Catching up…

Finally, I feel like I can breathe.

The last month has been such a whirl­wind in our lives, but a won­der­ful one.  When I look back at the last few weeks, I won­der how we sur­vived, but we did, thank God, and we’re all set­tling in.  We couldn’t have done it with­out the help of our fam­ily.  We hired some amaz­ing movers as well to help.  If you are in need of a mov­ing com­pany, I highly rec­om­mend Two Men and a Truck.  They were A M A Z I N G.  The best money we ever spent.

We offi­cially moved into our new house on the 26th.  It’s been a lit­tle over a week, but now it’s begin­ng­ing to feel like we’ve been there MUCH longer than that.  I drive by Tyne Lane every day and won­der how our cute first house is doing.  I’m sure the new own­ers are lov­ing it, but part of me does miss it just a little.

We also had an awful deci­sion to make about a week before our move.  Our dog, Zeus, was 9 years old (that’s senior for a Dober­man) and his health had been declin­ing pretty quickly over the last few weeks.  We knew the time was com­ing, as hor­ri­ble of a deci­sion as it was, we made the choice to put him to sleep and let him cross the Rain­bow Bridge.  It was a very sad day for our fam­ily, but we knew in the long run, it was the right deci­sion. 

We’re now get­ting set­tled into our new home.  I have been tak­ing a few pics here and there, but it’s been such a mess with boxes and unpack­ing, that I’ve been hold­ing out on tak­ing too many until it’s all pret­tied up.   So, when it’s all nice and pretty for B’s party this week­end, I’ll be sure to take some new ones.

Speak­ing of The Princess, can you believe she’s turn­ing ONE on Sun­day?  I know I sure can’t!!  We took her one year pho­tos on Sun­day and did a cake smash.  Stay tuned for those, but here’s one of my faves of her laugh­ing at her brother.  And I LOVE my new nat­ural light stu­dio in the house!!  I can’t wait to use it over the com­ing years!!

While I’m on the sub­ject of photography…I’m hav­ing an amaz­ingly fun con­test over at the Ten Tiny Toes Blog.  Def­i­nitely go and check it out and I’d love to have you join in the fun!

We’re here and alive…

It’s been a WHIRLWIND the last week and a half.  Lots of ups and downs to say the least, but I’m happy to report that we’re all moved and get­ting set­tled into our new house.  Pic­tures are com­ing soon, I promise!!  My poor cam­era has been neglected lately, but I’ll be mak­ing up for that big time in the next few weeks

We LOVE the house though.  I feel like we’re liv­ing in a hotel and will be going back “home” in a few days to our old house though! LOL  The kids are adjust­ing well and life is get­ting back to a some­what nor­mal rou­tine again.

We’re excited for the weather to warm out so we can get out and get to know our new neigh­bors and get to the park down the street!

Now…we have to get ready for the big FIRST BIRTHDAY in just a week and a half!  Can’t wait!

The best part of moving…

is shop­ping for stuff for the new house!  We’ve been using an old kitchen table that we got from a fam­ily friend for $5 for the last 7 years.  It worked well, but I can’t wait until our new table arrives.

I’ve also been drool­ing over a front loader washer and dryer for MONTHS now (maybe if I love my washer and dryer I’ll love laun­dry more?)  We just ordered these today!

Now, to just get them all deliv­ered and installed…think that could go off with­out a hitch? 

Project 52: Week 5

The pack­ing continues…good thing boxes make fun toys too.   New pics of the house com­ing soon!  We were over there yes­ter­day and I took some of the main level.  Stay tuned!!

In 23 days…

all the pack­ing will have to be done and we’ll no longer be in our awe­some first house that we’ve called home for the last 7 years!  Tonight we signed the papers on an awe­some new house in Rose­mount!  It’s brand new and just our absolute dream house.  I seri­ously could not as for any­thing more. This entire adven­ture has been a whirl­wind over the last 6 weeks, but it’s been a won­der­ful one.

Some­how, we sold our house with­out it ever going on the mar­ket, thanks to our awe­some real­tor, Shirley Lar­son.  If you need a fab­u­lous real­tor, you def­i­nitely want to check her out!  We found out last night that our buyer had sold her house, so we signed the papers on our new one tonight and will be clos­ing on the 26th.  No, not the 26th of March, but the 26th of FEBRUARY!!  As in, 23 days from now!!!!!!!!!  Yeah, that’s me you’re hear­ing freak­ing out about get­ting our house packed up in that amount of time!!

Stay tuned for our crazy mov­ing adven­ture.  It wasn’t so bad the first time around when we moved into our cur­rent house, but with 2 kids, I can guar­an­tee there be some highs and lows along the way.

And now, here are some pic­tures!  The inside pics are of a dif­fer­ent house, but the same model, our floor plan is just flip flopped of these pho­tos, but the out­side ones are of our actual house.  The out­side will be painted come the spring, so the final color will be a light yellow-ish with green accents.  I can’t wait!!

If only this fur­ni­ture came with too!  LOL

This might be my favorite room in the house