Chris and I looked at a house today, we are hoping to rent it. It almost sounds too perfect to be true. It's in the small town my parents live in, it's actually within walking distance to my parents house, which they would adore with mister man face being here and all.

We saw it on Craigslist but there were only outside pictures, but the price was great, the deposit was awesome and it sounded ideal. So we went to check it out today, I was nervous the inside might not be too great as there weren't any photos, it always makes me nervous there is a reason. The reason appears to be simply that the current tenants are in there still, probably didn't want pictures of their stuff online. So, It was pretty great inside, only minor things - we'd do some touch ups on the paint. The flooring in the kitchen and bathrooms wasn't fantastic, and the kitchen cabinets aged it a bit, But nothing a bit of good decorating and a nice rug wont make up for. The lay out was nice, a good size for us. It's on a corner lot so there is a nice sized yard for Job, there is even a dog run back there, not that we'd keep him outside, but handy if we ever wanted to have him out there.

It had a nice little fire place and they had some nice accent walls painted. The guys said the owners are really hands off, but great about maintenance if something breaks. They live in California (the owners) so they aren't really dropping by or messing with it at all. He said they're cool about painting and any improvements you might want to do - which is awesome. we're total fixer-uppers. I am mostly excited we can paint! I think the colors I would do are pretty classic these days, so i am sure there would be no issue with getting them approved.

The deposit is fantastic and so is the rental price. He said two other people had looked at it, one took an application and he has three more coming to view it. we filled out the application right there, he said he'd fax it to her tonight! He said she's likely to consider them as they come in, so we're first in line to be considered. I don't see any major reason why she might not like us, but I got the feeling the guy liked us, we talked about kids (He has two boys) and all sorts of stuff, so i am hoping he liked us and tells her we're good peoples.

I am crossing my fingers. we should hear from her in a few days. the current people have been there for three years, but just bought a house so thats why they are moving. they're moving out April 18th, we are currently on a month to month and our rent cycle is the 25th of each month, so if we can bust out between the 18th-25th we're golden.

It wont be fun to pack up and move with mister man being so young, but at the same time I am about to scoop my eyes out at these apartments. They were SO nice when we got here, but now they're so thrashed and the kids are so obnoxious, they throw tomatos on my deck and rocks at the neighbors door - chris yelled at some kids the other day for playing ding dong ditch to the next door pre teen who was home alone. Job gets frustrated cause the onsight manager lets his two cats roam free, so Job is always growling at them from the window. Our parking spot is freaking two buildings away, and it's become a really difficult place to stay, especially with Job and Caeden, it's not easy for me to take a 60 pound dog potty while I have an infant. Even if Caeden is fine I lock the door, i know i am only at the bottom of the steps and I hate it. But it'd be great to have a house, we can just let job outside to use the bathroom and to run around, we can play fetch right there to exercise him.

Portland Police called Chris Monday - they haven't officially started the background investigation - they had to call and verify some things about jobs he's been fired from, why we got sued and his past speeding tickets, then a psych evaluator checks it over and he says if he is a possible canidate or not, if he gives them a green light then they start the investigation which is a 2-6 month process. But even after that is complete he has the full medical and psych evaluation to go through and then there might be a wait between that being complete and academy starting, so really we could be here for quite a while longer. I am okay with however long we are here though, because i love our church and new friends and i am set on enjoying the time we are here, i am excited to go camping and do fun stuff this summer that we've been missing out on due to lack of friends, but I do want to live somewhere more comfortable until we do move. I know my Mom would love us being so close, right now it takes 30-40 minutes to get to their house, so she only sees Caeden about once a week, this way she could see him a lot more, sometimes she doesnt work until the afternoon or she gets off at 5 pm, she can see him so much more. I would love that too, I miss my Mom. I miss seeing her a lot, we were always close, it stinks it's a day long deal to hang out and it never feels like enough time.

Plus I know she'd like us being near by when My dad is out of town. we'd be right down the road.

anyway, so I am hoping. It would be so great. I will LOVE having a garage to park in! at least a drive way! we can have people OVER! what a concept!

that is the excitement of the day. I take my dad to the airport tomorrow morning, he'll be in Alaska for a month plus working. Chris' Mom and Sister will be here Saturday night and then My mom comes home Monday from Washington state. busy days!

Caeden is being really clingy, he's also having spit up issues. I have to stop him after 10 minutes each side to burp him, and then I hold him upright for 20-30 minutes so he wont spit it all up. Then if he's hungry I'll do another 5 each side. He soaked Chris last night, his entire shirt was covered, then this morning I was holding him right before Chris left for work and he got me all down my shirt, soaked my bra and everything. It makes feedings a bit exhausting right now, but can't have him spitting up everything every time. then he gets all confused and hungry, well duh you emptied your belly! :-p

He slept good last night though, not by himself of course, he wants Mommy right now, which is fine but i can't even put him down to go to the bathroom it seems. Right now Chris is holding him, thats why I am typing this. It's my release.

But now I am missing him, funny how that works. ;)

Pray we get the house! I felt really yucky about the houses we looked at last Summer, I was super uneasy and in the end it's good we didn't move forward on them. I don't feel anything negative with this house. Hoping that's a good sign!