Happy Birthday Dave

So far our house has been on the market for three weeks and we are having our 19th and 20th showings today. One of these is a 2nd showing and the other is a 3rd showing. So we are hoping to get some sort of offer soon.

Rumors

Here are 17 great rumors that you can start:

1. If you hiccup and fart at the same time, your stomach will turn inside out.
2. If you combine turkey, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce and one green vegetable, you get the chemicals which make LSD, which is why Thanksgiving always gets so freaky and everyone gets into fights.
3. AIDS came from people French-kissing their dogs.
4. The secret ingredient in Taco Bell 7-Layer Burritos is horse blood.
5. Simon Cowell is actually from Oklahoma, and just talks that way on TV.
6. If you fold a dollar bill a certain way, you can see Betsy Ross naked.
7. Daddy Longlegs’ legs taste like spearmint.
8. The inventor of Elmer’s Glue was born with horns, and that’s his picture on the bottle.
9. Everyone who has ever beat Ninja Gaiden Black has died the next day.
10. ABBA stands for “All-father Baal Beats Angels”.
11. Yu-Gi-Oh! was supposed to have a new season but the FBI stepped in and shut it down under the Patriot Act, and no one knows why.
12. The phrase “Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge” is propaganda created and promoted by the American Fudge Council.
13. Girls don't wear underwear in Canada.
14. The film rating XXX is pronounced “kccchhggh”.
15. If you have ever touched a baked potato without gloves, the government has your fingerprints on file.
16. There is cocaine at the center of string cheese.
17. If you play Paper Mario for exactly fifty-five hours, fifty-five minutes, and fifty-five seconds, you’ll get a cheat code that lets you play as Lara Croft...naked.

(Thanks Woot!)

New House

Last Thursday we flew up to Michigan on a house hunting excursion. My sister Sue was nice enough to watch Libby and Reagan for us so Beth and I were kidless on Friday and Saturday. We stayed at the Amway Grand Hotel and had dinner at Bistro Bella Vita with some of her new colleagues. After narrowing it down to two houses on Friday we revisited them on Saturday with Beth's parents to get a new set of eyes on the situation. We then decided on the above house and put in an offer. The offer was accepted about an hour later after some great negotiating by our Realtor. As long as nothing changes our move in date will be June 22nd. The house will be in the 2008 Grand Rapids Parade of Homes if anyone wants to visit it and pay money to walk through it (all donations will be going to charity). Click here if you would like to see some pictures of the inside.

Stuck

After taking the pictures I came to Reagan's rescue.

Are Pigs Flying?

Has hell frozen over and I haven't heard about it? It must have because my sister Susan has taken up running. While visiting us in Memphis she brought her running outfit, including her new shoes, and went running once. I think she when to the edge of our driveway and back.

Rockband

At least 10 times a day Libby asks to listen to "Apple Bottom" (Low by Flo-Rida). Our music on demand channel has the edited version of the song that Libby loves to sing-a-long to. She gets dressed up and grabs her guitar and jams away. This time she even convinced Beth to put on a skirt and play her own guitar. Reagan just watched the show being put on.

Sarah, I made sure Stretch was in the photo...can you find him???

Housing Update

So far we have had four showings and have had positive comments from everyone. Today we even had people coming back to see the house for a second time.

House for Sale

Our house officially went on the market Tuesday. So far we have had two showings. We haven't heard back any feedback yet but hope to hear from our Realtor tomorrow.

Potty Time Update

Thanks to a visit from my sister Susan and her family, for the most part Libby is now potty trained. She was able to watch Ben and Allie go to the bathroom all by themselves so she started doing the same. Libby now will go potty and then come and tell me afterwards so she can get a jelly bean. Her favorite thing to do is to toot after she tinkles and then announce to who ever is around. She wears big girl underwear all the time now, except when we go out for more then a few hours since she still has a phobia about going potty on other toilets. She also wears diapers to bed but has woken up a few times in the morning with a dry diaper.

We now just have to teach her that underwear go on her bottom, not on her head.

New Friend

For the past 2 days I babysat one of Beth's co-workers little boy. Jake is almost 3 months younger then Reagan but weighs a good 4 lbs more. He is quite the chunk. All the kids got along really well together and Reagan enjoyed not being the youngest for a change.

Happy Birthday

Reagan celebrated 10 months on this earth yesterday. Here are a few interesting facts about her:

• She has mastered crawling and loves nothing more then pulling herself up onto furniture and toys and "creeping" along the edge. She should be walking in no time.
  
• She has gotten to be a much better eater, but she still hates baby food. She will eat bits and pieces of whatever we are having for dinner. But like her cousin Stevie, her favorite thing is Cheerios.
  
• Both of her bottom teeth arrived within a few days of each other, but she doesn't like to show them off.
• For the most part she is sleeping through the night now. She went through a rough patch last week, but is doing great now.
• She is the smiliest baby I have ever seen and now races to the door along with Libby when they hear their mom come home from work.
  

Shorty Got Low

Libby and Reagan's favorite new song is Low by Flow Rider (featuring T-Pain). While Reagan is dancing to the song Libby can be heard in the background singing. Reagan has been practicing for weeks on getting "low".

Pictures

For those of you who would like pictures of the girls, here are the ones we actually ordered. Let us know which picture and what size you would like.

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Reagan's 9 month Pictures

We were suppose to get Reagan's 9 month pictures taken last week, but 3 hours before the appointment we decided that Reagan was being to much of a stink. So we rescheduled them for today. Reagan was her usual smiley self and loved to give big grins for the photographer.

Since we were going to be at the studio anyway we decided to get the girls Easter Pictures taken also. Both girls did great and we had a hard time choosing which pictures to purchase. If you want you can see all 86 pictures taken here.

Splashing Reagan

Reagan's new favorite thing to do is to splash in the tub. This after we just taught Libby NOT to splash in the tub.

Almost There

Libby is on the way to being potty trained. Last week we told her that if she went 5 days without any accidents while wearing big girl underwear (panties) she would get a doll house. She has been wanting a doll house ever since she played with one over at her cousin Allie (Allvie as she is called in the South). Libby did amazing and only had one poopie accident because she was to busy coloring to run and go poop (we did catch it half way and got some in the potty). Libby will go to the bathroom on the toilet on demand, but is still not great at telling us when she has to go to the bathroom.

Reagan thought the doll house was pretty cool also.

Walkin' Reagan

We got Libby's old walker out and Reagan went to town. She grabbed hold and started walking back and forth across the room. Reagan does great for about 5 seconds and then she takes a tumble.

Bad Hair Day

Reagan woke up from her afternoon nap with the worst hair. The rest of the day we called her "Spike".

No Appreciation

Today is Doctor Appreciation Day and Beth received no calls from her family letting her know how much they appreciate her. I guess Beth will think twice next time she gets a phone call from them asking for medical advice or a prescription.

Shop til you drop

Last weekend Beth and her sisters did their best to stimulate the economy. Beth and Laura flew up to Minnie to go clothes shopping with Errin. Thanks to Minnesota's lack of sales tax on clothing, the girls got lots of bargains. This was my Christmas present to Beth. I used my frequent flier miles to send her up there and I stayed with the kids for 5 LONG DAYS. Beth had to use her own money for clothes shopping.
Beth had a great time hanging out with her sisters and Rudi. She was very lucky and did not get bit by Obie (I wish Rudi could say the same thing).