4 Years-and I FORGOT!

It's true, I forgot my anniversary-but to be fair-so did Chad! Oh boy, really? I mean we've only been married 4 years and we both forgot it was our anniversary yesterday-sentimental we are NOT! lol. Our excuse, we are leaving for the weekend today to go to Hocking Hills to celebrate, so we both were thinking our anniversary was this weekend, not yesterday. Thanks to a good friend, I was reminded before Chad found out. I could have played the, "How could you forget something like this?" card, but I didn't think about it.
Anyway, yes we are going to Hocking Hills and staying in a cabin at Bear Run Inn tonight and tomorrow night. We are pretty excited to go. Weston is staying with his grammy and grandpa Clark-so is greta. I think Grandpa is more excited about the dog than his grandson! Kidding, but he truly does ask if we are bringing the dog every time we go out there-silly man.
We went house hunting last night, and I think we topped 50 houses with the viewings we saw. I think we had anniversary luck because we found a house that we both really really liked. So maybe, just maybe....
Well, I should really be doing something productive-I'll think about getting up in a bit :)

I Stink At This...

I would love to make the excuse that I am just way to busy to blog, but honestly, I can't. I have to admit-I spend most of my day sitting on the couch anticipatin Weston's next move-and by that I mean listening to see where he is or what he is getting into, watching him as he precariously climbs on furniture and running after him after I hear a crash followed by screams. So, I have plenty of time to blog, but if I try, I have to keep it simple, otherwise I will have forgotten what I was writing before running off to save/chase/punish my little angel. Speaking of the little angel, he now has a naughty chair that he has to sit in when he doesn't listen to me. Shockingly enough, he actually stays in the chair screaming until I decide he has sat there long enough and is calming down. At that point, I tell him he can get out of the chair, but he won't until I go over there and pick him up. I'm pretty sure he doesn't get that he is allowed to leave the chair otherwise. It seems this is working better than swatting. I actually use it in accordance sometimes with swats or hand smacks. He's starting to get the picture :)
We just returned from Myrtle Beach Sunday morning at 3:30 a.m. We had a great time aside from the lack of sleep-thanks to Weston. I loved spending time with the whole family (minus Tony and Chad). We went to the beach almost every day. We didn't do any big activities. There was a plan to go and do a fishing trip, but somehow that never got done. Maybe next year!
Aside from great memories, we came home with tans and Weston came home with some bleached out beach baby hair. I didn't take too many pics b/c I was too lazy to get the camera out. It's so hard to reach for the camera all the time when all you want to do is take in the moment. I will definitely have to get better at that.
I tried to load a video that I managed to capture-the kids were having a great time playing at the window watching people go by and screaming...However, blogger won't let me. So sorry!

In other news, remember that blog post I wrote a while ago saying that we had other news to share, but I wasn't allowed to then? Well, here it is, we are definitely moving to Centerville. Chad loves his new job (I guess he probably wouldn't put it that way b/c he's a man) but anyway, we are going to do a second look at some houses tonight and hopefully one of them will be the one that we get to put the offer on. We are definitely ready to be on our own. Something about living with your parents for a year just doesn't sit well with us-even though its been awesome. Love you mom and dad and thank you!

Here's some other news-we sold our Subaru last night-how sad. We figured it was time. Of course, then, the Breeze decided that last night it was time for it to break down. The AC compressor went out which broke the belt. Without that belt you can't drive the car because that belt also runs the alternator. Rats. What great timing. Mom and Dad have been wonderful letting us borrow cars and shuffling around their schedules to help us out-LIFE SAVERS!

Ok, enough with that stuff...you want the REAL NEWS? Chad and I are finally feeling safe enough to let everyone know that we are expecting our next child February 8th! We are 12.5 weeks along. We had an early ultrasound at week 7 and I had an appointment on Tuesday and heard the heartbeat. According to the doctor, since we heard the heartbeat, the chance of miscarriage now drops to 2%. We are so excited and can't wait to welcome this new addition into our family!

The Fourth

Another Fourth has come and gone and boy did we have a busy (but fun!) weekend!
We attended two reunions that weekend-both on the Clark side. We had a great time hanging out with and getting to know (Weston and I at least!) extended relatives that we only get to see maybe once a year.
Fortunately, Papa Kent (Weston has now started saying papa in the cutest way to both of his grandpa's. We're still working on saying grandma more regularly-which comes out of his mouth as gamma.)
Anyway, Papa Kent bought a slip and slide for the festivities and it was a huge hit! The kids loved playing in it. In fact, when it was time to take the family picture, Weston was awfully unhappy about getting out of the water.
Can you tell that my baby loves the water?


We are thinking that wherever we move to, we are going to need a hill for some awesome slip n' slide days!
In some news on the little guy, he is 15 months old today. He now has 3 molars and I believe one more is on the way. Poor guy needs a break! He is very clingy and as of lately-grumpy!
However, I think he has a pretty good excuse for the grumpiness.
My 3 brothers were in town for a golf outing, which made for some cramped sleeping quarters for my little family. Weston did pretty well sleeping the same room as mommy and daddy. However, he did wake more often and earlier than normal. If I was sleeping on a hard pack n' play surface rather than my comfortable mattress, I wouldn't sleep as well either.
We had a great visit with Weston's uncles-boy did he love them. They were pretty good entertainers. I think Weston was confused with his uncle cory since cory looks quite a bit like grandpa. He just stared at Cory for the longest time, but warmed up quickly too him.
Being a bad mommy, i of course failed to grab any pictures of the uncles.
I'll make it happen in Myrtle Beach though, which we leave for in a little more than a week. Can't wait! (of course the heat can subside and I wouldn't mind!)

Laughter

I know I haven't posted in a while and I don't have time today, but I wanted you all to hear my sweet boy's laugh while playing his favorite game: (sorry it's sideways, i dont know how to fix it yet and am too lazy to figure it out!)

Updates-FINALLY!

So, I am finally allowed to tell the world what has really been going on in our lives the past, well, YEAR.
I was actually allowed to tell last Monday, but never got around to it, so I will give a short dialogue since I really need to go workout whilst the little cranky man is sleeping.
As you all know, Chad lost his job with Ingersoll Rand a little over a year ago. A few months after that, he got hired on at KTH in St. Paris, Oh. We were excited that he got a job so quick, however, it wasn't really a job that matched his education or skill level. KTH was great though-they have awesome insurance and a pretty good vacation policy. All in all, they treated us pretty well!
Even so, Chad wanted something that challenged him. So onto the journey that got us to where we are now :)
Chad has been applying and interviewing at several different places this past year, some near and some far. Such places include: Wilmington, Oh; Columbus, Oh (two or three different jobs); Piqua, Oh; Centerville, Oh; St. Joseph, MI; Davidson, NC; and the farthest-Oak Harbor, WA.
Chad has gotten some pretty nice trips out of this whole process-two of which I got to tag along-Michigan and Washington. He received right around 7 offers-most were pretty decent. However, we knew God was telling us to be patient. A few of the places we thought were it-such as Washington and Davidson. We picked a number that they would have to offer us in order for us to relocate and we decided if they offered that number, we wouldn't question it, we would just go. Well, God definitely had his hand in this and the offers that came through were good and pretty close, but they weren't what we decided on.
Then comes this job in Centerville-close enough to family and a great job. I was skeptical at first because the company is pretty small. Chad interviewed 4 times there. After each interview, I became more and more excited about the deal. The company seems awesome. They are basing their management principles off of the book The Servant Leader. How awesome!
Chad has finally found his new job! He starts at this company-Tark-on Monday. This is his last week at KTH. He is very excited, as am I!, about this new life we are about to embark on! Our patience has finally paid off!
We are now house hunting in Centerville ready to get on our feet again!
Thank you for all the prayers and help that everybody has given us this past year and half! It has been truly amazing.
I only have one more bit of info that I am not allowed to post at this time, but in due time, the restriction will be lifted and I will be able to share!

Not Me Monday!

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog www.mycharmingkids.net to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

I did not foolishly go to the strawberry patch and think that I needed to pick 35 lbs of strawberries to make 50 jars of jam. Not me, I knew that many strawberries would make a mere 100 jars. Which means that I did not have to run to the store again and buy more jars and pectin and I did not have to spend 12 hours making jam instead of my normal 4. Not me, I am a great planner!

I did not feed my child cereal for dinner 2-3 times this past week because it was easier to let him feed himself that instead of feeding him a real nutricious meal. And I did not let him play in the leftover cereal and yogurt and make a HUGE mess that not only covered him but also covered the chair and parts of the floor last night while I finished making jam. Good thing I don't own a dog who didn't help clean up the floor and whatever body parts she could reach on Weston.

I never wait more than 3 days to wash my diapers (HA!) I did not have a large load that did not end up breaking the post that held up the clothesline. I would never...

My husband, while watching said child mentioned above, did not let him play in...um...dog poo from the non-existant dog mentioned about while working outside. No, he pays way more attentiont to what our child plays with!

Finally and best off all-
Chad did not accept a job offer from a company in Centerville last week and we will not be moving in the near future!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

if you don't get this post, you need help. But just in case-Chad has a new job! I will fill in all the details later on. He finally let me tell since he put his notice in at work today. Hurray!

Diapershops.com

So, I love cloth diapers and I know we are going to be needing more of them when we finally have another child.
Diapershops.com is have a facebook giveaway of 6 BG diapers! Hopefully I'll be the one to win! I've never used these, but have heard great things about them.
I love the convenience of this site and how great they treat their customers-holding giveaways all the time! They also have a great variety to choose from.
Wish me luck!