WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY overdue... sorry!

I am so embarrassed that my last post was almost 2 months ago. Man does time get away from you and fly by all at the same time! Since last time I wrote, we officially sold our house which was very bittersweet. Dom's company was nice enough to pay for us all to fly home to be there in person to close. We got in on a thursday morning, rented a car and were pleasantly met at the airport by my sister! We spent the afternoon at my parents and then Dom took Tyler to see his mom and best friend, Herb. I went with my sister and mom to look at bridesmaid dresses for Kathleen's wedding then met up with Dom at our house in time for our good friends to stop by with their little ones. Friday we closed on our house and had a celebratory party that night! Early saturday the movers came and by 6pm Saturday night, Dominick and I were tearfully doing a final walk through of our first home and saying good bye. It was a VERY emotional day and one I will never forget. While the closure is good for us in terms of moving forward here in Virginia, it was also hard because it was our first home in which we made so many memories together. I am hoping we can do the same up here! We spent the last night in St. Louis at my parents before leaving at 5am sunday morning. It was a long, exhausting, and whirlwind of a trip, but one we were happy to make!

Aside from selling our house, we just recently signed a one year contract on a house... TO RENT!!! Given the market and the traumatic experience of selling our house in St. Louis ( had to take a small hit on it) we don't want to put down roots till we know 100% we are staying for a good amount of time. We figure to rent for at least a year will give us some time to adjust and figure out an area we like and if we plan to stay long term. We LOVE the house and neighborhood, its in the area of Glen Allen which is VERY nice to live. Great parks, shopping, restaurants, schools, and very safe. We are so blessed to have found the house we were looking for in the price range we could afford:) We did a final walk through last night and we get the keys this thursday, October 29, 2009. My parents come up this Wednesday and are going to help us move this weekend, I am so thankful that they are helping, especially having a baby to take care of. I cannot wait to get out of our small apartment into a nice house with lots of space and a backyard!

Tyler is growing like a weed. He just turned 9 months. Man, where does the time go! I was organizing pictures today from the time he was born till now and just cried at how little he used to be and my sweet little baby and now he is so much more like a little boy. Dominick loves that he can be more rough and wrestle around with him a little bit. Its so cute! We are going for his 9 month pictures tomorrow. He is such a ham when it comes to the camera, he will pose and smile it up for me, I love it! He is crawling all over, standing to furniture and walks around it, and now he is starting to stand by himself for a few seconds before he fall to ground. He is so smart! We did have our first ER trip with Tyler last weekend when he woke up with high fever. It turned out to be an ear infection and with some antibiotics he is recovering quite well. It was scary at first, he was so helpless and almost lifeless, but he bounced back quick! Oh the joys and heartaches of being a parent.

Well, I think I have caught myself up. I will try not to take 2 months again to do this. I will be more diligent in my efforts to keep you all up to date. Take care and don't worry, there will be more to come!

Bridgette