Yeah!!! We are finally home! We got to finalize the process on Tuesday and wasted no time moving in and trying to get ourselves settled. We have things about 1/2 way unpacked, well maybe 3/4 way unpacked. We are all exhausted so this will be heavy on pictures and short on words. We are also recovering from a nasty cold/flu thing that spun through the house, making it really hard to stay motivated.
Note left from the previous owners, they left us a lot of hanging shelves, hooks and little cupboard shelves in the kitchens and bathrooms. Score!
Reagan was so excited to see her Daddy when Grandma brought her out, after a very quick hug she was off and running to the slide.
We can not say enough wonderful things about our Realtor, Keith Hittner Jr. (blue shirt) and our Loan Officer, Pat Barney (black shirt).
Piper showing Papa and Jill the yard
Before we went in the house we had to stop for a quick photo.
Our Realtor surprised us with a cake after we closed, he remembered how Jason mentioned reading Little House on the Prairie to Piper and the theme fit in with our new house.
And here we go...time to start the process
We have several bird house and feeders around, Piper and Jason like to check on the eggs in one of them (picture below somewhere)
I swear, Dad gets in front of a camera and always seems to make a funny face
The girls enjoying their new slide
Rob, Brant and Nate taking a beer break
There is a large garden that is quite a mess but I do spy rhubarb, carrots, chives and dill in there amongst the weeds
Reagan just can't quite get the front door open, her hands are just too little still
Socky (white) and Goody (black) as the kids have named them. We've fallen in love with these guys even though they won't let us touch them (yet).
Checking the bird house
Piper wants to catch these guys so bad
Robin and Lonny surprised us with rocking chairs for the front porch, I was so bummed when the previous owners took both their chairs and the porch swing.
View from the top of the pasture of the barn and the pool (which is to the left of the barn)
The views from the top of the pasture are just incredible!
So far Jason can get the closest, well actually Layla can, they are so curious about Layla, I can't wait to see how they react to the cats.
I just thought this was cute
The horse belongs to the neighbor at the bottom of our driveway, it was very curious about Layla too. I was yelling at Piper at this point, she is fearless and was running straight for the horse.
Ok girls, Mommy thinks this is poison ivy, I'm not sure so just avoid anything that looks like this.
I can't help but take pictures of these two, I just think they are so darn cute!
More to come in a few days, the girls got a very exciting present from Grandma and Papa Kocina this morning and I have some very cute photos of them enjoying their new toy along with some close ups of the gardens. I am going to need some help learning how to take care of my gardens as I have no idea what the names of most of the flowers are and how to prune them etc.
At first Reagan would let Piper do most of the driving and she'd take the opportunity to jump in and drive when Piper wasn't around. Now, after over a week they feel the need to fight over the driver's position. Piper has to remind Reagan that there is no side seat driving as Reagan likes to go ahead and put her foot on the peddle from the passenger seat. After the first few days I took the safety pin out of the drive gear and let them feel it out in fast mode (5 mph) and they did great. I wanted to walk down the 1/2 mile to pick up our garbage can from the street and knew they wouldn't make the entire walk so I followed them down in their jeep and picked dragged the can back up the hill and their little jeep made it right up the steepest part of the driveway with very little slowing down. Now I just wish they made Mom size jeeps, it looks like so much fun!
