after talking to Dean on the phone this morning I opened the kitchen window since it’s already 60 outside this morning.  I was cleaning up the kitchen and Bo had pulled a chair over to the counter and he turned the under the counter radio off and put his finger over his mouth and pointed outside.  I looked and didnt see anything. He whispered something so I looked out in the trees and sure enough there was a deer. the deer continued up the treeline so I went up to my room to see out my window to see where it was going, I saw it breifly then it ran down back toward our yard, so back down I went to the kitchen window.  I saw the rest of them, I’m guessing it’s the same family of deer, a mom, dad and baby deer heading down toward the creek. it’s so awesome to watch.  they are white tailed deer so if you lose sight of them in the colors of the trees it’s easy to find them when they flick their tails.  I love this part of this house, the nature that surrounds us. it’s another rainy gloomy day here, so you can hear the sounds of the water running through the creek.  I knew I liked city life, but boy do I love this so much better.  I dont think I’ve heard the sound of a siren from a cop or ambulance from inside the house once since we’ve moved here.  there’s so much about this house I love.  but the things I like the most are the things we werent even looking for when looking for a house, I mean I was always so concerned about how big the kids rooms were, that there was a room for each of them, that there was a laundry room (albiet in this house there really isnt one, it’s in the unfinished part of the basement) and we wanted a fair amt of yard for the kids, and of course a nice kitchen was on my list of desires. so when we found this house it had just about everything I wanted, so when I find out something new about this house as you tend to almost everyday when living in a new house, well I continue to be amazed at how blessed we’ve been.
we knew that doors had been opened for this move, that whenever things looked like they might not work out they ended up working out better. we knew that buying a house without selling our old one first was a huge step of faith, that or completely stupid, well maybe both?  but now that we’re here and things seem to fall into more of a normal pace, it’s so awesome to marvel at how much God cares about us. that He led us to this house, to this neighborhood filled with children, something we didnt know until we moved in and the neighbors came to introduce themselves.  there are things you dont know until you get moved in, and everythings working out so well, better than I could have ever thought.
of course the only drawback so far is lack of insurance and doctors we have here.  I am feeling bad and would call my dr if I were back home but I’m trying to hang in there until the insurance kicks in here and we get info on it.  the kids are doing great.  Caleb started school on Wednesday.  I’m somewhat concerned since he doesnt bring anything home and has no homework, something he loved back home.  he cant tell us what he did all day so I dont know what he does.  Dean was going to hang out on Wednesday w/ Caleb but the teacher didnt want him to, so we have no idea how his day goes. I think if he doesnt have any more info with him when he comes home today I’m going to call or write a note on Monday. I want to make sure he’s being challenged and that he’s doing something all day!!
Yesterday I went to a moms meeting at the church we used to attend when we lived here. I met a mom who lives closeby and she said another mom who wasnt there yesterday has a 7 month old, and older children caleb’s age I believe who lives a street over from us.  this group meets every other week and the off weeks does playgroups. for the meetings at church they have childcare available for just $5 per family. so I got a 2 hour break for $5 and got to meet new women as well as enjoy a study.  the next week weeks is about spiritual discipline, this weeks was about reading scripture/meditating on scripture.
well I have to run…bo and zeke are getting into trouble…before i fail to write about it…in Balto. our house didnt have steps that Zeke could climb, the only stairs were to the basement and he rarely got near them.  so here there’s steps, lots of them.  yesterday I went to the basement, shut the door so he wouldnt fall down them, and left him playing w/ toys. I came back up to find him at the top of the steps to the bedrooms…it’s a lot of steps considering he’s never climbed steps before!! so it’s time to get out the baby gates!! he’s also cruising around furniture and can pull up to stand almost onto anything, heck he’s to the point where he’s ready to stand up without having something to pull up to…wont be long now!!  gotta run before he eats something off the floor….these kids keep me busy!
