Monday, September 21, 2009

I promised to post pictures of the house tonight, and I'm going to try and post a video too : ) I'm learning more and more since my journey began a couple of weeks ago...it's slow going....but it's going...


Our house, with the infamous YELLOW door...I LOVE IT!!



The garage door that sort of looks like a barn door, was installed today : )




View from the front door/living area

 

Kitchen cabinets still being installed.

 



master closet...so exciting!!




Inside looking out of closet...



Master bath vanity area




on the other side of the vanity area there is a small make up table area




guest bathroom/green room...




 

Blaine's brown room and BIG closet!!




Guest bedroom



 Another pic of the guest bedroom...

OK...so I think that I have probably gone into overload with the pictures...but I promised : ) We are so proud of our new home and we are so excited to be almost finished...






Off and running...as usual...

The weekend went wonderfully...Friday one of my dear friends from college went into labor and she welcomed a beautiful baby girl on Saturday, Congrats Jessie, Kevin and the new Lea Calynn Thomas!!  I was able to spend a lot of time with the boys this weekend because Jason was off work on Saturday and Sunday.  I love it when he is off on the weekends, and particularly Sunday's.  Saturday we spent a lot of time at home working around the house, Jason is working on getting the back filling done with the tractor and I did some cleaning inside our current home and played with Blaine.  We rode the 4-wheeler together (yep ALL 3 of us) to the farm and saw the pigs and the bull, circled the pond and came home. Saturday night we went to a cook out for Jessica and Brandon, a couple that is renting the tenant house at the farm and Jason invited them, as well as Corey over for the UFC fight that night.  I was exhausted by the end of the day...but had a great time with my family and friends.  Sunday....Ahhhh good ole' Sunday's.  Jason, Blaine and I met Al, Melissa, and Jackson at church and had lunch with my parents afterward.  We came home and had dinner with Jason's parents, his grandma, and Michael...boy did we eat that day.  Jason finished up the backfilling while I pulled Blaine around in the wagon, and peeled stickers off of the windows in the new house.  I wish that every day looked like today did...laid back...no worries...

I love going to church with Jason and Blaine, I feel so close to Jason when we go together, and I love that Blaine gets some play time with other children...he is moving so fast these days and is going to be walking in no time.  I love to just grab him and squeeze and smell him as he struggles to get away from me because he just wants to go go go!!

This week has started off as most of them do...FAST.  Work today, then dentist appointment, then rush home to spend some time with Blaine before bedtime...he goes to bed so early...7:00 pm but he is exhausted and so DONE by then!!  Promise to post new pics of the house tonight...we have light fixtures and it is looking soooooooooo good!! 

Friday, September 18, 2009

Some of the irons in the fire...

First real post...and there is a lot of updating to do...

This week has been an interesting one...Blaine got sick on Sunday evening/night so Monday morning I took off work and Jason and I both took Blaine to the doctor. Since I didn't get a lot of sleep the night before I napped while Blaine napped. I had class in Greenville Monday night so when I got home Blaine was fast asleep... That night for the first time EVER Blaine slept with me. I came home, scooped him up out of his bed and brought him to mine. Jason was on third shift (oh the joys of law enforcement) and I just wanted him to be close to me so that I could hear him breathing. He tossed and turned all night, and so did I. I worked on Tuesday as Blaine seemed a little better, and Jason's Mom always takes care of him and loves him up just like I would! Tuesday night Blaine developed a "croupy" cough and started with the fever again so I stayed at home with him again on Wednesday. I didn't realize how hard it would be to leave him when he is sick. Did I mention that Wednesday Jason and I (as well as Jason's Mom) seemed to develop what Blaine had so that made for a difficult work week. I worked Thursday and today.

On a more personal note I have been trying to get off these last few (ok who am i kidding last 25) pounds that I gained during my pregnancy. I have really been going strong for almost 2 weeks and I have lost almost 10 lbs. I am really starting to feel "normal" again, and I am starting to be proud of how I look again! I am in some of my pre pregnancy clothes and this alone helped to raise my spirits. My goal was to be in the "150s" by the time we go on vacation in another week. I shouldn't have any problem reaching that goal. The problem will be keeping it off while we are ON vacation!! : )

I am really excited about the Hatteras trip coming up with Jason's family. I love Jason's family as if they have been my family my entire life!! Jason is going to go down next weekend and I will join them on Wednesday night...yep that's right Blaine Dawes will be away from me for THREE nights :( I am not really sure how I am going to feel about this, but I will see very soon!!

OK...to the house. We are still hopeful that we will be in or atleast in the process of moving in the first week in October. The electrician is coming on Friday to finish putting up all of the light fixtures and we should have electricity to the house on Monday after the final electrical inspection. Thursday our granite counter tops are being installed and things should roll pretty quickly from there. Friday we are expecting the hardwood to be finished and it will have to sit for the remainder of the weekend with no one, including ourselves allowed in the house. On Monday or Tuesday the plumbing should be completely finished and we should have WATER in the house which means I can CLEAN which I have been dying to do!! The final thing that has to be done is some back filling (Jason's job : ), the patio out back is going to be poured, and carpet (which is going in on Oct. 1), and we hope touchup paint will be done on Oct. 2, so when we
return from the beach we should be set to move in !!! We purchased a lot of furniture last weekend, a dining room suit, a new bedroom suit, and 2 recliners and an accent chair for the living room, we are hoping that it will be in by the time we are ready to move in!! So if anyone would like to join us for a moving/cleaning party the following week, by all means come on!!

Wow that got way longer tahn I thought it should have....I'll post pics of the house real soon...

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

One of my favorite places to get affordable monogrammed clothing for Blaine!!