Our New House!!!

Yes it's true! We just bought our new house!!! We are so excited! We close at the end of May and move in a week later. I will be busy painting our master room, Andrew's room, the guest room and the breakfast area that week before we move in (hopefully). It's 2784 sq ft. 4 bedrooms with a media room. We have no next door neighbors and no back neighbors (and never will!). The house is at the end of a cul de sac and our friends live across the street and down the street. We got a great deal on it too! Click on the following link to see our floor plan.
http://perryhomes9.reachlocal.net/images/floorplan_pdfs/2784W.PDF
(if looking at the floor plan...bedroom #4 will be the guest room. Bedroom #2 will be Andrew's room and the media room will be my craft/sewing/computer room. The living room has french double doors and will be the play room.)

Enjoy some photos!!

Casa de Kearns

The long hallway with an ugly light that we will be replacing.

The room with the doors on the left is the library, but we plan to turn it into the play room so we can see in and check on Andrew but keep him in there.. muhahaha! Down the hall is the living room.

This is the dining room that opens into the kitchen and living room.

The hallway from the living room to the front door.
Our kitchen and breakfast area.
The living room and kitchen. I'm standing in the breakfast area. The door to the left (under the light) is a hallway to our master room.

Our bathroom.

The guest bathroom.

The happy couple with their new house!!! This was the day we put an offer on it.

Our little back yard with no neighbors!
Hope you enjoyed our house! Come visit us!!!

Walking

Well, Andrew's not walking...yet. He can sit up on his own and can stand if he has something to hold on to. Recently he's starting to take steps if you hold his hands.

He has this little toy that he likes to sit on (by himself) and hold the handles. It also converts into a walker type toy that he holds on to while he stands up by himself. (notice his bib...super Andrew!)

When Andrew falls over he usually freaks out. So we thought we'd help him out...

These photos were taken about a month ago. He is much better with sitting up by himself now.

Outside Pictures

These photos were taken about a month ago. The weather was nice so we decided to enjoy some sunshine. There are a lot of photos here and you probably don't care to see them all because let's be honest, there are a lot that look the same. But when it's your kid, they all look different and all just a cute. So there.

I love this photo!

By the way, Ryan thought the had made Andrew look like a girl. I don't think so. What do you think?

Update Coming Soon.

Alrighty, I know it's been quite some time since we last updated. We have had A LOT happen since then so prepare for lots of posts coming up. We've just been really busy and haven't had time to post so I hope to get to that sometime this week.

Stay Tuned...

Ink

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Exciting News!

So I have some exciting news. Our neighborhood has a swim team not far from our house. They had sign ups last weekend and Ryan dropped me off to talk to them. I just wanted to volunteer and get back into coaching or at least help out at meets. I meet the head coach for the 11 and up age group and found out that his assistant coach is in college until about May 6^th. I told them I would love to help and they were excited to have an extra person on deck (so the head coach wouldn't be by himself). The coach I'll be working with is really nice and seems excited to work with me. He's even told me about teams that are looking to hire a coach, which is really nice because he's never even seen me coach before. I'm going to be helping out for a couple weeks until the assistant coach comes back from college. I'm not sure what will happen after that. The coach said we can try to work something out to keep me involved. I also met with a board member (I think) and he was the one who suggested I help out Coach Chris. I am so excited. The board member, Charlie, said if we like you and you like us, maybe I could work there next summer because the assistant coach to Chris is graduating college and may not come back. I'm not looking for a job, but I want to stay connected to the pool, the water, and the competition! Oh, I'm getting so excited just typing this.

The pool is only a five minute walk away. So perfect. I'll walk there with Andrew and Ryan will come by on his way home from work to pick up Andrew. Practice goes from 5-8:45 (3 groups) so Ryan will have to put Andrew down and eat without me. This will only last a couple weeks, but still it's hard. I'm grateful Ryan knows how much this means to me and he's willing to do this for me. Another reason I don't want to do it all season, although practice time will change I'm sure when school is out. Then it may be easier.

Anyway. I'm so excited and will keep you posted. Horray for swimming!!!

Houston Zoo

Yesterday we spontaneously went to the zoo. We got a call from our friend early in the morning and we left soon after. The day started with thunder and lightning, but by the time we got to the zoo, it was beautiful. Andrew had on his monkey shirt and carried his stuffed giraffe with him. I think he just liked being outdoors. I don’t think he even knew there were animals around him. Oh well. I had fun, and we got some cute photos.

(I'm starting to play with Photoshop again)

The lighting for these photos were amazing. No Photoshopping here.
I used Photoshop on this photo and there isn't much difference. The lighting was just beautiful and made the photos so soft.

Andrew spent most the time sucking on his hat.

Thanks for taking me to the zoo mommy!

I just love this picture

He seems so grown up...

Testing

So I found out that Microsoft Word allows you to do blog posts from their program. I thought I'd give it a try. If you're reading this post, then it works.