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20/20

Next month it will have been 36 months since we signed a contract on our land. As you probably know, we didn't close for 20 months then spent the last 16 months trying to accomplish our dream. We tried so hard to get appropriate plans- to get a timely turn around- to get bank approval. Every move we make seems to take 12x's longer than other people. Since we moved to Hendersonville 2 years ago they put up around 30 houses around our land. Why were they able to do that and we're still sitting here with raw land? Why has the bank still not completed their assessment in twice the timeframe stated? Whatever the reasons are for alllll the delays, I don't think it's going to happen. We would need to break ground early to mid July to get Eli at our desired school and it's like walking through mud. We put an offer in on a house. We'll probably continue to put offers in. I think it's safe to say we've given up. To be fair, I'm not sure that we were even pursuing our dream anymore. We had to get rid of so much due to constraints on the land and financial constraints as well. It is what it is. Any home can be a dream home with the right mindset so we'll see how it shakes out.

I've been super blessed lately with a busy season in photography. I'm so thankful for that and honestly- I need to get back at it! Onward and yonward as Nature Cat says.

Anias: 20 Months
I say new words like… book, milk, call, car, hot, hat, eggies (eggs), go, toothbrush, bird, knock it off
My favorite food is anything I can sneak from the pantry- crackers to cereal
My favorite toy is...The Foot Book, any and all cars
Some other things I did include… Flipping over the couch and then liking it so much I tried it again, taking PB for walks on his leash inside the house, and developing a new dislike for mom taking wrappers off my granola bars and cheese sticks. I hugged the keifer mom put in the grocery cart because I was so glad to have some. I love mints and will stop randomly on walks to drive my toy motorcycle around.

Eli:

I know food gives me fuel and tell mom- "After this I'll have macaroni and it will charge me up like gas so I won't be tired." I ask why we can't see the earth and tell mom, "I'm lots of good. I trained!" I'm very sweet to brother and am trying desperately to earn money to buy a garbage truck.
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