Excited...yet a little annoyed

By all estimations we have got the house...we agreed on terms, we had a great inspection, we got an approval from our lender, we've submitted all the necessary docs that they need, we've put down earnest money, we have a projected closing date of March 17-we already have the stinking truck scheduled to move! Everything seems to be in order...right? Well, I have my doubts and I'll tell you why... the way I always understood buying a house-you get the "Final" approval for the loan BEFORE you order the appraisal....am I wrong? Apparently so! To my surprise, we have to getting the appraisal by Thursday and only THEN will our docs, application, appraisal, etc.. FINALLY go to the underwriters to get the FINAL approval-which can take another 3 days....we may not even really know for another week if we have actually gotten the house or not!! Now I am flipping out-I have felt sure of this house from the moment I walked in to it so I know I just need to have faith, but it's REALLY hard when I know that something could still go wrong! Oh my heck-I am so nervous! Anyone...I need advice/comfort.... help!!!

Officially under contract

Yoo Hoo, after a week of negotiations, and talking to multiple lenders, etc.. we are officially under contract to buy the house we want in Eagle Mountain. We have our inspection scheduled for Tuesday morning and the appraisal should be sometime thereafter. We hope to close on March 17. Less than a month away! It's coming up quick but it is very exciting! This house is a GREAT deal and I just hope and pray that it all works out for us. We'll keep you updated as we know things.

Silly faces

Ashleigh goes-I want to make silly faces with you like you did with Arah mom...so we did. Funny though-she had the exact same silly face for like 4 of our shots. I finally told her she needed to do something different. :) It was fun.



I love my Ashleigh!!!!

Oreo's anyone?

I gave Preston an Oreo last night-boy who knew a single cookie could make such a mess! :) He loved it though and kept asking for more.

Thanks G'ma and G'pa Ballard

My parents sent Ashleigh some puzzle mail. She had so much fun trying to put it back together, but ended up needing daddy to help her. Her absolute favorite thing is getting mail so it was an especially great surprise to get such a full envelope with stickers, papers to practice cutting on, a letter puzzle, etc... Thanks mom and dad-she LOVED it!

Sick kid once again...

Man, this winter has been a hard one for our family! I think we've gotten sick more in one year living in Utah than 5 years in Washington! Since October-one of my kids-or both have been sick at least once a month! Its frustrating. Anyway, Preston got sick Sunday night and has been under the weather since. Yesterday-out of sheer boredom I took a bunch of pictures of the kids.

Ash in my sunglasses

Preston could not get comfortable and kept roaming the house for a place to lay-here's where he ended up-for a short while.

We had this bowl nearby in case he threw up...he didn't thank goodness, but in one of his fits of anger he hit the right side of the bowl-you see here-the rounded part and it made the bowl shoot up and the pointed part on the opposite side hit him just under his right eye...

Can you see it? There's a red spot just under his right eye. That is where the bowl hit him....the rest of the red on him is a rash or something that doesn't seem to want to go away.

Ashleigh wearing her Hannah Montana PJ's. She's such a good sport-not having me or anyone to play with while Preston is sick. I sure love her!

Another sick attack-poor kid was just so clingy and grumpy!

Preston and Ashleigh playing around

Preston not feeling well again...he likes the boppy to lay on.

Silly Ashleigh-good thing that bowl hadn't been puked in!

Distracted by the TV for a moment.....ahhh peace and quiet!

Trying to play together again...

Finally-dressed for the day.

Another sick spell....dang it, will this ever end?!?

Princess Ashleigh

Ok so, do you see how many red splotches there are on his face? Do you also see how purple his mouth is? Poor kid....his lips and hands were icicles!

Nick came home from work and I was napping-thankfully Preston didn't get in to any mess while I slept...he just watched TV and crawled on me.

Preston is doing much better today-he's finally eating again and for the most part is acting normal, but is still a little whiny and clingy. sigh. Hope he's completely back to normal tomorrow!!!

Outing in Salt Lake with the Kunz's

Matt and Arah planned on having lunch with some friends of theirs and we decided to tag along. They went to Rodizio grill. Yum! I am not much of a meat eater, but Matt and Nick sure are so they were literally in heaven there! Rodizio Grill is in Trolley Square in Salt Lake...

Ashleigh and Brinley on a Trolley

Waiting to be seated

Preston got tired of waiting...

And fell asleep on daddy's shoulder.

Still waiting...actually the wait was only about 10 min.

At our table now-Brinley playing around

Ash-always a ham...sitting with her daddy!

Preston and Ashleigh-cute cute!

Brinley with her daddy-Matt.

Preston finally woke up and enjoyed eating the rolls

Nick.....

After Rodizio we went to the Children's museum across from Temple Square, then we rode Trax to the gateway and walked to see the Planetarium. This fun ride both the girls had is walking back to our cars at the end of this fun day. I forgot to take pictures at either of the other places...hopefully Arah did.