Sunday night was our first night in our beautiful new home. We’ve been giggling like school girls ever since. We love, love, love it. And because we love it so much, I’m biting my lip that we still have workers doing all kinds of things to it still. All those last little things add up I’m finding. I wish I could go *POOF* and it would be finished being decorated, painted, and dust free, but in the real world, those things take time and I just have to remind myself of that. I’m still making some decisions with the interior paint (we had them do it all white, and I must say it’s quite glorious), but the major paint dilemma was conquered (the outside color), and I have to gush for a second and tell you that I think it’s quite possibly the most perfect mix I’ve ever laid eyes on. Good thing it’s my house, because it’s definitely not for everyone!

Anyways, here’s some pictures of the kids in our bathroom. Penny rounds, clawfoot tub, my cute kids and a whole lot of white = my kind of heaven.

I realized the other night when I saw through the sliver of his doorway, him turn off his reading light and settle in to sleep…he’s not a baby anymore. While his real birthday was on Christmas Day, we celebrate on January the 25th. He’s five. My baby is five! When did this all happen?

Sorry I have been MIA from blogger lately. We had a wonderful Christmas (pictures to come), barely remember New Years Eve as we were packing, moved (thanks to lots of family!) on New Years Day to Geoff’s parent’s house and now all of our stuff is in the garage of our new house. I’ve been a little…busy.

We are so very close to moving into our new home, hopefully on Wednesday. There are still lots of little things to be done (as you can see from the picture), but overall, it’s just about there!

She’s quite devilish. Since moving into this apartment, Lucy has become the WORST sleeper. She takes forever to go to bed, getting out more times than I’d like count, waking up in the middle of the night, and then again at the crack of dawn. Poor Isaac has finally gotten used to her antics and can sleep through most of it.

Tonight was the topper. I went in their room to check on her because I could hear her doing something. I found her up on the top bunk, sitting next to Isaac’s head with a bag of all of our hair supplies and a can of hairspray. He was sound asleep…and his hair was dripping with hairspray. Devilish I tell you.

My little sister and her husband spent the night at our house on Friday. They slept on the floor and the couch in the front room. Geoff said it looked like we were in a refuge camp. We really love this apartment…

Aren’t they dang cute? I have now determined that I’m jealous of my sister’s eyebrows.

Here’s some new pictures of the house. We’re still crossing our fingers for the first or second week in January.

The kitchen/dining room with a mini peak at the lovely wood floors. We’re waiting on some taller french doors.

The laundry room. Is it wrong to love a tile so much? They are penny rounds, though with the wide angle, they look hexagonal, don’t be deceived.

We hope to see lots of this going around in months to come. I can’t wait to see this room without the wood being covered up!

Last year this happened when Lucy and Isaac sat on Santa’s lap. I was determined this year to not have a repeat so we talked about how nice Santa is over and over again. I even had her view him from afar at the mall. It seemed like we had overcome the fear…until the night of our ward party. When he came out, she started shaking and saying “I cared (scared) Santa.” Let’s just say it didn’t go well, again. She didn’t even get as far as his lap to give us a real back-arching freakout.

Isaac, however, was shaking too, but with excitement. He had made his Christmas list some time ago and had been waiting to give it to one of Santa’s helpers, because clearly, the real Santa only comes on Christmas day-duh mom.

Geoff bought Christmas books for the kids to open the last 12 days of Christmas. It’s been a fun thing for all of us and a great new tradition.

Things continue to move along at a fast breaking speed. We couldn’t be happier about it. The house has been dry-walled and is now being taped and mudded. I guarantee the workers think we are nutty coming over all the time with massive grins on our faces, saying “thank you” a million times. What can I say, we are SO excited.

I might note here, because I’ve been getting some grief, these pictures are all taken with my WIDE angle lens to get everything in. So while it is a sweet home, it isn’t quite as grand (ie. large) as my camera makes it seem.

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(and a sneek peak of my kitchen into the living room)