Moving day is upon us!

We are moving this weekend!

The house is not yet complete but we hope that by moving in, we can hurry the process along. No more of one of us having to come home at 7 for Lauren's bedtime.

Here are a few pictures I took last night. Apparently my camera is really dirty and they are not very good pictures :(

And yes, this is Lauren sitting in front of one of the doors throwing a fit because she knows daddy and Grandpa are on the other side doing something fun (such as carrying in a washer and dryer).













And yes, she was finally let in. Pure joy!

Lauren falling backward

This is Lauren's newest weirdo quirk. She'll just randomly start doing this and do it for like 5 minutes. I have no idea where it started. Maybe while she's playing around on our bed watching cartoons?

Make sure you hear the sound effects also :)

Words at 18 months

Here are some of the words Lauren can say at almost 18 months old!

We forgot the main one she says the most which is tickle. She also says tickle for pickle. Last night she was standing on the couch saying tickle over and over and I couldn't figure out why. Then I looked over and noticed the pickle jar sitting there. Following in her family's footsteps, she's a pickle-a-holic.

She's also always saying that. She points at what she wants and says that. It's very cute and she usually stresses end t so it usually sounds like "daT".

Productive weekend

This weekend we were able to finish up all the painting in the house, the laminate flooring, entry way tile, and got things cleaned up. We also got a little farther on cabinet install and got the master bath vanity stained.

We bought unfinished kitchen cabinets and are using those in the master. This allows us to have a taller vanity and to customize it more. There will be more drawers on either side of the sink than any vanity available. It was also about $400 cheaper!

Best little helper!


Secondary bathroom


Vanity staining in progress


Master bathroom


Lauren's purple room!




Laundry room and pantry


Entry tile


After I took the pictures we also got the fridge and range moved into the house, vanity set into place, kitchen table and hutch moved over (we wanted them out of our garage), and one of the door stained.

They are coming to measure for carpet on Friday and it should be installed early next week!