The house hunt is off....

Sorry I haven't posted anything in so long. I've been really bad at emailing and everything so I am sorry if I still haven't emailed you back yet either! Well, we found a house and put an offer on it. They rejected it. We put in another offer (in the back of my mind I was hoping it would be rejected too) but they accepted it. So, we had a contract. But after we went to the bank (the interest rate had risen a little) and we went over our finances (for the 10th time) and just kept feeling not very good about buying this house. So, we got out of the contract and have decided to just rent an apartment for a while longer. We don't know how long we'll be here. Tom could be promoted in as little as 2 or so years, so we'll just see what happens. But, for now we'll just take a nice long break from house hunting (it has not been the most fun, exciting experience) and we've found a 3 bedroom apartment for quite a bit less than if we'd bought a house and half of our utilities are covered so we are hoping to save some money and buy a house someday when we feel like the time is right. We're glad that we didn't get into this home though, b/c there was a lot of work that needed to be done and it would've really stretched us thin. Probably too thin. We are moving into our apartment on Friday and are really looking forward to finally unpacking and having more room.

Of course I have to dote on my little lady while I am writing...Taylor is doing great and is as sweet and cute as ever! She is very good at walking while holding onto something, but only takes a few steps on her own. I just know she'll be walking all the time soon so I've come to grips with it. (I've been in no hurry for her to walk) She LOVES waving and saying hi to people. It is so cute and funny and I love it when people say hi back. She also loves to recline on Maddie (our dog). Maddie is frequently found laying on her side and Taylor will go over to her and lean back against her belly with her arms resting on Maddie's legs. And one of our favorite things she does...she gives us kisses. We usually have to kiss each other to clue her in and then she'll lean to one of us, kiss us and then (very fairly) lean to the other and kiss them. And, sometimes she'll do this 3-4 times in a row.

Other news? Tom has been really busy with scouts. The fall is they're most busy time b/c they go to lots of meetings for recruitment. Some nights he has 2 or 3 meetings. I'm just glad it only last for a couple of months and consider all the other great aspects of his job like the fact that he enjoys it and it's very flexible and he has great bosses. So, some evenings Taylor and I go along and grocery shop or walk around the mall so Taylor can tell people hi. Our anniversary is coming up next month and we're excited to celebrate it and Tom has a big training in Texas the first of October and we're all going with him. That's really all of our news. Not too exciting, but we're happy and doing well. I hope you are as well! Have a great rest of your week!