New House!

We're IN!!!  We are BUSY, BUSY, BUSY getting all settled and unpacked, but we LOVE our new house!!

Saturday, March 1 - Even though we didn't close on Friday, as originally planned, the builder was nice enough to still let us in the house for the weekend to do some painting/electrical work.  Keith's dad drove down on Friday to help at the house all weekend...he is just the best :)  Saturday morning we all headed on over to the house to get busy.  We came armed with snacks, Barbies, and cars!  Landon and I made a Lowe's run and he got a little distracted on the tractors!

Heinz's finished pendant light project

He also installed two ceiling fans for us, in the morning room and family room

This sweet girl played so well...they both did!  Landon even slept in my closet, in the pack n' play that he is really getting too big for.  It was a quiet, dark spot...it worked :)

Landon's room looks just like it did in NC...even though he has NO recollection of his old room, isn't that sad?!

our new refrigerator was delivered on Saturday too!

Sunday, March 2 - This was adults only day...even though it was fun having the kids at the house on Saturday, we knew we'd be a little more productive without them.  My mom and John kept the kiddos for us and we were off to get things done!  Heinz and Keith's BIG project of the day was the garage door opener, they did it all and were successful!!!

My dad came and was put to work as Reaggie's room painter :) It is PINKALICIOUS pink!  We are so lucky to have such handy/helpful Dads!

Monday, March 3 - We, of course, had a snow storm that morning!  We weren't even sure if we'd be able to close or not because of the weather.  Mid-morning, just as we were about to go sledding, we got the call that we would close that afternoon!!!  YAY!

We had just signed all the papers!!  Yahoooooo!

Keith spent the night on an air matress at the house Monday night because the movers were coming first thing Tuesday morning.

Bins, bins, and more bins...everywhere!  Landon thought it was a great spot to do a little reading.  Sweet boy, he just LOVES to read...all the time!

silly girl :)

Tuesday, March 4 - MOVING DAY!  Mum-Mum and Pop-Pop were so nicely on kid patrol again on Tuesday so we could be unpacking as the movers brought everything in.

...and so it began...boxes everywhere...my cardboard jungle!!

The dishwasher just couldn't run fast enough...SOOO much stuff!

Keith wound up having a big meeting that afternoon, so I was unpacking solo, but I just stuck to the kitchen.  The kitchen and the kids rooms were top priority...we just had to get it liveable so we could sleep there on Wednesday night.  Thankfully I was able to find all the sheets so I could wash those at my mom's to bring on Wednesday after ballet.

Wednesday, March 5 - The kiddos had school and I was packing/cleaning machine.  I had serious work to do and had to do it all by 4:15 when we had to leave for ballet.  Landon man came to ballet and we came HOME after that.  We got home at about 6:40 and Keith had stopped at Chick-Fil-A for our dinner.  After dinner, we had to make beds and get everyone snuggly in their new rooms! (as I TRIED to NOT panic that my house was a DISASTER ZONE!!!)

Thursday, March 6 - unpacking, unpacking, and MORE unpacking!  Thankfully Keith took this day off to be at home to help with kids/unpacking!

  

  

these sticker dolls were a WONDERFUL activity for a little 4 year old I know...she designed some of the cutest outfits!  Perhaps she has a career in fashion ahead of her :)

We enjoyed our first "nice" dinner in our house Thursday night!

We are still working on getting a lot of unpacking done, but it's fun finding everything!

A little catch up!

Boy am I behind...

Thanks to Gigi and Gramps, they were able to pick up the VERY much longed for Elsa dress from Target!  Thankfully a Target that is on their way to come visit us had one and they were nice enough to hold it for a few days...this made for one VERY happy girl!

Almost 2 weeks ago ;) we had a playdate with sweet friends, Anna and Brady.  We went to Oasis, a climby place, and then to Chick Fil A for lunch.  Reagan and Anna are such sweet friends and Brady and Landon are in the same class too.  Their Momma, Amy, is pretty stinkin' sweet too :)

sweet kiddos!

(By the way, Brady won't wear anything but a button down shirt and jeans - so cute!-...then you have Landon who won't let me put him in anything but comfy pants right now!  I thought an opinionated dresser at 2 was just for girls, clearly not!)

Keith was late every night last week, so we sent Daddy a couple pics of the kiddos in his 'Cuse hat!  Keith is brainwashing them correctly with loving The Cuse!

about to fall in the bucket getting one of his helicopters...

Got it...and clearly worth the almost fall!

my sweet man...loves wearing dress up shoes :)

Friday evening we loaded up for Gigi and Mop's house.  Gran has been wanting to re-do their bedroom, so we went to help out!

Saturday morning we went to breakfast downtown and then walked to the fire station.  A nice man let the kiddos in a fire truck...they loved it!

"Helping"

another "helper"

After stripping wallpaper, painting trim, and painting the walls...the finished product!  The color looks great and we can't wait for it all to be pulled together!!

Monday, while Reagan was at school, Landon and I had such a good little morning.  Nothing too exciting, we did go see the tractors though, which he loves doing!  While we were there we picked up a tractor brochure which is AKA "a new tractor bookie." :)  We picked up Reagan, came home for lunch, I was making my sandwich when BOOM Landon man tripped on the kitchen floor.  At first I thought he was screaming crying because it scared him, but then I saw his teeth...and the blood...and the movement of his teeth.  Good times.  Once the bleeding stopped he KIND OF let me look at them, but all I could see was that one looked farther back than the other of his front teeth.  I was pretty panicked...surprise, surprise.  He didn't want to really eat or drink the rest of the day.  THANKFULLY Reagan had her dentist appointment the very next day and they were able to squeeze Landon in too!  The dentist said his teeth looked like they'd be ok and they would firm right back up.  Such a relief!  It's not totally obvious that my little man's two front teeth are a little "shifted," but they seem to be feeling MUCH better now.  He even got his first cleaning while we were there and did such a great job!  I was prepared for a disaster and he sat in the chair by himself, like a big man, and let the dentist count his teeth and polish them.  I was so concerned about him being okay that I didn't even think to take a picture of either kiddo at the dentist.  Oh well...they both got a great report, which is the most important thing!

Oh and did I mention we were supposed to have the final walkthrough on our house on Wednesday morning, well that got bumped to Thursday, which then messed up our mortage and closing, so then closing got bumped from today (Friday) to Monday...Keith has had to deal with all of this, I don't even understand the words he's saying, but I know it's been a headache!

OH and on Tuesday night Reagan was coughing, coughing, coughing, which then turned into barking, barking, barking, which is croup for her.  Lovely!  She stayed home from school and I took her to the doctor that afternoon.  We got a prescription for a steroid should she have needed it that night, but thankfully her cough seems to be getting better.  So I've slept with her the last 3 nights.  Last night, she slept great and Landon man was up at 4:30 soaking wet...I am pretty sick of ALWAYS having to change a wet crib, but it is what it is and I don't know what else to do with that pee-pee pot boy!

I digressed...SOOOO yesterday first thing in the morning was our FINAL WALK THROUGH!!!  The house looks GREAT!  The outside is not finished and won't be until it gets a little warmer, which is fine!  We just want to live in it :)

our bedroom

bathroom

dining room

living room

family room

kitchen

morning room

So after leaving our walkthrough, I ran to Lowe's to get a few knobs for the bathroom cabinets, came back to the house and Dan, the supervisor, was not a happy guy because the inspector told him something wasn't right with the water line...I'm not exactly sure what the deal was, but it meant the house wouldn't pass it's final inspection.  He's been working SO hard to get our house ready and looking great!  I felt terrible, so I went and got him Chick Fil A (like that did any good?!) and came home because my mom said Reagan wasn't feeling so well with a low fever...thankfully it never got over 100.7*, so no big deal.

ANYWAY...Reagan is FINE today, Landon had a GREAT day at school, I went to Lowe's to get fans, paint, and outdoor lights for big projects this weekend.  They are letting us into the house to work and Keith's dad is driving down now to help us.  :)  We will close on Monday afternoon, HOPEFULLY!!  There is supposed to be a HUGE snowstorm this weekend...have I mentioned how OVER the FRIECKIN' snow I am?!?!?!?!?!?!?  We're close though and as long as we close on Monday then the moving truck is coming Tuesday and it will be Christmas for us to see everything that we haven't seen in 8 months!!

More House Updates!

After we flew in on Wednesday, we decided to go check out the house!  It is coming along and looking great!!

Dining room

They were laying the hardwoods when we got there

The tile in our bathroom was finished up too!

On Friday, Valentine's Day, we found out our official closing would be on February 28th with our final walkthrough on the 26th!  We can't wait!!

Gran and Gramps met us at the house Sunday morning and there were so many changes, even though we had just been there on Wednesday.  The biggest change was the CABINETS!!!!!!

10 more days until we move in!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Valentine's morning started with word of there being NO school...again.  Seriously...the kids have been to school maybe 3 times all month because of all the stinkin' snow!

We started the day with a couple little treats from Mommy and Daddy

Reaggie got an Anna baby doll, a Pinkalicious book, and some candy hearts

Landon got a new pick up truck with dirt bikes on the back, a Little Blue Truck book, and candy hearts

The kids and I played in the snow for awhile, but didn't have any luck sledding.  The snow was SO deep.  Landon kept getting stuck and my boots are on the moving truck and sneakers just don't really cut it, so we lasted as long as we could :)

Landon and Pop tasting the snow cream that we made...not too bad!

Keith and I decided we would go to Outback with the kiddos for dinner on Friday night.  I did a call ahead for 5:30.  Keith got there at 5:15 and was told 50 minutes, so as I was loading the kids in the car I figured we would have plenty of time to get there.  The kids were loaded, I put the car in reverse, and I wasn't moving, just a lot of spinning wheels.  Great!!  It took digging out snow, my mom and John helping, bird seed, salt, and working up a sweat and getting snow all down my tall boots to get me out of there.  I called Keith at 5:40 to let him know we were just leaving and he was like, "just leaving!  why?!" Oh you know, just twiddling my thumbs ;)

Landy man had just woken up from his nap and wasn't exactly in the mood for pictures yet

my precious Valentines

We got to Outback just as Keith was being seated, so it worked out great!  Daddy had a surprise for his sweet girl and she LOVED her flowers :)  Landy wanted some "boo" (blue) ones, so now Daddy knows for next year!

Happy frieckin' Valentine's Day!

It was a great day and a fun dinner, surrounded by lots of couples out sans children...hope we didn't bother anyone too badly!