whirlwind {take one--september through november}

It seems and endless cycle.  Busy, busy, busy...and then several months later catch up on the blog.  Maybe I need to resign myself to the fact that I'm not like other bloggy moms who can do it all?

Life the past 6+ months as we've known it:

September:

 Look alike jammies from Grandma

Huge Honeycrisp apples

Jack-o-Lantern fun

September also brought the beginning of a new adventure for us!  For years we have wanted to move closer to Eric's job (35 minutes away) and our church (1 hour away).  We looked for houses off and on, but never found the right one.  Until then!  We put an offer on the house, and signed a contract about a week later!  This brought about weeks of waiting, inspections, waiting, paperwork, waiting, more inspections, oh and did I mention waiting?  I am not a very good 'waiter' sometimes and there was a stressful day here and there...

God now has us in a very different season of waiting.  I guess He wants to make sure I learn to wait and trust Him!

October:

Exhaustion

Fall color fun

Family pictures

 Baby's first birthday!  Where did the time go?!  We had a little party to celebrate our sweetie.

Our sweet pumpkin

Happy 1st Birthday!

Fun and super easy cake.

Two mini bundt cakes with flat sides together. Decorate. 

Oh what a mess!

Supporting a local girl with cancer

October also brought a little packing here and there.  Accumulating lots and lots of boxes.  I didn't want to pack too soon though.  Not until we knew for sure and had that last final approval would I kick it into high gear :)

November:

                         

Baby unloaded the Tupperware drawer while I canned chicken! Hey, it kept her close and I knew she wasn't getting into something else or getting hurt!

                         

Baby enjoying her first taste of lollipop!

                         

 The boys going through their treasures {or junk} and packing only what is most loved/necessary

We got word the second week of November and signed our lives away {at least it felt that way!} as we became first time homeowners on Nov 16th!

That evening our dear friends came and helped at the new house.  First task, digging a window well and getting ready to put in an egress window in the basement.

Eric and T. hard at work digging.  Notice Eric is penniless now!

Two pizzas devoured by our hungry families!

The littles playing in the cupboards

  

Having a little fun with the bar in the basement before it got torn out :)

 Thus began two EXTREMELY busy weeks of living at two houses!  Packing, construction, painting, etc.  We were so, SO blessed with the help of family and friends! 

The kids and cousins playing Simon Says

First list of things to do...made on the pizza box lid from that first night!

My sis-in-love came several days to help paint all the trim and the closets.

Thanksgiving weekend my family came and helped with the big projects and some of the moving.  It was a beautiful weekend and had lovely weather too!  We were/are so very blessed and thankful for their help!

Bye-bye bar!

My brother after sawing a hole in the concrete for the egress window! 

What a dusty mess!

More digging

And there's a hole!

Loads and loads of boxes and things

And lots of cleaning!

We have a window!

At one point, my dad, sister and I were all in the bathroom painting!

Filling up our new home

Finally the kitchen table is moved!

So excited for a pantry, finally!  

Many thanks for the help painting and hanging shelves!

Last morning in our old house.  Tim Horton's for breakfast on the kitchen floor!

Looking back through all these pictures makes me exhausted!  It was such a whirlwind of busyness. And it doesn't stop once the last load is moved...then comes the unpacking and the settling in!

Psalm 23:5b "...my cup runneth over."