Queen Lu

We know who wears the doggie pants in this house.  All Zoe wants to do is lye in her bed, but Lulu wants the bigger bed when she is upstairs.  Poor Zoe, has to succumb to little Lu!

Where Lu chooses to be

Where Zoe sulks

Visit

We had a great time with Grandma and Grandpa visiting us.  This was their first time seeing Jake.  They got in Monday evening and left Friday morning.  We didn’t get to spend a lot of time with them due to work, but Livi got to have a good amount of Grandma and Grandpa time.  We also realized, we go NO pictures.

We did get all the baseboards painted thanks to their help, as well as get the garage organized and a few other projects done.  The house is coming along.  We are looking forward to doing crown next.  Our projects are starting to get complete and we are able to relax a bit now.  Still waiting on 3 transition brackets for the floor, but after we get those in, the floors will be totally done!!

Livi starts her new school in less than a month, and she is excited.  We really hope she behaves.

Livi’s New Room

Livi’s room is about the only thing finished at the house.  Well, actually, our room is done too.  Jake’s is not far behind.  Still lots of projects to do.  I will be mowing today (barring any rain.)  The house continues to slowly come along.

P.S.  Disregard Lee crying at the side of the first picture.  I guess me making her bed really quick for the picture was too much to handle.  She was too busy looking out the window when I asked her the first two times, so I took the lead.  She didn’t like that!!  Such is my life.

Looking Back On The Move

I never got to document our move on the Blog, so here is my quick attempt at the fiasco that was our move.  Well, fiasco is a strong word, the move wasn’t really that bad, but very hectic.

I had called a week early to reserve a U-Haul for our move.  I had originally reserved the U-Haul for Saturday morning for 8 hours for a round trip (since it would be a little cheaper taking it back to the original pickup location.  The next the day after Brooke and I discussed it, we decided to go with a 24 hour rental, where we picked it up Friday night.  I called U-Haul back and altered the reservation.  They assured me it would be available Friday evening.  I called 2 more times on our week of the move to assure all was ok still.

I took that Friday off to hang blinds at the house before we officially moved in, and do a few other projects.  Called U-Haul to again make sure that I could get the truck, and to find out where the pickup location would be, they told me it would be in Laurens (15 minutes away from our old house) and that they would close at 5:30.  I left the new house in plenty of time to get to the U-Haul place and pickup the truck.  I arrived at 5:10 to get truck, but the place was locked and there was no U-haul truck in sight.  By that time, my cellphone had died so I had no way to call the place, or check with U-Haul dispatch.  I drove home and got on the phone with the main office and they said that the U-Haul would actually be there in the morning, at 10:30.  Unacceptable, since I had a friend lined up to help us load at 8:00, and another friend lined up to help us unload around 11 or 12.  After a lot of back and forth, they gave us the number of an office in Newberry (30 minutes away) that closes at 6:00.  Well, it was 5:40 at the moment, so Brooke called them and with her womanly charm, had them keep their doors open long enough for us to get there and rent the truck.  I picked up the truck and got back to the house to do some pre-loading.

Saturday morning Justin go to our house at 8 and we loaded the rest of the truck, which got very time consuming as we started to run out of space.  A lot of clever fitting of items later and we just couldn’t get it all loaded.  We decided to head up and unload, then come back and grab the final stuff.  We had a good 1/4 truck load on the second trip.  Was crazy.

Here was our living room and dining room after unpacking.

 

Here was Lee enjoying her little “nook.”  Notice her table tent that Mima made her to the left.  She loved it.

Mima also got Lee a princess outfit to play with while we were all busy unloading and working.  She loved it, especially the earrings.

We are now getting a lot more settled.  All the boxes are moved into the attic, and the floor is pretty much done.  Now we just have a lot of nail hole filling/touch up painting to do which feels like it will take forever, but we are slowly progressing.  The only one not progressing is Olivia and her cupcake eating.  No more cupcakes for this little girl.  She only like to squish them, not eat them.

Moved In

We are all moved in, and the house is starting to feel like a home.  The floors are pretty much done minus a few transition pieces, and all the base is in.  Just need to fill nail hose, caulk and then touch-up paint them.  After that there is still much to be done, but they are all projects that we can do as time goes by, not needed to live.

Took Livi to the pool today and she had a blast.  She really isn’t that interested in the water, but loves being at the pool.  I haven’t seen her have that much fun in a while.  We need to get her swimming lessons, she really has no concept of swimming.  More to come as we get more settled.  Oh, and yes, we FINALLY got Internet Friday!!!!!

Our big girl

Our little boy

Floors Day 2

Day 2 is done.  13 hours of floor laying and we finished the main living area.  Now off to playroom, dining room, bathroom, and pantry.  Still a lot to do!

 

Floors

Busy Busy Busy!!  I started Saturday going in and ripping up a perfectly good floor in a brand new house.  What was I thinking?

Ceremonies first corner

Peeled back a little more

Almost done.

What it looked like after a long day!!

Rob was a lifesaver coming up Sunday and helping with the floors.  We didn’t get anywhere near where we thought we would be, the layout was very tricky, but we did get a good amount done.  We start again July 4th and hope to finish the living room/kitchen area.  That will leave the play room and dining room for me to do on the weekends, but since they are just a big square, that will go quickly.  Here is about 7 hours condensed into 5 minutes of our install.  I didn’t start the camera until after lunch accidently.