back in september, we took a look at our short & long term goals and decided that will be staying in dallas for several years and it was time to buy a house.  we began the search and were approached by a dear friend of our to consider building a house instead.

we laughed it off at first — i mean, who builds a house for their first house??  the more we looked at places in the neighborhoods we wanted to live in, the more discouraged we became about being home owners. they were too expensive, in need of too much repair, didn’t have a space for me to have an office, blah blah blah.

then, we stumbled upon a lot in a “transitional” neighborhood that we fell in love with.  we were SO incredibly excited about this idea — because we love getting to know our neighbors and having people near us that aren’t exactly like us.

with a few phone calls, wise council, a lot of number crunching, and some conversations with God, we decided that this was a unique opportunity that had been given to us and wanted to place an offer on the lot.

within a few short weeks, we had closed on our house (!) and the schedule for building a new house in it’s place had been set. it’s been all things “project mayhem” ever since . . .

i had high hopes of blogging all throughout the process, but it’s all just moved too fast for me! {we closed november 1st and we hope to move in the second week of february!}

since it was all going to be demoed anyway, we thought it would be so fun to go in first and have our own demo party. jmay invited a bunch of guys over for poker and cigar smoking (inside!) and a lot of hitting things.

here’s the thing.  i have too much stuff.

i hold on to my stuff for two main reasons:

1.  fear.  fear i will NEED those items some time in the future, and i might not have the ability (financial or otherwise) to go get what i need.

2.  guilt.  guilt for throwing away gifts people have given me (us, jackson) or for just trashing perfectly good items that i simply don’t want any more.

so, i feel as though someone needs to let me off the hook, and give me permission to go ahead and throw everything away.

these items might include:  weird shampoo bottles that i keep “just in case i run out” but i hate the smell, so i usually run and go get what i need anyway . . . picture frames that were gifts that don’t match our style . . . papers, papers and more papers! . . . extra envelopes that are odd sizes . . . candles that have just a FEW more burns left in them but i often pick them up and choose another one . . .

thanks, Mom, for giving me permission to go ahead and give it all away.

onward and upward.  time to purge, people.

I documented my first attempt with some sweet potatoes. I have now been making his food for over 2 months and still LOVE it.

1.  Slice and Dice.

2.  Steam.

3.  Puree.

4.  Put into little ice cube trays — perfect 2 oz portions.

5.  Success!  (Freeze)

<<disclaimer>>

No, this is not a product plug for the fabulous invention called the Beaba.  I simply didn’t own a food processor of any sort (gasp!) so the fact that this could steam and puree in one little all in one device sounded like the best option for me.  Easy, peasy, right??

And what did Jax think?

what a little ham!

jax was doing great until we GOT there {of course} and decided to have an all out melt down while taking the big group pics.

how SAD is that face with the lone tear?! poor Boo!

for his first halloween, jax is The Bachelor, so he was asking sweet Anna {aka bumble bee} to “Please accept his rose” {see his sign??}

it was getting chilly and he was uncomfortable in his jacket, so i added a hat, and he was suddenly a conductor?!

and here he is begging me to quit taking pictures and just pick him up . . .

we are:  wife, hubs and the jax man.

we believe life is meant to be enjoyed and shared, so who knows what our little hands might type when we get a stroke of GENIUS, are feeling introspective, or are all together excited about Life.

we hope you get to know us a a little deeper by each posting.

we are in love with our Dude.  {a note for coming posts, Jackson was born with Down Syndrome. he is healthy, adorable and has the most wonderful personality a child can have. i am sure from time to time we will reference our joys & difficult moments relating to this particular part of our journey through parenthood.}

much love, mica {wife} and jonathan {hubs}