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There is news here. Not house news, not job news. Baby news. Yup.

Dedication day

We are so excited for this Sunday! We are finally having Caleb dedicated at church. We missed the last one and then found out they only do it twice a year, so he's a little older than I would have liked, but it's never too late! Lunch afterwards, fun stuff! Can't wait!

Our house is showing today for the first time in a while. Paid the big mortgage last night. It really hurts to write that outrageous check every month. Someone just buy this house! We are still having faith that God will take it when it's the right time, but man it's getting close.

My new business is up and running

I am spreading the word as far as I can. My new store is up and running and I'm proud to introduce it!

www.hyenacart.com/AlexiaJean is the link to it.

I have lots of ribbon blankies for babies, burp cloths, crib bedding, and coming soon are cloth diapers, Boppy covers, custom curtains, and other custom creations. If you have an idea for something let me know and I'll see if I can do it up for you.

Please think of me next time you need a baby gift (or have a baby of your own!)!

starting a business?

Here's my idea. I can make things, and I want to sell them for money. That's the idea behind a business isn't it? I did learn a little something with my business degree... (I'm not going to remind anyone though, that Finance knowledge does not necessarily equal wisdom, or we wouldn't be in the financial situation we are in right now.)

Here are two things that I have made and I am thinking of opening an internet store selling these things and other cutesie things like them. This first is a taggie blanket, or a lovey for babies. The second is just a bag I made, it's not a diaper bag, just a cute tote. A custom order baby business is where it's at baby!







As a bonus, check out my diaper stash: I have a few more but they were in the wash.

Yikes, it's been a whole month!

Back by popular demand!

We've been busy going in circles. Like a holding pattern, that kind of circles. It's not the funnest place I've been but I know it could be worse. Here are a few pictures from the last month or so:

Another walking video. He's gotten a lot better since this one too!



Easter Sunday:



Hunting an egg at Grandma's. Apparently one was quite enough!









My big boy in Whitehouse:





tending the garden:



This is one saucy toddler!



Pool fun!


Four inch faux-hawks are the bomb baby!



Mommy's new hobby - cute cloth diapers!


I'll take one to go please!



So, I guess that pretty much covers the last month. We've learned to walk better, started using cloth diapers, planted some free flowers in the back yard, gotten in the pool once, and just been hanging out. Greg's job is getting better, but he's still going forward with the Dallas Police process. Yesterday a detective called him who has been assigned his background check and said it will take two or three weeks before she can get to him because there are about 7 people in front of him. So, at the middle to end of June, expect to get called by Detective Hensley of the Dallas Police Department and say all good things about Greg!! (We had to put down EVERYONE we know, except extended family (aunts and uncles), with addresses and phone numbers, so you WILL get a call.) If all goes well and he chooses to do this, academy starts in July, or September.

That's that I think!

The BIG NEWS!!!!

(This is a repost from Caleb's blog)

We are finally walking!!!! Check this video out:


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On Tuesday I took his walker away so wouldn't have that "crutch" anymore. Yesterday, we went outside to play and since he didn't have anything to hold on to, had no choice but to walk. He walked down the sidewalk three houselengths (about 200 feet) and only fell down three times. The he toddled up the driveway like the video shows. SOOOO darn cute!!!

Pics from the weekend.

Only in Texas can you find beautiful azaleas, road-side bluebonnets, and fields of cactus all within a few miles of each other.


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my little prodigy:

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And finally: the first haircut. It was one snip of this rat tail!
BEFORE: (sorry there's no after)

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Off to the homeland

We are off to the homeland this weekend. While we are gone, I surely hope our agent will sell our house. Really, it's getting ridiculous. I am losing perspective I know, because it took us 5 months to sell our Hutto house, but I think it's been two months now and I'm getting frustrated.

So, in Tyler this weekend we are helping some of our friends move from Grapevine to Lindale, and then spending the weekend visiting peeps, and Monday Greg took the day off work so we are staying in Tyler so he can push resumes in town. He is going to make a list and just walk in places and ask for the HR dept. That's how he got on with Farmers, so we are hoping for another miracle.

So that's that.

And thank goodness we are missing most of the heavy rain and lightning today! It hasn't rained much at the house today, but it did rain a good bit last night. Greg came home "for lunch" so he could mow the grass before the downpour started and so it would look nice for the open house on Saturday. He was done for about 30 minutes when it started raining. Call that a close one!!

Update on the house

....... we got nothing. I'm disappointed that all those people that came for the open house haven't done anything. I even made bread! We haven't heard from our realtor about the second looker but I know she'll call as soon as she hears anything. We had four interested parties on Saturday's open house, and three on Sunday.. Nancy said she'll plan on doing another open house this Saturday if needed.

By the way, This Sunday is D-Day -- the day when the payment goes through the roof. Pray for us!

Some random photos

How on earth am I related to that BROWN woman?! Just getting back from Africa:


Cheese Face!


Caleb learned this pose from Uncle Cody!


Cutie Patootie~