BAD NEWS: Some of you probably know that we have had our house up for sale since January of this year. We aren't in a rush to sell. We just felt like it was time for our family to move from our "starter home" into a more permanent home where we can raise our kids and grow old. This house was always our 5-10 year house and when we put it up for sale we had been here six years. After trying to sell it ourselves, a realtor, trying to sell it ourselves, and another realtor, we finally received our first real offer on October 12th. We were excited, even though the buyers wanted to close by October 29th. No problem, we thought. We find something quickly or live with family if we have to, whatever. We were up for the rush of getting out fast. So the last week and a half have been a mad rush of looking at houses, putting in offers, deciding to build, gathering boxes, arranging to live with family for a couple of months, changing schools for the kids, calling utility companies to arrange shut off dates, letting church leaders know and all sorts of other things.
UNFORTUNATELY, yesterday we found out (even with the wonderful assurances from the buyers lender) that the buyers actually DON'T qualify for the loan and (unless some miracle happens) we will not be selling our house in three days. Yesterday, I was SHOCKED for awhile. Then I just cried the rest of the afternoon. I prayed to have strength and peace, which of course I was blessed with. I reread this amazing talk from the April 2010 General Conference. Then Eric, my rock, came home and convinced me (again) that everything was going to be alright and Heavenly Father has a plan for us and we just need to keep being patient. Which I knew, but it was nice to hear coming from him. So now we wait and trust in Heavenly Father.
Now for the GOOD NEWS: Last week, we found out that a new baby boy will be joining our family in early March. We are so excited! I must admit that I was kind of hoping for a girl to even things out and get to use my adorable girl clothes again, but we make such cute boys that once I knew it was a boy I was ecstatic! So far everything is progressing as usual. I keep joking that maybe I should have the baby at home this time and skip the ambulance and hospital altogether. Not really though! I am really hoping for a nice normal delivery this time. Any name suggestions would be nice. It is alot harder the third time.
It looks like we may have another thumb sucker on our hands.
Carter and I both love to pose for the camera. I got quite a few good shots of us cheesing it up!
We went to Thanksgiving Point twice during the month of August. Gotta love $2 Tuesdays; at the Gardens at least. No way was I going to try and go to the Dinosaur Museum. 
I think this was a picture right before church one Sunday. It is a great picture showing each of my kids personalities.
Carter LOVES corn on the cob. Eric usually feeds him a piece raw while the rest of dinner is cooking and then he has a cooked piece while the rest of use eat. He also HATES for me to feed him anything. He thinks he is a big boy and can do it all by himself. Thus, he usually looks like this after each meal!
Tade loves Carter and Carter loves Tade. So fun to have a brother buddy.
Tades first day of 1st Grade. Eric gave him a blessing and he was on his way. He is doing pretty well for the most part. He comes home pretty tired, but even that is getting better. So far he has aced all his spelling tests and is reading like crazy! I am so proud of him.
We go in a crash on the 13th of September. The van is still in the shop getting fixed! Hopefully, I will have it back tomorrow. I really miss it.
A few before pictures. I called it his ugly button cause look at it. It's pretty nasty looking. His isn't even that big. I've seen much larger on other kids.
Waiting in the foyer for them to call us back to get prepped. Yes, he is man enough to have a PINK binki. It's a hand me down from his sister. We're pretty cheap. What can I say?
Cute little hospital clothes they took him to surgery in. He was so excited with all the new stuff and the attention for awhile. Then he saw the bottle of milk I had brought for after surgery and he could only think about that until they took him back.
His dressing. We had to leave that on for three days (Sunday). Then there were steri strips underneath that were supposed to stay on for another seven to ten days. I keep saying WERE because he ripped those off today (Monday). Oh well, it looks pretty good so I'm not too worried.
Even more swimming. This is Tade and his cousin Austin. Eric was smarter enough to make it possible for the pool to easily be put under the slide on our play set so it is like we have a water park in our backyard. Tade loves it. Ashlynn isn't so sure, And Carter would love it if I let him, but the slide is WAY too fast!
Tade lost his first tooth this summer. It was super loose for almost a week, but both Eric and I remember getting forced to pull a loose tooth out so we just let him let it come out on its own time. He got "one whole green dollar" from the tooth fairy.
Ashlynn went to the dentist to get a cavity filled. For three or four hours afterwards, she chewed on her numb lip and this is what happened. Poor girl. It was really sore for almost two weeks. Hopefully, this won't ever happened again!
Apparently, we have been having so much fun it is hard to even make it in our rooms for naps! Actually, she was in the hall mad at me for not letting her do something and that's how she fell asleep. I thought it was pretty funny so I had to take a picture.
She reminds me of Fancy Nancy. 
