Playing Catch Up

So, it's been a long time since I've blogged about anything besides Amy's birth story. That's because after I posted last, life went a little crazy, mainly because we started looking for a home to buy. Then we found one and moved into it. Then we started fixing it up. Then we had a baby. All very time consuming things. So, life has been crazy. Good, but crazy.

So, first of all, our new house. Or, our 32-year-old house that we recently purchased. We moved in July 23rd, so 2 months ago now. We have 5 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, lots of storage and play area, and a huge back room that's totally empty cuz we don't have any use for it yet. And because it has no flooring and one corner doesn't even have drywall. I'd take pictures but...we're still settling in, really, so there's still lots of mess everywhere. It's a lovely house, though it needs some cosmetic work to really be nice. So far we've painted all the walls (except the empty room), and it makes such a difference to the feel of the rooms. Here's a fun little picture of Lacey helping Daddy prep the room for paint by sanding the wall. As you can see, the color in this room was a horrendous kick-in-the-face orange. The room next to it was a kick-in-the-face pink. Now they are a lovely relaxing minty green color.

The house also needs new carpet (which will happen in the foggy someday future), but what we have now will be ok until we can afford it. My next project is going to be furniture for our front room (which is also currently completely empty) and window treatments, a necessity since the windows face directly east and west.

I don't think we could have chosen a better neighborhood to move in to. Everyone is so nice and welcoming to us. People are delighted that we've bought the place, since evidently it was rented out for so long, with lots of turnover, and there were some weirdos here before us. That's not to say that we're the epitome of normal, but let's just say we fit in pretty well with the rest of the neighborhood. There are lots of little kids around for Lacey to play with. Lacey loves to "go for walk" and "say hi to friends." A "friend" is anyone under the age of 10 that comes into Lacey's line of vision. And usually, if we walk around the block, we can find someone for Lacey to play with for a few minutes. I love living in a neighborhood.

There will be more pictures once things are more settled. I know, it seems like 2 months should be long enough to get settled into a house, at least enough to get the rooms of mess taken care of, but try doing it 8, then 9 months pregnant, and then with a newborn. It's tough! We had a lot of help from my brother Ben and from my mom, all of which has been greatly appreciated.