28 week photos

Well here we are, all 7 months of us! Brandon took all of these and I think they turned out great! He has the "eye" for a good shot! Tomorrow I will be 29 weeks but we took these yesterday. That means as of tomorrow we only have 11 weeks to go... technically only 10 weeks because I will have to have a c-section the week before my due date. Wow! Talk about putting it all into perspective! We are so eager to meet this little girl that kicks me all day (and night) long. She really responds to Brandon and Garrett's voices and starts rolling all over in there and kicking away. I think she is eager to meet us too!

We found a house!

We have spent much of the week house hunting in the Pensacola area. The first house we saw was a 4 bed 2 bath just under 1900 sq ft and sitting on just under 1/2 acre. We didn't want to settle on the first thing we saw so we spent the entire next day viewing tons of homes (with Garrett in tow... poor little guy was such a trooper!) We did see two other homes that we really liked, but when we asked to see this house again before we called it a day we both knew it was the one! So we put in a bid and within an hour and a half our offer was accepted! So we traveled today to Pensacola to sign away our lives (and possibly our first born... I am gonna have to check on that!) The house is located in Pace which is a growing "suburb" of Pensacola. By living in Pace we will be saving greatly on insurance and the commute won't be too long for Brandon! The beaches are not so far away. They are not as close as if we lived in Pcola but a little drive never scared me! Please keep the sale of our home in Slidell in your prayers. The purchase of the house in Pace is contingent on us selling our slidell house! We hope to know by the 4th if it will go through on May 21st! And if it does we will be closing on this house on or before May 25th! Brandon would like to invite you all now to a fence building and interior painting party! (The walls are way too white for us!) :0)

Garrett calls this our "Pensacola house!"

Front of house

Entryway with coat closet to the left

livingroom

dining room view from livingroom

view down hallway from livingroom (Three bedrooms, linen closet, and bathroom)

Kitchen!

view of dining room from kitchen

master bedroom

master bedroom


garden tub in master bath... the doors to either side are his and hers walk in closets!

master bath vanity and shower

Laundry room

Laundry room (with space for another fridge or freezer)

Laundry room window

Covered back patio

video clip of the backyard...

Video of the backyard from another angle...



Video of the front yard

Updates

Hello All. I know I haven't been very good about blogging lately but we have been pretty busy. Lots of news to share. For starters I had my 27 week check up yesterday and everything looks/sounds great. I have gained 30 lbs already (yikes!) but I gained a total of 50 lbs with Garrett so I guess I am on my way to having a repeat. I also had my rhogam shot which is not the most fun thing to have, but not the worst either. I have to have that because I have a negative blood type and if the baby has a positive blood type, my body will build up antibodies against the baby, view her as a foreign object, and she will be born anemic. I will have Brandon take some pictures of me this week since I have had a couple of requests to see the growing belly!

The other night Garrett told me he caught a mouse. He was holding his hands very carefully close to his chest. He proceeded to talk to the mouse, read to the mouse, play with the mouse, and the mouse even helped us make ice cream cones. When we were through with the ice cream cones and I washed Garrett's hands at the sink, he told me that the mouse needed his hands washed too. So I played along and washed the mouses hands too. I asked him what the name of the mouse was and he replied "Ummm... ONE! TWO! THREE!" His imagination is booming!

Brandon's unit just finished a week long Standardized testing/drills (STAN Team) and the unit as a whole scored a 49 out of a possible 50 points. They will be recieving a special award for their achievement! Way to go MSST New Orleans! And now to brag about my man... Brandon scored the highest test score of the entire unit!!! I am so proud of him and all of his hard work!

We went under contract on our house with a gentleman who is selling one of his homes in New Orleans East. He buys homes as investment properties and rents them out. If all goes accordingly we will close on May 21st. We are in the process of trying to decide whether or not to buy again or rent or go into base housing. We will be house hunting this week!

Yep, thats right we are headed to Florida for a week! We will be attending Nannies side-of-the family reunion! I am looking forward to meeting family members who I have not met before! And seeing everyone else too! I will have my camera in tow... seems like the perfect opportunity to get some photography practice in while capturing some special moments! We also will be attending Ashlyn's t-ball game, Attending Kaylee's second birthday party, and spending some much needed time at the beach! I will update when we return home, if I am unable to do so while we are there!

Ya'll have a wonderful week and enjoy the pictures!

Lounging on the couch!

I will never tire of taking pictures of him sleeping. He is so innocent and sweet!

"Sit right here mouse!"

Reading to the mouse

Our little ham

As I was working on my photo assignment the other evening Garrett kept saying "Take a picture of meeeeeeeee momma!" and then he would do something funny like dance or make faces! Silly boy!

Someones been using my camera (think 3 bears)

And he left the evidence!

Easter 2007

We hope you all had a wonderful Easter! We sure did! It started out chilly and ended chilly but we did have a pleasant afternoon! (We had ICE on our roof at 1:00 pm thats how cold it was~)

We started out the day slow at home with Garrett hunting easter eggs. We had a breakfast of hot cinnamon bread and strawberry-pineapple smoothies! We were invited for lunch and an egg hunt at our friends' the Lennox's home. The food was yummy and the deserts were great! The kids had a blast hunting eggs (twice) and eating jelly beans. Then we came home and played outside with the new bubble lawn mower that Garrett got!

Ice on our roof

Our Easter spread

Hunting eggs

I can get it!

What's in there?

Lucy, Isabella, and Garrett

I see an egg!

Teaching the kids how to play "Duck, Duck, Goose!"

So handsome!