Downstairs

Here’s a little picture walk through our downstairs. The upstairs is coming together, but it’s definitely not ready for pictures! Hopefully that’ll come later this week or next week.

The most important room – the play room!

Alex cracking up at Daddy.

View from front window in the living room.

View from the couch – we are loving the gas fireplace!

View from the fireplace – looking towards the front door and stairs.

Eat-in kitchen and bay window facing the back yard and busy bird feeders!

The kitchen – minus millions of boxes thanks to wonderful helpers Beth and Katherine!

Breaking in the New Slide

Alex was in love with the new house as soon as we arrived – he didn’t even have to walk inside. All we had to do was show him the slide in the backyard and the dogs in both our neighbors’ yards and he was in heaven!

Kovu and I really love the yard, too! It’s nice and open, but totally fenced in. Here’s a quick video of Alex (and his dump truck) and Kovu exploring the yard.

U-Haul Fun

Now that we have been in our new house for over a week, I guess it’s time to get caught up with my blog posts! I won’t lie, I’m a little overwhelmed at the thought of it – especially when I think about how I haven’t even posted all our Christmas festivities! Hopefully I’ll get to that soon!

On the first morning of Moving Weekend, Alex was so excited to go with us to pick up the “big truck” that would be at his house for two days. His favorite thing about having the truck at his house was pushing his trucks (and a broom and his stroller) up the ramp and letting it roll back down. Oh the simple joys of being a toddler!

 

On the second morning of Moving Weekend, Alex was even more excited to learn that he was RIDING in the “big truck” to his new house. Oh how fun! He was so excited after seeing his car seat set up in the U-Haul that he found the open driver side door and had climbed up into the truck and his car seat before we could even get to the truck. He and Daddy had a blast – eating donuts, Doritos, and dancing with the radio the whole way. Mommy had a blast listening to a book and not talking about every truck we passed along the way.

Saying Our Good-Byes

Alex, Tim, and I have been very busy getting ready for our big move, but we have still made time for friends and fun! Alex and I have played with friends every morning for the past 2 weeks, which has been great for extra long naps! Plus, I’ve had plenty of time to chat with my friends. I even made it to a Moms Night Out for fondue with my mommy friends. We are so thankful for the friends we made while living in Wilmington, and can’t wait to show them around the Queen City when they come to visit. Today’s play date was especially hard since we had to say our good-byes, but this hormonal mama made it without falling apart too much. Alex just hugged on demand, said his cute “bye-bye”, and kept looking at me like I was crazy.

Tim has been busy too! His coworkers took him out for happy hour last night and planned a hot wing eating contest at Wild Wings for lunch today. His entire group showed up to cheer him on! The crazy guys even had the chef send out his special, only available on request, super hot wings to try. Thankfully, Tim had already had enough and didn’t try the ghostly hot wings!

So we pack the truck tomorrow and drive to Charlotte Sunday. Wish us luck! I’ll post again next week once life slows down and we have internet at the house.

Since I can’t make a post without at least one picture of Alex … here he is playing with Lydia the other day. It figures I couldn’t get them to both look at me at the same time!

Bye-Bye Sandbox

Since the owners of our house are not interested in a sandbox, we had to move all the sand to the woods by our house. What a sad day! At least Alex was able to get a lot of exercise …

Just kidding! We didn’t make the poor kid move the sand – he would have been heartbroken! Tim moved all the sand (darn, pregnant me couldn’t help this time) while Alex was napping Saturday. We halfway expected a fit when he came downstairs on Sunday, but he was so excited to see the screens down and all of Tim’s tools out, he didn’t seem to mind. I can’t wait to see the fabulous sand box he ends up with at our new house!

Driving Around Home Depot

Alex had so much fun in the Home Depot car today while running errands:

Watch out! He’s driving with both steering wheels!

A little concerned when Daddy walked out of his line of sight.

Daddy’s back!

Too Cute Not To Share

Here are some cute pictures of Alex from the past week. While loading them to my computer, I decided they were just too cute not to share!

Daddy was inside the tunnel, so Alex decided he needed to be inside, too!

What’s the point of a chair when you have a dump truck for sitting?

Lukas, Alex, and Ellie taking a break from gymnastics. They were talking up a storm!

This was 30 seconds after putting him down and tucking him in. He loves his pillow & blankets!