Updates

First, I guess I'll give an update on the move even though I'm sad to say there isn't much to update. We have put an offer on a house in Birmingham (which I LOVE). The problem is it is a Fannie Mae home. In addition to their response time taking FOREVER, their counter offers make absolutely no sense. Not to us, our realtor, even the listing agent. Who would have thought dealing with the government would be so time consuming, mind numbing, and frustrating....hmmm? Our Texas house is still on the market and has been shown a lot but no offers. We're praying that the open house this weekend shows some potential. Speaking of praying, I love how the Lord shows you things right when you need them. All of my devotions this week have been on God's perfect timing, waiting well, and His Sovereign hand. I'm thinking there's a lesson to be learned here :)

As for non-house stuff, we have been hanging out since we returned from Mimi's last week. All our friends have fled to cooler climates: Vermont, Minnesota, Colorado, so we've been here in the heat getting in a lot of family time. Yesterday morning was cooler so we went across the street to ride bikes and scooters.

Hadley making some music

Ready to get out of the house

Doesn't everyone ride scooters in tutu's?

Colby's face cracks me up in this picture.

I love living across the street from this beautiful church.

Hadley hanging out with a "friend."

The race was on!!!!

I snapped this picture of the back of our house.

I still love it!

The other day, Justin took Colby on a sales call. Incidentally, Colby closed his first deal :)

The girls and I were browsing Target while our house was being shown. We found this water table marked down to $17. I snatched it up even though we have a sand/water table out back (it just has sand in it). This may have been the best $17 I've spent all summer.

All three kids loved it!

Hadley loves splashing in it.

It's still a little hard to believe my oldest little diva will be in 1st grade this year. She is super excited about starting school, first in Texas and then in Alabama. K is pumped she gets to see all her friends here and then get to be the "new girl" at the new school. I'm so glad she's such a well adjusted kid (and loves the spotlight). Yesterday we went to the library to stock up on books and get ready for school. I picked some harder books for Kinsley thinking I needed to challenge her brain a little. This child blew me away with reading them. I am so proud of her!

Sweet Hadley had her 1 year check up today. She was a month late due to our doctor's office being understaffed this summer. She weighed 20.8 lbs (28.5 percentile) and 30.5" tall (77.44 percentile). She may be long and lean like her sister. She has started walking a little but still prefers crawling to get where she needs fast. She has also started babbling A LOT.

Can anyone believe this little joker will be four in 2 weeks???

Where has the time gone? Colby is turning into such a little boy. He reminds me of my brothers growing up. I will say he has taken leaps and bounds this summer in some areas. He has started eating SO GOOD! The other night, I went to tell him to eat his broccoli only to find out he had already eaten it. It's been so nice to have him eat his dinner with no complaints. Also since it's been so hot, we've been doing a lot of swimming and Colby greatly improved in that too. At the beginning of the summer, I could barely get him in the water. Now he is swimming across the pool by himself! Now if I could just get him to sit still enough to try to write his name.....

Love her face!