House pictures

I have had a few people ask for pictures of our house, so I decided I should post some. I still haven't gotten back into taking pictures all the time yet. Sorry! This is the living room. We are hoping to get new furnature soon, but we'll see how long it takes!
This is the formal dining room. Yeah right. It's the playroom! See what happens when you have kids!
Here is the kitchen. We are loving the space!
Here is our bedroom. Did you notice the nice dressers on the floor! Gotta love cheap furnature!

We have definately been keeping busy. We are trying to pick out a paint color for Dylan's room so that we can get it started. I found an amazing deal on his "Cars" bedding set from the Disney store, so I'm excited to get

his room put together. He is sleeping on a mattress on the floor right now. Poor boy! Maybe that could explain his unusual sleeping patterns. He has had a really hard time adjusting to our house. He wakes up crying in the middle of the night (around 4) and want to come sleep in mommy and daddy's bed. We tell him that he needs to sleep in his big boy bed, but then he comes crawling into our bed anyway. We are usually too tired to fight it, since he is also waking up at 7am! We are not morning people, so it's really hard for us! We have been taking turns, but it's starting to take it's toll on us! Another problem is that he is fighting bedtime at night. He knows how to open the doors since they are levers and decided that he doesn't want to go to bed at night. We're lucky if he stays in his room after 8:30pm. I guess he is just trying to adapt to the new environment. Hopefully it will get better soon!

Other than sleeping, Dylan is doing great! He is growing up sooo fast! We listen to his cd in the car and he sings along with almost all of the songs! It still amazes me how fast they learn!

April

I can't believe it's April already! Time sure does fly when you are keeping yourself busy! I am trying to get everything settled in our house, but it seems like I am always finding more to do! We are hoping to get started with painting soon so we can have the nursery done by the time the baby comes! Keep your fingers crossed for us!

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This past weekend was my mom's birthday, so Dylan and I got to spend some time with her! It was very relaxing and fun. We went to Edinburg to the outlet mall, so I could get some really cute baby girl clothes! That was fun! Dylan was having too much fun with his cousins and ran into the play table at the store. He got a really fat lip and busted it open. Poor kid! Boys will be boys!

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Dylan finally got to open his Christmas present of a train set. He LOVES it! We set it up in the living room, and he plays with it everyday! I'll have to get a picture of him playing with it. It might take me a little while to get used to blogging again!

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I need to get a picture of me and my belly. I realized the other day that I don't have any pregnancy pictures this time. How sad! I need Ricky to take them, so I'll try to have him do it tonight! (You might see them next week.) I need to go unpack some more, so I'll write more later!

I love High Speed Internet!!

We finally moved into our new house and love it! I especially love having my internet back! I can download pictures and check my e-mail everyday! Yipee! Since it's been so long, I will just put the best pictures on here. We moved into our house last Wednesday. Ricky took a week of vacation to help with the move and unpacking. It was really nice to spend some time together as a family. Dylan really enjoyed his 'daddy' time!

Here we are in front of our new house! Isn't it pretty!?!? It still doesn't seem real that we own a house, but I'm sure we'll get used to it!

Dylan loves to help me cook all the time! He has turned into such a big helper! (At least he tries!) We have lots of fun making a mess and laughing together. On March 12th, Dylan turned two! Yeah! I made some rice crispy treats for his birthday and put a candle in it for him. He enjoyed singing 'happy birthday' to himself! We went to Chuck E Cheese to play for a while and he finally opened up! He is always so scared of the place! I guess we'll just have to go more often!

He got some horses from Grandma that he absolutely LOVES! We can't go anywhere without them! He likes to line them up in his lap! Such a cutie!Here is Dylan's new fire truck. Grandma and Grandpa got to celebrate his birthday this year since we were living with them. Dylan really enjoyed his time with his grandparents.What a cute family! We went to the Easter egg hunt with some church friends on Saturday. The kids really loved it if you can't tell by their faces! My sister Crystal and her boys got to join us this year. It was lots of fun!
We had a tradition growing up that the Easter bunny would hide candy in the yard, so this year the great grandkids on my mom's side of the family got to find it. They were so cute! Dylan would find a piece and see if anyone was looking and if not, he would try to open it and eat it. Cameron just sat there with a piece of candy in each hand.
And here are almost all of the great grandkids with Great Grandma.

Look at the cute little family! For those of you who don't already know, I am pregnant with a little girl. I am due on July 18th and really looking forward to the new addition. She is very active in my tummy and we can't wait to see her! We hope everyone is doing well, and we will be keeping you more updated now that I have my internet back!

House hunting is over!

We bought a house! Yeah!!!! We still have all the technical things to work out, but we signed the contract and have a closing date of March 18th. We are really excited to have our own place and look forward to moving in (after painting of course!). March seems like so far away, but I'm sure it will be here before we know it! I am especially looking forward to having our high speed internet back so I can actually use the computer again! I have a ton of pictures to post, but you'll have to wait. The house is amazing! It is in Lindburg Village and close to everything. There is a pond out back with a walking trail around it. Luckily the yard is fenced in! We are looking forward to hosting parties at our new house!

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Dylan is doing great. He started mimicing everything that we say, so watch your mouth around him! J/k. He loves to run everywhere. The other day he was running down the driveway and did a nose dive. Poor kid has a road burn down the middle of his face. Boys will be boys! I'm sure it will happen again soon as we will be outside all the time at our new house!

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Ricky decided against school this semester as he is very busy with work. He got promoted to manager and is looking for an assistant manager to train soon! The house hunting has also been a big stress for us. He will still be finishing sometime this year with school. He is so close to graduation!

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I have been trying to keep busy. Mostly with driving everywhere to get things done. It's not that great living 20 minutes from town and sharing a car. We are making do, but can't wait to move into our house!

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We hope everyone is doing great! Keep checking back with us and I will update you on the house and move!

Happy New Year

We're all moved in... for now! We are still house hunting while we are living at my in-laws house. We got all of our stuff moved into storage and we're ready to find a house! Ricky started school again this week. He's only going part time so he can focus on work (and maybe a promotion!). He will still finish sometime this year. Yeah! We have a lot to look forward to this new year! We are still making do with one car, which isn't as easy when you live 20 minutes from town! Hopefully we will be in our house soon, so that we can get another car! That's about all that's going on around here. Dylan is still getting bigger and loves to see Grandma and Grandpa everyday! They love to spoil him, too! Happy New Year to all our friends and family!