6 months old .....(not that we're counting)

Hello again all,

The 'girls' as we tend to call them, are doing well. I call them the girls because the twins just doesn't sound right to me. They are 6 months old now and both are right around 15 pounds. Healthy and happy which is all you can ask for.

Maddy is also doing very well. She has transitioned into an amazing big sister. She is also playing more independently which is very helpful. She is doing gymnastics once a week and soccer once or twice a week. Both of which are a lot of fun to watch at this age.

Charmaine has started Zoe and Ava on some cereal and that seems to be going well. They still get up twice a night or so but that should slow down in the coming months. The girls have started laughing more and more. I forgot how cool it was to have a happy and giggling fat little baby, let alone two of them!

We took Maddy to "Shrek: The Third" on the May long weekend. It was pretty good and Maddy did really well for the nearly 2 hour event. She loves her movies, just like her mom and dad.

The house stuff is moving along. We have made plans for the flooring, painting and central air to be done. The week of the move will likely be chaotic. We also have someone's 3rd birthday to carry out too.

Just thought I would put a few pictures together for a quick slide show. Nothing much, just a few newer pics of the kiddo's. Take care.................enjoy the weather while you can..........

Moving out of the old and into the new.....

So we bought a new house. Well, new to us. We had been looking for a little while, but not that long really. We looked at about half a dozen or so but we knew what and where we wanted so that helped.

We bought in Wascana View and will take posession at the end of June. It is in a great area and should have lots of space for the 5 of us. It is a bit of strange layout but we liked that about it. It is a 2100 square foot - 2 storey split.

We will miss Whitmore Park and our first house. It has served us well. Sadly, the kids will not even remember it when they are older.

If anyone reading this isn't aware already, the housing market in Regina has become pretty crazy. Gone are the days of 'moving down' from the asking price, like you are buying a car. Houses go for much more then asking. Last week, a house I heard about went for $50K above asking. The 'lots' have basically dissappeared and some of the home builders no longer take new customers as their existing customers are getting 18 month possesion dates.

The good news is that we will do fairly well on our existing house. We had a one day open house for about 5 hours and had nearly 100 people through. We accepted offers until noon on Sunday (May 5th) and ended up getting a conditional offer. The conditions (typical stuff) were done a week later and it is sold. The couple that bought the place are fairly young, married and getting their first house together. I don't know how young people will afford 1st homes in a few years if the prices continue to climb.

We may need to call in favors when the actual move happens but that is not for a while. It will come quick. Sorry, I guess most of you reading this would rather see pictures of the kids then hear about the house so I will try to do another posting very soon.

Charmaine, Maddy, Zoe and Ava are all doing great and having more fun each day. Take care all...........