So, it is official. After a few rounds of back-and-forth, and almost nine months on the market, we have sold our house. As of now, our close date is February 9 -- that is like one month and one day away! I cannot believe it! We are going to have to hustle to get all packed in that amount of time.
I am not going to lie, I totally cried the night it was all finalized. My poor hubby just couldn't believe it. I couldn't help it! I just keep thinking about Drew's adorable nursery, our beautiful dining room, all of the work we have done, our perfect Christmas tree window ... Drew's first steps in the living room, bringing him home the first day ... all of these things ... and it just made me sad to leave. I know that it will be better for us -- much, much better, in fact -- to get a house on a bigger piece of property, but I will miss this house. It is so beautiful and full of character -- I just love it!
Evidently, the couple that is purchasing the house is totally in love with it, so that will make the whole process easier. They walked through the house three separate times (they were also the first couple to ever ask for a showing). The first was while we were in St. Louis for my Uncle's funeral. The second was the Monday after Thanksgiving weekend. The third was the second Saturday in December at 9:15 in the morning (ugh!) -- we had to cancel a date night so we could get ready for that one! :) Since then, they had expressed interest in making an offer, but we just weren't sure when it was coming. It came on Monday this week, and it was a relief to know that someone sees as much value in the house as we do.
We have a couple of house options to drive by and possibly go through (trust me, I will never flippantly walk through a house for sale again -- unless it is an Open House. It is too stressful for the seller to have to get everything ready to just take it lightly!!) but if those don't work out, we will probably just do an apartment until we can find the house.
So, please pray, pray, pray. Pray that our house appraises at the price that we agreed on; that all of the financials go through; that we don't pack up everything only to find out that something is not going to work; that everything goes smoothly; that Drew transitions well to wherever we end up. And, while you are at it, praise God for blessing us with a buyer. I am extremely thankful for His provision and timing.
We'll keep you all posted of our new address -- as soon as we have it! :)
Katie
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Sunday, December 26, 2010
It's a Boat!
Merry, Merry Christmas. The house has been decked out and it looks beautiful! We had a wonderful third Christmas with Drew. He danced at the Christmas Eve service at church -- and had some stylin' moves! Me-wrose and Papa spent the night with us, and we woke up early to open presents. Drew got a great wagon from Me-wrose and Papa, which he decided to rest in to watch "the Movie Cars" (as he calls it) mid-way through opening presents. He was blessed with many fun things like legos and an Elmo doll that sings the ABC's. His last present to open was a sled from Santa. Tim was showing it to him and he said, "Do you know what this is, Drew?" Drew's response was adorable: "Don't know." And then as he is looking at it more he exclaimed, "A boat!!" It was so cute! He thought his sled was a boat! I thought it was prety cleaver of him to think of that. We are going to be lucky enough to use his sled when we go down to Indy to celebrate Christmas with the Liby family next weekend (although, we were honored to host Micah, Brandi, Zac, Gabe and Grandma Liby on Christmas day). Right now, Drew is content with asking his Daddy to drive him around the house in his wagon!
We had a a yummy meal of ham, sweet potatoe casserole, green bean casserole (or just plain green beans for those of us that are gluten free), baked beans and rolls -- it was delicious!! It was just a fun day all around, and it was great to be surrounded by family to celebrate the birth of Jesus. One of my favorite things to think of is that Jesus himself said: "I have come that they may have life, and life to the fullest". His entire purpose in coming was to give us life. It is my prayer for you as this year comes to an end, that you find power and life in Jesus.
Wishing you life,
Katie (& Tim)
We had a a yummy meal of ham, sweet potatoe casserole, green bean casserole (or just plain green beans for those of us that are gluten free), baked beans and rolls -- it was delicious!! It was just a fun day all around, and it was great to be surrounded by family to celebrate the birth of Jesus. One of my favorite things to think of is that Jesus himself said: "I have come that they may have life, and life to the fullest". His entire purpose in coming was to give us life. It is my prayer for you as this year comes to an end, that you find power and life in Jesus.
Wishing you life,
Katie (& Tim)
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Jeep and Sleep
This is just too funny! The other night, I put Drew to bed around 8:00, or so. At around 8:30, as Tim and I were decorating our Christmas tree, I heard him making noises -- kind-of fussy, kind-of not. I went up to check on him, and he was sitting in his crib playing with his "wellow jeep" (translated -- yellow jeep) and his new prayer puppy that he got from church. I softly told him to lay down. While I was tucking him in, I explained that if we needed to come back up because he was not going to sleep, that we would have to take his jeep away. Around 9:00 p.m., we started hearing him fuss again. This time, Tim went up to check on him. When he got to Drew's room, Drew was sitting up in his crib, holding out the jeep to Tim. Tim said to him, "Drew Bug, where you playing?" Drew responded, "Uh-huh. Here Daddy," and he gave Tim the jeep. Tim put it on the nightstand, tucked Drew in again and we didn't hear a peep from him for the rest of the night!
He is just too precious and funny ... and smart!
He is just too precious and funny ... and smart!
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
It's Baaaack!!
Football is amoung us! I am so excited. In honor of opening season, the Liby family sported game day shirts ... check it out (yes, we are Lions fans!):
We Are So Excited ... The Lions are Actually Winning.
Goooo, Lions!
We Are So Excited ... The Lions are Actually Winning.
I Heart Mommy and the Detroit Lions!
Oh, No! (Drew when he saw Matthew Stafford go down.)
(Okay, not really. He has no idea what happened to Matthew -- he was sleeping when it happened. However, it is cuter to add that caption then to say that Drew was just being silly and refusing to get his picture taken!) :)
I Love P-eace Car
Well, Drew had the highlight of his young life thus far this weekend when we were in Indianapolis visiting Tim's family ... he got to "drive" a police car! Tim's sister, Christine, is engaged to Joe -- who is a police man and he has a real-life police car. On Saturday morning, Joe took Drew out to the car and let him push all of the buttons -- turning lights and sirens on and off, speak into the loud speaker, and "drive" around their culde-sac. He was so happy! And it was adorable.
Later, when we were getting ready to leave, and we were in the driveway, Drew looked at the car and said, "I love p-eace car" ... it was so stinkin' cute. He loves the police car! I must admit that when he said it, my heart broke a little because he has never volunteered an "I love ..." before. Sure, he has said I love you when we tell him to, or sometimes when we say it to him he will reply back that he loves us, too, but he has not just said, "I love you, Mama" or "Love you, Daddy". Let the record state, however, that he does love the police car! It makes me excited for the first time when he just says it out of the blue to me. :) Check out the pictures of his "drive". Thanks, Uncle Joe, for making his weekend!!
Friday, September 10, 2010
Ball! Ball! Ball!
When Drew Bug was starting on solids, he loved strained peas! He would eat them anytime we put them infront of him. This transitioned well to can peas. He loved them. Then, well, he didn't. Since he quit eating them, I would occassionally put them infront of him again to see if he would eat them again ... no such luck. I thought I would try again today. So, I put his lunch together, and gave him peas. To my surprise, he began eating them. In fact, it was the first thing I had to give him another serving of! When I started to pay attention to his babbeling, I realized why he was enjoying them so much. Before eating each pea, he would pick it up and say, "Ball!" and then toss it in his mouth. Over and over and over .... ball, ball, ball. Then he says, "I eating balls!" How funny is that! I guess balls -- er, peas -- are back on the menu.
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Labor Day Fun
We sure had a busy, but very fun, holiday weekend visiting my best friend and her family in Streetsboro, Ohio. We love hanging out with the VanderHeide family. Drew is both a big brother and a little brother when we are with them, and he has a blast.
We left Friday night and arrived to their house a bit after midnight. On Saturday, with the goal of doing something fun that could excite adults and kids alike, we decided to go to a local county fair. Wow! Did that bring me back to my 4-H days! We walked around animal barns and the kids had the opportunity to see horses, llamas, alpacas, sheep, goats, cows, pigs, poultry and rabbits. They even had the opportunity to pet a few ... Drew reached right out to the bunny, but passed on the duck. :) We walked around the midway area checking out the games, rides and food options. The older kids were able to partake in some fair fun by each choosing a ride. Wendy and I were more interested in contemplating the safety of each potential ride, but even we were excited when the kids had fun on -- and safely completed -- each ride. It is funny how a simple ride can brighten a kids day. To complete the day, we went to the demolition derby -- a first for both Drew and me! When it first began, Drew just stared with his mouth slightly open like occasionally saying,"Wow!" and "Boom!". As the rounds went on, and got longer, he was less interested in watching and more interested in sleeping (it was going on 9:30 p.m.). So, that is what my sweet little boy did ... he curled up in my lap and fell asleep ... during a demolition derby! Unbelievable!! Those events are so loud and he just slept through it!
One of the main reasons we decided to go to the fair was because of the derby. However, when we got there, I heard someone say at the entrance gate that the derby tickets were sold out. I told Tim and Wendy this and we decided to beat feet over to the ticket booth to find out if we could still buy tickets. On the way, Ben, Wendy's oldest, was pretty bummed that we might not be able to go. I said to Ben that instead of being bummed, we should pray and ask God to provide a way for us to go to the derby -- and we did. As we are walking up to the booth, you can see a pink sign that reads "Demolition Tickets are Sold Out". Ugh! That's a bummer! Wendy and I walk up to the booth to see what the situation is. As we are standing there, hearing the booth workers tell the people in front of us that the tickets are gone and looking at each other with a look that reads, 'well, what are we going to do now', a guy walks into the back of the booth and tells the workers that they are bringing in additional seating and that they now have tickets available. We immediately bought the tickets we would need and headed on our way to the animal barns (since it was a few hours before the derby). As we walked away, I though about just how very good God is. It was timed perfectly for us to get the tickets. It wasn't a huge thing ... and in the scheme of life it would not of killed us if we would not have been able to go. However, as parents, it was something that we cared about because we wanted our kids to have a fun time. And this is how it is with God. As our Daddy, or Abba, he cared about us getting tickets because He wanted His kids to have fun time. We did. Thanks, God!
Another reason to praise: my Aunt heard the news today that her lymph nodes are clear and cancer-free. That is awesome! She is healing well from her surgery, and will be getting her radiation schedule soon. I am very thankful that God is protecting and healing her.
Drew is being so funny (as usual) these days. He is constantly making Tim and me laugh with the funny things he says. The other day, out of the blue, he called Tim a goof, "Daddy a goof." He keeps referring to himself as big ... "Drew are you a sweet boy?" "No, I big." Stuff like that. It is too cute. The other day, after he saw me kill a spider in the kitchen with a shoe, he went after another one later on that day, laughing and saying, "pi-der! pi-der!" as he randomly swung my shoe towards the floor. Of course I praised him for being my hero even though the pi-der was just a crumb! When we were in Ohio, Wendy was playing a sing-song-tickle game with Drew and her daughter (Katie Joy, 18 months) that you twirl your pointer finger around in a circle as you sing a bumble-bee song and then end it by tickling the kid. She was tickling Drew and then Katie and Katie and then Drew. They were giggling and laughing -- it was so funny. After a few rounds, Drew looks at her, sticks his little finger out, twirls his hand in a circle and sings to Wendy, "bumble-bee, bumble-bee ..." -- he was totally going to try to get her back. It was so funny and cute!! We both started to bust out laughing. Man, I love that boy!
We left Friday night and arrived to their house a bit after midnight. On Saturday, with the goal of doing something fun that could excite adults and kids alike, we decided to go to a local county fair. Wow! Did that bring me back to my 4-H days! We walked around animal barns and the kids had the opportunity to see horses, llamas, alpacas, sheep, goats, cows, pigs, poultry and rabbits. They even had the opportunity to pet a few ... Drew reached right out to the bunny, but passed on the duck. :) We walked around the midway area checking out the games, rides and food options. The older kids were able to partake in some fair fun by each choosing a ride. Wendy and I were more interested in contemplating the safety of each potential ride, but even we were excited when the kids had fun on -- and safely completed -- each ride. It is funny how a simple ride can brighten a kids day. To complete the day, we went to the demolition derby -- a first for both Drew and me! When it first began, Drew just stared with his mouth slightly open like occasionally saying,"Wow!" and "Boom!". As the rounds went on, and got longer, he was less interested in watching and more interested in sleeping (it was going on 9:30 p.m.). So, that is what my sweet little boy did ... he curled up in my lap and fell asleep ... during a demolition derby! Unbelievable!! Those events are so loud and he just slept through it!
One of the main reasons we decided to go to the fair was because of the derby. However, when we got there, I heard someone say at the entrance gate that the derby tickets were sold out. I told Tim and Wendy this and we decided to beat feet over to the ticket booth to find out if we could still buy tickets. On the way, Ben, Wendy's oldest, was pretty bummed that we might not be able to go. I said to Ben that instead of being bummed, we should pray and ask God to provide a way for us to go to the derby -- and we did. As we are walking up to the booth, you can see a pink sign that reads "Demolition Tickets are Sold Out". Ugh! That's a bummer! Wendy and I walk up to the booth to see what the situation is. As we are standing there, hearing the booth workers tell the people in front of us that the tickets are gone and looking at each other with a look that reads, 'well, what are we going to do now', a guy walks into the back of the booth and tells the workers that they are bringing in additional seating and that they now have tickets available. We immediately bought the tickets we would need and headed on our way to the animal barns (since it was a few hours before the derby). As we walked away, I though about just how very good God is. It was timed perfectly for us to get the tickets. It wasn't a huge thing ... and in the scheme of life it would not of killed us if we would not have been able to go. However, as parents, it was something that we cared about because we wanted our kids to have a fun time. And this is how it is with God. As our Daddy, or Abba, he cared about us getting tickets because He wanted His kids to have fun time. We did. Thanks, God!
Another reason to praise: my Aunt heard the news today that her lymph nodes are clear and cancer-free. That is awesome! She is healing well from her surgery, and will be getting her radiation schedule soon. I am very thankful that God is protecting and healing her.
Drew is being so funny (as usual) these days. He is constantly making Tim and me laugh with the funny things he says. The other day, out of the blue, he called Tim a goof, "Daddy a goof." He keeps referring to himself as big ... "Drew are you a sweet boy?" "No, I big." Stuff like that. It is too cute. The other day, after he saw me kill a spider in the kitchen with a shoe, he went after another one later on that day, laughing and saying, "pi-der! pi-der!" as he randomly swung my shoe towards the floor. Of course I praised him for being my hero even though the pi-der was just a crumb! When we were in Ohio, Wendy was playing a sing-song-tickle game with Drew and her daughter (Katie Joy, 18 months) that you twirl your pointer finger around in a circle as you sing a bumble-bee song and then end it by tickling the kid. She was tickling Drew and then Katie and Katie and then Drew. They were giggling and laughing -- it was so funny. After a few rounds, Drew looks at her, sticks his little finger out, twirls his hand in a circle and sings to Wendy, "bumble-bee, bumble-bee ..." -- he was totally going to try to get her back. It was so funny and cute!! We both started to bust out laughing. Man, I love that boy!
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