Some pictures of the new house!

Entryway to the house.
View one of the formal living room (we turned it into an office)
View Two
The view of the upstairs when you walk in..should have put this next to picture one..

The front of the house
The porch with Paige's little chair.
The back view
View #2

The downstairs half bath with a cute little girl:)

More pictures to come of other rooms. Brad, his sister, his dad, and I painted almost the whole house. The entire house was white! Since someone had already lived here it was so dirty too. Brad and his dad also changed all the light fixtures and I mean all...SO needless to say we have been very busy. I haven't finished decorating every room yet but I wanted to wait till I at least had curtains in most of the rooms before I added the pictures.

A fall festival!

Before we went to the festival Paige let me paint her toes:) Mommy and Paige in matching pink.
Paige and Daddy by the hay pumpkins.
Mommy and Paige

Paige on her very first pony ride!
I think Daddy was more excited than Paige.

Paige petting the horse.

Sesame Street Live and a Ballerina

Okay, this picture has nothing to do with the title of my post but it was too funny not to add. This week I had the step ladder in the kitchen while I was putting something away. I walked away for a few minutes and I come back to find Paige on top of the ladder in the junk drawer pulling out all my tape. I guess I asked for it! (Bridgette, do you like the shirt?)
Paige loves Sesame Street especially ELMO! When we knew that Sesame Street Live was coming to town, we knew we had to take her. This was the view from our seats! They were great.
Paige in her seat getting ready for the show to start. She is holding her blanket which must be with us at all times. She loves it!

Mommy, where's Elmo?
Yeah, I see Elmo! Paige LOVED the show. The first five songs she just kept smiling and dancing. Brad and I had so much fun just because we knew she liked it so much.
Some of the gang!
Paige mesmerized by what she sees.Zoey in her tutu.

Elmo signing his famous song "Elmo's World".
Burt trying his hand at the Bee Gees "Stayin Alive". We are so glad that we decided to go. We know that Paige really had so much fun.
We got Paige this tutu at the show for five dollars so she could be like Zoey. She was playing in it tonight. I put on her little pink flats so she would look like a ballerina.
Look at the most beautiful ballerina in the world.
Don't you just want to squeeze her right now? She is growing up so fast. We can't believe she is nineteen months old already. Where is the time going? She looks like a little girl more and more everyday and my baby is all gone:(

These past few weeks.....& Melissa's 30th!

Well, we finally have Internet! I know that you have all been waiting so patiently! We are settled for the most part into the new house. The whole house was white so we painted almost every room in the house, so needless to say we have been very busy. The house pictures will be coming soon once we have everything hung on the wall. So you will have to wait a little while longer for them:) This past week one of my best friends from college Bridgette came into town with her son Brennan. Her husband Don,who recently graduated from seminary had to perform a wedding at his new church and wasn't able to make it. We missed you Don! Bridgette came into town for Melissa's thirty birthday celebration. Here are some pictures from the extended weekend! We had an awesome time. Paige and Brennan are only three weeks apart and play so cute together. We can't wait for the next visit!
Reading books at Melissa & Dave's house.
Brennan giving Paige some love. Brennan is so sweet and he loves his girl, Paige!

Sharing some snacks!
Brad and I at Melissa's party.
Melissa at her party.
Jenn, Melis, & Bridge
Melissa, Rose, Jenn, & Stacey

Earlier that day we all went to the aquarium. The kids had a great time!
Checking out the sea lions.
Melissa, Dave, & Brennan
Paige and Bridgette
The whole gang: Melissa, Dave, Jenn, Brad, Bridgette, Melissa's family (her mom, dad, and sister Michelle), with two crazy babies each wanting to hold the stuffed monkey!

Jenn, Paige, Bridgette, and Brennan Paige and Brennan were both exhausted after the aquarium.

Chocolate anyone?

Brennan!

Moving

Sorry, it's been so long! We sold our house, finally! Now we are in the midst of packing and getting ready to move. We close on on this house and our new house on Friday, August 17th. Our whole house is full of moving boxes and will be for awhile till we get settled and moved. We are really going to miss the house but we know that we are moving for the right reasons. Paige seems to be a bit confused as to why everything is going into boxes, but she is having fun playing in them. Here are some pictures of her coloring on boxes in her empty room. She also likes to climb into anything. We also had Paige's 18 month check-up a couple weeks ago. Her stats are

Height: 30 inches (10%) and Weight :21 pounds 6 ounces (10%). Just wanted to update everyone on the latest news. It may be awhile before we are back online and can blog!