Our week in pictures

This week we closed on our first home, moved some boxes, moved some kids, drove a uhaul, played in a uhaul, heard our baby's heartbeat, got our first shiner, got our first haircut, slept our first night in a big boy bed (well, we are 2 hours into it), prayed in each of the rooms in the house (especially the bed room!) with dear friends, peed like boys do in the yard (naked with a fireman hat on!), had a few picnics, enjoyed quiet mornings overlooking the silver maples in our back yard while listening to the birds, enjoyed the creak in the stairs knowing the house had been lived in and enjoyed (I actually have a thing for an old house), shed happy tears, shed tired tears, fixed our first leak, spent a little too much money (alot too much!), cut the largest stretch of grass I ever thought we'd own, had breakfast at the bar every morning, thanked God endlessly, conquered the flights of stairs, hid in the dryer for a whole 60 seconds before being found and permanantly locked out of the laundry room, welcomed our first guests, missed our old neighbors, discovered our favorite new lunch places, loved finding a place for almost every single thing that was in a box (and I even have some empty drawers and closets!), heard sweet reviews of our toddlers from their teachers at their conferences (who needs a conference about an 18 month old!), got some good sleep (amen!), maybe said a few curse words between moving boxes, cleaning up messes and wishing my belly wasn't in the way, learned some new phrases ("upsy daisy" for William and "what time is it? for Brooks....that was a funny one!), missed our daily trip to the park in our old neighborhood and our "usual" Publix, watched everything outside turn yellow and then start to bloom, admired our yard and all these big blessings that we do not deserve, and made some very fun, first memories in our first new house! Sentiments to follow at some point but for now....