Just to keep everyone on their toes, I decided this site needs an update. In all honesty, this page was originally created before Annie or I had our own blogs, so it was a joint effort. We would both post here to keep our friends and family updated on what's going on. Since we got our own blogs, however, this site easily gets neglected.
Annie is still pregnant, so no news there. She's continuing on like a trooper, so hopefully everything continues to go well. She just had a baby shower this past weekend, and now we just have to find room for all of the gifts. Thank you to everyone who contributed. I feel like we just about have everything in place, and now all we're waiting on is the baby.
That is...after the nursery gets painted. That remains the one last chore to complete. We originally planned to paint it 2 weeks ago, but there was a minor setback with the paint color, so we've decided to go with a different color. The painting should, hopefully, be completed this weekend so we can start moving the furniture in.
Sorry about the delay in updating the page. In the mean time, continue to check our personal blogs as it seems we update those a bit more often.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Projects
There are so many things we would like to do to our house. Last year when we moved in we slapped a fresh coat of paint on all the walls and changed most of the light fixtures.
Now, we're moving on to bigger things. I know it's too early to start nesting, but there are certain things we want done to the house before baby Honea makes his/her arrival. When I think of everything we want do to, how much time we have to do it in, and how much money it will cost I start to get a little stressed but it will all be worth it in the long run. Here's just a few of the things on our to do list.
Project #1. NEW CARPET. It took us quite a while to decide that carpet was what we wanted. My parents just finished installing their pergo flooring throughout the entire house and it's beautiful. I'm more inclined to do that to a house that will be our home for a long time and we're only looking to stay in this house another 5 years or so.
Anyway, when we looked at the carpet at Robin's, the local carpet place in town, they quoted us something like $4,700.00! And that was for their cheapest carpet that we liked! We decided to look at Lowe's and found a really nice carpet for almost half the cost of Robin's, and they have a flat rate of $150.00 for installation. So hopefully come September we will be ripping out the old carpet and installing the new stuff. I can't wait!
Project #2. SOD. I've complained about our yard before on this blog. It's looking better now that all the trees have been removed. You can actually see our house from the street now. But we still have to rip out the big stump and dig up all the roots. And with that comes a higher water bill and the need for a lawn mower. I've thought about putting it off for another winter, but our front yard is an eye sore and it's really embarrassing, especially since our neighbors keep their yard pristine!
Project #3. THE BABY'S ROOM. I know I still have a lot of time to get everything ready. I don't even want to paint until we find out what we're having, but I still want to work on it. I haven't really paid much attention to this pregnancy yet with all of the things that's been happening in our lives and I feel like this is one way I can really focus on this little person. For now, I'd just like to get the room cleaned out. It's been used as our computer/junk room and it's getting out of hand. I know I would feel loads better if I got the room at least emptied before we find out the sex in September. Maybe that's what I'll do this weekend!
Now, we're moving on to bigger things. I know it's too early to start nesting, but there are certain things we want done to the house before baby Honea makes his/her arrival. When I think of everything we want do to, how much time we have to do it in, and how much money it will cost I start to get a little stressed but it will all be worth it in the long run. Here's just a few of the things on our to do list.
Project #1. NEW CARPET. It took us quite a while to decide that carpet was what we wanted. My parents just finished installing their pergo flooring throughout the entire house and it's beautiful. I'm more inclined to do that to a house that will be our home for a long time and we're only looking to stay in this house another 5 years or so.
Anyway, when we looked at the carpet at Robin's, the local carpet place in town, they quoted us something like $4,700.00! And that was for their cheapest carpet that we liked! We decided to look at Lowe's and found a really nice carpet for almost half the cost of Robin's, and they have a flat rate of $150.00 for installation. So hopefully come September we will be ripping out the old carpet and installing the new stuff. I can't wait!
Project #2. SOD. I've complained about our yard before on this blog. It's looking better now that all the trees have been removed. You can actually see our house from the street now. But we still have to rip out the big stump and dig up all the roots. And with that comes a higher water bill and the need for a lawn mower. I've thought about putting it off for another winter, but our front yard is an eye sore and it's really embarrassing, especially since our neighbors keep their yard pristine!
Project #3. THE BABY'S ROOM. I know I still have a lot of time to get everything ready. I don't even want to paint until we find out what we're having, but I still want to work on it. I haven't really paid much attention to this pregnancy yet with all of the things that's been happening in our lives and I feel like this is one way I can really focus on this little person. For now, I'd just like to get the room cleaned out. It's been used as our computer/junk room and it's getting out of hand. I know I would feel loads better if I got the room at least emptied before we find out the sex in September. Maybe that's what I'll do this weekend!
Monday, June 15, 2009
Feeling Blessed
After 18 long months Jeff and I are expecting our first child! We are so excited and can't wait to meet the first addition to our little family. The first 8 weeks have been fairly easy with very little nausea to speak of, so I'm counting my blessings. I just wasn't prepared for the extreme exhaustion, but it's nothing a nap or going to bed early can't cure. At least 3 people have told us it's a boy, but I guess only time will tell! We don't care what we have as long as the baby is healthy.Our first Dr.'s appointment was last Friday and Baby Honea is due sometime in late January 2010!
I will be updating how the pregnancy is going on my other blog, so if you want to be spared the gory details, don't click the link!
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