Ready To Move

We are getting there! Only 2 more nights in our cluttered apartment!! I am so excited to spend our first night in our new house- but I am also kind of nervous- I feel enclosed and safe in my little apartment and our house is so OPEN. I don't even know what I will do with all of the space yet. I am sure that will change quickly though. Our house is coming great! Our carpet was installed yesterday and looks fabulous and as I am typing, Gary and my little brother are finishing up our hardwoods. He did such a great job on them and it definitely looks no different, maybe even better, than a professional job. I can't believe my girls actually get to have a pink room. That is one of the most exciting things for me!! :) I am going back and forth about whether they will share a room or have seperate rooms. If they share a room we will have an extra room for toys and computer but then what do I do with nap times? I need my peace and quiet for those 2ish hours a day and if they are in the same bedroom I just don't see it happening. That is my main reason for wanting them to have seperate bedrooms- the sleep situation stresses me out just thinking about it! :) Either way, I am sure they will love their new house- My parents brought a swing over that used to hang on their tree at their old house and hung it on the deck and they LOVE it. Hannah loves to push Caroline and when Hannah has her turn... let's just say Caroline is not as willing to share as Hannah is :) She throws a fit. I can't wait to get rid of all of the ants and weeds so that they can run free in the fenced in back yard! It will be so great. I can just picture Gary and I relaxing on the deck ( or patio once we get the $ and pull down the deck, because it is in rough shape ) while the girls play and explore the back yard. Gary's aunt was telling me a great idea to plant them a "secret garden" that I am going to do. She told me to put down a few garden rocks and nlant sunflowers surrounding it so that they will grow tall and they will have a secret garden. I love the idea and think the girls will get a kick out of it!!! :) We bought our refrigerator today and a microwave, since ours is broken. We didn't really NEED a microwave right now but it was such a good deal that we couldn't pass it up. We went in planning on buying a black refrigerator, even though our appliances (oven/dishwasher) are white, because we were slowly going to switch them all to black but we found the deal of a century. We got a $2200.00 Kitchen Aid stainless steel refrigerator for $900.00. HOW EXCITING! It was sitting there just waiting on us to come and bring it home- well, it's still waiting- but we will bring it home on Friday! :) It's a side by side with water on the door. Never though I would ever have water on the door of my refrigerator. LOL. Can you tell I am just overwhelmed with excitement about every aspect of my cute little house! This is one of the best experiences of my life and mostly because I know all of the memories my family will share in our cute house! Christmases, Easters, Halloweens... all of it! I have to admit I am a little sad about leaving our apartment for good because this is where both of our girls came home from the hospital too after they were born. It's hard to leave a place that you have created so many memories in- but we have so many more to come-and not we have a yard! a garage! a third bedroom! a deck! a porch! YAY! Well, I am going to go and wait for my hubby to get home with our super late dinner- Taco Bell (yum) but boy do I need to start eating healthy again... and then we will watch Lie To Me and The Duel... or maybe just one for tonight so he can get some sleep for his last day of work this week. HIS LAST DAY WAKING UP IN AN APARTMENT TO GO TO WORK! How freaking exciting is that! :) Well, good night.

My Cute Little House!!!

HOORAY! We are homeowner's and I am so proud of my adorable little house! We have been working really hard this week- especially Gary. We closed Tuesday and went over there that afternoon and pulled down all of the popcorn ceilings- It was a pain but now that it is done I am so happy we did it because it looks so much better in there. Next we had to sand each inch of the ceiling, mud and sand again. Then we primed the ceilings and then painted- well, the painting is not done yet but soon... We have had help from family and are thankful for that otherwise I am not really sure when we would be done- lol- We are putting floors in, painting and cleaning and will be moving Friday and Saturday!
The girls are doing good. I think they are enjoying being away from the house today- it was wearing them out lol. Caroline is teething and quite the little grumpy bear :( Hannah is doing good too- She keeps telling me her teeth hurt because she wants tylenol like Caroline. When I tell her that her teeth are already in and they don't hurt her she whines, "Belly hurts, head hurts, need tylenol." Oh boy :)
Well, I am exhausted so that's it for now- more later! And I will try and add some pictures soon!! :)

May 3, 2009 @ 10:15 pm

Gary had to go back to work today- but now he is off until next Sunday!! Yeah!! Plenty of time to fix our pretty house up :) Tomorrow we have to schedule to get all power turned off at our apartment and turn on power and water at the new house... finalize some decisions for flooring, etc. We pretty much make a daily trip to Lowes- Hannah gets all excited when we pull up~ and then when we get inside it isn't long before she is grumpy and then she makes sure Caroline is grumpy too. She must know that we leave quicker that way??? Smart girl. I hated Lowes up until about a month and a half ago. The thought of even entering the store made me cringe. I disliked the smell and everything but now... it's a different story! I love it and can't get enough of looking around, planning, etc. Too funny :)
We had a great weekend- Friday we hung out- ran a few errands- went out to lunch at Cracker Barrel~ We haven't been out to eat in quite some time. It's hard with two kids not to mention expensive. I think we got away with lunch for 14.00 plus a tip. Not bad at all for 4 people!! After that, we met Jennifer (Gary's sister) and her two boys, Hunter and Nate, for ice cream at the Marble Slab- Hannah got strawberry ice cream and we all shared it. Then we went over and showed them all our new house. Saturday we took the girls to the Carnival again. There was a carnival up at the Haywood Mall for the past week or so. Hannah loves the merry go round so we let her ride on it twice. The first time she was all excited to ride the horse but the second time, for some reason, she just wanted to sit in the chair?? Oh well, it is very cute to see how proud she gets walking off of the merry go round like she is a princess!! We played the $.25 rat game a few times but never won anything so we let Hannah go fishing and win a Princess blow up hammer. She loves it. Caroline just hangs out and enjoys everything. She is happy no matter where we are and no matter what we are doing. She is starting to walk a lot now. It's really cute. I think the most steps she has taken is 10 now. She tries to go really fast to get in as many steps as she can. The other day we watched her feeding her baby a baby bottle. She is getting so big so fast! She will be 1 in less than a month- I can't get over it.
Anyways, both the girls are down for the night so I am going to go get some sleep because we have a crazy week ahead of us!!!!! We are driving to Columbia, SC Tuesday morning for our closing!!! Can't wait! :) Good night.