The Finch Family: March 2005

Thursday, March 31, 2005

An amazing turn of events

Well, we have had A LOT going on around here this past little while. Last weekend Greg had good Friday off so we wanted to make that our last weekend of work on our house, before we put it on the market. We worked and worked. We met with our agent on Monday to sign papers and get things going. Over the weekend we decided that we should paint our (big) master bedroom too. So after we met with the agent, Monday we painted until the wee hours of the morn. Tuesday night we finished that up. Wednesday morning we scrambled to get our room put back together before our agent came to take pictures of the house. He listed it later that day. We got a call that evening that someone wanted to come and see the house today (Thursday). Well they came today and they made an offer today!! The first person to come and see our house made an offer!! It is a full price offer no less!! Hallelujah!! We accepted the offer, that really had no strings attached, they didn't even want an inspection. Between being thrilled and elated, we are panicked because we have no where to move to. We have been so busy getting our house ready that we have hardly looked at other houses at all. In fact today was the first day we have really gone out looking and we looked at a whopping two houses. Anyway so much is happening. We feel so thankful that things have gone quickly; I know the money isn't in the bank yet, but this is a tremendous first step. Now we can really look forward to a new home with more space for our growing family!! Here is a link to the listing to our house since a lot of you haven't seen it. http://www.dickcarr.com/silver_listingDetail.asp?ID=165224
With so much of us in this house it will be sort of sad to leave, but also so exciting. How blessed we are!!

Thursday, March 24, 2005

STRESS!!!

Hey everybody! I bet you thought blogging was going to be another project we started but didn't finish, eh? Well, I just wanted you all to know the reason we haven't been blogging much. We are so STRESSED!! We are trying to get our house on the market by the end of the month, and there is a lot to do. We thought we were about done, but then talked to our realtor and he made some suggestions, including some big projects, like painting some rooms. We aren't doing everything he suggested, but still we are going crazy. As you can imagine it is hard to do much in the daylight hours with all the kids, so that means we have been burning the midnight oil, and not getting much sleep. We are exhausted and ready just to put it on the market without all the millions of details being finished. We will have our last big push this weekend (Greg is off for Good Friday). Hopefully it will be enough. We need some sleep. We need to start looking at houses more seriously. We are ready to be done with all of this! You will know when things start to slow down a bit because we will blog more. Wish us luck. A few prayers would be good too.

Wednesday, March 16, 2005

Swimming in Caffeine

I took the kids swimming on Friday evening last week (indoor pool of course - spring has yet to arrive). In past swimming experiences, Adam and I have had "hold your breath contests" to see who could stay under the water the longest. After about 15 minutes in the pool, I asked him why he hadn't even put his head in the water yet. His reply: "I can't do it with this much caffeine." "Caffeine?" I asked. "Where did you get caffeine?" He stared blankly at me, then looked kind of sheepish as he realized he use the wrong word. "Oh, what is that stuff called that kind of smells in the pool?". Ah - now we were understanding each other - it was chlorine he was after.

The kids all had a good time. Cautious Anna was brave enough to venture clear down to the fourth step in the entrance to the pool. She refused to go where she couldn't touch - even if I was holding her. Lizzy, on the other hand, would have been just tickled to be at the bottom of the deepend. No fear whatsoever. Since she's only two feet tall, I had to stay pretty close by all the time or she would have ended up at the bottom. Adam finally did dip his head in the water and set a new record for himself. I was able to count to 53 while he was underwater (not seconds, just counts). His old record was in the 30's.

Monday, March 07, 2005

Lizzy to the doctor

I took Lizzy in for her two year old well check today. She weighed in at 27 lbs. (about 75%), and was about 33 and something inches (about 60%). She is healthy and fine. I had mistakenly thought she was to have a shot today, but she ended up not needing one. Strangely enough she was quite disappointed. I had been gearing her up for it, so in her two year old mind, she felt gipped (sp?). With so many young children we are at the doctor's quite often. We have gotten to know our pediatrician quite well; he knows all the kids' names and is always highly complimentary of them, and always ask about Adam, who doesn't come with us anymore because he is at school. We sure are thankful for good health and good medical care.

Mama's boy

Benjamin is a real mama's boy. This causes some frustration for both Greg and I. I have left Ben with Greg 3 0r 4 times, to go shopping, or whatever. Poor Greg, when I come home, I come home to a baby who has been screaming for over an hour, but who quiets down as soon as mama takes him, as if there were no problem. I hesitate to leave him now, and even when we are both at home Ben usually has a strong preference for his mom. I do have to say though, last night, for the first time in a long while, Ben actually sat with Greg for over an hour, while I had a little nap. Heavenly!! All our kids have gone through this strong "mama phase", but none so young as Ben.

Editor's note

Just so you all know, Greg wrote the caption for the Revival picture, not me!!

Friday, March 04, 2005

The Revival

When Anna had her birthday in January, she wanted to go to a huge indoor playground called Jungle Bungle. When Adam had his birthday in February, we went to an IMAX movie. Oddly enough, when Lizzy had her birthday, all she wanted to do was attend an old fashioned Protestant Revival. Well, she fit right in! Attached are some of the moments captured by our hidden camera!