We Are In

We have moved in. Walls painted and cleaned. Yucky carpet ripped out and new lovely and wonderful carpet in (can you tell that I like our carpet a lot?). The boxes are almost all unpacked. The kitchen is organized, and oh how nice it is to have SO much space to work with. We just have pictures to put up on the walls and books to unpack. All of the books that are still packed are mostly Danny's chemistry things, and they can stay in boxes as long as Danny wants.

Our house is truly beginning to feel like home. The more money we use to fix things the more grateful I am to patient in-laws that let us live with them for such an extended period of time to save and find the perfect home. It has made all of the difference unpacking, knowing that I will not need to pack everything up again in a few years. We even threw away all of the boxes that we have been holding on to for who knows how many years and moves.

I know that I heard and learned about all of the "little expenses" from various people, and thought I was prepared. But these things add up so quickly. I never would have thought that I would need to purchase new shower curtain rods, because the rods left behind don't let our shower curtains hang down far enough. Or purchase new toilet seats, because the ones left behind we too gross to even want to clean, and I just threw them out.

Anyway, it is fun and so good to be done with all of this extended move. Sorry, to all of you out there that want to know my new phone number and address. We still don't have our Internet services figured out. So, I am posting this from my in-laws, and hopefully I can shoot you all a quick e-mail with all of the info. Thanks for all of your support and interest.

Swinging

It seems like all of my posts have been home themed lately. Thankfully, Allen has helped me mix things up a bit. Then I remembered that I had this video of all of the kids together swinging. It is just too cute to not post, so here is another video. This time of my adorable kids swinging together :)

Allen Is Walking

Just in the last week something clicked in Allen's head and he figured out how to go from cruising around the furniture to walking. I haven't been helping him with figuring out walking because I am still not quite ready for another kid to chase around. But he decided to do it all on his own. Even though he is already causing difficulties with his new found ability, he sure is cute to watch toddle around. Where has the time gone? Where is my little baby? Anyway, this is a video of him when he was first starting to figure things out last week. He is much better now and can walk across a room if he wants to.