Busy

I feel like I've been negligent. I got so good about blogging and we go through a busy snap and it gets put on the back burner. Here's what's been going on lately:

• We went to our annual March for Babies walk. We always walk in honor of Spencer. This year it was due to rain, but it was looking ok when we left Sheridan. It was sprinkling by the time we got there, still ok. After we'd been there about 20 minutes, the flood began. It got so bad that, just as we were leaving, they called the walk off. We got drenched and then went to IHOP, where the clouds miraculously parted and it became a beautiful day. Go figure.
• We found out we are having a healthy baby BOY. Not all the surprising when you look at Jake's family make-up. Although I think we were all jonesing for a bit of baby girl action, having 3 boys is going to be fun. Maybe I can get Jake to go for a 4th eventually. ;-)
• Spencer's birthday party is coming up, so I've been very busy getting that ready. We are having it at our local youth center where they will set up a big inflatable slide and bounce house. I always worry that no one will come to functions that we are having, but we've had several kids RSVP already. It is going to be a good time, even though Jake will be at drill that weekend. Fortunately, my sister and grandparents are going to be coming up for the party and that will be a huge help.
• We are having a yard sale this weekend, for which we have done nothing to prepare. I am hoping to unload some stuff that we just have sitting in the garage or in boxes and bags. Our house right now is only 1300 square feet with 2 bedrooms and not near enough storage. It is getting cramped.
• We are hoping to buy a foreclosed house. We found it totally by accident, but are really hoping it pans out. It needs a lot of work. A lot. From totally new floors, to all new paint, to plumbing and electrical work. I simply can't figure out what people do to these houses! Anyway, the layout is better, it is bigger (with a 3rd bedroom and lots of storage!), and the backyard is bigger than our whole lot right now. The dogs and boys would love it. The bank that owns the property is in Germany and they are taking all offers at once, so we won't know how our offer went over until the 17th of this month. Jake spoke with the listing agent who said that most of the offers were very low-ball, so hopefully ours comes in higher (we are offering about $14K less than they're asking).

So that is it in a nutshell. Busy. Busy. Busy.