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OUR NEW PLACE

We finally moved in! We painted the master bedroom (4 coats to cover the existing red paint), and then decided to go ahead and paint the kids' bedrooms before the new carpet was installed. I guess I really fell in love with painting and how much it transforms a room.

Master bedroom before:



Master bedroom after:



(The picture didn't really do the colors justice. The top is taupe and the bottom is chocolate brown.)

The kids' rooms just had white walls which I loathe. So we did the girls' room in pink, of course (Corinne wouldn't have had it any other way).



Matt really wanted a green room (tree frog green to be exact) but I had to step in and go another direction. I picked a neutral "flax" color.




I think it all turned out pretty well if you don't look too close! Now I am itching to paint all the rooms in our home. That isn't going to happen anytime soon though!

BELATED HALLOWEEN POST

Allison as Piglet



Matthew the pirate


Corinne as Lucy from Narnia


Trick-or-Treating with our friends

We had a fun Halloween this year and now we are enjoying all the candy!

IT IS OFFICIAL

We are homeowners.



We bought a nice townhome right here in our neighborhood. After looking at a variety of options, (house vs. townhome, close to work vs. longer commute, our school vs. new school, etc.) we decided to keep the kids at their school (and in the bus route!) and to stay close to work.

We are all happy to have more room (2000 sq. ft., woo hoo!) and the kids are just thrilled to have stairs. I guess kids are easy to please.

More details of our home projects to come soon!

NINE

That is how old Corinne is today.



Nine years ago the doctor laid this new baby on my stomach. My first thought: Wow. Her eyes are huge. Second thought (that I said out loud): She's cute! (as if I didn't expect her to be. Let's be honest, brand new babies aren't always so pretty for the first few hours.) Then I said, She isn't weird looking or anything! The nursed laughed.




I remember telling my parents I thought I would be biased about my kids, but I'm not. Corinne is the cutest baby at church, and not because I'm biased. She just really is!

Corinne is a sweet friend, nurturing sister, and tender-hearted little girl. We are so privileged to be her parents.






Happy Birthday Corinne!!

NO WONDER SHE WON'T TAKE A NAP...

Yesterday I laid a very tired Allison down for a nap. She started crying and crying and would not go to sleep. I finally went in her room and found this:






She had somehow tried to take off her shirt and got stuck. Of course I laughed hysterically and then had to get the camera. (I am sensitive like that.) For the record, I have now found her in her crib like that three different times!

IN CASE YOU WERE WONDERING...

This is how the last two months of my life have looked:





Good times, good times.