A look into the past

But not too far back into the past. Just back to December of 2011. Last month or the end of last year was a very busy one for us. We moved at the beginning of the month, then about 2 weeks later, Alex and Alyssa came up to visit for a week or so. And we took a trip over to Cincinnati.

It was really great to see Alex and Alyssa. Alex got back from Iraq shortly after Thanksgiving and got leave in December. We hadn't seen him since January. The girls really enjoyed seeing their Uncle and Aunt. We were very impressed with how Kayte came around to him so quickly. She really enjoyed playing with them, whether it was here at home or at Nana and Pahba's house.

During our visit in Cincinnati we had a good time. We went to the Zoo & rode the short zoo train, played paintball, drove the go-kart around, and went to an indoor playground place. We got to see family that we haven't seen in just over a year. We also had a family picture taken with everyone. Kayte really enjoyed playing with her cousin Lexi. Those two were inseparable once they decided that they were friends.

I was going to add some pictures to this post, but I decided to make another whole post with just picture from our December escapades.

Hello 2012

Wow, 2011 is gone. There is a lot of crazy things that happened in 2011.

We had added a new sweet baby girl to our family, bought a new truck, sold a house, bought a house, potty trained a toddler, celebrated some birthdays.

Here is 2012. This year I have a few goals I want to achieve both business and personally.
Personally, I want to make my goal weight. I want to be fit, healthy and feel great about myself.
Business wise,  I want to build my team. I want to make Diamond and get my first $7,000 check for the month.        

Kayte playing in the leaf pile

This is Kayte playing in the leaves and using her imagination. She really enjoys playing outside. We love the fact that our girls don't watch much tv and get outside a lot, even in the cold. And enjoy playing together with their toys!

Emma Crawling!

Emma crawling. This is the beginning stages of her crawling. Taken back in November. She has come a long way. Now she is pulling herself up on things, even the bath tub!

SOLD!

We have moved! We put our old house Tradewinds on the market and sold it 4 days later. It was freaking awesome. Closing came 1.5 months later making the sale official. After having a few houses ripped from the grasp and 29 days left to close on a new house, we finally found a little gem. The next step to where we wanna be. We now live in Indianapolis. There are so many great things about this house. It's bigger, it looks out to a nature preserve and one of our neighborhood ponds, it has a much bigger garage. I wish I would have taken more "Befores" before we tore some things out and changed out some fixtures. Oh well
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Our sold sign got put in about 3 days after we reached an agreement of sale. 

 The front of our house. The plants in front of the porch will be gone
and replaced with better looking plants and landscaping. Joe is loving the 3 car 

garage. 

Living room. I love the fireplace. It is only an insert, but one

day I would love to have a real wood burning fire place! 

Dining room, excuse the mess. Our mud room/pantry isn't 

fully functioning yet. 

My kitchen. My favorite part, the new black sink! Hehe, Joe
put that in for me! I LOVE IT! 

My favorite view. No neighbors behind us. A pretty pond and 

a grassy nature area next to it. I especially love the ducks! 

Kayte's New Bed!

Kaytelynn has a new bed! She has been upgraded to a full size bed. Not only was she upgraded to a full size bed. She got a platform bed frame AND a MEMORY FOAM mattress. How freaking awesome, right? I was so excited that we could get her such an awesome bed. A few reasons for our choices (not that I need to justify) of the new bed. Full size bed= no more bed upgrades for Kayte and because she moves around so much she now has more room.  A memory foam mattress means she will sleep better. Now Nikki, how do you know this, I am sure some of you are asking. Well, Joe and I have a memory foam and when Kayte sleeps in our bed she sleeps a lot better compared to her inner spring mattress. And so far this has proven true for us. She now only wakes up for potty. Whooop.
Her big girl bed came Monday December 12. When I told her what was in the packages she was very excited. "My new bed!!" Joe was at work so when he got home on Tuesday morning he put it together for her. And she helped. It was so simple.

Helping daddy open the boxes

Taking the bed out of the box! 

Putting together the platform bed frame!

It's put together, now we need to put the slats on!

Putting the slats in!

Her PINK memory foam mattress!

One last romp in her toddler bed. 

Doesn't have all the sheets and bedding she wants yet, 

but it will suffice. She still loves it!

Emma has a tooth!!

Emma's first tooth has finally popped through. It popped though around the Sunday night/Monday time frame (12/11-12/12) It is on her lower gums. She has another one coming up right beside it on the bottom. It should be through in the next few days I think. When she chews on our fingers she likes to scrap them again the tooth. Does that feel lovely!

*Her "smile for daddy" face!*