We signed our papers!

Today was so exciting! We signed our papers for the house and we did the final walk-through. I am so ecstatic that I can hardly stand it. The girls really seemed to love the house, too. They loved being able to have space and they really loved playing in the backyard. It makes me so happy and I think we are really going to love it there.

Now, there are 5 days until the sellers move out and we have 9 days until we move in. I think the girls and I are going to spend a lot of time over there until we move in maybe taking wallpaper down and even just playing over there so the girls can get used to it. It is going to be such a wonderful change from where we are living now that I don't think they are going to mind it too much. I am worried about Violatte regressing with her potty training and Annalee regressing with her walking but I know they'll be ok once we get settled in.

The girls are both getting so big! Annalee is talking more and more. She now says "home," "uh-oh," "dog," "please," and so many more words. She is walking better too. She decided, yesterday, that she wanted to walk and she just started practicing every chance she got. It is so cute to see this little tiny girl walking. It makes me sad, though, to know that she is growing up.

Violatte is getting so big, too. She is really great about using the potty and only has accidents every now and then. She loves to help more than anything, though. She wants to help with packing boxes, making meals, cleaning, taking care of Annee, and anything else we do. It's fun to have her help. It makes her so proud.

I love our girls so much. They are such sweet girls and I am excited for all the memories we are going to make in our new home.

Potty Training and Duckies

I am very, very pleased to announce that Violatte is now completely potty trained. She doesn't even wear a diaper to bed anymore. It is so wonderful! Jim pretty much did all the work, so I can't take any credit but I must say that I am incredibly grateful just that it's all done. Today Violatte emptied the dishwasher and set the table all by herself without even being asked! She is getting so big! She helps out so much around the house and her favorite thing is to help cook. It makes her day when we involve her.

Annee is getting bigger by the day. Her new favorite word is "more" and she says it constantly! It drives us crazy but it is pretty cute how she says it. She does sign language really good for "please" and "bed." She also picks up new words every day. Her very two favorite things right now are the picture of Jesus by her bed and the duck that sits on her dresser. She loves ducks and even knows how to say, "Quack, quack" when we ask her what a duckie says. She still isn't walking, though. She just prefers to crawl too much to care about walking.

We have 26 days until we move and counting. I am getting really nervous about everything working out just right for closing day but I know that I just have to have faith or I'll go crazy worrying about things that could happen. I know that is the house that we are supposed to be in so it will somehow workout.