Lots of changes this week

We are officially the owners of a new house today! Charlie and I closed this morning and have been busy packing up our house. We have a contract on our current house and should close on November 13th. It only took 2 1/2 weeks for this house to get 2 offers, so we are very happy with the timing of everything. We will be starting a little construction work on the new house tomorrow thru next week and then get it all cleaned up and ready for move in on the 24th. The big stuff goes that day and I am sure we will take the remaining 3 weeks to get out of the current house. We are very excited! We have a pool now (right in time for the winter HA!) so everyone can come over and play!

Another big change this week was my starting back at work. What a great time to start back, too, two days before a deadline. I was immediately busy and already working tonight! Boohoo! I go back to work with mixed emotions but Maya is in great hands with her Gigi (new name for Grandma Gayla). We hired a nanny, too, and she should start next week I hope. Lots of changes over the new few weeks for the Pringle clan!

Unite for the Cure - Update

We are excited to say that we have raised $4,315 for Unite for the Cure! With more than a month and a half to go, we are well on our way to meeting our $5,000 goal. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! We have wonderful friends and family (and their friends and families) who have made a huge impact on our family by helping with this cause. I still want to have a fundraising event but if you know our schedule these days you would understand why we can't take on anything else. If anyone has any ideas, throw them my way!

Sleep study

Maya had her sleep study last night. For those unfamiliar, a sleep study involves testing brain waves (EEG), heart (EKG), breathing (oxygen levels and carbon dioxide levels), and something else I can't remember at the moment. Anyway, we got Maya's done for the breathing function. To determine if she needs help at night while sleeping using a machine called a BiPap. We have been waiting 6 months for this test!! We arrived at Texas Children's hospital at 6:30. I am sure it was fun to watch me run through the waiting room in an effort to avoid getting coughed or sneezed on! After settling down in our room and putting Barney on for Maya, they begin all the taping of the probes at 7:30. It took an hour and a half. Maya screamed of course, but thankfully Barney and her new baby doll aided in the calming down tactics. I had her in my lap and she held her baby in her lap. It was funny because even though Maya was crying this entire time, she never forgot that her baby was taking a bottle and would continuously give the baby her bottle. 9 pm bedtime for both of us. She woke up a few times during the night freaking out, but all in all she did great. They woke us up at 6 am, took the probes off and headed home by 7. You can't see in the picture, but she had red marker all over her, in addition to the glue, so she went straight to the bathtub when we got home! About 1 week for the results.