Our New House!!!

So, warning-there are lots of pictures! I posted even more on Facebook but they take a while to upload here so check out Facebook if you want to see more!

So anyway, we closed on our house the end of September and moved in in October. Jeff has been repainting and that is a continuing job, but most of the house is finished. Some of the pictures are messy but at least everyone can get an idea of where we are. We love our house and feel so blessed to be in a place that we can have such a wonderful house!

The front from the street.
The backyard and patio

Another view of the backyard

Our master bedroom. This is after we painted. Now we just need to get some pictures up on the walls.

Harrison's room. The door goes to his closet.

3rd bedroom-right now it is just for dumping stuff as we move in and has not been repainted yet. The closet is a walkin so I will be using it for all my crafting stuff.

2nd bathroom-not yet painted

Utility room-I LOVE my new W/D!!!

Master bath vanity and door to the walk in closet-another favorite!

The rest of the master bath. Door goes to the toilet and we have a seperate tub and shower.

Eating area and door on the left goes to the patio

Kitchen

Family room-the door in the back goes to the master bedroom

Study-still needs to be repainted so we haven't moved in anything yet. It is in the front right as you walk in the front door.

Dining room which we use as Harrison's play area.

Front entry way-white door leads to the 2 car garage (love that too!) and to the other side the hallway leads to the other 2 bedrooms, 2nd bath and Utility room.

1 year old and wiser too...

I can't believe my baby is 1. Where has the time gone. I have learned so much about love and laughing this past year. I couldn't imagine a better baby.
Harrison has taught me:
You can still smile even after getting woken up in the middle of the night
Never leave home without a pacifier, and put at least 4 in the bed at night
Rear facing carseats get boring because you can't see anything
There is nothing that love from mom (or baby) can't fix
You can learn to walk too young
Yelling is always fun, especially at church

The lessons go on and on. As much as I know Harrison has grown and changed this last year, I feel like I have grown so much as a mom. I love everyday that I get to spend with him and am so grateful that I can stay home with him each day and watch him grow.

Here are some fun pictures from his party at Grandma and Grandpa Willerth's house.

Waiting for his birthday cake. It was chocolate and chocolate and shaped like a football.
Digging right in...could he make more of a mess?

I should have known, he doesn't eat his normal food without making a mess!

After a bath, he looks much better!

He loved his presents but didn't want to sit on my lap to open them. He was more interested in visiting with everyone watching.

Playing the music for all his guests.

Ready to party!

Fall is Here

Fall has come so quickly this year. I still can't believe summer is over. Of course, the weather down in Houston is misleading but after spending 2 weeks in Chicago, I really feel that we got a good taste of fall. I miss the colors though. We had a great trip though...Harrison and I went and stayed with my parents for 2 weeks while Jeff got our new house cleaned up and repainted. Then Jeff came and joined us for the weekend of Harrison's 1st birthday and we all came home together after that. It is so great to be in our new home...we waited too long for it but it makes it all the better. We love our new house and I will be getting some pictures up soon.

As far as our trip, I put a bunch of pictures of the trip up on Facebook and so I am not going to put them up again right now. There are just so many. It was great. I will get some up of Harrison's birthday though soon.