Some quick news...

I'll try to post some pictures later, but here's some quick news:

We've not sold the house yet. We've received an offer, and we've got a signed contract, but the buyer is a 1st time buyer, young & scared--and wants the world. And, because we're needing to sell the house, we're probably giving way more than we need to, but we know how much equity we have in the house, and how much we can bend.

The stated closing date on the contract is October 16--so what we're planning on is going to Knoxville Saturday & Sunday (October 14 & 15), then Sunday afternoon/evening motor on to Dan & Janet's, and then go to Finger on the 16th to gather up the rest of our stuff (riding lawn mower, bucket that is pulled behind the lawn mower, another push mower, just odds-n-ends that we didn't get over Labor Day weekend) and hopefully sign the contract, get our money, and get outta Dodge.

We understand if everyone can't be off that weekend--but there's no way we can change the dates. I'm walking on eggshells around this buyer, and we're hoping that the planets align and the House Selling Gods smile on us to make this deal happen.

And for those of you who know me, can guess at how hard it has been for me not to tell this guy to take a flyin' leap, that he can paint the *%(%* doors himself if he wants them to match! But...because--again, we need to sell this house--we're making arrangements to do all of these silly things that this guy wants. It may be that none of the things he's asked for are deal-breakers, that he's just seeing how much he can get away with. But with this being the ONLY offer on the house in OVER A YEAR, we can't afford to play games. We're still going to make out okay, and we're not getting greedy, so we feel like we need to handle this with kid gloves.

Now for the important stuff--Noah is doing great--laughing, giggling, making new noises all the time--and some of the noises are actually from his mouth (rather than the usual emissions from "down below...")! He's growing so quickly; we have our 4 month check-up on Thursday morning, so I'm anxious to see how much he weighs. I'll post some pictures later on so everyone can see how cute he is....

We're both fine and happy, too.