The Big Move

So we are now officially moved from Texas to Wisconsin! We are getting pretty settled, although there are a few odds and ends left to do. (Leo's room isn't finished yet and there is still a stack of random boxes to go through, but we are fairly settled and it is feeling like home!) The move went really smoothly and both kids did great with the transition. Here are a few pictures from the last couple of weeks...


Alaina just got this dress from Grandma Bonnie. I had to bribe her to get her out of it to sleep.
Daddy and Leo were watching TV together.
Alaina trying to climb into Leo's chair with him. Leo didn't mind.
Alaina helped me mop.
Ok, here are the pictures of the house:

This is a view from behind the couch. The kitchen is to the left. The first door from the left is a big closet under the stairs that we turned into a pantry. The next door is the door to the garage. The room right behind the TV is the laundry room. Behind that is a hallway leading to the "front" door (which is actually on the side of the house. If you turn left before you get to the garage door you will be in a hallway that goes to the utility closet and then you can turn left again to get to the downstairs bathroom.

The back of the living room where we set up the computer desk. (I know it is a mess...give me time to find a spot for everything and then I will re-post pictures of a clean living room!)
Our bedroom

The stairway that you see when you walk in the door through the garage.
The downstairs bathroom. The upstairs bathroom is identical.
The kitchen.
Our dining room...
This is what the outside looks like. We are in a quadplex and in the outer-left apartment.

Our back yard is really nice. We are in a subdivision, but it is on the outskirts and still has a "country" feel out back.
Here are 3 pictures of Alaina's room. These are just the toys in her room...there are more in the living room! She has adjusted really well to her new room. In this picture, the doorway to the right is our bedroom and the doorway to the left is Leo's bedroom. On the wall inbetween Leo and Alaina's room is a linen closet. Directly to the right of Alaina's room and across from our bedroom is the stairway. On the other side of the stairway is the second bathroom.

We put a chair next to her bed for when we (mostly Dave) are up reading to her before bed.

Leo's room is not set up right now. He is still in a pack-and-play in our room. I will post pictures of it when it is set up. He has a bigger room than Alaina and less stuff, so we are setting half of it up as a nursery and the other half as a place with a futon, chair, and coffee table for Dave to study in when college starts if the kids get rowdy.

As most of you know, Haley got married last weekend!!! I have pictures, but I still need to go through them some more, but I will post them as soon as I do! Congratulations Haley and Zach!! I'm so happy to have another brother!!!

I hope that you guys have a good weekend! I'm going to try to get those pictures of Haley and Zach posted this weekend. I also have to get Leo's room set up, the upstairs bathroom set up, endless laundry done, and I think we are having a grill out tomorrow night. On a brighter note, Dave is taking us to dinner at McDonald's tonight so that Alaina can run around and play and I don't have to cook.