fun fun fun and scary scary scary...

We went to the pumpkin patch yesterday with our friend's Jen, Tim, and Kate. We ate lunch first- with some yummy pie- and then headed over to the pumpkin patch. We went on a hayride to the pumpkin patch, and then went walking through to find our perfect pumpkin. Eric loved it, he just giggled and giggled as he looked at all the pumpkins. I'm not sure what was so funny, but he sure enjoyed it! We found our pumpking, and then let him check out a few more. He loved standing on the ground with the pumpkins, almost as big as he is! Him and Kate had a great time! After picking our pumpkins, we took the hayride back. Eric loved the tractors, everytime he saw one drive past us, he pointed and got all excited! John of course loved that!!!:) Anyway, we went back and went to pet the goats. Eric thought it was really funny, John not so much- he hates goats! It was fun to see Eric pet them though! We then went and got our pumpkin, bought some yummy apple butter and cherry perserves, and we were off home! It was a great day- fun, fun, fun!

We were driving home, a little over an hour drive home, when the most scary thing happened! We were passing a semi- when we heard a loud crash- we looked back and the window right next to Eric just exploded right in on top of him! The look of terror was on his little face as he screamed and cried, so I leaned back and shielded his face from the window. I don't know if the semi kicked up a rock or what, but we passed the truck, and pulled over onto the side of the road. I hurried up and got out of the car and grabbed him, he was so scared- but as I cleaned him off and calmed him down- thank God he was not harmed in any way! We were all shaken up, and we still had about 40 mintues to go! John is very good in these situations, I tend to get a little emotional! (Although I think I would have been calmer if I were by myself and had to do it- but I figure he is the husband and the father- he can take care of us!!!:)) Anyway, John moved the car seat to the other side and we put up the 'buggy bag' in the window. I sat in the back with Eric and we just blasted the heat. Like I said before, thank God he wasn't hurt!!! SCARY, SCARY, SCARY!!!

Once again, the site isn't letting me put pictures on, but I will try again later!

so fast...

Well OH MY GOD!!! We bought a house today! I feel like I am jumping into this, but we have been looking long enough! The house that I said we went to look at- we hated! We definitely liked features about it, but overall, we hated it! BUT the other house that I said the listing expired and had an offer made- the seller made a counter offer- then we were able to get an offer in- the seller accepted it and then revoked their counter offer! It happened so fast, but we are so excited, and it wasn't as stressful this way! Hopefully the rest of the process won't be stressful either! Now everyone has to come visit, we have a pool and a jacuzzi, and a great backyard- WITH GRASS!!! It is a little patch, but grass none-the-less!!! It is a great house and we are very happy! You can check out the house at http://tarmls.rapmls.com/scripts/mgrqispi.dll?APPNAME=Tucson&PRGNAME=MLSPropertyDetail&ARGUMENTS=-N122292051,-N330861,-N,-A,-N13950547, look at the virtual media- it gives you a better picture of what it looks like.
Well Eric is napping, so I am going to be productive! Come see us!!!:)

taking the plunge...

Well we have been putting off buying a house long enough! John is probably not going to go to SOS before Christmas, so we are going to just bite the bullet and move on this house business! I started to talk with mortgage companies yesterday, but we haven't made a final decision on who we are going to go with. We did find out though that we are already approved for a loan, so I called the realtor today. We are very excited, although the first house that we got super excited about is not listed anymore!:( The listing expired yesterday, but someone got an offer in just in time. We are waiting to see if they accept the offer, or if they are going to relist it. We are going to look at a house today, I really like this one too. There are definitely things I like and don't like about each house. I just hope we find something that we fall in love with! When you are spending this much money on a house, I sure do hope we fall in love with it! Anyway, this house is 2 stories, 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 3 car garage, pool and grass! It sounds good, so hopefully we will like it as much when we see it. AND hopefully we can get it for a good price- now that it is a buyers market!
Keep your fingers crossed for us that we find something great!

Our new house???

A Bonus Baby Picture! Riding his quad outside with dad! He loves it, but we really need to get his to learn how to steer!!!:)

I may not update Eric's website until next week, I seem to be very busy talking with mortgage companies and finiding a house. If I have time, I will do it, if not- next Monday!:)

cake and icing-yummm...

Well the party went real well yesterday, and all the worrying was for nothing! I was mostly worried when we decided just to do it here, but as the time came closer, I was unusually calm!!! I did get a little nervous when John went to the store a little later than planned and I was just here by myself, so I just had a beer and I was fine!:) Other than that, nothing bothered me! All of those kids-and adults- here running around, playing, eating, (only a few minor spills) and I was fine! Maybe I'll have to have more parties now!!! Well we'll see about that, I'm just glad this one went off without any problems!
Eric had a good time too. He got cranky a few times, but he isn't used to all of these people here either. For the most part, he just played and had a good ol' time! He loved the cake! He had a cupcake first and then a little piece of ice cream cake, and loved them both! He tasted a little bit of it first, then just went in with his face! He picked it up- icing side on his hand- and started to eat from the bottom. He did finally flip it over and of course the icing was everywhere! He ate every last bit- well other than what he was wearing!!!

Happy Birthday dear Eric...

This looks so good...

It is really good!

I think I ate too much! But boy was it good!!!:)

birthday balloons...

We found out that Eric liked balloons a few weeks ago when his friend Kate gave him one from a party that she was at. Well grandma and grandpa McAndrew sent him 6 balloons for his birthday and he just loved them. They were tied to a bag, with a bear in it, and he just went crazy! He thought they were so much fun! I still can't believe that he is 1!!!

Wow, look at all these balloons!

This is so much fun!

http://media.putfile.com/balloons-96

happy birthday...

I can't even believe that Eric in 1 already!!! It went so fast, it is amazing! Well John and I bought him a 'Lil Quad for his birthday. We gave it to him yesterday, and charged the battery for today! He loves to play with it, and had a good time riding it for the first time! He does need a few lessons in steering, but we will get there! He is just too funny!

I'm too cool!

http://media.putfile.com/Happy-Birthday-Riding-the-Lil-Quad

facing forward...

I am so excited to say that we switched Eric's car seat to face the front! We figured that he is going to be a year in a few days, and next weekend is his birthday party, so we just did it this weekend. Well he loves it! He smiled the whole time we were in the car! I like it too, now he doesn't have to face the seat anymore! It made me smile just as much I think! I love to see what is going on!This is great!

Sooo much more fun!!!:)