America's Got Talent....and we've seen it!

Sunday night we took Chloe to her first live music experience.

My boss' (well, ex-boss) partner, Dwayne, is a pianist. He has a band and they were going to be playing outside at Bobby's Custard in Maryville.

If you've been watching American's Got Talent, you may have seen a man who wears a hat, singing opera. We saw him in person Sunday night. He's the original singer for Dwayne's band! (you can see him in the picture on the right)

Pretty cool.

Olympic Gold

My husband used to train a high school track star named Dawn Harper. Some of you may know her as the Gold Medalist for the women's 100M hurdles!

How exciting is that?!?

What a Weekend

This has been an unusual week for us, weather-wise. Its been mild and sunny, in other words, perfect.
We took advantage of the day and went to Forest Park.



Like I've said before, I love the weekends.

It's the small things.....

Ok, I'm embarrassed to even admit this.

Notice my new "picture" in the about me section. I just now figured out how to upload a picture to that spot.

I've been blogging for almost 2 years and I finally figured it out. I haven't been wasting hours a day on this task or anything, but still.....

Its just a picture of a sculpture from an exhibit at the Botanical Garden because all the pictures of me have been moved to our external hard drive and I don't want to hook it up right now....

So, for those of you who have never seen me in real life, I am not a yellow mosiac woman.

Time Flies.....

Chloe is 10 weeks old today!

10 WEEKS!

Can you believe it? I can't.

We are trying so hard to cherish and enjoy every second with her. I live for the weekends, when the three of us get our time together. The weather has been beautiful lately, so we've been able to get outside.


Chloe is gonna be an outdoor girl, I can tell. She loves to go outside. I'm so glad! Hopefully soon we will have our own yard to play in.

She had her pediatrician visit today. I have been dreading this day for over a month. She got 4 shots today and had to take an oral vaccine. Keith had to leave work early to meet me at the doctor's office. I told him I couldn't do it alone. I had to turn my back while they administered the shots. I couldn't bear to watch my little girl get stuck with needles. Keith held her and rubbed her head during the awful experience. Chloe was a trooper though. I kept telling her how brave she was and how proud we are of her.
Here are a couple of after pics (see her band aids).


She has grown so much. She is now 24 inches long and weighs 13 lbs 2oz!!! Doctor says she is in the 95th percentile for height and weight. She's grown over an inch and a half and gained almost 3 lbs since her one month visit! She's gonna take after her 6 foot 5 inch Daddy!

10 weeks... I still cannot believe it.

House Update

After praying, looking at more houses and many, many conversations, my husband and I decided to make an offer on the first home we looked at.

Keith called the owners, made them an offer a few thousand dollars under what they are asking. They said they would consider it and call us back. About an hour later, they called. They said they would meet us halfaway between our offer and their asking price. The halfway amount is exactly what Keith and I both felt we would pay for the house.

So, we are on our way to becoming homeowners.

We have to discuss things with the owners, get the paperwork and loan info lined up, get a home inspection... all the things that go with purchasing a house.
It's very exciting and scary all at once.

I dread the thought of moving. We haven't even lived in our apartment for a year. We decided that we are hiring movers this time. It will be totally worth the cost. Plus, I'm pretty sure our family and friends are not going to help us move again. We've moved a combination of 10 times over the last 10 years.

I can already picture Keith and I sitting on our front porch this fall, after Chloe has gone to bed, watching the stars, sipping a cup of coffee (still decaf for me).... I can hardly wait.

There's No Place Like Home....

We are house hunting.

After 12 years of renting, we are ready to purchase a home.
It'll have to be small and inexpensive, but I'm actually excited about that. I want our first home to leave us with something to look forward to in our next home. Does that make sense? I really want a cute lil starter home, not my dream home right off the bat.

We looked at 5 homes on Wednesday. I liked one. I am the picky one of the two of us. Keith liked the same house, which is amazing. He said he could "see our family" in this house.
But, how could we possibly have found "the" house for us on the first try, right?
Its a good lil house- perfect for us right now. And, the price is perfect for us right now.

We're praying about it. Praying that God give us wisdom in making such a big decision. Praying that we make the decision based on His will for us and our family, not just our wants and desires. Praying that we find the house He has planned for us and that the price is right. Praying that once we do have a house, we use it for His glory. Praying that we have peace and know in our hearts that this is the house we are going to start raising our little girl in.

It's a big, scary decision. But exciting.