FINALLY...

this morning we finally signed the papers to our new house. it has taken so long and been such a crazy process that i dont think it has sunk in yet. the house is in boxes and we are packing up with the help of 4 of my students this afternoon and heading to amreican fork. we cant wait! it will be 2 crazy days unpacking and packing to get ready to go to louisiana but mia and i are up for it! we will post more pics of the house as soon as we get setteled. thanks for everyones support during this long long long process of getting a house. oh and PS if you know of anyone needing a place to live in taylorsville let us know.

i am 1!

here are some pics from mia's b-day dinner here at home. if you want to see her opening presents go to darrin's blog. www.deltakilolima@blogspot.com
P.S. Thanks Uncle Tim for helping me blow out the candle before i cooked my curious finger!

today we got a new bed for mia. well it is a used bed we found at DI. it is a toddler bed so we brought it in the living room to let her feel it out. we guess she really liked it when she started jumping on it right away.

Then she liked laying down on her pillow. she just loves her pillows!

Then she kept going!
And going...and going...

Success! This is when we realized that she has monkey powers.

i love grass!!!

mia just loves playing in the grass. when we went to see the new house she just had to get down in the grass and play. enjoy the pics!

the outside

so we finally took pics of the outside. i guess it was good we waited because they finished the lawn. they also put 2 little red sunset maples in the front yard. they are supposed to be fast growers and have lots of color in the fall! they even surprised us with sprinklers, a drip system in the front flower beds and a few small flowering bushes. (double click on the photo and it will get bigger for you to see!)

new house

so it has been a looooonnnnnggggg time since i posted anything on here. life gets busy but i guess that is no excuse. we have been house shopping since last October (2009) and we have finally found something in that is looking like it is going to work out. we have had many disappointments but this just feels right. here are a few pics...we forgot to take pics of the outside so will come soon i hope!
looking down the stairs to the basement. the rail is the hall way leading to the upstairs bedrooms.

faux granite counter tops.
kitchen, dining and bathroom floors.
the front door with a hardwood entryway.
view of the kitchen, bar and doors to go out to the patio

this is the dining room looking into the living room.

tooth?

yesterday darrin said that mia did not want to eat very much and slept all day. so when i got home i stuck my finger in her mouth to check on her gums and possible teeth and there was a bottom tooth. she got her first tooth! it just broke through the gums and i am sure there are a few more on the way. as soon as we can get a picture we will put one up . she is being very shy about letting us see in her mouth. when i try to pull her lip down to look she sticks her tounge out.