25 Weeks + House Hunting

25 weeks and doing great. I've had a couple bouts of acid reflux lately, but nothing that needs to be treated with any medication. My newest and latest experiences though... random acts of kindness like getting the snow brushed off my car for me and CANKLES! For those that don't know what cankles are they are when you can't tell where your CAlfs end and your aNKLES start!

I can thank our five hour drive down to Illinois for the start of this trend. Sitting for that long, not good. Didn't help I was taking it easy on the water as well so we didn't have to stop more than the 2 times we already did. Oh well, that's pregnancy for you! Nothing a little elevation and ice didn't take care of.

Why were your in Illinois, you may ask? Well, we've shared with our family and close friends and now that I've finally told my work I can say it on here too. Chris recently accepted a new territory in Illinois, in place of his Wisconsin territory. He has the 8 most north-east counties in Illinois, including Dane County (Chicago) as well as still taking care of the state of Indiana. What this means for us is a move from Appleton, WI to somewhere in Illinois. His new position began the first of this year and since we haven't sold the house yet the overnights away from home have increased. So we are both pretty eager to get down there. We put the house on the market by owner for about two months and gave it a good old college try with no luck. We listed with a realtor at the beginning of the year and have had a few bites, but no offers yet.

This past weekend we drove down to Illinois to check out potential homes and area's for us to live. More than likely we'll be renting down there first to become more familiar with the area before jumping into owning a home. We saw 12 homes on Saturday, quite a few dogs and a few that were more like maybes with a little TLC needed. We may head down again next weekend to check out a couple other homes and area's while I can still travel. Awesome, more cankles!

Our good friends watched Lola for us while we were gone. This is their spit-fire daughter Annessa (who loves Lola to pieces) having a fun sleepover with LoBear and Gus. Rich didn't tell her Lola was coming and when she first saw her she said "Dad, Lola broke into the house!" Then she turned, smiled and said "Can she sleep over tonight?" Way too cute for her own good!

The plan currently is still to have Sloane here in Appleton but if the right offer comes along, who knows where we'll be!? Pretty scary if you ask me, but I'm trying to stay focused on staying healthy while growing our little love, keeping the house in "showing" condition, planning a nursery I can't build in this home, refining the baby registry, researching homes in IL, keeping up with my work schedule and somehow on finding time to rest.

25 Weeks