30 Weeks::New House

WE ARE IN!!! 

As of Saturday, January 1st, 2011, we officially moved into our new house in Dalton. It has been a long time coming. It has been a week and almost everything is unpacked from their boxes. It feels so wonderful to have our own place again! We have enjoyed having people into our home and we look forward to the days ahead! There are so many new memories to make.

It is also a little scary having a mortgage! Yikes! But yes...we are glad to finally be investing in something instead of rent. Here are some pictures from the move. And of course the lunch that had to follow. We started at 10:30am at my grandparents house and we had everything in the new house by 12:30pm. That's right...2 hours! So quick!

Mom and I moved all of the kitchen supplies over on Friday and got it all set up before the big move on Saturday.

 

Yes, please note the chairs... we did use these Friday night!

 

 We've only painted one room so far: the master bedroom. Dad and Phil painted on Friday.

 

Dad doing is master paint job! He's so good!

 

Bathroom

 

Moving day begins...

 

 Miss Liza, what a helper!! 

 

The chaos is slowly disappearing in the grandparents basement.

 

Aunt Toni loading up the horse trailer with all our furniture. We couldn't have done it without her!

 

Dad directing traffic...

 

John working sooo hard. : )

 

 

Mom in her raincoat...of course!

 

What a goofball! 

 

Uncle Pete and Momo

 

Miss Chloe was a big helper too!

Though these aren't the finished product, it is the beginning of many wonderful projects! I will have to take more pictures of everything moved in to the house. We are so blessed by all the friends that came around us to help us get in our house.
Our Helpers:
Mom, Dad, Momo Hostetler & Uncle Pete
Mom & Dad Haydn
Shaun, Wendy, & Chloe Simmons
John & Liza Grandy
Deb, Dan, Chris, Luke, & Rachel Himes
Toni & Dani Forrer

Our 2nd Christmas

This year was much different then last. So much so that we didn't even set up a tree...sad but true. We did get to enjoy many other trees though!

Our weekend began with a Christmas Party at Phil's parents house on Thursday evening. We all came dressed up as Christmas movie characters. It was quite a blast!
Phil & Hannah: Mary & Joseph
Dan, Robyn, & Aiden: Jack Frost, an elf, and a little snowman
Carmen: Ghost of Christmas Past
Jocelyn: Jackie Frost
Michal: Cindy Lou Hou
Amy, Danny, & Alaina: Ugly Christmas Sweaters
Alex: Cornelius
Tim: himself :)
CJ: Tiny Tim (Crutch included)

The next day, Christmas Eve, we started our day at Phil's Uncle Steve and Aunt Lea's for their big Smith Family Christmas. Again, it was so great to see the whole family! We do a big gift card exchange and it can be quite entertaining to say the least! We then raced home for our two Christmas Eve Services at church. Phil did an excellent job. I am so proud of how hard he works and the heart he puts into all that he does. We went to my parents house after church and ate some yummy appetizers and headed home.

Christmas Day--
We did our own thing right away in the morning. Phil got some new clothes and I got a new winter jacket, a big sun hat, and some jewelry organizers! Perfect! We then headed down to my parents for breakfast, stockings, and presents. Phil made us all french toast. It was a wonderful morning!

After my parents, we headed up north to the Haydn's. We had a traditional Hungarian dish prepared by Phil's mother. We were joined by Connor and Jenny and Grandma Haydn.

The baby got a few new outfits too! Everyday we get a little closer to our little one coming. We have an official closing date of Dec. 30, 2010. I think after we get in our house we will really begin to feel like the baby is coming! With getting the room set up and the showers that are on their way, we certainly have much to look forward too!

Pictures soon to come of our new place!