Finally feeling like Home...

Finally getting some more personal touches on our house. Elliott put up the shelves for the picture wall in the dining room today and I'm very happy with the way it turned out. Just a few pictures to show how far we've come and of course of the new picture wall :o)

My favorite room in the house and not just because I like to cook...

As many of you know, we bought a foreclosure and slowly, but surely, we've been fixing it up. Everything we've been doing has been exciting since it gets us one step closer to being done and moving in, but this weekend has been, by far, the most exciting for me since our new kitchen cabinets went up! So, totally loving the new cabinets. The wall color and the tile go so well with them...just waiting on the granite countertops! :o) The kitchen all together is such an improvement compared to what it was before. Can't wait to be moved in on May 1st and cook in it!!

One Year Ago Today

One year ago today, I received one of the best gifts I could have asked for...

Happy 1st Birthday to my little man!!

Then...

and Now....

First walk...

So happy that my mother-in-law, Sue, got this on tape!

So much to be thankful for....

In honor of my favorite holiday...

Just a few things I am thankful for this year:

1. God and that I know He loves me and watches over my family and I.

2. My amazing husband, whom I can't imagine experiencing this life without.

3. My baby boy Ethan, who has given me the most important & fulfilling job I will ever have.

4. My family, who are a constant source of love and support.

5. My friends, who are always there when I need them.

6. The health of my family and I.

7. My job, since so many out there don't have this blessing.

8. A beautiful new cousin, Alexander, (who was born this morning!! Happy Birthday!) who has wonderful parents to raise him.

9. A new house to move into in a few months, that we can finally call home.

10. And something Elliott & I are extra thankful for this year are my In-laws because without them, we don't know where we'd be or what we'd be doing right now.

Hope everyone has a Great Thanksgiving this year and has as much to be thankful for as I do!!!

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

180 Degree Turn...

Just something I've been thinking about for the last couple of days...Isn't it funny how when you have kids, you're life completely revolves around them....you're either playing, feeding, changing, or just watching them constantly. And when you not even around them and they're spending the day at Grandma's house, you constantly thinking about them. You even blog about them whenever you get a chance to get on the computer and blog....lol. And even though they've only been around for such a short time.....1 year out of 28 years of your life....you can't imagine what life was like before you had them. I have to say, parenthood is definitely not a job for the selfish because when you're a parent, you never come first and your first priority is your children because that's what comes naturally to you now. Having kids definitely takes your life and turns it 180 degrees and takes you down a path that you didn't know existed....a path of more worries, bumps and bruises, and alot more grey hairs...lol.....but it's definitely worth it for those that want to take up such a big task and responsibility...just ask the Moms and Dads around you. :o)

Spooktacular Halloween

This was Ethan's first Halloween , so we took him around to all the Grandma's and Grandpa's houses (with the exception of Grandpa Mark, who lives in Colorado) and showed him off in his costume. He was a green dragon and poor Ethan was probably happy at the end of the night when he no longer had to wear that costume, only because every time we drove to another person's house, we had to take the costume off and put it back on when we got there. So he was probably in and out of that costume half a dozen times! The reason why was because he had wings and a tale and he couldn't fit in his car seat with the costume on...lol. But it was well worth it, for us anyway, because he was super cute and he got some candy, that daddy, mommy, and Uncle Ray have been eating! Hope everyone had as much fun as we did this Halloween!!!