Sweet Home Las Cruces...

With the addition of another member of our family, our current living accomadations are not optimal. We discussed several possibilties about what might be the best decision. We have decided to shop for a home. This is a huge decision and step in our lives, but we feel that it is a wise move.

We met with a realtor the other day and he is very nice and helpful. Since we only gave him a price range for a house, some of the houses that we looked at were a bit, well...ghetto! Take one for instance.

This house was 3200 sq. feet, which is humongous, however, the size did not really matter. Every room had different flooring; two had blue carpet, one had roll out linoleum tile, others had marble tile, another had tan carpet. The rooms with blue carpet had blue walls. The realtor was funny when describing each room. He said, "Well, if you really like blue, then you'll really like this room."

The house used to have a pool, but the previous owners decided to get rid of it by filling it completely with gravel. Our favorite room was the master bedroom, which had a 5X5 ft. bathroom in the middle of the room, jutting out from one wall. Outside the bathroom, against the wall, was a bath tub/shower....in the bedroom. The carpet went right up to the bathtub. We joked that you could literally, roll out of bed into the shower, which Andrew might enjoy.

However, we did see some really nice homes in the price range we were looking for. We are going to continue to look, as the realtor has a lot more homes to show us and now has a little better idea of what we may be interested in. He said that currently, it is a "buyer's market" and that there are over 1,500 homes in Las Cruces for sale. That's incredible!! We just don't want to see any bedroom/bathroom combos.

On a totally different subject, Cameron is feeling the baby move a lot more. Sometimes the baby will have shifted to one side, enough to distort the shape of Cameron's stomach. Eeeww. We are still amazed when we can feel and see the baby punching and kicking!

Cameron is continuing to gain weight and Andrew the opposite. We are excited to watch the pounds shed off and pile on. We realized that when we take pictures, they can be deceiving, however. Notice Andrew's pictures side by side. It appears as if he has lost 50 pounds instantly, depending on how he is standing and how loose his shirt is. It may be time to buy some new clothes.

Andrew -11 lbs.

Cameron +10.5 lbs