too much at once

First of all, my baby girl turns two tomorrow at 2:24AM. Seriously, WHAT? TWO YEARS OLD (sob, sob).

We had a birthday bash for her this weekend and I didn't get hardly any good pictures of her. If you were there and took pictures, like when everyone was singing Happy Birthday to her, would you send them to me? PLEASE. I CRIED last night when I went through the pictures I have. I FAILED. I forgot the video camera too...for the SECOND YEAR in a row. Renee will have no video of her first or second birthdays because her mom forgot. I'm blaming her dad because he didn't remember either.

WHY DO I HAVE TO REMEMBER EVERYTHING?

She sure was cute though. And she LOVED her presents. EVERY. SINGLE. ONE.

That little girl SLAYS me.

In between singing Happy Birthday and eating cake and ice cream, WE BOUGHT A HOUSE. A much bigger house and I feel like we sort of bought it on a whim. It isn't the house we put on house on the market for but a totally different house. I am sure to regret this, right? This is what happens when you sell your house the first day it's on the market for asking price with the caveat that you have to be out FAST and that you have to find something TODAY. Again, I'm sure to regret this, right? It isn't ours yet but if the inspections go well this week and none of the financing falls through and I don't LOSE MY MIND and decide that I JUST CAN'T DO IT, we'll be moving on July 31st. Which is Harry Potter's birthday. I'm just saying.

Our dishwasher is STILL broken and we are STILL waiting on the FIVE HUNDRED DOLLAR part. Seriously, FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS to fix the dishwasher that is apparently constructed solely of solid gold. You would think, right? I love paying five hundred dollars to fix a dishwasher in a house that we just sold.

To top it all off, the car didn't start this morning. I mean, REALLY. As though we needed that too. We just looked at each other like "WTF is next?" We didn't even talk. We are just PRETENDING IT ISN'T HAPPENING.

My brain isn't totally functioning but I still had to make the decision today to turn down a job offer. I decided I might just die if I change jobs because I just can't handle any more stress. I'm sure to regret this in a few months when my current job gets cut or when I'm bored out of my mind. But honestly? TOO MUCH CHANGE AT ONCE, PEOPLE. CAN'T HANDLE ANY MORE CHANGE.

Also, I just want to throw it out there that my son still wakes up every two hours. He's almost EIGHT months old and he was up about seven hundred times last night. SHOOT ME, JUST SHOOT ME. PLEASE.

All of this crap aside, I'm excited. I'm excited to have a new place to make into our home. A new house to decorate. I'm excited to have my own sink to brush my teeth in before bed. I'm excited to watch the kids run around the much bigger backyard. I'm excited to meet the neighbors and I really hope they don't suck. I'm excited to not have to share a driveway. I'm excited to take a shower without baby toys all around my feet. I'm excited to not have to haul my groceries (and children) up an entire flight of stairs when we get home. I'm really excited about the main floor laundry. I'm excited to have somewhere for our families to sleep when they come to visit.

Most of all, I'm excited to have a place to put the new toys that the (very lucky) birthday girl got for her birthday.

I'm sure I'll be posting at least a million pictures of our current house, you know, TO REMEMBER, but this what our new house looks like. I mean, as long as everything goes as planned. Which I'm sure it won't. So really, this is the house we were planning to buy before the universe decided that it hates me and screws things up AGAIN.

Comments

[Davina]

First off, I love the new house, it looks, beautiful and I can't wait to see the inside. Second, ummm, what color is your dishwasher? If it is any other color than white, I would understand a $500 part, otherwise replace the f-ing thing, it's not going to come with you:) Thirdly, not matter how much is going on, really, really think about that job offer, it seems too good to be true, and if they want you that bad they will let you get through all this first, but I'm just saying take a deep breathe before you make that decision. Have I given too many opinions? I can't wait to see you and give you a big hug and tell you it's gonna be alright!!! Give Renae a big birthday hug for me.

[Nicole Barczak]

Hang in there! I've been there/done that on the crazy zillion things happening at once. We sold our house, had a baby and moved all within a few weeks. And then moved again 6 weeks later and then had a funeral for my MIL 2 months after that. Nice, huh?

[anne]

Happy birthday tomorrow to Renee! And congrats on the new house- is it in Hermantown? :)

[Leslie]

Gorgeous new home!

So, in all this madness, you made time to send your Moby Wrap?! You are too sweet.

Everything will work itself out....my fingers are crossed! :)

[AmandaH]

Awesome! Congrats, and just keep on truckin' through it all!