{Our House}

We haven't posted any pictures of our new house yet... for shame. Whenever I have thought about taking pictures my house was a mess and whenever my house was clean I was too worn out from cleaning to get up and take pictures. See the predicament? Just kidding... sorta.

This is our front room.

 Dining Room

 Living Room

 Other half of the living room

 Kitchen

 Our bedroom

 Guest room/Craft room

 Evette's Bedroom

We love our house. It is the perfect size for us and it has a lot of character. It has some issues so we would never buy it, but it's a good starting point for now. It's about 3 times the size of our last place so I feel like we're living large now [it does take longer to clean, though :) ]. I love it. It feels like our home. We love our neighborhood and how close we are to everything we could need. Love it. So blessed.

{Sunday School Party}

We teach the 16-18 year old Sunday school class. They are the best. Seriously love them to pieces.

We had them over on Friday night for a little party. We had burgers and then played games all night.

These guys are so much fun and we love being able to teach them and learn from them as well :) Love these guys.

{Love You Forever}

No words necessary.

{Megan and Caitlan and Grandma visit}

 This week we had Caitlan and Megan stay with us for a bit. They arrived on Tuesday night and stayed until Saturday night.
It was a pretty chill week - not as much of a party when they came to stay with us in Chicago last year, but a different kind of fun! Like a visiting the library, running groceries kind of fun :)

We had a picnic at the arboretum!

Took funny pictures....

played outside...

The girls babysat while the husband and I went on a much needed date. We went to go see The Amazing Spiderman [LOVED IT!] We were the only ones in the theater so we were able to run up and down the aisles, dance down in front, make loud commentary throughout the movie, and stood up to stretch when our legs got tired. It was pretty awesome.

  The girls babysat and taught Evette the art of taking a kajillion pictures of yourself with funny faces. I'll only put a few on here :)

crazy girls...

Also got to practice the art of french braiding on my lovely sister-in-law's hair. It was awesome.

Crazy!

Hippie

Playing with baby

Friday night Kristen joined us and then they all drove home Saturday night. On Saturday we had a Chickfila outing. Gotta love those waffle fries.

Folding some laundry...

 Making ice cream....

 eating ice cream....

 wanting more ice cream :)

We loved having them over :)

{Happy 10 Months!!}

Big  month this month.... I know I said that last month, but seriously folks, at this age they change every hour of every day.
We are now in the double digits of months - 10 months old.
This baby girl is absolutely crazy and I couldn't love her more.
She took her first steps this month. At first she would just run instead of walk and then crash into whatever was closest be it the couch, the mom, or the floor. After about a week of that I think she got a little scarred at a little smarter and is taking it a lot slower now, a lot more cautious. So she isn't walking as much [only a few steps every now and again] but it's safer :) She practicing standing up on her own a lot now and has gotten to be a pro at walking with mommy or daddy while only holding one hand.
She crawls so fast and it's exhausting. Today at church she would escape from our bench and book it down the aisle or underneath the benches. Awesome.
She also grew 5 teeth this month. 5 teeth in about 2 weeks, yes I'm serious. Yes, her fingers are always in her mouth. She now has her 4 front teeth on top and bottom. Super cute - makes her look so much older.
Nurses 4x a day, solids 3x a day, naps 2x a day, sleeps 10-11 hrs at night.

Also - trying to get these monthly shots is getting harder and harder.

Look at those teeth!

Cute baby.