Cam story yet!!!!!!

Before I begin to tell the super adorable story that literally JUST happened, let me share with you all that earlier tonight while I was making Josh's lunch, Camilla learned that by pulling on knobs she can open cupboards! AHH! We're in for trouble now. And by the way, she has  a weird attachment to the dishwasher... when I closed it after putting the last of the dishes away, she cried. Lol. How dare mommy close the dishwasher! Oh the humanity!

Okay. So. As of late Cam has had a bout of insomnia. Meaning, we go to bed at around 2-3 am. YIKES! We sleep in, but I'd rather us go to bed a little sooner because I just get more work done during better bedtime hours. *sigh* I digress, though. Tonight, I got her into her footie pajamas and thought well, she's not sleepy yet so let's just play with her toys for awhile. I had some songs on shuffle playing from my desk and it was loud enough so that we could hear it faintly (but not loud enough to disturb sleeping Josh, haha). ANYWAY! The cute thing is, Camilla actually likes some songs and has smiled when they've played. She even plays favorites with Pocoyo episodes and her nursery rhymes. It's totally adorable.

But what happened next just completely astonished me. There is this song I have on my itunes and a music video of, that she likes. She gets all grinny and smiley when it plays. When it came on after whichever song preceded it (I wasn't paying attention) I didn't think much of it. Until Camilla IMMEDIATELY dropped her toy elephant. And froze. Then she dropped to all fours, looking severely confused and worried. (Which is funny because the song is called 'Why Worry')

I think something's wrong because she is acting incredibly strange, especially when the past ten minutes she's been playing with her toys in a typical baby manner. I'm like, "Cam? Cam? You okay?" But she just gives these... looks. Like she remembers what she's hearing, she knows what she's hearing, but she doesn't know HOW she can hear it. It doesn't play in her room, what the heck is going on?

These looks: 

I think... what the heck? Is it the song that's playing? She's being unnaturally quiet... and like she's thinking. It's like I could hear the gears in her head working and putting the puzzle together.

Yes! That song! I know that song! That's my favorite song! Ever! I know that song, I know it!! Mom sings it to me sometimes when it comes on! She can't sing worth beans, but I love that song! It's my song!


And what happened next made my jaw drop.

She LEAVES the room. Yes, she leaves behind her toys AND me, to go search for the source of the song. This baby amazes me.

She crawls with determination.

 Then she stops. I ask her, "Cam, is that your favorite song that's playing?" (or something like that)

Again, she looks toward the sound and sits like this all the while listening.

It was the CUTEST THING EVER. Anyway, she sat there listening and looking towards the sound for awhile, so I went over to my desk hoping she would get the courage to finish her quest to find the music. And she did! She was successful in finding it.. with a little help. :) While crawling through the living room, she kept glancing and looking over at the t.v. because she assumed the sound and/or picture would be coming from there. She's a smart lady. :)

I actually have this on video! Which I think I can post on the blog... if it works, yay! If not, boohoo! (P.s. not responsible for any deafening of ears my voice over video will likely incur) I know it probably sounds silly that I make such a big deal out of this haha, but I thought it was funny and insanely adorable how when she heard her favorite song (I'm assuming it's her favorite if she abandons her toy playing to find it) and also since ya know, immediately dropped her toys and LEFT ME! Lol.

Shoot I don't think I can post it because it's a stupid iphone and I'd hafta do special crap to get it on here... well, I'll take some more screenshots!

Thinking the tv is the culprit.

  AHA! She found the source. Mommy's computer!

Notice how she can't draw her attention away.

It was so cute. Especially funny too as this song is one of my favorite songs (even though it's kind of pitchy) and I've loved it since high school. Lol. Cam, you're one cool lady!

The funniest thing? I picked  her up, sat in my chair, sang along with it and she fell right to sleep. Go figure.

Uh oh, it's 4 am! Gotta go! :) Love you all! I'll have to upload the actual video on here, if I can figure it out!

If anyone's curious this is the song: AAR - Why Worry

Not the official video or anything, but the song. :)
As soon as that strumming started... she was mystified.

I love my Cam!!!!!!!!

Oh! I don't  remember if I posted this photo yet but... why does he always look so concerned when I go to the bathroom? Lol.

Hello, lovelies!

I feel like it's been forever! Even though the last post was like, what, 4 days?! I feel guilty because I totally feel as if I've been neglecting this blog! I keep forgetting to do a different 'picture of the day', I haven't been updating our dinner menu... but maybe some of you don't care about all that. Lol. Hopefully that's the case! Because I totally suck at updating that stuff!

I'll try harder though, I PROMISE!

What's been going on? Nothing. Well, something. But we'll save that for later. ;) It's a good something, trust me. Or don't trust me. That's cool too! (No, but seriously, trust me!)

Apology in advance.. this post won't be as exciting as the last one. I'm not sure if anything can top the amazing ZOOOO SAFARIIII!!!!!!! I want to go back again! I keep looking back at the pictures, giggling to myself and asking no one in particular, "Did I really pet a zebra? Was I really in the presence of a gigantic awesome camel? Sigh... maybe this state doesn't suck as badly as I thought.

Well, it's still not as cool as Washington. Washington does have that Northwest Trek thingy, but I don't think you can feed the animals. With animals like bears on their route... you probably shouldn't be feeding them... lol.

ANYWAYS! Easter is coming... I have Camilla's basket mostly done (I think) and some chocolate for Josh, and then Josh's birthday! (and Derek's birthday too, can't forget to send his bday package out.) I'm pretty excited for Josh to open his presents. :) I would write them down here, but then he might see... okay, well one of the items is a big box of fancy coffees. We are crazy into coffee right now. We are obsessed with Kcups. He's going to love them! (And me too.. cough cough)

Camilla is becoming so much more... human! That's probably weird to hear, but she's standing up and trying to balance by herself, she gets the biggest delight out of pestering Desoto (petting him, slapping his paws, touching or grabbing his paws, grabbing his collar and pulling on it lol). She also has a very big fascination for the outside world. When we're in her room and after playing with her toys, she'll go to the window and stand on her tippy toes (and I've even seen her calculate how to step onto her books so she can get extra height) to peer outside the window and watch the sunny sky or the wind blow through the leaves. Once she even reached her hand out as if she could touch the leaves. It was so darn cute.

Also, the other day (and this would be the second time this has happened) the postal guy dropped off some packages, so I went to retrieve them and (she was in my arms) I got them and as I shut the door, she just wouldn't have any of that. She cried and cried and CRIED until I opened the door and let her have her precious outside watching time. So we sat out in the front yard for awhile and I let her do her silly watching. She loves to touch and grab the leaves. She's not happy unless I let her bring one inside the house.. and then 10 minutes later I'm not happy because she's ripped it to shreds and is throwing it everywhere like confetti. Lol. I love this baby of ours! 

Okay, I'll share some photos now. :) They're the best part of all this, so we might as well get on with it!

(P.s. Josh sends his love to you all as well!)

LOL.

She is ready to be going places!

Bad awful habit! She cannot stop going for my hair!

One of her favorites.

Another bad habit! Leaf ripping. Lol but she is so fascinated by the little bits and bobs.

Mmmm food time!

Another new hobby: Pushing her sleeper around and walking along with it. SO CUTE.

Daddy and Desoto time.

Look how devious she looks lol.

                That day she helped me sort through old clothes that did not fit her. For donating.
                     And "helped" meanings she pulled things out and threw them everywhere.

'Hmmm.. '

'No no this won't do at all. So not my style.'

Moms, can we read now? 

Sidenote: I have this weird thing where I want her to have plenty of books in her room. At the moment she has storybooks and such lining the walls. Even if they're just there for her to handle/poke at/look at. I want her to get an early fascination with books and reading. Hopefully, it works.

'Okay let's go shopping!'

It will be so cute when she starts carrying around a little baby purse lol.

THAT FACE!!!!!! Ohhh. My darling.

See? She loves peering out the window hahaha.

She's like, he's so BIG what do I doooo? (I LOVE HER CUTIE FACE!!)

I will end with this picture of Desoto cuddling up against her, because they are my favorite team. I love them so much!