Well, we're still trying to find a house. Seems we've been looking and looking and just not having any luck at all. There was one house we liked, but won't pay what they want for it. Another we were about the go see (and then probably make an offer) but right before we went to see it, the sellers pulled it off the market. Today we were planning to see 2 more, but they either sold or were pulled off the market... AS we were on our way there.
I just don't know what more to do now. There's nothing more out there. I mean, we'll keep looking, but really we've looked at everything in the price range, within nearly an hour of Brandon. And there's nothing. And probably nothing much more will be coming up, as it's nearing the end of the selling "season". So I'm not sure where exactly that leaves us. I guess we just hope that the house we're renting doesn't sell out from under us, or we'll really be up a creek then!
So, Josh is busy getting to the school some days and getting things all planned out and ready. I don't envy him, that's for sure. I don't know how he's able to handle thinking about going - I'd be SO nervous! Maybe he is, but not letting it show? I don't know.
I'm busy with the kids, as always. Now that fall is coming, things will be starting up again, like play groups and my MOTS group, so we'll have to get more of a schedule figured out for us. That's not a bad thing, I don't think!
I'm also going to be putting Ruthie in dance class one night a week. She's very excited to "do ballet". :o) I can't wait to see her!! She wants to get tap shoes and pink ballet shoes... unfortunately that level only wears black ballet shoes... but I'm sure she won't care once she's going!!
Zech and Isaac are busy just being themselves! They're happy and healthy, as always. Isaac's smiling all the time, and has just started laughing at times. He can't quite control it yet, though! We'll have to try to get a video of him laughing to share with you all. It most definitely is one of the best sounds in the world!
And that's about it for now. I hope that the next time I update it will be with news of our new house. Kepp fingers crossed for us!
8.28.2006
8.19.2006
Isaac is 3 months old!! - 08/19
Well, that about says it all. Isaac Benjamin is 3 months old today! I can hardly believe he's been here for 3 months all ready, though in many ways it seems he's been here forever.
There are more pictures and videos uploaded on our website for you all to see!! A really funny video of Zechie on there, being his normal ham self!
Things are going pretty good here. Josh has been down to the school a couple times getting things prepared, and he did a ton of work through the summer here at home - lesson plans and such. Just a couple weeks left of summer vacation and then he becomes "Mr. Baker"!
We're still working on finding a house for ourselves. We made an offer on one, but it wasn't accepted, and the lowest the sellers will come down to the house just isn't worth. So, that one's not going to work! We made an offer on another one today, which wasn't accepted either, but the sellers made a counter-offer so it's left to us to think about it and either say yea or nay.
I'm feeling very worried and scared about all of this. Buying a house is SUCH a huge step, and I hate that we really can't afford to do it. Though, we also can't really afford to throw money away for another year or more renting. I just hate having to ask for help from our parents. We appreciate everything more than words can say, but it's not a good feeling to not be able to make things work, to make ends meet sometimes.
So, I'm not sure what we're going to do about this house. I thought yes for sure, right up until they came back with their counter-offer. I was hoping, I guess, for more of an offer back from them, or at least that they were still willing to negotiate, but they're firm on what they've decided and that's it. So, I don't know!
...and I'm trying to put some pictures on here, but the website's not really working right right now, so I'll have to post this and try to get pics later.
Bye, all!
There are more pictures and videos uploaded on our website for you all to see!! A really funny video of Zechie on there, being his normal ham self!
Things are going pretty good here. Josh has been down to the school a couple times getting things prepared, and he did a ton of work through the summer here at home - lesson plans and such. Just a couple weeks left of summer vacation and then he becomes "Mr. Baker"!
We're still working on finding a house for ourselves. We made an offer on one, but it wasn't accepted, and the lowest the sellers will come down to the house just isn't worth. So, that one's not going to work! We made an offer on another one today, which wasn't accepted either, but the sellers made a counter-offer so it's left to us to think about it and either say yea or nay.
I'm feeling very worried and scared about all of this. Buying a house is SUCH a huge step, and I hate that we really can't afford to do it. Though, we also can't really afford to throw money away for another year or more renting. I just hate having to ask for help from our parents. We appreciate everything more than words can say, but it's not a good feeling to not be able to make things work, to make ends meet sometimes.
So, I'm not sure what we're going to do about this house. I thought yes for sure, right up until they came back with their counter-offer. I was hoping, I guess, for more of an offer back from them, or at least that they were still willing to negotiate, but they're firm on what they've decided and that's it. So, I don't know!
...and I'm trying to put some pictures on here, but the website's not really working right right now, so I'll have to post this and try to get pics later.
Bye, all!
8.10.2006
few more pictures - 08/10
Here's a few of the kids taken while we were in Souris (town about 30 mins from Brandon). Zech's pretty good about pictures when it's just him in them, but not so great when we try to get all of the kids together!!
Hello! - 08/10
Hello All! It's been a while since we've been on to update, but have no worries - all is well with all of us! Just very busy!! We've been enjoying Josh's time off this summer, getting out every day and going camping a couple times with friends. Ruth and Zech have really had fun having Daddy home so much - I'm not sure how they'll react when he has to go teach all day! But I'm sure they'll adjust.
Isaac's growing, though not quite like a weed. And that's good seeing as how he started out so big!! He had his 2 month check and needles on July 31st. He's now 12lbs 5oz and 25 inches. He's actually lighter than Ruth or Zech were at 2 months, though he's the same length as they were at 4 months!! No wonder he's long and skinny! He did well with his needles, no reactions other than a little fever, but easily treated with Tempra.
I'll post a few pictures here, and I've put a bunch more onto the website (the photos and videos link).
Here's one of Isaac I really like! Such a snugglebug, he is.
Here's a couple I LOVE of him - especially the face in the first one!!
Some of Ruth and Zech with Isaac.
Isaac's growing, though not quite like a weed. And that's good seeing as how he started out so big!! He had his 2 month check and needles on July 31st. He's now 12lbs 5oz and 25 inches. He's actually lighter than Ruth or Zech were at 2 months, though he's the same length as they were at 4 months!! No wonder he's long and skinny! He did well with his needles, no reactions other than a little fever, but easily treated with Tempra.
I'll post a few pictures here, and I've put a bunch more onto the website (the photos and videos link).
Here's one of Isaac I really like! Such a snugglebug, he is.
Here's a couple I LOVE of him - especially the face in the first one!!
Some of Ruth and Zech with Isaac.
7.19.2006
Isaac's 2 months old today! - 07/19
Isaac Benjamin Baby is 2 months old today! I can't believe he is!! It just doesn't seem like it's been 2 whole months since he came into this world, yet in other ways it seems like it's been a lifetime.
We went to Winnipeg on Monday for the night - stayed at a really neat hotel in a really nice suite! On Tuesday we met up with friends of ours and went to the zoo.
There are more pictures from the zoo on our pics and videos page. I'm trying to be good about throwing pictures on there every week or so, and then they show up on whatever day they were taken - very neat! Hopefully you've all had a chance to check them out and see the videos, if you haven't, you should! There's an adorable one of Isaac cooing!!!
We went to Winnipeg on Monday for the night - stayed at a really neat hotel in a really nice suite! On Tuesday we met up with friends of ours and went to the zoo.
There are more pictures from the zoo on our pics and videos page. I'm trying to be good about throwing pictures on there every week or so, and then they show up on whatever day they were taken - very neat! Hopefully you've all had a chance to check them out and see the videos, if you haven't, you should! There's an adorable one of Isaac cooing!!!
7.07.2006
we have video!!! - 07/07
I just tried out a site to be able to share videos with all of you, and it worked!! It's over there (or rather right now it seems, down there at the bottom of the screen for some reason) with the other links. Just hit "pictures and video" and you can get to them! It might take a minute for them to load, but it's totally worth it! And make sure you have the sound on!!
Enjoy, all! I know we sure are!!
Oh, and I'll probably be using that site to share our pictures - it's a much easier site to upload the files onto, and I think it's an easier site to use, too. You can even see when the pictures were actually taken! So neat!!
Enjoy, all! I know we sure are!!
Oh, and I'll probably be using that site to share our pictures - it's a much easier site to upload the files onto, and I think it's an easier site to use, too. You can even see when the pictures were actually taken! So neat!!
7.06.2006
Happy Birthday to me and Papa! - 07/06
Well, my 24th birthday was last Friday, and Papa's birthday is tomorrow. So, happy birthday to us! This is the beautiful cake Ruthie designed for me.
I had a great birthday - we went strawberry picking, out for lunch with a friend and her kids, and got to have chinese food and ice cream cake for supper!! Who could ask for anything more?!! I wish I could have been home for my birthday, though. I can't help but to remember the family birthday parties out at the lake. I miss those so much!
Here's a picture I got the other day - you can kind of see Isaac's little grin in it, well, I can anyways!
He started to smile and grin a couple weeks ago, and last week he started cooing. I love that sound!!
We're all doing pretty good out here. We're looking for a house, still, having no luck finding anything to rent out of town in the right direction, and though there are places for rent here in town there seems to be nothing that's any bigger than what we're in now. It's definitely a stress point for me, but I'm trying to stay optimistic about it all. It's been quite hot the past couple days, so we've gotten the kids to the water spray park downtown last night and tonight. They've really enjoyed it! We're hoping to get them to a paddling pool tomorrow afternoon for a bit, as it's supposed to be hot again. We're hoping to get to Carberry on Saturday and camp overnight with our friends. Josh will, of course, be taking his telescope... for the kids (wink, wink)!!
Oh, before I forget - I'm getting some more pictures added to our photo albums (May and June's pictures). There's a link to the albums on the right hand side of the screen!
And, before I go, here's a great picture of Isaac's grin. I didn't even realize I'd caught this picture until I was looking through them afterwards on my camera. He definitely loves his big sissy!!
I had a great birthday - we went strawberry picking, out for lunch with a friend and her kids, and got to have chinese food and ice cream cake for supper!! Who could ask for anything more?!! I wish I could have been home for my birthday, though. I can't help but to remember the family birthday parties out at the lake. I miss those so much!Here's a picture I got the other day - you can kind of see Isaac's little grin in it, well, I can anyways!
He started to smile and grin a couple weeks ago, and last week he started cooing. I love that sound!!We're all doing pretty good out here. We're looking for a house, still, having no luck finding anything to rent out of town in the right direction, and though there are places for rent here in town there seems to be nothing that's any bigger than what we're in now. It's definitely a stress point for me, but I'm trying to stay optimistic about it all. It's been quite hot the past couple days, so we've gotten the kids to the water spray park downtown last night and tonight. They've really enjoyed it! We're hoping to get them to a paddling pool tomorrow afternoon for a bit, as it's supposed to be hot again. We're hoping to get to Carberry on Saturday and camp overnight with our friends. Josh will, of course, be taking his telescope... for the kids (wink, wink)!!
Oh, before I forget - I'm getting some more pictures added to our photo albums (May and June's pictures). There's a link to the albums on the right hand side of the screen!
And, before I go, here's a great picture of Isaac's grin. I didn't even realize I'd caught this picture until I was looking through them afterwards on my camera. He definitely loves his big sissy!!
6.29.2006
meet baby smurf - 06/29
Well, we now have a smurf for a baby! ha!
Isaac got really bad cradle cap, baby acne, and thrush last week. The cradle cap cleared up really quickly with just tea tree oil, which is awesome! And the baby acne is pretty much gone with some urea cream (josh says it's "pee cream"). And we're working on the thrush... as you can tell, using gentian violet! Sure, we have a blue baby (among other things!), but it's totally worth it! I was only a feeding or two away from totally giving up nursing, so this blue baby is saving us having to pay for formula. :o) It was to the point of me crying through every feeding all day Monday, but I started to get some (though very little) relief on Tuesday. Today is even better, though not totally normal yet. But we're getting there!!!
This is the picture from the photo shoot that I sent out in the birth announcement cards. I'm thinking they've probably arrived now (or should have!), so I shouldn't be ruining the surprise for anyone. If you haven't gotten a card yet, well, here's the pic you'll be seeing! Oh, a note, too - the footprints on the front of the card are Isaac's actual footprints, though of course not actually that small.
This is me trying to convince Isaac NOT to cry so we could just get a good picture of him!!
Isaac got really bad cradle cap, baby acne, and thrush last week. The cradle cap cleared up really quickly with just tea tree oil, which is awesome! And the baby acne is pretty much gone with some urea cream (josh says it's "pee cream"). And we're working on the thrush... as you can tell, using gentian violet! Sure, we have a blue baby (among other things!), but it's totally worth it! I was only a feeding or two away from totally giving up nursing, so this blue baby is saving us having to pay for formula. :o) It was to the point of me crying through every feeding all day Monday, but I started to get some (though very little) relief on Tuesday. Today is even better, though not totally normal yet. But we're getting there!!!
This is the picture from the photo shoot that I sent out in the birth announcement cards. I'm thinking they've probably arrived now (or should have!), so I shouldn't be ruining the surprise for anyone. If you haven't gotten a card yet, well, here's the pic you'll be seeing! Oh, a note, too - the footprints on the front of the card are Isaac's actual footprints, though of course not actually that small.
This is me trying to convince Isaac NOT to cry so we could just get a good picture of him!!
6.20.2006
photo shoot - 06/20
Couple pics from Isaac's "photo shoot" last night. We were trying to get a good picture of him for his birth announcement cards (yet another thing I'm late in getting to... but they're coming, I promise!!). We did get some good ones of him. These are just a couple good ones, though neither one the one picked for the cards. 
I love my cross-eyed baby boy!! 
I love my cross-eyed baby boy!! 
pics from the fair - 06/20
As promised - though perhaps a bit long in coming - some pics from our day at the fair! 
That's Ruthie coming out of the fun house, in the rolling tunnel thing. She thought it was very funny! Her, Jeff, and Brett went through the fun house 5 times, back to back. :o) 
Josh and Paul took all the kids on the boat ride. You can see pretty much everyone in this picture, apparently enjoying themselves. 
That's Zech and Luke on the cars, driving. Ruth's in the car right behind them, you can kind of see her in these pics. The little boys were so excited to be able to go on rides, too!!
That's Ruthie coming out of the fun house, in the rolling tunnel thing. She thought it was very funny! Her, Jeff, and Brett went through the fun house 5 times, back to back. :o) 
Josh and Paul took all the kids on the boat ride. You can see pretty much everyone in this picture, apparently enjoying themselves. 
That's Zech and Luke on the cars, driving. Ruth's in the car right behind them, you can kind of see her in these pics. The little boys were so excited to be able to go on rides, too!!
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