Happy St. Patrick's Day

Farmer Lexi & a phone call from a famous person!

My in-laws took Lexi up to the farm behind their house yesterday to let her pet the cows. Virginia said Steve called the cows right up to the fence & Lexi LOVED feeding them potato chips! I thought these pictures are so cute of her & her Grandad petting the cows. Lexi is so lucky to have such wonderful grandparents that spend quality time with her. They do just about anything that they think Lexi might like.

By the way, I got to speak to a famous person on the phone yesterday! Like I mentioned in my last blog, Chris is in Nashville all this week. Well, he is getting to stay at the Vanderbilt Plaza since the classes are on Vanderbilt campus. He calls me up yesterday and says he is setting in restaurant at the hotel with John Michael Montgomery! I told him I didn't believe him so he put him on the phone! I'm currently dealing with an upper respitory infection so my voice sounds like a man at the moment... and here I am talking to a star. I had no clue what to say to him, I just drew a blank! He was very nice and joked around that he was trying to get a bank loan from Chris to buy a new tour bus. I thought that was pretty funny! I don't think he could really understand what I was saying because my voice sounded so bad, but I got a kick out of it just the same!

Change happens!

Well we've had a lot of changes in the past couple weeks.... We finally got moved! I cried like a big sissy the last time we drove away. Even thought our house was small and we were QUICKLY outgrowing it, I was very attached to it because of all the memories that were made there. The first two years of Lexi's life were spent there, plus it was our first house so it will always hold a special place. Plus, it didn't help matters much that we are now living in a duplex until our house is finished! I also cut all my hair off. I was just tired of my long hair and it took FOREVER to dry so I figured it was time for a change. Shocking enough, Chris actually liked it. He did not want me to get my hair cut, but finally gave in. He said if it would make me feel better about myself to go for it.... and I did.
Chris is also gone all week to Nashville for a consumer lending class. I miss him so much! I will be glad when Friday rolls around!
As you see, I posted a draft of our new house. It's just a rough sketch, but this is the general idea of how it should look. Our driveway was put in yesterday and as soon as it stays dry long enough for the footers to be poured we will be ready to go! I'm so excited about getting a new house.
Miss Alexis is working on her potty training and doing a dang good job I must add! The move didn't seem to affect her at all (to my surprise) I figured she would cry to go home but she seems to love running around the temporary place! Kids are much better with change than adults I'm starting to realize.

Getting ready to build...

Two Saturdays ago we went out to the land that we're building our new house on to clear a fence row and let the builder mark off where the new house would go. Here's some pics of Chris doing some manual labor and Lexi playing. We brought Lexi's 4-wheeler with us and she had a blast driving around the big open, FLAT field. Up until now the poor kid hasn't had much room to ride it on because our old house was up on a steep hill. Chris and our future neighbor Mike pulled part of the fence row up so trucks could go through. Thanks for your help Mike!
Thursday we will be officially moved out of the old house. Moving all our stuff has been a lot harder work than I thought. It's funny, when I was in college moving took me like half a day. This time I have been packing for a week and a half and am still not done!

Our Little Valentine

Hope everyone had a great Valentines Day. My mother-in-law took this picture yesterday of Lexi showing off the Valentines outfit her Aunt Bobbie bought her. Isn't it adorable!

Family

The Bartons Are Homeless!!!

Well, it's official.... we've sold our house. When Chris & I made the decision to build a new house we figured we better go ahead & put our current house on the market due to the poor housing market. Well God answered our prayers a little earlier than we thought and the first couple that came & looked at our house bought the darn thing! So basically we have until March first to find a place to live and get our stuff moved! Oh, did I mention we haven't even broke ground on the new house yet? Looks like its going to be a busy spring! I wonder what Lexi will think of moving? It's bound to be confusing to her. The poor thing will be having to move twice in one year. At least the last time we move will be the last time she moves until college (hopefully).
Wish us luck in building our new house! (we need it......)