We are Moving to Elmhurst!!!!!

We are happy to announce that we are officially moving! To make a long story short tuesday, February 2nd we put an offer on a home in Elmhurst. That same week on Saturday, February 6th we got an offer on our place! The timing was not a coincidence! We just finished the attorney review on both places this week, so everything is signed and official! We close on the home in Elmhurst on March 19th, and then close on the condo in Chicago on March 31st. Which means we are moving on March 20th! That is 3 weeks away, so I need to start packing! There is a lot to be done before then! We have furniture and storage in two different cities, which means we have to do two moves on the same day! Thank goodness my parents have offered to help with Maddie! It will be crazy, but I say bring on the craziness cause I am just excited!! I kinda of thrive on being super busy!
The town of Elmhurst, which I can walk to from our house:o)
York Movie Theater
We are so excited to move to Elmhurst and raise our children there. It is such a cute town, with lots of great restaurants, great schools, little shops, starbucks, a movie theater, and just a wonderful community!!! We were so happy to find a house that we love and can grow into that is also close to town. Bob is going to be able to walk to the train which is an 8 minute walk. The train from Elmhurst to downtown is 30 minutes-not bad at all! I am excited to be able to walk to the park, pool and town! No better time to move then right before the weather starts to get warm! I am also excited for Maddie to have a swing set in the back yard. She loves to swing, and there is a baby swing she can enjoy:o) Plus all the young neighborhood kids that are surrounding us. Many which are Maddie's age.

We have a lot of family in the surrounding areas, and my aunt, uncle and cousins live in Elmhurst. My grandparents live in Lombard as well which is the next town over. It will be so great to be near more family! I am also excited to be closer to my dear friend Jess. We have known each other since diapers, and I am so thankful for our friendship, and excited to do more things as couples as well! Such fun times ahead...:o)

It is still a bit surreal that we are actually leaving the city after living here for so long, but we are ready. We will miss some things about the city, and close friends, but we are only 30 minutes away. It's not like we are moving across the country:o) So I hope people will come visit us and stay over night!!! You are ALL welcome anytime!!!

I also just found out today there were 3 other offers waiting to be submitted! Thankfully our financing was all approved today, which was our deadline, so IT IS COMPLETELY OFFICIAL!!!! We will toast to a BIG CELEBRATION TONIGHT:o)

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!!!!!!!!

Updates on Maddie

I feel like I haven't talked about how Maddie has been doing with her prosthetic lately. Last week I put it on her about every day and after 5 minutes of having her arm on she found ways to pull it off. She pulls at the prosthetic hand so hard that it pops right off, so then she is scooting around the condo will her arm just hanging freely. It has actually been pretty funny! So, we continue to take it day by day and see what she will do with it. So far she hasn't been wearing it very much. She is very opinionated!:)

Maddie also started saying Dada 3 weeks ago. She is talking a lot more, which is so much fun! Bob loves when he gets home and she scoots right over to him and says, "dada, dada." Right now we are also working on helping her to find ways to pull herself up on furniture. I know she will eventually figure it out, but it does make it difficult to pull all of her weight up with just one arm. She has figured out everything else by herself, so one day she might just pull right up! She stands so well, it's just the getting up part that has been more difficult. She will get there!:o) This child is so determined and will get her SO FAR in life!

The last three weeks have been CRAZY, and I am sure Maddie has sensed that! I hope to be able to share with you all soon, and praying everything settles itself this week.

Have a happy Sunday, and a great week!

In the Last couple of weeks we....

Met up with Maddie's nurse, Kim, for lunch at Uncle Julios.
Met Gammy at Woodfield for lunch and a little Valentine's shoppingPlayed with Mommy's phoneWent for a swing at the park. BTW is was 43 degrees out!!!Lounging. Notice how she is basically spread eagleThe end!

Valentine's Day

Last Valentine's day Maddie was in the NICU and it was the FIRST time I got to dress her in clothes. I was so excited to dress her up for her "Valentine's Day Party" in the NICU. I can still remember how very tiny that onesie was. You wouldn't believe it if you saw it! Here is a picture of Maddie last year for Valentine's day. She was 3 pounds here. So tiny.
And here she is now!!!! I still cannot believe how much she has grown. When I look back at those pictures I realize what a miracle she is. Bob and I were thankful to spend such an enjoyable day with our special Valentine.

Just thought I would share some more pictures of Maddie. It has been such a great week!!!



have a good rest of your week! Hopefully we won't have any more earthquakes! That was nuts!!!!

A visit from Maddie's Omie all the way from DC!

Right before heading to dinner.Louise aka Omie, Bob, and MaddieTWO teeth!!Maddie loved the bread!!!
Maddie giving the mirror mouth to mouth. hahaSO fresh and SO clean!!!Thanks for coming to visit, Omie! We look forward to your next visit very soon!