Go Steelers!

I'm heading to my bro's house tomorrow to hopefully watch the Steelers win the superbowl. Since my Sooners couldn't make it all the way this season, I'm hoping my Steelers will. :-)

My college classes are coming along. Still not exactly sure how well I'm doing, but I'll be happy to just make it through this first semester back. I found some old papers I'd written and was amazed at how smart I used to be. Hopefully that part of me is still in there.

Caleb's great and amazes me every day. He's such a little smartie. I know I'm biased, but I swear this kid is a genius. Maybe after a little more training I can give him an IQ test soon and prove it.

To my Pittsburgh crew, I'll be waving my terrible towel with ya tomorrow!

My good luck charm!

The Latest and Greatest....

The best news this week- The house closed! FINALLY! That's such a big load off. To all my Texas neighbors, you were the best! Amy, I especially miss having our meetings over the fence and the regular food exchanges. I was so lucky to have ya'll right next door to me. :-) Jenn, Amy, and Jaimie, you were really there for me and I love you all so much. Thanks for everything! Once I have a some time off I promise I'll come down for a visit.

In other news, I survived my second week of grad school. I have to read about a billion pages tonight about stuff I really don't understand, so we'll just have to wait and see if I can make it past week 3. The one class I do really like is the testing class. I tested a friend's little girl this morning and even though it's kind of hard, it's really fun for me. Now I just need to figure out how to do all the IQ calculations. That part I could live without.

Caleb is doing fantastic as usual. I've had to do a lot of work on the computer today for school and he's been such a sweetie, just hanging out and letting me do what I need to do. That's not always the case, so I'm grateful. :-)

A few recent pictures and videos

Here are a few recent pics and videos. One of the videos below is from Caleb singing "Jesus Loves Me" today at church. He had no fear as usual. He just really loves being up on stage and performing. I'm starting to wonder if it's just so he has an excuse to play with the microphone.

Caleb is also really into taking things apart and seeing how they work, hence, the pics and video of him taking apart grandma and grandpa's hairdryer. Anything having to do with tools and fixing stuff is so up his alley. I've been taking him to one of our favorite local thrift stores lately and finding things he can just take apart. It's so fun for him, and I figure finding things for a buck or less is a total steal, especially when it keeps Caleb busy.

Landon and Caleb playing Rockband New Year's Eve

Peeking through his newly made window

"Fixing" Grandma and Grandpa's hairdryer
(Grandma gave him permission for this.)

Geeze Loiuse.....

I'm officially a grad student again and I'm wondering, "Hmmmm.... and I wanted to go back to school because???" My first day back was Monday and I left feeling pretty shell-shocked. It was just so much information and the course load is HEAVY! Today was a little better and after listening to some more lectures and doing a ridiculous amount of reading over the past couple days, I'm feeling a bit more confidant. It's just been a lot of years since I was in school so I've forgotten a lot of the statistics type stuff and all the work that goes into research and papers. I love psychology, but it's not easy. I know that it'll all be worth it in the end though, and as my good friend Tiffany put it, "God would not have brought you this far to fail you."

In Caleb news... He's got a cough that just won't seem to go away. I took him to the doc and it may be allergies. I'll be taking him in for allergy testing soon. Oh, and he may be singing at church again this Sunday. He asked the pastor after church last week if he could sing again and he was all for it. Be looking for a video of Caleb singing "Jesus Loves Me" soon.... :-)

Not quite done with the closing yet.

Friday went well. The only thing was that the paperwork for closing wasn't ready. I'll just have to get the paperwork faxed to me Monday I guess then sign the stuff in front of a notary and overnight it back. Not too big a deal, and I'm feeling very relieved that I won't have to see the house again or deal with that anymore.

I did get to see my old friends there briefly which was great. I miss my Texas girls!

Closing on House Tomorrow

Unless something totally unexpected happens, I'm heading down to Texas tomorrow to sign closing papers. I'll also be picking up anything left of mine and Caleb's. It's going to be hard to see the house again, but I'll be so relieved when anything to do with the house is over with. My dad and sister-in-law are coming with me for support and to help move stuff, so I'm so grateful for that. My family has been my rock in all this. Still moving forward......