we moved!

Our move is finally over!  Five months and two weeks after we moved out of our North Carolina house, we moved into our new place.  It felt like longer than that.  But now we're here and so happy!!

Thanks to my in-laws watching the kids for over a week Drew and I were able to clean the house really well and get a lot of boxes unpacked before we moved in permanently.  The kids were THRILLED to come into "the new house" and see all of their toys and bedroom things from our last place.  I honestly think they believe a lot of it was gone forever.  Bless their hearts.  I'm so grateful we could prep the spaces before they came to stay!

The movers came on Saturday and by Tuesday night we were unpacked enough to stay here full time.  It was wonderful!

Our first weekend here Asher asked if we could get a cookie cake to celebrate the new house's August birthday.  What could I say?  It was a great idea and a tradition in the making.  :-)

We're so happy to have our own space again and are anxious to make "new house" our home.  Yay!

august happenings: week one and two

Asher and Hadley's new favorite thing is making funny faces (which I personally find a little more terrifying than funny, but oh well - haha)

Our sweet Hadley has been a thumb sucker since before she was born.

Then she kept it up on her birth day.

Not surprisingly, it wasn't a habit we could convince her to give up as a newborn.  She's been sucking her thumb at sleeping times ever since she was born and we noticed recently how it's affecting her front teeth already.  Drew and I decided it was time to try and help her break the habit so we rigged up this thumb guard.  Bless her heart.  She had a really hard time at first so we gave her a pacifier to help with the transition.  So far she's doing amazing!

Our house is almost finished!  Asher is at summer day camp this week so H and I have been running errands and checking on final things at the house.  She's wearing her outfit of choice (of course).

I've been hearing amazing reviews on this Planetbox lunch box so I decided to take the plunge and get one for Asher.  I hate all the baggies we typically have to use and since he loves packing his lunch I know we'll be using this a LOT in the coming years.  We gave it a go during summer day camp this week and it's been great!  There's an ice pack to help keep things cool and Asher hasn't had any trouble getting it open.

While at my in-laws this week they found a picture of baby Drew and the resemblance to H is pretty ridiculous.  ha!

Fancy!