News and Our visit with my sister and her family.

It has been awhile since I updated this so I thought I would come in and give an update. I recently got a position as a customer service support and I start this position on monday the 28th. I'm really looking forward to it because it sounds like something right up my alley. I might end up with a crazy shift but that's ok because it's something I have a feeling I will like. Besides that, with some hard work, they could give me a pick of shifts in the future.

We went up to Jessica's this past weekend to visit and meet our new niece. She is just too precious. Kierra warmed up to Ian pretty fast which shocked all of us. It would be so cute, Ian would go hide, and Kierra would say, Ian's hiding, lets go find him. Or if he was playing with her, she would be like, ian's gonna get me. It was pretty funny to watch. She has grown quite a bit since I last saw her. Kamrynn(probably misspelled her name) is so precious. She is a good baby. Ian and I babysat her and Kierra on Friday night so jess and Rod could go on a real date. She would sleep for a little bit, and then wake up. She has really started to make some smiling faces and you could just watch her for hours. Pictures up next. I didn't get too many because I was more interested in visiting and holding the new one, than taking them.

Chrsitmas/decorating update

We are back to finally update after our first Christmas in our new home. Ian's parent's came in the Friday before Christmas and brought us all kinds of goodies for decorating/storage/working surfaces. It was a great visit. We cooked up a ham/kaiser potato's(something that my grandpa on my dad's side came up with and has been handed down)/cranberry salad(this was his mom's side of the family's recipe via his grandpa)/mac and cheese/salad/rolls/etc. We also decorated our first letters for our visitor's wall. You will see what I mean in a few pictures. Any person that comes for a visit we are buying your first initial for you to paint when you come to visit for the first time. You can decorate it however you like and then when it dries you hang it up below our "Welcome to our home" sign. It's your way to leave an imprint on our home. Back to the main story. After my grandma,sister,mom and nephew stayed with us, we messed with the garage and moved in most of the furniture that Ian's parents brought down for us. On to the pictures.

Ian, his mom, and dad coming to the dinner table


pictures of the feast for Christmas dinner


The visitor's wall


Ian's work system


Ian's play station in the left corner and my big desk in the front


another view of my desk with the filing cabinet


the mantle now that Christmas is over


storage


storage


storage


Ian's car display

Happy New Year!!

I plan on updating soon with some new pictures. However, tonights purpose is just to wish our friends and family a "Happy New Year". May all your dreams come true, and may each of you have a very Blessed New Year. We love you!

~hugs

tammy and ian

Just about moved in

Sorry I haven't gotten on here sooner to update how the move went but we have been busy unpacking and setting everything up. The movers did a great job. They were a little late but they had us moved in two hours time just about from loading up in Round Rock to unloading at the new home in Georgetown. We have just about everything unpacked. The only parts that need some work still are the office, which we are waiting on some stuff from Ian's parents to the garage area because Ian is still working out in his mind how he would like to set up his work shop out there. The cat is adjusting fine. She was up to her old tricks last night. She would get on the pony walls in our bedroom and anything that was on them, she knocked off. She is investigating the place more now for good hiding spots. Pictures up next of some of the rooms set up.

The kitchen

the new fridge in place

the kitchen table

the new table runner and place mats we got. We are going to do a coffee themed dining/kitchen area

Christmas wreath on the front door

the new curved shower curtain rod that Ian installed over the weekend

the office which is still a work in progress

the front guest room just about set up. we are getting a new mattress for the bed and need to put bedding on it

the front guest room still

the laundry room

our bed fit in with plenty of room on each side for side tables.

the dresser in place

another view of the bed

our double vanity

the master tub which is wonderful

the shower in the master bath with our over the shower door shampoo/soap holder. We love the shower the most.

the new toilet paper holder Ian installed as well. We had no room with where they put the original one at.

thats all for now. Will be back with more after the christmas holidays.

~hugs

IT'S OURS!!!

As the title says, the home is officially ours. We did our final walk through which went extremely smoothe, and then we closed. We had a minor hiccup at the closing but it got figured out quickly and we were on our way to signing, "our life away". LOL...We of course had to go out for a celebratory dinner afterwards. We also called to have our fridge delivered for Friday. So, everything is coming together nicely for the move on Sat. Pictures up next.

Our keys, along with the extras they had made for us.


Just our two keys

back with pictures

I'm back with the pictures I promised earlier. The landscaping looks really nice. Can't wait to move in. Just a few more days to go.

the walkway up to the front door

our two trees

a different view of the trees

in front of the front guest bedroom

by the front door

by the driveway

sorry for the delay!

I apologize to my loyal readers for not updating sooner. We have been super busy getting the rest of the apt packed up and ready to move. Our first walk through went really well. JT, who's a supervisor over the construction crew walked us though and took down any notes of things we noticed that needed to get fixed. We will have our final walk through on Wed at 11am, and if all goes well we close at 2pm that same day. We have sod, tree's, bush's and plants officially in. We will go by this evening after picking up the civic and I will take some pictures for ya'll. It looks really nice. On Thursday and Friday, we will slowly be taking some stuff to the new home that the movers are not moving just so that gets done. We will be taking apart the bed Friday and sleeping on the mattress Friday night. We need to disassemble the washer and dryer too at some point. Probably thursday because I will do a final load of laundry Wed. The movers are scheduled to be here on Sat morning at 8 am, so hopefully by oneish we will be all moved in to the new place. We both can't wait!!!!

Alright, that is all for now. Be back this evening with pictures of the landscaping hopefully.

~hugs