BRRRRRR!!!

Mackenzie found an ice cube on the kitchen floor the other day. It was so funny watching her play with it and try to keep ahold of it. She also learned to say "brrrrrrrr" (what with the weather here being like it has been), so she kept saying it while she was holding the ice cube.

Her other new word is "off". The light switch in her bedroom is right above her changing table, so every time we change her diaper we tell her "off" and "on" while she plays with the light switch. She can now say "off" very clearly and is working on saying "on". She also has another new word that we aren't too sure about, but it rhymes with "grass" if you get my drift. :) Hopefully she won't show that one off in the church nursery!

The other big excitement in our life is that we have started looking for a house to buy. We are all pre-approved for a loan as of Friday, and we are house hunting on the weekends and every night on the internet. It is a very different market around here than it was in Illinois/Iowa. There is a lot for sale, but there doesn't seem to to a lot "in the middle," so to speak. There are a lot of beautiful new houses and a lot of really dumpy old houses, but not too many pre-owned, built in the last 30 years, in decent shape homes. And most of the houses around here are 3 bed, 2 bath, no basement - quite a bit smaller than our house in Illinois. But, I'm sure that we will find something eventually, and in the mean time we are blessed to have a roof over our heads, and even 2 bathrooms in our duplex. So we can't complain.

And by the way, Happy Birthday tomorrow, Grandma!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hope you have a great day!