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House Hunt Update and Little Man with Santa

December 17, 2011 By Erika Zane

17 Dec

The two weeks prior to Christmas are always a little hectic.  Throw in what I mentioned a couple of weeks ago, Christmas parties, and some family birthdays and you’ve got… well a slightly fazzled mommy and silent blogger.

We found a house!  We love it and we’re really excited to move forward.  It’s on a cul-de-sac in a quiet neighborhood, a couple of streets down from Little Man’s best friend and one of my best friends, and a much better commute to NYC for Hubby.  The things I love most about the house are: the curb appeal, the sage-like color of the house, a nice size fenced in backyard that Little Man loved (and that also means I’ll finally be able to let the dog out without a leash!!), central air (uncommon in this area), and a built in cork board in the eat-in kitchen.  We signed the contract this week and are technically under attorney review.  The next steps are inspection and then hopefully closing around the 20th of January!

As for Santa?  Little Man and I went to the mall the other day to do a little shopping and when we passed Santa’s little station, I noticed the line was short.  It probably wasn’t the best timing for LM, as it was after his nap and he tends to be a little more sensitive in the afternoons, but we did get a picture.  The thing is, I’m in it too because we couldn’t even get him to stand next to Santa.  He gave him a high five and smiled at him and said hello, but he wouldn’t get closer than 2ft from the guy and he wouldn’t turn around to face the camera.  So here’s what we came up with (thanks to Diana‘s idea):

"I'm not sure about this guy..."

These were pictures of pictures which I took with my iPhone, so not the best quality.  I’m being lazy about taking the photo out of the frame to scan it… sorry!

So that’s about it.  I have so much to talk about, but I need to organize my thoughts more.  I’ll post this week about a cloth diaper issue and my feelings about how the company dealt with it as well as a DIY project that resulted.  I also have a feeling I’ll be venting a little bit about my feelings on the upward battle I’m always fighting against people’s preconceived notions about home births (because I haven’t written enough of those already ;)), but we’ll see!

I hope you’re all having a wonderful Christmas and holiday season!

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  1. Michelle says

    December 17, 2011 at 11:37 am

    CONGRATS on the house!!!!!! Yay!!! Can’t wait to hear more and see pictures once you are moved, etc.

    Nice photos with Santa!

    Looking forward to hearing more, when you have time. No rush! You have enough going on right now! 🙂 Take care of yourself! 🙂 -M

  2. Diana says

    December 17, 2011 at 1:37 pm

    You know how happy I’m about the house… We’re gonna be so close by.. Yayyyyy can’t wait to help you with the move or what ever you need. Nice pics 🙂

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Hello and welcome.  It’s been a while.  For Lent this year I decided to fast from the thing that took too much of my attention from what is truly important: Social Media.  Though there are countless amazing benefits to Social Media, after about a month offline so far, there are seemingly just as many negatives.  I never realized how much of my brain had been hijacked by it.  I’ve had so many revelations about how much easier it is to move forward when I’m not constantly reminded of the past.  But I still want to record my family as they grow at this ridiculous speed and, I’m realizing, so many of our family’s memories are here.  Those along with so many of the struggles and stages we’ve worked through.  Maybe in the midst of COVID19 isolation and my kids around me so often, I’m brought back to a time when they were too young for school and with me so often.  Writing here during that time helped make up for the limited adult conversation in my days and the overwhelm provided by my… little treasures 😉 My husband, fur babies, three fiesty kids, and I hereby extend an invitation to visit this little sneak peak into our life. We’re super flawed and broken and there aren’t too many dull moments around here.  And I promise it’s not always as magical as some of my golden hour, sun-soaked images would suggest.  There’s usually too much coffee in my system and we welcome all the prayers.  Come on over if you want to process with me.

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