Finally....house pictures!

Here are a few...more painting this week with my parents in town!

And taking a poll, would you paint this china cabinet a distressed black or leave it? You can see it does go well with our floors (look above) so we're undecided.

Kids bath (shower curtain was a goodwill find!) :)

My peaceful laundry room

Kathryn's pink room (curtains have been put up since this picture was taken. And notice the spackle on the wall...we had a little "worker" banging on the walls with a bolt during naptime)

11 months...

...with this sweet little boy.

It's hard to remember what life was like before Daniel came into our family. These pictures say it all. He has been such a pleasant baby, a good eater, and a good sleeper. I feel very blessed!

Daniel is FAST now, even with his 'gimpy' army crawl. He only uses his left arm to propel himself everywhere, while his right arm drags under him. It looks very funny, but I guess he doesn't feel the need to really crawl since he can get himself anywhere he wants as it is. He has also started pulling up (this morning he pulled up on Kathryn's bed- all the way to standing for the first time). Lots of teeth which give him his adorable grin- 8 teeth total.

Hard to believe we're only one month away from having a one year old again! Amazing.

We're still alive...

Yes, we really are still alive. I promise some pictures will come soon. But moving date is quickly approaching (23rd!), so they might have to wait until life settles down a bit. But I have not forgotten my little blog. Soon...

.life around here.

A few recent pictures of the kids...

Daniel kept sticking his tongue out because it was so cold.
I think he liked the way the cold felt on his face.

One of the rare times Daniel Boy is crying...
only because he's mad at dropping a toy.

He really loves watching her!

Kathryn very proudly displaying her gingerbread house. It was all I could do to construct it fast enough before she could eat all the candy in the bowls. A few pieces did make their way actually onto the house.

And some recent house pictures:
Toilets and bathroom cabinets are in!

Kitchen cabinets are in

Kitchen floor and countertops are in...you can kind of see the flooring in this picture. The rest of it is covered by cardboard at the moment

View into the kitchen and eating area. Railing is also in, still in need of stain.

And how I spent my Saturday morning...almost dying during a half marathon. I'm glad I ran it, although I was exhausted afterward. I'm not as young as I once was!

sad day

20 Questions...

Yep, you guessed it. From the other room I hear "Mommy, my hair's not long anymore!" Oh. Dear. To look on the bright side, it could have been worse had I not stopped her when I did. And thankfully pigtails cover up most of the damage. But let's just say she'll have to wear pigtails for a looooong time, and yes, I cried. Oh well, it's just hair, right? (Hey, at least I'm trying to laugh about it.)

.kiddos.

Here are some recent pictures of the kids...

Daniel got 4 top teeth in one week! They're so cute and really make him look like a big boy now.

He's pretty good at feeding himself, which is convenient for me, but he is REALLY messy! Here he is flexing his "guns."

Very focused...and look at that double chin!

We went to a local Fall Festival on Halloween, and Kathryn was VERY excited that she got to wear lip gloss with her princess dress (hence the enormous smile)

She devoured the cotton candy

More House Pictures

The house is coming right along. Since I'm never over there during the day when people are actually working on it, it seems like the house elves come every day and do an amazing amount of work that magically appears each night. Two days ago they dry-walled the whole house, then yesterday they got all the siding done! Amazing. So here are some before and after pictures:

The builder said the duct work was a nightmare on this floorplan since there's hardly any room up there. It looked like a huge spider up in the rafters.

A view of the loft, looking into the kids' bedrooms

Kitchen/family room area

And here are some pictures from today...

View from the front door, looking into the living room and Family Room

Kitchen area and stairway
Home sweet home....soon! I'm not sure what's next...probably priming then maybe cabinets? We'll see!

Hodges Dairy Farm

We headed off this morning to Hodges Dairy Farm to do one last pumpkin pickin' before the end of pumpkin season. Here are a few pictures...

Kathryn "driving" the tractor (I like this new trend of actually smiling for the camera!)

This is the first time Kathryn has actually fed an animal without freaking out...these baby goats were so cute and were eating leaves from the ground.

Little Boogie

Kathryn and Alathea enjoying their pumpkin chairs

Just Chillin' together

House Pics

I am really amazed at how fast the exterior of the house has gone up. From foundation to this in maybe a week and a half! Here are two views from the street (eventually there will be another house directly on the left, but it's an open lot for now)

The view from the back of the house...you can just barely make out the church building through the trees. Our property pretty much stops at the black fence, but all the woods behind us will remain intact, which is nice.

Garage, looking into the den (on left)
Standing in the kitchen looking into the family room.

View from the front entry: A front sitting room with a half wall, looking into the family room (kitchen is back and to the left)
Upstairs- from one of the kids' rooms looking into the loft area (where Nick and Kathryn are)

Little Mommy

Kathryn has been very into "holding" Daniel recently, which cracks me up because they look about the same size when she's holding him. She was trying to give him a bottle the other night and I thought it was so funny. I think Daniel gave up after a while.

We're Moving!

The biggest thing on our plate right now is that we are building a new house! Originally we weren't thinking about moving so soon, but through a series of circumstances, we decided that this would be a good time to buy. We are so excited about this house, as it is a 2 minute walk from Nick's office and backs up to woods. And we are also thrilled that good friends of ours are buying our house, which will make moving from our first home a little easier emotionally. So I'll post pictures periodically...it should be done sometime in January!!