We are Moving!

We are officially moving. Right now, we live about 15 miles out of Roseau in the country. We got rid of our house and are moving into Roseau which is where Trevor works. We are going to rent a beautiful house from a really nice family we know because they cannot sell it. The market is so bad right now and they have already moved away so they would like someone in the home over the winter. We have decided to rent because we will officially have NO TIES here in Minnesota and we can then up and leave when we want to. We are hoping to be gone from here within the next three years. It's wonderful to know that there is an end in sight (about living here).

The house is a beautiful one and a half story on a big, beautiful river lot. It has three bedrooms, 1 bathroom and two living areas. I will post some pictures below. We will be moving in on November 1st and I will send out change of address cards to everyone.

This is the front of the house and you can see a little of the garage:

Here is the back of the house - it has a very nice four seasons room built on the back with a free standing woodstove:

Here are some pictures of the kitchen/dining room area:

When you first walk into the house there is a living area:

These are some pictures of the four seasons room in the back - it has a free standing wood stove and leads to the back deck:

Jackson's 18 Month Appointment

Today Jackson went to the dr. to get his 18 month well baby check up and one shot. Overall the dr said he is doing very well, that he could tell he was a smart kid and knew what we were talking about when we spoke to him.

He weighed in at 24 pounds and 16 ounces and was 32 1/4 inches tall. He is a little on the small side for weight and on the higher end of the chart for height so that's good.

The one thing he is concerned about is his lack of talking. At this age they are supposed to say an average of 10 words (other than mama, dada and baba) and Jackson only says one "Car". He calls everything a car or just points and grunts and shows no desire to talk other than say car. He said that if Jack doesn't start to say some more words in the next few months, he wants to maybe refer him to a speech therapist.

Olivia's First Day of School

Today was Olivia's first day of preschool at Roseau School. She was so excited and after she got up, ate breakfeast and got ready, she grabbed her tinkerbelle backpack, her princess lunch box and put on her jacket and shoes. She sat on the couch and kept asking every few minutes if it was time to leave. Olivia has always been obsessed with the whole thought of school so we knew she'd have fun.

I just asked Olivia to tell me what to write on here about her first day of school. This is what she wants me to write:

Well, I did singing and we had quiet time, we had lunch, snack and we played. We washed our hands, went potty and I played with my friends. We went outside on the playground, we went to the library where I checked out a book about a turtle. It was a good day and I can't wait to go back again.

Here are some pictures from the day. I could only get pictures from before we got there because she refused to let me take any of her at the school, she said it was "too embarrassing".....sigh

Here she is eating breakfeast this morning:

Posing in her new school outfit:

Here is her new backpack and lunchbox:

And here we are outside getting ready to leave:

Wasn't she just born yesterday??