Sold!

What a relief! Tonight we signed the contract to sell our house... It's so nice to have that done! It looks like we'll vacate this house on May 30/31 & move to our new abode in Winston. Then Will & I will live there by ourselves for a month, while Colin crashes somewhere else and finishes up his last month of residency at Duke. It's weird knowing we just have 3 months left here--Durham has certainly been a significant stop for us. It was the first new place we explored together as husband and wife, and our first child was born here. Yet I'm ready to move on... I do like adventure, and a new city is definitely that. In the meantime, we're still enjoying our Durham friends, church, favorite parks & pizza joint, playgroup, library story time, and Tommy's Mini-Mart (essential for milk & candy runs).

(New) Home Sweet Home

We found our new home! This morning, Colin, Will and I trekked to Winston-Salem to look at a couple of houses we noticed online, and as of this evening, this one is ours! It's exactly what I was looking for...a good family neighborhood, plenty of bedrooms, a nice backyard (with a creek for Will to play in!), carpets and paint jobs that don't have to be overhauled, and close to the hospital, mall, church, etc. The only thing we might do is build a fence to keep Wild Man Willie out of the neighbor's yard, but that's it. Whew. It's nice to have that checked off our list. So as of May 30, we've got a guest room just waiting for you!

Will at Play

I love Craigslist! This morning I purchased Will's new kitchen set & rocking horse from a woman whose children had sadly outgrown them, and she almost teared up when she saw Will already playing with her son's beloved horsie. I'd been looking for a kitchen for awhile--I refused to pay full price at Toys R Us, & it's not yard sale season yet...but now my boy can cook to his heart's content. Really, he crams as many trucks as can fit in the sink, attempts to disconnect the phone from its cord, and slams the oven door as hard as he can. He is a boy, after all. It's so fun to get him new stuff! Though I really don't know where to stick it all in our home...especially now that it's officially on the market. That's right--we have a big For Sale sign outside, and 2 couples have already been by to check it out. This whole process is a bit of a pain--I have to keep Will from wrecking the house (not an easy task, as he is a true force of destruction), his multitude of large gaudy plastic toys have to be placed as out of view as possible (never going to happen), and we have to find somewhere to go while strangers tromp through our home. Sure hope it sells fast.

Baby, it's COLD outside!

Must it get this cold? We live in the South--warm weather, along with sweet tea, "y'all," & friendly neighbors, is supposed to be one of its perks. I'm not loving it and am trying to find anywhere indoors to go during the day, so this morning we hit the mall. (Will is giving up his morning nap at the moment & only sleeps for an hour in the afternoon...so I really need to get out at some point every day...) There is a really nice mall in Durham, but we rarely go there because it's a bit of a drive. We choose instead to go to the mall minutes away, which has only a couple of decent stores & can be a little "rough" from time to time. I think it's great though--it's warm, there's a carousel & ride-on kiddie vehicles, & has a hobby shop with a train track inside. There's also a Baskin Robbins. Good enough for me! That's where we ventured this chilly morning, & Will even got some new Stride Rites out of the trip. I figured his current shoes might be getting small, but I felt pretty guilty when I was told he needed a full size up. He hadn't told me they were so tight :) Thankfully, there was even a pair on sale in his size, so that's what he got. And no more velcro--Will could kick those suckers off in a second. I got tired of picking up shoes & socks off the floor everywhere we went. The new ones are OK looking, not my favorites, but fine for three months--see below...

This afternoon we went for a walk in our new jogging stroller--I'm SO out of shape still but it's nice to run again, even if I stop after each few minutes to walk. Then we played outside for awhile and chased trucks down the driveway. Good times.

We're putting our house on the market really soon! Our realtor is coming over on Thursday, and I'm excited to get that ball rolling...