Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Spring Break...

The start of Spring Break was a little rough with Tucker being sick, but once we got over that, these two sure had a great time together. Keyton stayed at our house for a few nights, and they had so much fun. Kelli and the girls were going to head back to Quincy after just a few days and Allen & Keyton were going to stay for the whole week, which Tucker was really excited about. But Keyton decided he would miss his mommy too much and decided to go home with her. So a lot of our fun plans didn't happen, and it was rainy and wet outside, so we did what we could, and made the most of it. 
One lovely thing about this new house, is hands down the play room. The kids go up there for hours at a time and I don't even see them or hear them! It's fabulous! :) Most of the time they want me in there with them, and I am, but when I need to get things done, it's great! :) Keyton & Tucker spent a lot of time up there. They called me in and told me that they had made Jurassic Park!

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And then the next day they rebuilt it, and they said that the dinosaurs wanted to get a little sun by the window before going into their new home. :)
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Next time Keyton comes, we will for sure do our movie night, our hike and our trip to jump and bounce; all the things we were planning on doing while he was here!
We also did have some fun at friends house. One whole afternoon of playing Skip-Bo while it rained outside, was actually really fun! And these girls are all like sisters to Tucker & Taylor. I love it!
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A few trips to the library...
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And we celebrated this Lady's birthday! It doesn't get any better than a Brazilian Churrascaria!
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Some early morning play time on mommy's bed, before she's fully awake. I was awoken by my body being a monster truck race course.
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And this girl had some indoor picnics with her animals:
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One fun thing about moving is re-discovering old toys, or in this case, dress up clothes. This wig was rediscovered and has made many appearances on the kids as of late. They think it's hilarious! :) And so do I! :)
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It was a low-key and relaxed spring break, but that is what we needed right now to get all of the stuff we still have to do around here done. It is coming together, slowly but surely! :)
I also got a glimpse of what our summer is going to be like if I don't get my butt in gear and start getting things planned! :) It just might be a loooooong summer with a newborn and two stir-crazy kids!

Saturday, April 27, 2013

Easter...

Easter this year for us, was a bit hectic with the move and everything. We did an Easter Egg hunt with my dad's ward the week before Easter weekend, and the kids had fun there, but then on the Saturday before Easter day, I was just in moving mode, I had Ben home for the day and had all of these things I wanted to get done, and didn't even think about an Easter Egg hunt! Then that night I started seeing pictures and posts on facebook about all of the fun Easter egg hunts my friends were doing for their kids, and I felt really bad! Sorry guys!
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I actually barely even remembered to get anything to go in their baskets. Thank goodness for the dollar store and some clothes that I had already purchased for the summer from Old Navy. :) On Easter Sunday we were woken up at 3am by a puking Tucker! The poor child, got it bad. Both Ben and Taylor over the course of the past few weeks had had the puking bug, but for both of them, they puked once or twice and were down for a day and 24 hours later were fine, Tucker was throwing up ALL day. He would tell me he was so thirsty so I would give him some water or gatorade or Sprite, and sure enough a few minutes later, he was at the toilet dry heaving. It was not a fun day! Ben went to church without us, and we just hung out all day.
I sure didn't think I would be spending my day like this:
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I think Taylor was just tired from watching Tucker sleep on the couch all day. :) She passed out too in the afternoon. I wasn't complaining, this girl has nixed naptime for a few months now.
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I had attempted to do something Eastery the night before by putting out their baskets, but they didn't get much action with the sick-o.
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I did force them to take a picture, which you can tell they were really excited about! :)
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I felt really bad, too. My brother and his family had driven in that day for Easter Sunday and a big dinner at my dad's house. Luckily they were going to be here for most of the week because of Spring break, so I knew we'd have time to play, my kids were just so excited to see their cousins, and of course, that wasn't going to happen with the puking going on. So we had to postpone Easter dinner at my dads.
The next day, Tucker seemed to be feeling better, he hadn't thrown up since 7 the night before, and when he was eating and acting fine on Monday, I figured we were in the clear. We waited for the afternoon to head up to Papa's house to play with our cousins just to make sure, but he seemed fine. So, we were finally able to start the Easter festivities.
Egg's were dyed:
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Bubbles were blown, and Papa's driveway decorated with chalk:
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It was such a beautiful day!
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And finally, when Ben got off of work, the eggs were hidden...
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This one sure loves her daddy, they are so cute together!
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And then we had a delicious dinner with my dad and brother and his family and it was just a great evening. I felt really bad that we didn't even go to church on Easter Sunday to celebrate the real meaning of Easter, so I tried really hard to always remind my kids WHY we were celebrating. 
Funny Story, a family just moved into our branch and they have a little 6 or 7 year old boy. When we were doing an Easter lesson on the Sunday before Easter (when I was there) this kid knew every detail about the last week of Christ's life, and kept on raising his hand and saying all of these details that I was shocked a little boy would know. So, the music leader asked who the other two men were that were on the cross next to Jesus and Tucker was so excited to finally know the answer to a question he just blurted out 'They were Kings!!!' And he looked at me so proud. I didn't have the heart to tell him the truth! :) I just leaned over to one of my friends who teaches in primary and was like, 'yup, that's MY kid!' :) So maybe we have a few details to work out about the last week of Christ's life, we've got time, right??? :)
Here's hoping to a better and more meaningful Easter celebration next year! :)
(though it was fun having cousins in town!)

Friday, April 26, 2013

Pregnancy Update...

Today I am 34 and 1/2 weeks pregnant! That means only 5 and a half weeks to go! I can't believe it! This pregnancy has gone by so quickly! Things are going well, I have some major Acid Re-flux issues, but nothing a little cocktail of Zantac and Tums can't cure! :) I would seriously die without those two pills. But I can't complain, because other than that I have fairly easy pregnancies. And other than being EXHAUSTED 24/7 I am feeling great!
I sometimes feel guilty for the leisurely mornings we have around here. I am in a great stage to be pregnant with my last baby. Most of the time we have no obligations in the morning, and the only thing we really HAVE to do during the days is make sure Tucker gets to school by 12:30. I used to feel guilty for our lazy morning lifestyle, until I realized that this is the LAST time EVER that my life will be like this and I decided I'm just going to enjoy it. The kids come into bed with me every morning, and we play and talk and snuggle for however long we want to! It is wonderful, and I realize I am so lucky to be in this stage right now. When this baby comes in a few short weeks, these mornings are going to be a lot more hectic and stressful and I will probably even be more tired. Then we will have our summer to adjust to being a family of 5 and then Tucker will start 1st grade in the fall, and our mornings will be a whole lot earlier, filled with routines, and getting kids out the door and cranky kids (probably) so I'm just enjoying it now while I can! Poor Eric Enloe was at our house  yesterday and thought that me and the kids were already out and about at 9:30, and that he was here alone and so he was pretty shocked when Taylor came wandering out of our bedroom at 9:30, so he peeked in and there were me and Tuck also just lounging on the bed. (Yes, I was embarrassed by that one, luckily Eric is like family) :)
I also have started getting the nightly leg cramps and have to sleep with at least 4 pillows propped up in their very particular places, or I can't sleep right. Sleep has left me for most of the night as I am battling the cramps and re-flux and comfort issues, so once I do go down, that is why I sleep so late in the morning. I will be glad to get back to my normal sleeping habits when this baby comes, but will for sure miss the lazy mornings with my kids in bed with me. It is my absolute favorite part of the day with them!
Anyway, this pregnancy has been a bit different than my previous pregnancies. I don't know if you remember with Tucker or Taylor, but I get huge! This time around, I have remained fairly small (for me) and haven't gained any weight! Let me back up, I started this pregnancy bigger than with either of my other two, and so I am actually the same weight right now that I was when I delivered Taylor, and that's because I was that same weight when I got pregnant with this one last fall! I'm pretty sure that has something to do with it. I wasn't obese or anything, but I had some lbs. I could lose, I just didn't think it would happen while I was pregnant! :) I didn't gain very much with Tucker, I only gained 18 lbs. with him and he was 9 1/2 lbs, and with Taylor I think I gained 23 lbs. So either I am going to have a small baby, or this little man inside of me is just a beast who is sucking the life out of me! :) ha ha!
I went in last month for my monthly appointment and the Dr. told me to start eating 300 more calories a day, this was, of course, after he made sure I was eating right. I assured him I was, I have never had a problem with that, and hey, if the doc orders me to eat more, I have no problem with that either! :) Then I went into my appointment this month sure that I had gained some weight, and I was down a pound! So, he wanted to get an ultrasound just to make sure the baby was OK.  Even though his heartbeat was good, I am measuring right on track at 34 weeks, and my blood tests and urine samples all have come back fine.  I told him my theory of how when Tucker was just 3 days old, at his 3 day Dr  appt. his pediatrician told me that she knew why I stayed so small & he was so big, because he had the biggest juiciest umbilical cord that she had ever seen! She told me everything I ate during my pregnancy went straight to him! So, my theory as to why I'm not gaining any weight this time around would be because this child is a huge beast inside of me, who has a huge umbilical cord and is taking everything I have! He laughed and just said, we'll see at your ultrasound! :) He also told me that if I hadn't gained any weight at this point, then really I am losing weight, because the baby is obviously growing. So, I went in on Monday the 22nd for the Ultrasound, and they measured everything from his bones to the fluid around him, and she said that everything looked perfectly healthy and normal! And my doc says that things like this just happen sometimes and every pregnancy is different! But I'm not complaining about having to up my calorie intake, I know that this is rare, and it has been a while since I haven't had to watch what I eat. I am enjoying every minute of it. Fries and milkshakes for lunch every day and as a snack every night before bed, sounds good to me! :) Oh, and I just discovered that Dairy Queen has cheese curds. I love cheese curds, you know I've been there a few times these past few weeks! :)

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30 weeks
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31 weeks
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and 34 weeks!
I realize that I look exactly the same in all of these photos as far as the hair and accessories go. I just don't have the energy to put much effort into my looks, so this is what the next 5 and a half weeks or so are going to look like for me.  I have my staple 5-6 outfits that are comfy and I actually like, so we go through the rotation, and I will happily destroy all of my maternity clothes after this baby comes! :)
And while I am so excited for little man to get here, it has just recently hit me that I don't have a lot of time to get things ready! Aaaack! And don't get me started on  names; we are clueless!
Any suggestions???

Thursday, April 25, 2013

Grandma in town...

My mom came into town for almost a week after we moved in. She actually got here on the day the branch members helped us move the big stuff, and was here to help us get settled. It was so nice having her here! My big belly prevents me from doing a ton, in fact I have just recently had to start stopping at the top of the stairs to take a little break after I go up them. I'm pretty sure that the end is near!!! :) 
Anyway, we had a fun time with grandma, as usual, and a busy time filled with shopping trips to get things for the house, Dr. appointments, lots of visits with friends who came to help us get settled and organized, lots of  doughnuts, lunches and dinners out or ordering them in since we didn't have much food in the house, lots of watching the college basketball playoffs, and LOTS and LOTS of unpacking! It was a dream having her here, when she left and I realized I didn't have four hands anymore, it was a really sad day!
Of course, the only thing I took any picture of is our fun trip bowling. Tucker had actually been begging for weeks to go bowling, so we thought that it would be a perfect ending to grandma's trip, to take her bowling. (That and we found an Groupon!) :)
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Taylor was very excited about bowling, I think this was her first time!
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I got lots of butt shots of people helping Taylor, including one that someone took of mine, but that picture didn't make the cut for the blog...sorry! :) 
Also in this picture, it's so cute, is Owen cheering Taylor on, encouraging her! 
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Taylor & daddy... (The kids had bumpers when they bowled, so we just needed to make sure Taylor's ball actually got all the way down the alley! :)
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Tucker's BFF, Owen, came with us. These two have been inseparable these days! Which I don't mind, because Owens mom is one of my oldest and dearest friends! :) I love that they are so close too!
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It was a much needed break to get out of the messy and unorganized house! If I don't watch out, I tend to let things like that overwhelm me!

Saturday, April 20, 2013

Home Sweet Home!

The most exciting thing that has happened recently is that we BOUGHT A HOUSE! It is perfect and wonderful and I love it so very much!  I never want to move again and hopefully, I will never have to! When we sold our house last summer and began renting we thought we would be renting for a while, and that was fine. We wanted to make sure that all went well with the new business before buying a house again. Renting was fine, it obviously wasn't our ideal home, but I knew it was temporary. Of course, then little by little we just started 'seeing what was out there' We'd do on line searches, and grab fliers every now and then. It was fun to dream. I did know that if we did move, I wanted it to be somewhere we could live for a long long time, if not forever! After things going very well with the business, we felt a bit more secure in making the decision to buy again. We knew we were staying in Spokane, and it was a great time to buy with the market ever so slowly going back up again. (In Spokane anyway)
I saw our house for the first time on a search on trulia.com. It was out of the price range we wanted to stay in. We got approved for more, but didn't want to be house poor, so we limited ourselves, and this was JUST beyond that. We looked at a lot of houses (23 total--thanks Mark Spear!) :) All of them in our ideal price range were bigger, with enough space to grow, but old and needed a lot of work. OR.... nice and new and beautiful, but just no room to grow, or even too small! We found a beautiful house just a bit out of our ideal area, but still here in the Valley that was too good to pass up. It was a foreclosure, and was just beautiful at a great price. We made an offer and of course, that very day (after being on the market for like 9 months) they received another offer the very same day that was higher than ours, and the other people got it. But I wasn't devastated, so I took that as a sign that it wasn't for us. And...I kept on going back to this house. OUR house. We even went and looked at it when we thought it was out of our price range, just to see it. I just kept on thinking about it. It was perfect! New enough, but not brand spanking new to be way TOO expensive. Enough bedrooms and living space AND and unfinished basement. It was in a great neighborhood, at the end of a cul-de-sac! I fell in love with it instantly! And one of our favorite things about it, is that it is different than every other house on the street. It is in kind of a cookie-cutter neighborhood, where all the houses look very similar, and this one totally stands out with the pitched roof and tudor style. After looking at a lot of houses, we found out that this house had actually been on a short sale that had just fallen through. The people who put an offer in on it waited on the bank for 8 months! (Bad for them, good for us!!!) They finally found a different house, and it was available, and found out that the bank was FINALLY ready to just get this house off their hands, and were willing to negotiate the price! It was totally meant to be ours, and I thought from day one that this was my house. I just knew it! :)
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It actually went pretty fast for a short sale, we put the offer in at the end of December, and heard back at the beginning of Feb. Then they wanted to close at the end of Feb! A few little hiccups with paperwork etc... an extension later, and after signing about 5000 papers, and our lives away,  we closed on March 13th!
We went out that night to celebrate with Blizzards at Dairy Queen!
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I love these crazy kids!
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And this funny little girl!
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The moving process wasn't as stressful for me as the last time 'round. Although being 6 months pregnant didn't help! My motivation and energy level were severely lacking this time! Luckily, I had a lot of great friends who helped me take car loads little by little over to the new house. And, luckily, there was no date that we had to be out of our little Blossey house so there was no pressure to have it done by a certain time. (in fact, our crib is totally still in tact over in the old house! We didn't have an Allen wrench to take it apart on the day of the move, and since we don't have a need for it for another few months, it's been demoted on the priority list! We will hopefully be going over to get it this week!) Anyway, with the help of a lot of wonderful friends for a about a week or so, I had scheduled different friends to come and help on different days, just load up their cars with boxes and take them over. It was perfect! Then with the help of our awesome Branch members one Monday night, they got all the big things, and luckily we were able to stay with my dad for a few days in between while getting things situated and found. And then we were in! And my mom showed up on that day to help with the organizing and unpacking, and stayed for a week or so, and it was perfect!
Little van loads are much more doable for a pregnant woman, than one huge haul! Luckily the new house is like 5 minutes away from the old.
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Many many mornings were spent loading up this garage (in our PJ's) with junk until we moved in. Taylor would find every little thing and of course, have to play with it right then, and couldn't live without it!
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So, here are the stats:
First floor is living room, dining room, kitchen, office area, and half bath.
Upstairs is 4 bedrooms, laundry and 2 full baths. One of the rooms is a big bonus room over the garage that we will use as Tuckers room for now.
Unfinished basement has room for a living space, plumbed in for a bathroom and a big bedroom.
Some things I love about this house:
*In ground sprinkler system! I didn't think that was important when we bought our first house, but having to move the hose every few hours during the summer with a memory like mine is not good at all! Most days I would forget and either not do it at all, or leave it in one area all day. I'm so grateful for in ground sprinkler systems!
*A/C. I know that we only have to use it for like one month here in Spokane, but seriously the thought of not having to haul out the huge and heavy window units to each room every year, makes me giddy! :)
*Office space off the dining room! I love that there is an office space on the main floor, in a common area, that we don't have to use one of the rooms as an office!
*All the bedrooms are upstairs on the same level! No more monitors to make sure my babies are ok in their rooms! :) Our room was in the basement in the last house, so I used a monitor every night just to make sure I could hear if something happened. But then every little thing would freak me out and it would just be a car driving by or something. I am so glad that the kids are just down the hall, and can come to me if they need anything! I think it helps Tucker sleep better knowing we are closer, too!
*A master suite! We've never had a master bedroom, and this is so nice! Not having to sleep in a dungeon and having room IN our bedroom for our dresser and side tables is fabulous! Ben and I have never ever shared a closet because we've never had one big enough! He's always had his clothes in a different room! :) We can now share a closet AND have our own bathroom to boot! :) We've only ever had one bathroom to share with the kids and guests! :) I am one lucky girl!
*Tons and tons of storage in the garage, shelves galore for all of my tubs and boxes! It is fabulous!
* The paint was already pretty great, we don't have to do anything to that, and the previous owners really took care of this house. The inside is clean and the yard is beautiful! One of my friends lives behind us, and told me that it was an older couple who lived here, who were empty nesters and he was a pastor. (we don't know what caused the short sale, but I do feel kind of bad for taking their beautiful home!) :)
There are of course, little things we would like to do in the future, little changes and updates here and there, but it is absolutely perfect! We did get new carpet in the living room, and new laminate hardwood floors through the dining room. (It was all carpet and was getting a bit worn!)
We had planned on putting this huge green sectional in the basement for storage until we had it finished, and then just having them down there when is is finally usable  but it's kind of a tricky corner getting into the basement, so they ended up in our living room. I was fine with it, but they are a really akward shape for most living areas. Realllllll long and they just didn't fit in this living room like they did our last house. Unfortunately they had to go!
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We cleaned them up a bit and put them on craigslist and they were gone the next day!
(I was taking pictures of them to post and my mom, Tucker and Taylor were behind them so I just told them to hide while snapped a few shots. They had to be in one!) :)


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Anyway, here is a shot from the front door looking into the house, you can see the new laminate in the dining room. So glad we decided to go with the darker, we love it! It looks so nice! I do have to sweep a lot, but I'm pretty sure I would have to do that no matter what color the floor was! :)
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Here's a better shot of the dining floor. I need to get some updated pictures, because this is literally the first night in our new house and everything is just a mess!
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The sweet sister missionaries came one day to help organize the kitchen. Their help was wonderful! We love Hermana's Sanchez & Judd...
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This is funny, because we discovered that some gas had accidentally spilled on the outside of one of the kitchen boxes. Of course, most of the silverware and dishes were just fine, we ran them through the dishwasher, but all of the towels that we had the dishes wrapped in smelled like gas. So we read on-line that the best way to get out the gas smell is to just put them out in the sun for a few days. Well the sun in March here in Spokane is so hit or miss, they'd be out there for a few days, and we would be ready to get them, and then it would start snowing, or raining, or even hailing once. So they ended up being out there in our backyard for like 2 weeks because they were never dry enough to bring in and I wanted the sun to heat off some of that gas smell. They were finally in the sun for like 3 days straight, and I brought them in and washed them and the smell was gone! It was wonderful! :)
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The kids had a grand time sleeping with Grandma on the blow up mattress for a few days in the play room room.
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After we sold our couches there were a few days of no furniture, just the TV in the corner. Of course, Taylor got sick on one of those days so I made her a make shift bed in front of the TV. Poor girl, acted like she was fine for most of the day, then of course the two times we were in public that day, at the furniture store and at Red Robin for lunch, she puked! And it was not pretty!
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And in the above picture you might notice that TV on the floor. That is our TV that we'ave had for 4 and half years now, that is perfectly good. Well...let me tell you about our TV situation right now at our house. After a few days of being in the house, the door bell rings. A delivery man. Here to deliver a brand new from Costco 55 inch TV. Ben had said nothing of this to me. I called Ben to make sure that these guys weren't confused, but sure enough, it was for us. Ben had met a sales goal doing some part time sales calls for a friend, and this was his reward for making the goal. That is fine, he was so excited, our old TV was 47 inches (still huge in my opinion) but we thought we could put this new 55 inch TV up here for now until we finish the basement and it would be great down there! Now we have two TV's. That is not unheard of. Well, then a few days go by and we had just purchased some couches from Walkers furniture, and Ben was out doing the last little bit of paperwork for them. And in true Ben fashion, HAD to check Furniture Row Outlet one last time just to make sure we didn't miss out on something better. (We LOVE our couches, we definitely got the right ones!) :) He had Taylor with him, and when they walked in to Furniture Row, lo and behold, they were having a giveaway drawing for 2 free I-pads. One at 5:30, which is what time it was when he go there, so he entered, they drew (actually they asked Taylor to draw the name out of the hat) And it wasn't Ben. They told him that you have to be present in order to win,. and the next drawing would be at 8:30. So they came home, we did dinner and bed time, and we thought, what the heck, just go back and see if you win. How many people are really going to go back 3 hours later if they are not still there shopping. So, I got the kids in bed and Ben headed to Furniture Row. He didn't win the I-pad, but after they announced the winner, they said, ok, if you're willing to stay for about 10 more minutes, we are also going to be giving away a free 60 inch TV. 10 minutes later they call Ben's name and he WON the 60 inch TV. So, in the space of less than a week we got 2 VERY large TV's basically gifted to us! I don't know how he does it! :) I don't know what we're going to do with all of these TV's.
Here he is the night of the big win:
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You can tell he was very excited! :) (I was kind of hoping we could take it back to the furniture store and exchange it for a nice dining room set or something, but he was too excited to rain on his parade) :)
Here he had me pose like Vana to send a message to his BFF Doug to make him jealous! :)
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And here it all is, the complete look with the new furniture. I love it so much! (Notice all of the TV's just lying around!)
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Our new home just might be perfect for me!
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This is how we ate every meal in the house for the first week, with Taylor on the counter. It's her favorite breakfast and lunchtime spot to eat! :) 
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And, we may not have had a lot of groceries in the house, but we had the essentials!
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Another huge blessing and great find was the gorgeous dining room set on craigslist. Beautiful and hardly even used, basically brand new. It has a leaf in the middle to make it a square, so you can put 2 on each side and it will seat 8. It is beautiful!
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Of course, it got broken right in with the kids assessing their Easter Candy!
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OK, here are some finished room pictures. Not totally finished, I really don't have anything on the walls yet, but every nook and cranny of this house is finally cleaned and beds and dressers and tables and toys are in their places, so we are calling it! :)
Tuckers room/ Play room:
To the right as you walk in:
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To the left as you walk in:
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I think it would be any kids dream room. So many fun toys!
Kids bathroom upstairs:
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Taylor's yellow room with her awesome new bunk-beds:
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I had originally planned to put both kids in this room and then just use the bonus room as the play room for toys only.  But Tucker is such a night owl, and Taylor is like super star sleeper, that I couldn't do that to Taylor and have her possibly pick up Tuckers bad habits  So, the play room had a rod to hang clothes and a few built in shelves behind the door, so that is his room for now, along with the playroom. It has worked out perfectly! The paint in this house was already perfect for our three kids. The play room is a red and gray. Taylor's room is Yellow and baby boy's room is blue, a perfect match for his crib bedding. (the same I used for Tuck) 

And Taylor has made the transition to big girl bed SO EASILY! I wish she would potty train that easy! :) She goes to bed as soon as I say good night and stays in her room and sleeps all nights and even will tell me if she's tired at night that she's ready for bed! I am SO not used to that behavior at night time from a child! :) And she loves her room and her new bunk beds! Which were hand me downs from a good friend, but still in awesome condition!
There was this weird built in shelf thing in Taylor's room, so I just took off the bottom of it to make room for her dresser and kept the top ones for more storage!
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Here is our boring room, so far. Nothing too exciting. Although the amount of space it has is exciting enough for me! But also weird that the paint color in our bedroom perfectly matched the bedspread we already had! 
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And that's pretty much it for now. I will post better pictures as I get more done. Another lucky thing that happened during this move, was after we cleaned the Blossey house, I knew everything was out of it (except the crib) I just had this feeling to do one more walk through. I didn't even want to go down into the basement again, but I did, just to make sure. I was pretty sure everything was out. Well, in the corner, I noticed a little shiny thing, and then two little shiny things. Two rings that I had gotten in Jerusalem and Egypt (and hadn't worn or even really thought of in years) were in the corner! I am so glad I went back and found these. I know I would have been upset one day to not have them. They may not have much monetary value, but lots of sentimental value! The bottom one is my name in Hebrew and the top one is the Egyptian Ankh. I've been wearing them since, because they bring back some great memories! :) (and I haven't unpacked my jewelry boxes yet!) :)
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Well, that in a (very large) nutshell sums up what we've been up to this past month! It's been great, I love my new home and feel so very very blessed!
Thanks so much to all those who have helped, especially my kind and loving and generous parents. 
I don't know what we'd do without them!
 THANK YOU!