Our 1st nephew- lawson

Born January 25th, 2011

Closing

We FINALLY have a closing date...February 10th. The loan person we are working with has been the most incompetant person I've ever dealt with in my life. We didn't have near this hard a time with the last house we bought. But, when all is said and done we will be in our own house again in 2 weeks! I'm having a painting party February 12th and we will move in the 13th. Happy Valentines Day to us!

We also started building our dining room table today..hopefully it turns out good.

Inspection

We had the home inspection and termite inspection for the house we are going to buy. Everything went great- the worst he could come up with was a GFI needed to be replaced and some squirrels had started chewing on a pipe on the roof so it needs some putty. Piece of cake! Just waiting for closing now, hopefully it will be the week before Valentines Day. Then we can make a trip up to AL sometime soon after that.

And GO PACK!

Rock of Ages

Was sbsolutely the best musical I've ever seen and would HIGHLY HIGHLY recommend you see it if it comes near you!

Infertility doc appt

We went to the Center for Reproductive Medicine for our first consult today. Doctor is very nice, has lots of ideas. Going to check all of Garths hormone levels, not just testosterone like the other doctors have done. Then he can determine where things are going wrong, in his head or other areas. From that he most likely will be prescribed Clomid...its not just for girls! He said that increases testosterone and sperm whereas the injections Garth was getting was only for testosterone and actually can decrease sperm. He wants to see his levels 800-900 and not 200....maybe Garth will get some more energy finally! I am getting a hysterosalpingogram done in about 2 weeks just to make sure everything is clear for when we do get pregnant. We get all of those test results and then consult again. If it looks like Garth is a candidate for Clomid then he takes that and we recheck in 3 months. Maybe we can get away with no help or just insemination instead of IVF. Wouldnt that be nice?! And less expensive...

Our renter has not been able to close on the house in AL because hes been stuck in the driveway since Sunday with all the ice. Keeping our fingers crossed he was able to get out today and sign the papers so we can close by Tuesday next week.

As for the home we're buying here- there is some serious miscommunication going around. The underwriter says the apraisal was supposed to be done the 11th, our realtor has not been told anything (and shes supposed to be there for it!) and he has yet to verify for me whether it was done or not. And I defintely don't remember having to submit the amount of information 1 1/2 years ago for the other house that I have thus far for this one. It's insane! Hopefully we'll be in our own place by Valentines Day.

Garth also found out that despite his lapse in employment with USIC he was able to keep his vacation so he has 3 1/2 weeks of vacation this year which is wonderful!