Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Our new favorite place...


Our new favorite store! In the last 2 days we have made 3 trips to Lowe's. We have purchased 2 gallons of paint, 1 gallon of primer, returned 1 gallon of primer that we forgot to use, 6 roller sponges, 3 rolls of paper to go down in the cabinets- whatever you call it, 9 light switches, 11 light switch covers, 19 plugs/receptacles, 19 receptacle covers and 3 ceiling fans. The problem with this is that we need much, much more!! The house is totally ready to move in. None of this needs to be done right now. But it is much easier to do things when there is no furniture to get in the way. On our 3rd trip to Lowe's Sean and I made a wish list of things we would like to do. I think the grand total came to be somewhere in the neighborhood of about $15,000. I don't think I could even begin to make a list of everything we would LIKE to do to this house. It isn't a bad house, in fact I rather like it. The thing is there are just so many things you can do to a house. Lowe's makes it way too easy!! Hopefully we will be all moved in and have all small projects completed before the end of the month.

Friday, January 18, 2008

Another day older and deeper in debt...

As of yesterday Sean and I are officially homeowners!! And to borrow a title from Heidi- only 360 more payments and she is all ours!! That's right, our final payment will be due February 1, 2038. Ahhh, to be further in debt!! At least this is good debt, if there is such a thing. I am very glad that we are no longer paying rent. The Tysons (our landlords) have gotten enough from us over the past couple of years. And the really good news... our house payment is less than our rent! Beginning March 1st we will be paying $63.90 less on a house then we have been paying on this apartment! Thank God for small houses!! We start moving on Sunday, we're painting Little Bit's room on Monday and we should be completely moved in by the 31st. We're in for a crazy couple of weeks!!

Thursday, January 10, 2008

Our new addition/ house update

The newest addition to the Simpson house is a 52" Phillips flat-screen LCD television. (Pay no attention to the packing mess to the side of the TV!). My darling husband and I agreed that he needed a television in his bedroom so that he too could watch TV while he drifted off to dreamland. When I agreed to this purchase what came to mind was a 20" old fashion TV with a large casing behind it so that the screen itself set about a foot and a half away from the wall. You know- THE KIND I HAVE IN MY ROOM! Not that my TV is that old or old fashion, in fact it does have a flat screen, but the area behind the screen is rather large. In fact- it is probably much like the TV you all have in your houses. And I don't think I would be going out on a limb to say that you probably enjoy those televisions. They work, they show you the exact same programs that this TV does, just a little bit (OK, a lot) smaller and with not quite as much detail. No, what my husband had in mind was this monstrosity that now resides in our living room (the old living room TV, which was the biggest TV in the house is now going to his room). I have to say that the picture is fantastic, it is great to watch movies on and it shows everything in great, maybe too much, detail (Matt Lauer had a nose hair that was driving me bananas...), but come on!!!! How much TV does a person need??!! I do have to say that Baby Einstein looks great on it! I'm worried that Caroline might be afraid of the Sesame Street characters seeing as how they are now life-size!! I am getting more and more used to the TV. It doesn't seem quite the eyesore that it did when he first brought it home. It is going to be mounted on the wall at the new house which should help out some. Oh and last night he had the nerve to ask about surround sound! I'll tell you what he can do with the 52" and the surround sound... An update on our house... the closing date has been moved. We are now closing on January 17th instead of the 24th. I really need to finish packing!

Tuesday, January 8, 2008

Milestones

All by myself...
My first outing- October 10, 2007
Smiled- November 12, 2007
Giggled- November 15, 2007
Slept through the night- December 13, 2007
Discovered my hands and feet- December 31, 2007
Rolled over- January 7, 2008
In three short months Caroline has accomplished so many things and is growing so fast!! It seems like I just brought her home from the hospital last week. She is such an amazing little girl and I can't wait to see all the wonderful things she is going to do.

Friday, January 4, 2008

My baby is three months old...

Miss Caroline is 3 months old! I can't believe it has been 3 months, this is flying by! These are some random pictures of my 3 month old princess.
Sleeping with daddy
Like mother like daughter
Me and mommy
Aren't I cute?????
Eating the dress Nana bought me for Christmas

Watching Baby Einstein
(her head isn't as big as it looks in this picture)
Chillin' in my pajamas with daddy
Sleeping on daddy's leg
I love Evan's swing!
Me and Daddy
Practicing sitting up
Matchmaker, matchmaker make me a match...
Look at my beautiful blue eyes




Tuesday, January 1, 2008

Happy New Year

Purple Year
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