We're Still Here...

I have some really cute pics of Hudson but they'll have to wait. I only have a few minutes to post while the kids are both sleeping. We're moved in (short of a few things) and just trying to get things in order. Every chance I get I'm trying to get the house how I want it before I start work (which is tomorrow!). We've made a ton of progress and I'm just waiting to breathe a sigh of relief and have a night where we can kick back and just enjoy our awesome house! The kids are both doing great. Hudson has been amazing sleeping in his new room. Both of the kids have been sick, which is a very unusual thing in our home, and Hudson seems to be getting over it while Hollynn is in the midst of it. Please say a prayer for her if you could. It stinks with her nose being so stuffy and her trying to eat and then her pitiful little cough. I'm hoping it's over soon.


On a lighter note, Jason took Hudson to the dr. this past Monday and me and Hollynn stayed at home. Our Dr. was out of town so he saw someone else. She was asking Jason questions and asked did Jason have allergies, he answered, "Yes." She then said, well, this is probably just allergies for Hudson and gave him something for the runny nose and sent them on their way. When he got home he was telling me this and I said, "JASON, he's adopted! It doesn't matter if you have allergies!" We've gotten several good laughs out of it. When he was running an almost 102 temp that night I said, well, this is not allergies, but after some prayer, his temp. was down in an hour!

Okay, off to fold some clothes and empty more boxes. I'll make time to post those pics this week!

The latest...

I'm lovin' all these headbands and such, Mollie got her some really CUTE ones!

I had to post this pic. even though she's not looking, can you tell my dad is smilin big and proud of his little cowgirl!?

How funny is this? He desperately needs a hair cut and I was messing with it the other night and had to get the camera out, we were cracking up!

She loves this exersaucer!

I am not doing the best job blogging, but I have a good excuse, I'm trying to get this house moved into. I've spent the past week moving small things that will fit into my car, unpacking some stuff, and cleaning like crazy! So far my kitchen and bathrooms are finished. The painting will hopefully be finished tomorrow, carpets done then as well, and then (weather permitting) moving in the big stuff Wed./Thurs.! I'm so excited :) Our goal is to spend our first night here on Wed.

We come over here everyday around lunch time and the kids take their naps here and I get as much done as I can. She sleeps 3-4 hours every afternoon so it has been working out great. He doesn't want to leave when it's time to. I don't even get out of the driveway and he's asking to go back to the new house.

She has slept over 7 hours for the past two nights. I felt like a new woman this morning when I woke up and realized I had slept for 6 1/2 hours and Hollynn and Andy were both still sleeping. Andy is an early riser and wants to go out every morning around 4:00, but not this morning!

This cracked me up...Hudson was getting up in the recliner with me and said, "I need to take...". I couldn't understand what he was saying after take and so after a few times of asking him "What?" He said, "Mom, I need to do what Hoss do's". I said, "Well what does Hoss Do?" He started laying back in the chair and said, "I need to take it easy!"

Virtual Tour

Some of you may just want to skip this post, I'm doing it so my family and friends who aren't close enough to come see the house can see it and this was much easier than putting all these pics in an e-mail.
So, this is my fav., I can't wait to get in the whirlpool tub. Hudson said he was going to swim in it!

Master bedroom

Master bedroom

Living room

Sorry about these first few pics being out of order. This is part of master bath.

Master bath

Hudson's bedroom

Hudson's bedroom

Standing in the door of Hudson's room looking down the hallway.

Kid's bathroom

This is in his bedroom, the two doors are huge walk in closets. This was his favorite part of the house, he wanted me to take his picture while he was sitting there.

Hollynn's room

Hollynn's room, he ran circles in every room!

This bedroom will be Jason's office.

Standing at the top of the 4 stairs that go down into the bonus room.

Bonus room

Bonus room.

I didn't take pics of the half bath and laundry room.

The inspection was today and went well. The roof needs a little work around the chimney, good thing that's Hoss' specialty :) The appraiser comes tomorrow and then I think we will just be waiting on all the paperwork, who knows, I'm just rollin' with it we've never done this before!

Snow...

We got a little snow and acutally got outside and played in for just a little. He LOVES the snow!

Can you hear him grunting because he thinks she's heavy!? At almost 3 months old she weighs half as much as he does. She had a check up the other day and weighs in at 15 lbs. 14 oz. and she's also very long. They said she's over 2 in. longer than the average child her age.

I was watching him tell her all about Lightening McQueen, and she seems to be soaking it all in :)

How much of that 15 lbs. do you think is in her cheeks?

We have exciting news, we have signed a contract on a house. We hope to close in two weeks. We both love it and it's almost triple the size of the love shack, so we should have more than enough room :) It was a foreclosure and we feel really good about the price. We looked at several foreclosures and they were not taken care of at all, suprisingly this one is move in ready, no skankiness like the others. Some fresh paint is all it needs. It's 4 bedrooms plus a big bonus room, 2 1/2 baths, 2 car garage, kitchen that makes me happy (the kitchen is what makes it or breaks it for me), there's not much about it that I don't just love. I'll have to take some pics and post them. It's in Sango, Clarksville, so that's the only stinky thing. It's 12 miles from the only place I've ever called home. I know, 12 miles isn't far, unless you hang out with your Meemaw everyday and she lives 100 yards away, and you see your Dad everyday, and your business is only several hundred yards away, then 12 miles seems like an eternity. That's the only thing that bothers Jason, too, but I'm sure we'll get used to it. After we drive it for a while it won't seem like that far and I'll still come out here everyday for my horses and Jason will still keep all his business stuff here. We still hope to move back here one day, we both want our kids to be raised on a farm like we were. When we do move back here we want to build, and I want to build what I want, how I want it and that to be the house we stay in forever, but it's not time for that right now. But we are very excited about this house and I think the timing is great since I don't start back to work until March 1 so that gives us time to get everything how we want it :) Jason is taking a 5 week night class so that gives him time, too. Can't wait for you all to see it!

Final post of Christmas

Sorry for taking forever with these Christmas pics.
He wanted to get her something for Chirstmas and my favorite movie growing up was Beauty and the Beast and this year they came out with the better color, etc. for a limited time and I thought that would be good to get her. So above he is showing it to her, I love how she's locked on him and not the dvd. He was so excited showing it to her. I had told him he was going to have to pay for it with his own money to which he responded "Sure, Mom" and then went and got me 3 pennies! It was so cute. I gladly accepted the three pennies and we wrapped her gift up. I just love him!

Her new bedding and some stuff for when she gets her own room.

Her new toys!

This is the only pic of him Christmas morning that was not blurry :( There's no way we could have gotten him with all his stuff, he got so much (and not from us-his grandparents and great grandparents are mostly to blame!). Our house looked like a tornado hit it!

Meme found this doll, don't they look alike?

Shadow box Aunt Casey made. I love the one she made Hudson, and this one is just as sweet!

These are the final pics from Christmas Eve. We had my parents, Will and Casey, and Meemaw over that night. We somehow all fit into the love shack! Hudson was the highlight of the night watching him get so excited. I need to go take a pic of their presents from Hoss. I meant to last year but never got around to it, he gave Hudson a calf. This year Hudson got #54's calf and Hollynn #56. What's funny is I hate these two mama cows. I know, hate is a strong word, but those two are always messin' up my fences. But I love their calves :)

This was our last Christmas in the love shack. Sad, I have so many memories as a child being here ALL THE TIME with Meemaw and now I've spent 8 years living here and starting our family in these old walls. But soon we'll be saying goodbye and moving on to a bigger house. Since Hollynn's joined us, these 1000 sq. ft. are a little too snug. I'll keep you updated!