7 Quick Takes

My friend, Athena, does these posts called "7 Quick Takes" where she posts quickly about various different things that are going on in her family's life.  I thought I'd do the same as so many things are going on in our family.

1. Eric is taking the Step 3 of the boards today.  He's been studying nonstop (the main reason for the lack of posts lately as he's been using the laptop to work on questions).  We (he especially) are so excited to have him back as a participating member of the family! 
2. We just accepted an offer on our house in Phoenix...for 51% of the price we paid.  Ouch.  Darn Phoenix market.  Bad news is that it was obviously a short sale.  Good news is that we will be free and clear of the house and the buyer is an investor who is going to let the family who is currently renting it stay.  Yaaay!  They are an awesome family and we are so excited about that.  Let's just pray the bank accepts the offer! :)
3. Last Saturday was the one year anniversary of finding out I was pregnant.  It was fun to reminisce about that day and think about how our lives have changed since Elina was born.
4. Brandt learned a new phrase the other day.  During dinner, Eric's dad noticed a squirrel eating the bird food.  He open the back door and yelled, "Get out of here!"  Well, the little mimic liked this phrase and started saying it.  It's so funny!  It sounds like, "Geh-ow-a-hee!"  Well, it's funny until he says it to his mommy :)
5. Eric and I are gearing up for our trip to Augusta in a few weeks.  We're pretty excited!  We're going down to find a rental home. It's slim pickings on the MLS, but we have faith the Lord will lead us to the perfect home :).  I'm excited to see Augusta for the first time but even more excited to spend a couple days with my hubby.  When the boys were about 4 months old, I visited Eric in Dallas when he was doing a rotation there and we had a BLAST!  Going away together without any children is such a treat and such treasured time.  We can be the couple we were when fell in love!  I really hope we can continue to get away without the children every once in a while.
6. It's beginning to warm up a little bit here in the Arctic, aka Chicago.  This weekend is supposed to get up to 80 degrees!  We're so excited and I'm sure we will be hardly spending any time in the house.
7. Eric started OB-GYN last week at a hospital downtown.   It's a tough schedule and he's been dreading this month all year.  As he says, he doesn't do ladies and he doesn't do babies!  Luckily he scheduled a few days off to study for the Boards and he's taking a few days off to go down to Georgia.

And that's about it!