We're in!

We made it! We survived living with my dad for 2 months! We squeezed the stuff we needed to get by with into 2 bedrooms and had limited idea where everything was.  I think my dad enjoyed having us around but I am sure he was looking forward to the moments of quietness again and not having to witness a tired, tantruming 2 1/2 year old after daycare every day.  He will miss us.

The house....is awesome!  We closed at 9 am on the 30th. We had a loaded trailer ready to unload, had movers meeting us at the storage unit at 11 to move our boxes, and had the cable guys at the house by 3 (god forbid Aaron missed any football games on Saturday!). My dad and Aaron started unloading boxes right away and Aaron's parents and aunt were here by mid afternoon to help. The rest of the family (siblings and even a couple uncles) were here throughout the weekend to help and by late Sunday afternoon I had the Christmas tree up! I know, I know, i'm crazy to get so much done in 2 days...but those of you that know me know how type A and organized I am so there is no way I could have sat in a mess of boxes longer than one day.  I had to get the majority of things put away (nothing is hanging on the walls yet so I wasn't that bad!) in order to relax. Being 7 months pregnant was both good and bad...it was nice to order people around and tell them where to put things, but at the same time it's frustrating not to be able to pick a box up yourself and get it to where it belongs on your own time.

Shea was picked up by my aunt after daycare on Friday and spent the night and all day Saturday at the farm with them. It was her first sleepover somewhere without me, Aaron or grandma but I think she did ok. She was best friends with my cousin Kirby by the end of the weekend and even got to go watch my other cousin Tate's basketball games. It was so funny to watch her when she got to the house the first time. She walked in like we had always lived there, strutted around the place like she owned it and shut herself in her "play room" (the den) with all her toys she hasn't seen in months. Uncle Seth taught her to close the French doors and not let anyone in the room until they knocked...now she just needs to charge people a quarter to get in and she will be just like her mommy (my poor sister knows what I am talking about).

I am sure some of you are wanting to see pics....soon I promise! I'm on the iPad now and haven't uploaded any to our computer yet...I'm sorry! That's why I never blog, by the time I get my pictures on the computer they're outdated and months behind.

Again, we love our house...it's so awesome not having to carry groceries up the stairs anymore, the fact we have no neighbors behind us is wonderful (praying that farm never decides to sell), my clothes don't get squished & wrinkled in the closet anymore, I have so many cabinets in my kitchen that some of them are even empty, Shea has an extra room for all her toys so they're not completely cluttering the family room....and those are just a few of the things I am noticing so far. :)

2 posts in 1 day!

I'm home from work recovering from the flu (it took over the whole family including Shea, Aaron and my sister the past week) so I might as well take advantage of the quiet house to myself and make up for serious lacking in the blogging world.  I apologize I am such a boring blogger to follow and only post about once every month or two if I'm lucky.

Some of you may want a house update...progress is flying now!  It felt like the foundation of the house took forever but once the framing started things & decisions started to cruise along!  This week they are taping the sheet rock and we will be able to get in to paint a couple of rooms already in a week and a half!  The builder is having the whole house painted for us in a color of our choice (revere pewter) but we can get in and paint more colors before all the trim goes up if we want. For now we're just going to do Shea's room and the den since I'm not ready to make more color decisions.  :)

Speaking of decisions...they are almost done!  Don't get me wrong, it was fun picking things out but at the same time it starts to get overwhelming and there are choices you really want to make but are way outside the budget so you need to find ways to make it work.  Pretty soon you find yourself just making quick decisions to be done with them and just hope it all works out and looks ok in the end.  It does help to know this is where we plan to be for a long time so details we didn't add now (like tile, backsplashes, more fun lights, etc.) can be changed and added later. Not to mention we will need grass, a sprinkler system (Aaron insists on that), landscaping and a patio so hopefully some of that can be somewhat started next spring (grass for sure at least!).  My wonderful dad who owns his own security system company, Night Owl Security, (just had to put in a plug for him) already wired the house for an alarm system so that can be easily added later at any time too.  Whew, can we win the lottery please?!

Here's a pic of the progress last week (the driveway has since been finished and the siding should be going up very soon):

The 2nd floor window on the far left along with the two smaller windows is Shea's room (her room is a fun unique shape) and the larger second floor window is the baby's room.  The far left window on the main floor is part of the family room and the larger window on the main floor is the den (Shea's playroom until the basement is finished in probably 20 years...haha).

It's a....

I know, I know, if you follow me on facebook you already know we are having a BOY!!!  We feel so blessed! I'm not good at keeping up with the blog but I still had to share our excitement over the news! We have actually known for weeks but kept it a secret until we could tell our family in person.  My dad actually didn't want to know but with our excitement to share and how much our world revolves around technology he was forced to give in. 

Aaron was a nervous wreck all day before the ultrasound and his OCD and superstitious nature kicked in where he was even doing things in 5's because that is his lucky number and he REALLY wanted a boy.  He said he would have been so happy either way as long as the baby is healthy but you could tell his true feelings by the relief on his face when the ultrasound tech said "it's a boy" (plus when Shea is in her prime mode of terrible two's he threatens if our next child is a boy we are done!).  Not gonna lie, our sweet adorable little 2 year old is a definite handful sometimes, I don't know how my great grandmother did it having 16, I repeat 16 children!

After finding out the news we shared the secret with my BFF Erika so we could have her take the fun picture above of the family revealing the news.  It turned out great, thanks again Erika!!  I am always going to owe you favors so please let me know how I can ever pay you back!