* Moving In

Nolan’s Room in the new house! It was the first one completely finished!

* Our New House

After closing on our house in January we took a few weeks to tackle the enormous inspection list before moving in. All new siding and exterior paint, 36 new windows, new carpet upstairs and down, refinishing the hardwood floors, and many many gallons of paint later, we started slowly moving things over and decorating. We let Carter choose how his room would be decorated so he felt excited about switching houses and he we went with a Super Mario Brothers/ Skylanders/ Super Hero theme. We painted the walls gray so it will grow with him for years to come and added removable decals for decoration. Nolan’s nursery, the guest room, and our master bedroom stayed exactly the same as in the old house. Why mess with what works? We put a hodge podge of furniture in the living room, set up with dining room with my mother in law’s dining set that she had given us years ago, and put all the toys in the basement. It was amazing how quickly we were able to fill the spaces!

Our very first weekend in the house our friend Jack was in the attic changing a filter for us and fell through {writing this post almost eight months later it still has only been patched}. All I could do was laugh. I heard him falling as I was standing at the front door and before you knew it his leg popped out. Thank goodness he was wearing jeans as he got pretty banged up. Lesson learned early with an older house…there is always something to fix! We also had to replace all five toilets in the house and get the entire air system scrubbed. Before long it was feeling (and smelling) like a new house!

* Busy February Days

* Orlando Science Center

* Cousins at Sea World