By Sunday evening we have the truck unloaded for the second time. With the help of family we have also made good progress in the house. Sunday night is bath night for all three boys and David and I take showers to get cleaned up. After the round of baths and David's shower he overflows the toilet in our bathroom, which shouldn't have happened. I don't think I have mentioned that the bathrooms are both carpeted (yuck!) I run to the store to get a plunger since we haven't unearthed our yet. Then I take a shower and it is a little slow draining. I begin to wonder what is happening... We are too exhausted to worry about it that night. Monday morning comes and David showers, which causes water to back up in the bathtub and the other toilet almost overflows. So now we can't flush either toilet, the shower and tub are both backed up, great. The boys can just pee on the fence outside, no big deal. I'm sure our neighbors just loved us! I put in a call to our landlord, who calls a plumber. He comes out after lunch to look at things. In the meantime we aren't totally without a toilet. Since things settled down after showering we can flush a toilet, but not too often. The plumber figures there is something clogging the main line between the house and the street. He has to run and get his machine. He hopes the small one will work otherwise we will have to wait until after 5:00 when the big machine gets back from Manhattan. He gets his machine and it works success! We can use the toilets! Anyone want to guess what was causing the back up?????
Yes he pulled some twigs and branches out, but there was more. He pulled out a squirrel! Yes I said a squirrel. He said that on rare occasions a squirrel will fall down the four inch pipe and get stuck. I didn't go out into the yard to look at the remains, but David says there really wasn't much left, but enough to know it was a squirrel.
Since then things have calmed down. I had a job interview and was offered a position at Chapman Middle School. I was also offered a position at Abilene High School, but I choose the middle school over the high school. Now the hunt for childcare begins.
The boys and I are getting to know the library very well. They have a great summer reading program. Thomas and Michael have Vacation Bible School this week, followed by swimming lessons next week.
Ethan is now seven month's old. Where does the time go? He has just learned to sit up. He will sit by himself for short amounts of time, before falling over. 
Since he has mastered the art of sitting up, he is trying to figure out how to crawl. There is a video below of him trying to figure it out. Even though he isn't crawling he doesn't let it stop him from getting around. He will roll all over the room. He also likes to spin circles on his stomach. He can move himself backwards. It is only a short amount of time before he figures out how to go forward.
We went to the park when Grandma Mel and Aunt Danielle were down for a visit. While there, Ethan took his first ride on the swings! He loved it.
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