new things

I have been terrible at updating this lately, seeing as there hasn't been an update since March 5th and it's now the 27th. Anyway, we are officially all moved in to our new apartment! All boxes have been unpacked and put away and pictures are making their way on the walls. We're having a house warming party tonight and we're pretty excited. It helps that it will be in the high 60's today too.

A quick update on my mom - yesterday she got the approval from her insurance company so she's officially on the list!!!! And, she's in the top 5!!!! Now we just wait for a liver to come. It's hard to think about her actually having the surgery because I know someone else has to die and my prayers are with that family too since I know how it feels to lose a loved one.....

Alright, gotta get moving to make this dessert for tonight!!!! Will post pics of the new place later tonight or tomorrow

updates!

I can't belive that I have been so terrible at updating lately. Well, lots has happened so here goes!

My mom has been back and forth to U of M for tests and what not and Tuesday, a Tumor Board will meet to decide what her "number" is (the higher it is, the worse it is) and where she falls on the transplant waiting list. When she went to the dr a few weeks ago, they told her she was a 22 so who knows if it's gone up. Now we just wait and pray that one comes soon so she can be healthy again.

In more news, Madelyn is CRAWLING!!!! She is so mobile now! She hasn't quite mastered it but she is defintely able to get around. I can't leave her in the room alone without her going some place else by the time I get back. I better make sure all the outlets are covered and cords are out of reach!

The biggest thing, I think, is that our house sold on Thursday! We were able to negotiate a deal and will hopefully close by the end of the month! We are so excited, but sad at the same time. It's very bittersweet to us. We're excited to be able to get our own place here and start a new chapter, but very sad because it was our first house, we built it, and it's where we brought Madelyn home to. Plus our neighbors rocked! I hope they have new ones that are nice and fun to be around. Now since we sold the house, we also have picked out a new apartment! We've been looking for a couple weeks and finally found the perfect place today! We absolutely love it (it doesn't hurt that we got a GREAT deal)! Two bedrooms, two bathrooms, near the clubhouse/pool and in a great private location. We will be in by the end of the month so I have some packing to do!
I'll sign off with some pictures of Madelyn and the link to check out our new place.





Here's my little peanut learning to crawl! She's getting so big! As of 8 months of age, she weighs 17 lbs and is 26 inches long!


We had a snow storm a couple weeks ago and we got about 4 inches of snow. There were so many snowmen in the neighborhood (the neighborhood is full of kids) and we even managed a snowball fight against Caleb!

Fun time with my sweet girl. I love this picture!