Frustrating Day

Today was frustrating.  Lylah is amazing in so many ways, but sometimes she can really stress out her mommy and me.  We have had so much going on around us recently as well.  Here is what we are carrying on our shoulders right now:

1. Shannon and I are both one week away from Thanksgiving break.  This is always a tough time of year at school.  We haven't had much of a break leading up to Thanksgiving (a day here, and a day there).

2.  We just moved to a new house and we came into the house with a nice solid savings account.  But somehow, our money has gone rather quickly.  We are trying to sell items that we no longer need in hopes to make a bit of it back.  We are hoping to save up enough money to purchase a new oven soon.

3.  I sold a washer and dryer today that was left in the home.  They were very heavy to take down, and I took a chunk out of my wall... ugh.

4.  Cleaned up a small leak that I caused in a pipe the other day.

5.  We are still moving so many boxes, and other items, into the house.  It seems to be dragging on.

6.  Lylah is in the middle of a phase where she does not listen to the things we say.  Even though we may repeat some things several times, she is choosing to do whatever she wants to do.  Grumble.  This happens A LOT.

7.  We have several concerts coming up in the next few weeks.  Concerts are stressful.

8.  We want so many things for the home; however, see number 2 above.

Anyhow, Lylah and I did go down to the playground earlier today and had a blast.  We played magic games, and we ran around.  We went down the slide together and laughed.  I suppose those are the things I should be focused on.  But then again, to live fully, I think it's in my best interest to accept the great things in life, as well as the hard times.

Buying a house

Welp,
We are officially buying a house in Georgia.  As Shannon says, "Now we really live here!"  The most amazing thing about our new house is that it is located just down the street from where each of us work.  I think my total travel time, including dropping off Lylah, will be about 10 minutes.  And Shannon's travel time, including possible traffic, will be about 10-15 minutes as well.  We both really love the house.  Here are some pictures of it!

Routines and soccer

Although we have secured our routines, Lylah still likes to play and try to venture away from them from time to time.  She forgets to do something in the routine (AKA, brush teeth in the morning on the weekend, etc).  Weekends are also reserved for soccer games (on Saturdays), and playing games with mommy and daddy!

Here are some pictures of her playing soccer!

We're Back!

Hello all!
We are back to the blog.  We took a little break.  Life stuff happened.  We moved to Georgia, Shannon and I got new jobs, and Lylah has been growing like a weed.  I just saw an old video of her singing her ABC's before we moved here (2014, I think):

And here is her saying her ABC's today (Daddy messes up on purpose, just for fun!)

We also went to Disney this summer!