Come One! Come All!

To our house of insanity!

There has been so much going on in this house over the last week or two that it's been increasingly hard to blog about it all!

First of all Adelynn finally started crawling. Now we have three crawlers in the house! It's insanity in and of itself! She's slow and doesn't move much yet, but I *think* that might actually be worse because she knows she can do it, but I think it frustrates her that she can't move faster and so then she cries. But Ellyanna and Kynden are so fast. They sort of trail after me or whoever throughout the house. Nowhere is off limits. Kynden's favorite place that she beelines for ever time I set her down is under the kitchen table because she can always find cheerios or some such thing to eat. (Is it wrong that I let my children eat cheerios off the floor? Do other people not do that?) The other day Josh was trying to unload the dishwasher and one baby would crawl into the kitchen. He would pick her up and bring her to the living room and as he did that, another baby would crawl into the kitchen from the other direction. It just kept going on and on and round and round. It was really funny. Pretty much anywhere I am now, there is a baby at my feet. It's kind of fun....kind of.

Secondly, we are having a garage sale this weekend. Friday and Saturday. All day. For two days. The last time I did a garage sale, I swore I would never do it again. But alas, we need to get rid of so much stuff and I don't have time to craigslist it all. Also, the extra money will be a nice addition to the sale of our car that will hopefully give us enough money so we can re-roof the house. So if anyone out there needs some baby stuff...this is the place to come!

Thirdly, this moving thing is getting kind of scary. It's one thing to be casually thinking about it, but totally another to actually be making steps in that direction. Our realtor (who is also a good friend) today was telling me that it's always best to sell first and then buy because you're in a strong position on both sides as opposed to making a contingent offer on another house...that puts you in a weak position on both sides. I knew this, of course, but it seems really scary to put our house on the market without having someplace to go! How do you do that with a family of 7? Does that mean having to move twice? Does that mean having to rent an apartment? Does that mean having to live with my mom? All of those possibilities seem scary to me. The options that we've looked at in Corbett seem to have dried up...maybe. The one I blogged about last time we decided is out of our price range. We actually had several (maybe 4) others to choose from, but it seems as though those may also have gotten offers or for whatever reason, wasn't workable for us. So right now, with literally next to no options for us there, it seems really scary to think about putting our house on the market. Because I know it would sell and probably sell quick. I've never done this before. I've only bought a house...never sold a house and bought a house! And here comes the understatement of the year...going from renting to owning is a lot easier than going from owning to owning.

Well, Josh is going to be home from work soon and I need to go check on the babies. More updates to come soon!