Progress

As a mother, I have many days that do not rank high in my memory--honestly, they are days I would like to forget. For the most part, though, I have great days mixed with not so great moments. Occasionally, I will have fantastic days, days when all of the stars appear to have aligned and all is right with the world.

I awoke this morning to the sound of my husband's phone ringing. Now, anyone who knows me knows not to call me prior to 9 am--I am not much of a morning person. However, feel free to call me at 1 am!! Seriously, though, I am completely out of it most mornings and stumble my way out front to see the kids. Anyway, the kids' dentist office called not once, but twice! I returned their call only to discover that, since changing our dental benefits, we would no longer qualify for $5 office visits. Instead, we would be charged the fantastic price of $159 PER CHILD! For some reason, their dentist is considered to be a specialist, so I told the office thanks, but no thanks. Instead, I called the dentist Chris and I use and was able to set up appointments for all three kids at the end of July, thus qualifying for $5 visits. I figured I must be in for a forgettable kind of day.

Our realtor called next. As most of you know, we have had a contract on a house since the end of March, and our original closing date was May 24. Our loan officer was kind enough to make a royal mess out of everything, so we are still waiting on a closing date. The catch is that we are supposed to be out of our rental house June 30. Our former landlord was kind enough to not pay the mortgage with our rent money, so the bank foreclosed on the house at the beginning of May. However, the bank has been extremely generous in allowing us to finish our lease at the rental house, and not even charge us rent! Since it was not our fault that the landlord did not pay the mortgage, the bank is very willing to work with us. When Chris got off of the phone and told me we are closing on June 30, I barely reacted. I guess I've been disappointed so many times with this house that I'm finding it hard to believe that we are actually moving next Wednesday!! However, it's official--we will be moving next week! That changed my perspective on the day.

Ever since we put an offer in on the new house, I've been so worried about Aidan's Pre-K enrollment. Back on March 1, I got up at 5:45 am (I know, right?!) and made sure I got to Pre-K registration around 6 am to grab a highly sought-after slot. Well, that school is in Grayson, and will not be as convenient once we move. I went to a school that is across the street from our new neighborhood, hoping that they might have some space. Naturally, I was told there was a waiting list and would find out in June if another class was added. I got the call today--Aidan is in! Orientation is at the end of July!

With some many positive things happening today, Chris and I decided to take the kids to The Home Depot to pick out paint colors and grab some things for the new house (such as doorknobs--yes, the former occupants took the doorknobs!). We will actually order the paint next week, when we move, but we wanted the kids to pick their colors and we wanted to see some options for the rest of the house.

However, the biggest surprise today was Noah! Sure, I was excited Aidan got into the convenient Pre-K. I was amazed to get an actual closing day on the house. But I nearly cried when I realized that, for the first time in at least 6 months, Noah ATE (not drank) three meals today! He actually did it! For breakfast, he had milk and a granola bar--typically, it's only milk. Lunch was fun--we went out to Zaxby's, and Noah actually ate most of his grilled cheese and a few fries. Dinner amazed me the most, though--he ate almost his entire bowl of chili, and I filled it up! Now that's what I call progress!!!! I never would've thought I'd be so excited about my child eating.