We're Moving! :)

That's right! We're super excited to be moving to a new house. Actually, it's not all that new to us since it was Uncle Nick and Aunt Kelsey's house before they moved to Indiana. It's kind of a crazy story how this all worked out... 

The Rethmeier side of the family has had an awesome last month or two! God has answered so many prayers. Number one, Nick and Kelsey are moving back to Iowa, Pella to be exact. (We're really happy about this! :)) Number two, after quite a few discussions, Ross's parents have decided to purchase our house and to turn it into a rental property. Frama Gayle looked on craigslist one day and found a family who was seeking to rent a house in our location and who would have thought, after they looked at it, they want to rent the house! They're actually moving in April 1st!! So we will be moving into my parents' house until June 1st when we will be allowed to move into our new house! The third prayer God has answered. :) 

When Nick and Kelsey first told us they were moving to Indiana, something inside me said we should buy their house here. My best friend told me the same thing when she found out they were moving...I guess we think alike at times and we should listen to her more often! ;) 

Of course, at the time we thought we were meant to find a place closer to Ross's work, but after house searching in that area, finding nothing we were really 100% about and Ross's parents buying our home, we finally decided to buy Nick and Kelsey's house! :)  I'm not sure if this all makes sense, which is okay, because either way God has provided so many blessings! :) 

We will have to upload pictures of the new house once we are able to be in the house. (There are renters in their until June 1st.) It will be a crazy next few months with a new cousin coming soon, Blakely's 1st birthday party, finishing up classes, starting 3 more classes, moving in with my family, and moving out of my family's house into our new house, but we can't wait!! :)

Sorry, I just want to watch the DVDs in this box! (I love her so much!)

Stop packing for a snack? Yes, please!

I can get them myself, thank you. :)

Ouch! Just it my head on the box...ugh, can't wait to be in our new house without all of these boxes in my way!

Mom, let me read the book!

Are you listening??

K, here goes..."Blue Hat, Green Hat, oops!!"

Lovin Life :)

We have been so blessed with more gorgeous weather! We have enjoyed going for walks with Shaddy and Ells, in hopes the walk would help our new baby cousin/niece or nephew arrive sooner ;), playing outside and at the park with Nini and Grand daddy, hangin out with Griffin and Kypton for a grill out and going to the zoo for the first time with Jess and Carmen, even though our trip was interrupted by a thunderstorm. I guess we need rain every once in a while. ;)  I have to admit I was a little nervous about how Blakely might react to the animals at the zoo, but for the short time we were there, she seemed to love them! Especially the super cute red pandas! :)

On one of the nicer days last week, Ross and I tried putting super cute flip flops Blakely got from her cousins, Aubrey and Neely, on her but of course, she hated them! However, we were able to get a few cute pics of her in them while smiling. :)   

One of B's new favorite games is flinging herself on our bed into a pile of pillows! (Sorry for the blurry pics, but I thought they were too cute not to post. :))

Hope everyone's doing well and enjoying this week! LOVES!!

Givin' the wink ;)

Mom, give me your sunglasses!!

Stylin' :)

My turn to take pics :)

I think I'm done...too tired from laughing and flinging myself back!

Ready to go to the zoo!!

Baby Shower and beautiful weather :)

This past weekend, the Rethmeier/Livingston women threw Kelsey and Baby Shaye a shower, and it was a blast!  So thankful and blessed it went well and we were able to spend time with friends and family.

The only picture with Daddy while wearing the headband. :) 

I guess she is more like her mother than we thought....no headbands!!

B got ahold of the camera :)

Uncle Nick and Aunt Kel's niece, Ava...so cute!

Got the camera again :)

One of my good friends from church told me that her and her husband use to give their son, when we was younger, their junk mail to play with. So of course, I though this would be a great way to entertain Blakes. :)  

Ew...I will take one of these and one of those... ;)

oh and one of these!

Yesterday, B and I were able to hang out with, Aunt Kare, Shaddy and Ells. We went for a walk because the weather was just right. Today, I think the temperature got to over 75 degrees and we got to go for another awesome walk with Aunt Holls and Kypton. I could really get use to this kind of weather in Iowa! :)

Mom, I love the weather, but the sun is too bright. :)

10 months :)

Miss B turned 10 months on Sunday (still blows my mind :) ) and it's crazy how much she has changed! :) She has always been a stationary "mover and groover"...now she's just a mover and a groover! I received a call before class last week from Karie (her and Kel were watching Blakes while I prepared for a presentation at school) saying Blakely was "crawling" at her house. Crawling is in quotes because Blakely seems to have invented her own way of moving and it only includes moving her arms and one leg while pulling the other leg along wherever she wants to go. :)

Her new favorite place to hang out at our house is the bathroom. The other day she was watching me dry my hair and when I handed her, her brush she started brushing her hair. Then when I handed her one of my hair clips she tried to put it in her hair...super cute. :) Today, after we played outside (yes, outside! :) ), I thought it would be fun for B to play with jewelry. :)

After playing with jewelry, we decided to do just a little cleaning before nap time and when I sat her down to dust our bedroom, this is what happend.... ;)

I think this was her way of apologizing for making a mess...offering to help dust. ;)

OH, you don't need my help, okay then I'm just going to chew on this then. :)