House update

Kenny and I have been thinking we need to figure out exactly what day we can get all moved into our house. So, I called our loan officer last week to ask her the exact closing date. All we knew was it was supposed to be sometime the first week in November. Well, after I asked her when she thinks it will be she broke the news that she thinks we will probbaly have to move the date back AGAIN! She said that every time she checks the USDA website the files keep taking longer and longer. There are just so many loans trying to get approved right now so they are really backed up. I am so bummed! I wanted to be in our house before it got crazy cold! She said it will probably be around the middle of November. At this point I am trying to not get my hopes up. Once again it just gives us more time to get things prepared for when we actually do get to move in.
Kenny recently got a second job. I can't remember if I blogged about it yet. He is working for a place called Service Master. He is working about 23 hours a week in the evenings Mon-Fri. He is always so darn tired now, it sucks but I really appreciate him working so hard to keep us going while I am going to school.
By the way, the quarter is half over and I can't believe it. Time does fly when you're having fun! I really am loving college so far!
Here are some awesome (as always) pictures of Aubrey!

Havin fun at Grandma & Grandpa Durbin's house!


She is seriously gonna go for it!


Can you believe she actually did it? This child is out of control!

Crawling one day and pulling herself up to standing position the next day!

Look at the darling dimples! How could I not adore this girl?

Crawling!!!

This morning I put Aubrey on the floor while I got her bath ready and she was playing with some toys on the floor. I thought to put a toy just out of her reach to see if it would give her incentive to crawl...and it worked!!!!!!!! She took about three or four forward movements! She's been crawling backwards for a couple weeks now but hasn't really gotten the forward crawling down. It looks like she'll be crawling all over the place pretty soon. I spent all morning trying to get her to do it again...hopefully I'll get it on camera this afternoon so I have a video to go with this post! Man, I was so excited when I saw it! She is 5 1/2 months tomorrow! She is so awesome! I am enjoying every minute I have with her! Mommyhood is really getting to be more amazing everyday!

EASY!

All right, so now that everyone is calling me up worried about me after my last post I need to post a disclaimer! Sorry I got everyone so excited! I was just in a bad mood after having a bad couple of weeks. You know sometimes life is just crappy for a while...sometimes caused by...oh I don't know...a husband? I'm just sayin... :) Anyway, I'm better now, I'm not longer pissed at the world. So, everyone just take it easy already. However, I do feel quite loved at the moment that people were actually worrying about my well being. That is a nice feeling! I have so many people that love me. I am a lucky gal! And as for Kenny, he's not such a bad guy. It's just sometimes I forget that he is a man and I have to take into account what I am dealing with. So, all is good in the neighborhood!

10/12/09

I am stressed out and pissed at the world so I'm not going to say much cause I don't want to be a downer but there are some gorgeous pictures of Aubrey. Her big blue eyes are killer! She is so beautiful. I realized today as I was going through my pics of her I don't have a lot of her smiling. I'll have to work on that!
We have a new close date for our house. The USDA is taking a long time to work through all the loans going through right now so it's taking longer than expected. The new date is sometime during the first week in November. I am fine with that. One less thing I have to worry about for now. Moving is going to be so stressful! However, it will be nice to have my own space. That's all for now. Just wanted to post some newer pictures of Aubrey.

I started school at Big Bend Community College two weeks ago and so far I am loving it! At first I was really stressed out because I am taking an online class and I wasn't really sure what my teacher expect from me on certain assignments but it has been going really well so far. I am taking Math 90, English 99 and College Survival Skills which is required if you don't place in a college level Math or English. I am really enjoying my English and CSS but my Math class is a little different story. The teacher has a day job as an engineer and she said she is just teaching "for fun". I want to tell her not to quit her day job because she isn't the greatest teacher! This is her first class so I know she is really nervous and doesn't have her technique down yet...but dang. She usually ends up confusing me more than helping me. I have been making sure to go through the sections BEFORE class so I already know the information and then hope to learn a little more. We have our first test this Tuesday. I should get an A...the only questions I've missed on the quizzes have been dumb mistakes like adding instead of subtracting...so I need to take it slow and I should do well. I LOVE COLLEGE!
Aubrey is doing awesome. I can put a blanket down and she'll play on the floor for usually about 5-10 minutes. I think she gets lonely and realizes that Mommy left her and then she freaks out but she is becoming a little more independent. It's hard because I want to spend every moment with her but at the same time I have so much more to do now with homework. She is starting to move around on the floor. She'll roll all over the place or she can also crawl backwards...it's not exactly crawling but more like scooting. She is changing everyday! It's amazing!
News on the house is we are just waiting for approval from USDA which is taking an average of five to six weeks for most loans. So, we are just patiently waiting for that and then we will be able to finally close. Our original closing date was October 12th but I found out yesterday it will probably be more like the beginning of November. I am not in a huge hurry. I mean I am super excited to have our own place but living with my parents is just giving us more time to get our bills paid down. Moving is not going to be a fun task either...so I'm not really looking foward to that part of it...especially since we're going to be getting to November...it's going to be cold! BRR!
I think Kenny just got a new job! I mean...a second job in addition to his current one. He will be working about 20 hours in the evening as a janitor. He did that kind of work while he was going to school and he liked it for the most part. He enjoys working independently so I'm sure he'll do fine. The lady that interviewed him last night told him she had to interview one more person but that Kenny pretty much had the job and to just show up Monday night. So, that is exciting! That will help us since I'm going to school and I don't really want to work and go to school at the same time. I want to avoid that for as long as I can.
I think that is about it. Weight Watchers has been a bust...I actually cancelled my membership because I wasn't going to the meetings and now I have class so I can't go to the meetings...I think I've already gained the "freshmen fifteen". When I am doing my homework I always want to be snacking...or I need a break from studying so I get up and wander to the fridge. IDIOT! It's all good...it will happen someday when I am better prepared to focus my energy in that direction. As of right now, I think I have too much going on...and I like food A LOT! :) Well, that is about all. Here is a picture I took with my phone about a week ago. Isn't she adorable!?