Where Should I Begin?

Should I start with the for sale sign in our yard? Should I start with the Christmas that was both wonderful, yet will also go down in history with the Christmas we were iced in without electricity? Should I start with the business that my husband, father, and brother are planning to open around June 1? So much to tell!

Well, lets start with Christmas. It was a lot of fun! Dylan did not quite understand it, but he seemed to like it. We were very lucky this year, because he didn't have anything to do with the tree or the presents. But as soon as he realized that he could actually open presents, he wanted to open them all. So he did like that part. When he woke up and saw the presents that Santa brought, we was a bit overwhelmed. In his defense, the living room was taken over by a HUGE ball pit (ok, it just seems huge), a kawasaki four wheeler, a bubble mower, Thomas the Train chair, and some little weeble wobbles. He just stared at everything, Mark put him on the floor, he looked at it and decided he would rather play with his other toys (too overwhelming.) But a little later, he got into it and had fun.

Notice the ballpit, it has 120 balls. (Thanks to Nana and Papa, who I think must hate me...seriously, 120 balls!) You know what he likes to do. Climb in and throw all 120 balls out! I keep finding balls in the strangest places.

The four wheeler is taking a while to figure out, he won't keep the button pushed in, so he looks like he is having a seizure as he drives it! Very cute.

Now you will notice that I said it was a great Christmas but would also go down in history with the horrible iced in Christmas. Well, just after Christmas, my family started dropping like flies. They had the horrible stomach virus that Dylan and I both had right before Christmas. It is terrible! Nice thing is it only lasts for about 24 hours, but bad part is for those 24 hours it is the most miserable you ever feel. I thought I was going to die! Well, my house started feeling like it was shrinking by the minute. Once everyone was well, house was sterilized and everyone left, life went back to normal. Needless to say, I put Christmas stuff away faster than I ever have. I love Christmas. I put it out the day after Thanksgiving and take it down on New Year's day. Not this year...it was out of here. Along with all the sick people!

So, we decided, it is time to sell the house. We put the house on the market this week, we have people coming to look at it today and tomorrow. We are praying this house will go as fast as our realtor thinks it will. We need more space, we want to spread out. **Edited** So we have packed up stuff, cleaned the house from top to bottom, and are working on getting it sold. We had the house painted before Christmas, so this isn't totally out of the blue...it just went at warp speed.

**Edited** I had to remove part of this post because I shared info that shouldn't be shared yet, I will update later as more info is settled.**

Dylan loves his Nana and Papa.....they spoil him rotten! His Nana let's him do pretty much whatever he wants to do (and many things that mama will not let him do). As you can see by the picture. He climbs in the fridge and helps her out! He is doing great by the way. He starting to be a regular little boy. He is now 19 mos old. He is climbing on things, getting into stuff and just seems to be happy all the time.

Right now he must be going through a growth spurt because in our house it is eat or be eaten! The kid can eat enough. He loves vegetables...which is a good thing. His favorites are peas, green beans, he like carrots. He loves chicken, fish, shrimp. He eats any kind of bread. He likes fruit, he especially likes his fruit cup that has pineapples, peaches, and pears. He still will not drink juice, but drinks milk like it is going out of style. We go to the doctor this week, so we will see what he weighs. This will be his 18 mos appt, he will get shots etc. We missed it back in Dec due to the ice storm. Electricity was out...then our doctor has been gone for about 3 weeks, so we are a little behind.

We also haven't been to the physical therapist in a while (also the storms and other conflicts) but she has shortened our visits to once a month anyway. He is getting big, his cheeks are filling out. He is getting a belly, we just really need him to grow a rear end! We need help holding up his pants! He still doesn't really say anything, but he is SO smart. He can point to animals when you ask him, he knows the color red, and he knows ALL the Sesame Street Characters! He still LOVES Elmo, even though we are trying to show him other things, Elmo is his guy!

Well, gotta go, someone is coming to look at the house. Think positive and send up some prayers...I already know what house I want...so pray these people buy our house today!!