Update

We did not end up accepting the offer from the person who put the offer in. We counter offered a few different times, but we never could come to a point where it would work for everyone. But that is okay with us! We are not going to give up. As a matter of fact, we have two showings on Tuesday! How wonderful. I can't believe it. We haven't had anyshowing in so long and now we have two in one day. LOVE IT!

David and I are getting really excited for Utah. We leave on Tuesday evening. I will be bringing Gavin to my sisters on Tuesday afternoon. She will be watching him Tuesday-Friday afternoon, then he will be staying with Nana and Grandpa Friday-Sunday. David and I will then go and pick him up when we return on Sunday from Utah. I am pretty much all packed up. David too. I just finished putting together "special bags" for Gavin. They are little gift bags with fun new "presents" inside of them. Just incase he gets sad and lonely, which I doubt he will :) He has been talking non stop about going to Ashley's house. He asked literally 20 times a day, "can we go to Ashee's house now." At least he isn't saying he doesn't want to go! That would break my heart.

Anyways, we have nothing else to really update on. I am not sure if I will be taking my computer to Utah or not, but if not, I will update when we return!

our weekend. zoo. offer.

We had a very nice weekend. Saturday Gavin had his swimming lessons, which went great! We then went to Cosco for a few things and met up with Kristin and the kids for the afternoon. After that we went home and Shawna and I were supposed to go snowboarding that evening. Turns out the hills were closed!! haha. So we then just went to their house and played apples to apples the rest of the evening while Gavin and Reilly played!

Sunday we took Gavin to the zoo and walked around. It was alot of fun, and probably our best zoo trip yet! We got to see the tiger up close. He kept pasing back and forth in front of the window. It was really neat to see!

We had a showing Yesterday! and...We got an offer! Except...it was very low :( so we counter offered and we haven't heard back yet! We'll see what happens!

Gavin and the massage chair!

Dad VV just got a new Massage Chair and Gavin wanted to try it out! It was pretty funny!

Our Eventful Weekend

We had a very eventful weekend!

On Friday my mom and dad came down to Madison for the day and to watch Gavin that evening. My dad also watched Gavin for a little while during the day while my mom and I had some nice girl time :) That Evening they watched Gavin while David and I went out with Chris, Kristin, Mom and Dad VV for Mom VV's Birthday! It was so nice, we went to Samba for dinner! We got Mom VV pictures for her Birthday of all 7 of us! David made wonderful picture frames for the pictures as well. He made them with the scrap wood from the addition that him and his dad built about a year ago, so they were pretty special and looked very nice!

On Saturday we had to travel to Chicago area for Jennifer and Mark's Bridal Shower! It was very nice to see everyone. Dad VV, David and Gavin came along and they hung out with Grandpa Jim while we were at the Shower. Gavin LOVES his Great Grandpa Jim, Can't seem to get enough of him. I'm glad they all got to spend some time together! We then went to see great grandma while we were there (Gavin's great great grandma) :) It is always a treat to go and visit her, and we look forward to it every time! Gavin knows exactly where little things are in her room too; the american flag that he marches around with, stuffed animals, and of course...the m&m jar!

Today (Sunday) we went to the St. Patrick's Parade here in Madison. It was the perfect day for it too! We had a lot of fun and Gavin had so much fun running after all the candy they throw!

This is literally how he stood when he was getting ready to catch candy!

After the parade we went to Mom and Dad VV's. I will be adding some HILARIOUS videos of that later. Right now it is 11:35pm and I really need to get to bed!

Happy Birthday Mom VV!

Happy --th Birthday Mom VV!! I won't say your age, because you probably will not like that :) We hope you have a WONDERFUL Birthday! We Love You!

Minivan Mom

Yes...It's true. I am now a minivan mommy. My Husband came home with a Minivan yesterday! Those of you who know my husband, knows that he has a problem with vehicles! He goes through more vehicles then he buys new underwear, I swear! Awhile ago he brought home a Nissan Armada to test drive and I said - ABSOLUTELY NOT. Way to big and a gas hog! He then mentioned a Minivan. I was very skeptical. I never thought I would be a minivan mom! But then he showed me a few and I told him specifically, "We are not getting another vehicle for a VERY long time." His eyes dropped! So..I guess we were thinking future and the minivan it was. He showed me a few and then yesturday he came home with a Nissan Quest.

(This is not our actual vehicle. Looks exactly the same, but I just got this picture off of Google.)

And FYI :) This does NOT mean we are expecting :)

Laundry Day

Yes, Gavin does his own laundry. With supervision, of course :) He absolutely LOVES doing it too. Last week he got so upset because I started it and he didn't. My Bad!

zoo.swimming lessons.rain

Friday was so beautiful here! I decided to take Gavin to the Zoo. It was so nice, we just walked around (NO STROLLER!!!!) and looked at everything, He mainly wanted to see the giraffe's so we spent a lot of time in there! Did you know that baby giraffes are seperated from their parents until they are fully grown? Otherwise the parents tend to 'beat them up' and corner them. How sad! The Zoo was SO busy. I know it was 55 and sunny, but still, I thought Gavin and I were going to be the only few there!
Gavin had his first swimming lessons on Saturday! It went really well. He really seemed to like it, except the water in the big pool was so cold! They have a kids pool area and the water is seriously like bath water! Gavin had so much fun in that area, they have a slide and quite a few water toys in there, very shallow too!!! Saturday it rained ALL day long! We had Jess over for dinner on Saturday, we haven't seen her in so long, so it was very nice to catch up! Gavin fell asleep at the dinner table and was out for the night! Sunday morning he woke up and asked where Jessie was. It was cute!
Sunday again...it rained all day!! But..I sure am glad it was rain and not snow like some of you got!
This week I will be traveling to Neenah on Wednesday for my Aunt Pat's Funeral. David will be staying back to work and Gavin will be spending the day with Reilly. My dad is not able to attend, nor is my sister (she is in Mexico!!!!) So it will be me and my mom!

I hope everyone has a great Monday!
DANCING WITH THE STARS STARTS TONIGHT!!!

Gavin's Gift

Gavin finally got his new Baseball Set. This was his gift from David and I for being potty trained. He asks all the time to go to Reilly's house to play baseball. Reilly has the same one! So...we finally got it for him. I can't wait until we can take him outside to play baseball, you should seriously see this kid hit a ball (right Mom and Dad VV :) ). Let me just say that our place it NOT big enough for him to hit a ball in without something/someone being hit or broken! Both of his t-ball sets get used everyday, numerous times a day!

Stripes

I finally finished the stripes in the Kitchen area! I think they turned out very nice. I like it alot better then just the one green color. It was TOO green! Let me know what you think. I have a feeling there are going to be mixed feelings on this wall :) Maybe too circus looking...I donno!?
Gavin's new thing is eating cereal (with milk) all by himself. He was never a cereal eater, until lately. Maybe it's the bowl, with the built in straw, he loves it!