Howdy Y'all! Still trying to get used to that. :) We headed down to Texas the latter half of the week to do some house hunting. It was a good trip, and we were able to drive all over the place and see a lot of areas, and even find some pretty great houses. We were even able to sneak in a trip to Buc-ees on the way to the airport, even though it was about 20 minutes out of the way.
We got out the water table last week, and it stayed in the yard through this week as well. Grayson really loved to go play with the water beads, and started to take all of his meals out there. I think this started with a snack of raisins, and he took his plate out there. Anyway, he had a lot of fun playing in the backyard with the water beads this past week, and started to eat out there too. I think one night at dinner he even left the rest of us at the table and wandered the backyard while he ate.
Wednesday we headed off for Austin. We had to get everyone up at 4 am to make our flight! The kids were actually amazing on the flight out, and we had a good time at the airport. We drove up and dropped Monica, Brooke and Winry off with the bags to check. Then Grayson and I parked the car and rode the shuttle back. I was able to take Grayson through TSA Pre with me, so we made up basically all the time.
Once we were all together and had found our gate I took the kids off for an adventure. They really loved riding the moving walkways and escalators.
I was trying to take them to the end of the terminal to the outside place where you can watch planes come in and out. Unfortunately, it was closed for some reason, but on the floor below it was still full wall windows to watch the same thing, just inside. We watched the planes for a little, then rode the escalators up and down and watched a little more. Eventually we headed back to our gate for boarding.
I sat with Grayson, and the girls sat together with Monica. We got a second tablet for the trip, and Grayson got to watch shows, and the girls played games, etc. Everyone was amazing and the flight was super smooth!
Once we collected our things it was house hunting time. We went to Chick-Fil-A by the first house, and our realtor met us there. Grayson got a yogurt for lunch, and wasted no time digging into it. He LOVED it!
We also let the kids get ice cream, which they very much enjoyed. Winry said, "take a picture of me with this ice cream cone!" So we did!
I had to change Grayson's diaper, and when I finished he went running off while I was washing my hands. When I came out he was playing with the garbage can, and a couple at the table by him were laughing. They said he kept opening the door, and then it would scare him. I was able to capture it, but the earlier times he did it were a lot funnier to watch.
Grayson got really sad because he didn't get an ice cream, so I went up and ordered a very small one for him. He found his own unique way to eat it which would still allow him to spill it...
We ended up seeing 4 houses the first day. There was one we liked quite a bit, one I really didn't like, and 2 that were okay. Grayson started to get really tired by the end and fell asleep a time or two in the car. We headed to Monica's aunt and uncle's house that evening for dessert, and while we were there Grayson completely passed out on Monica. He also fell asleep on the drive to the hotel, which meant that when we got back and it was actually time for bed... he was WIDE AWAKE! It took until nearly midnight to get him to finally go to bed, which was no fun after getting up at 4!
We let everyone sleep in the next morning, and then Monica's aunt offered to watch the kids for the day, so we headed back to their house to drop them off. While we were there I took a meeting for my new job to make sure I could log into their system and my account was set up correctly. Afterwards Monica and I headed out on the house hunt. We saw some pretty good houses on this day, and maybe even found THE house. It's under construction, but nearly completed. Anyway, after wandering houses we eventually went back to get our kids and help clean up the mess they made. Grayson really loved this big rug they had, and just wanted to lay on it most of the time we were there cleaning things up. Maybe we'll have to get him something like this for his room after we move!
We made sure Grayson didn't fall asleep on the way back to the hotel, and he was much easier to get to sleep Thursday than Wednesday. We had a double queen room with a pull out couch bed, so we could have everyone in a bed, but it didn't seem like a good idea to have Grayson up that high. I took some cushions off the chairs and used an extra sheet to make him a little bed on the floor, and that's where he slept! Also, on this night Winry and Brooke couldn't get along in the hide-a-bed, so Winry ended up sleeping on the couch cushions lined up. Sleeps 6? More like sleeps 8! What a room!
We weren't in as much of a rush on Friday morning, so we were able to all go to breakfast together. The hotel had a Texas shaped waffle maker, so of course everyone wanted a waffle for breakfast.
To start the day we took the kids up to the house we liked from the day before, and took them to the community areas. They had a little time to play on the playground and didn't want to leave when it was time to go see the house.
Eventually we went to the house, and it was bug hunt galore! The kids had fun with roly-polies and one of the workers even brought over a moth! From here we went to see a few other houses, and we even toured a very similar, house that's about a half hour closer to my work, which is a pretty big advantage. The house hunting was pretty great, and we found some good options. Now we've just gotta think about it and decide if one of them is the right house for us.
As mentioned, we headed to Buc-ees, which was over an hour drive from where we were. Grayson fell asleep, which was perfect because we were hoping he'd take a nap. After Buc-ees we went to the airport and had a pretty tight timeline to get through. Luckily we made it through security quickly, and then found out our flight was delayed 45 minutes... Well, at least we made it on time. The kids started getting a little crazy on the flight home, and were exhausted by the time we got to the car.
We had condensed the trip a bit because Saturday morning was a 1 mile/5k for Brooke's school. Brooke really wanted to run it, so that's why we were on a super early and super late flight. We were trying to get as much time to look at houses as possible. In the end I'd say the trip was a success, though I don't think I ever want to fly late again... Anyway, here we are together after some sleep and the 1 mile run! I ran with Brooke and Monica was going to stay with Winry, but she took off with Brooke and I. Winry started falling behind a little on the way back, so then Monica went with her. In the end we all had a really great time.
And they even had a cool 5k sign up that the girls took a picture with.
We spent the rest of the day cleaning and boxing things up for showing our house, and then that evening we had our friends from Breckenridge over! Shortly before they got here my stomach started to hurt really bad, so I was actually curled up in bed when they came, but everyone else had a great time together. It looks like they used the old couch cushions as trampolines, so good thing I wasn't able to fit those in our bagster! Oh, I think that might have been at the start of this week as well. We got a bagster and I filled it with things we didn't want to take on our move, including our old couch. Anyway, the Calles ordered pizza for dinner and it sounded like everyone had a great time.
This morning the girls were really excited for Mother's Day and gave Monica their presents right away. The morning was a rush to get ready because no one bathed the night before, so we had to do showers for all the kids in addition to everything else we usually do Sunday morning. Also, bathing was not optional because we'd been in Texas, and it was hot. Grayson even had breakfast in the bath! We were still able to make it to church on time, so that's great. At church the girls went up to sing a Mother's Day song.
And that's been our week. I've mostly spent today getting people ready for church, making food, and trying to keep everyone from fighting too much and giving Monica a bit of space. Monica had some time to paint flowers, and she's supposed to be upstairs taking a nap right now, but I just heard some very not nap like sounds...
Happy Mother's Day!
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