Top Ten Favorite Things....Week of 4/13

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1. Having a great day in Long Island for Nicholas' 1st birthday party
2. Adalyn starting dance lessons....too early for 3 hour weekend lessons w/her Aunt Lindsey?
3. Finally getting to visit the Model Home in our neighborhood...My morning room WILL be this color
4. Blake's obsession with his Easter Eggs....I think he is extremely disappointed that the bunny only comes once a year
5. This new ice cream is one of the the GREATEST INVENTIONS EVER!! I only tried the Salted Carmel one so far....but give me time

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6. I'm kinda obsessed with organizing my desk in our new house, so these awesome Threshold office supplies are high on my wish list
7. Grayson eating his first big boy bites....don't know if he likes the food or the spoon, but either way he's a natural
8. Blake in his "Viking" costume....right before I took this photo he was telling us he wanted to go back outside
9. How much Addie liked the Fairy costume I got her for Easter : )
10. Bunny hat!!

Some Light Trespassing....

As an early birthday present for Jon, we took a little trip to the new house this weekend and broke let ourselves in.  We had stopped by earlier and saw that the walls were up and it was just too tempting to not take a look.  This was the first opportunity we have had since we visited the model house* so long ago to see the real layout of the house.  It was very overwhelming;  I still can't believe that in just about a month I will be standing in that kitchen and waking up in that bedroom.

Progress Made (from what we could see):
- Drywall up throughout the house
- Shutters installed
- Garage Doors installed....Love them!!

Considering I only have packed up two boxes since we did our initial super-decluttering, I might want to start concentrating on that first, ya think?

Apologies for the grainy pictures...it was getting pretty dark when we went back.....


*When we went to visit the model house, it was in this development near Quakertown that was still being sold.  When we pulled up, the neighbor came out to tell us that it was a great house and we should buy it.  He then proceeded to start doing squat thrusts in the middle of the cul-de-sac and we spotted him later lifting a large barbell in the middle of his driveway (I've also been told that he has a huge tire that he likes to roll down the street).  So if anybody is looking for an EXTREMELY AWESOME neighbor, I'm farily certain that house is still looking for an owner.

The Easter Bunny Odyssey

We were hoping that Blake might be old enough this year to sit happily on the Easter Bunnies lap....we were sorely mistaken.  Here is a snapshot of our Easter Bunny saga this year.....it took about 20 minutes to get him to sit on my lap next to the Easter Bunny, after he proceeded to try to pick up all of the fake carrots and eggs in the "garden" and give them to the Bunny.  Once he did make it onto my lap, the camera man had to actually hit himself on the head with a plastic egg (Mike Wasowski style) to get him to smile.  Needless to say, the KOP Easter Bunny Team went above and beyond

Grayson, meanwhile, sat quietly smiling the whole time.......

Happy Spring Equinox Everyone

It's Official!!

Come Memorial Day Weekend we will officially be Sellersville residents!!  Went into a bit of a panic tailspin when we got the official closing date, but now I'm at a 70/30 excitement/panic ratio.  Thank you to the burly men who have already volunteered their talents to the Boehmke 2014 Move.

Probably won't be able to get interior pics for a few weeks but here's the status of what's been done recently:

- Siding is up
- Garage slab is poured
- Insulation going in
- Drywall started

Siding up, and a nice car interior shot

Drywall going in upstairs

Garage Slab during the super Rainy Tuesday

Top Ten Favorite Things....Week of 4/7

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1. Scored West Elm curtains for my new bedroom for $32 and free shipping....Scoooore
2. On our Baltimore trip we showed up just in time to watch these crazy piglets get some dinner....Blake loved it and kept pointing to the ones he wanted to bring home (he talks about it every day now)
3. Giraffe towel after bath....the only one he'll let us use
4. Blake's interpretation of "Starry Night"...words cannot express how happy this makes me
5. Getting to spend some quality friend time, and score some awesome Hulk schwag from Uncle Chris

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6. Our great trip to Baltimore....extra points to the boys for being super good in the car
7. Old Navy Dress I ordered for Easter --  1. Only $19  and  2) It's a medium : )
8. S'mores Cheesecake!!!
9. My Little Owl on the way to see the Easter Bunny
10. Lots of paint swatches my mom grabbed from Scherwin Williams.....like Christmas

When you walk through the garden, you gotta watch your back......

Ok - so maybe we didn't exactly visit THAT part of Baltimore, but we did manage to squeeze in a mini-trip to Maryland to visit Jon's sister this month now that Blake is able to make it a few hours in the car without vomiting/freaking out.  It was a really great day (weather and company wise) and except for the hour we spent STUCK on I95 on the way home, made for a perfect day trip.  We will be a back in June to celebrate Karen and Dave's upcoming wedding and thinking we'll try to take Blake to the aquarium that time (fingers crossed).  Here's a few pics we grabbed - 

Top Ten Favorite Things....Week of 3/31

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1. This pic Eaphis sent me of Blake really enjoying his Ice Cream treat while we had yet another showing
2. Finally checked out this great cooking competition show on Esquire....also, don't Google knife fight!!
3. Easter shopping done -- suck it bunny!
4. Spring is here!  Time to party Grayson style
5. My awesome hubby who cooked me a delicious laaaate Valentines day dinner.  I didn't get a picture of it, but here is being an equally awesome dad

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6. Busting out my favorite spring candles - Fresh Bamboo from Bath and Body Works
7. My two boys being good and letting me take this uber adorable picture
8. New Rug from Target that I got for $60!!! Boom
9. Blake starting to say Thank You when we sit down for dinner....who says good manners are dead?
10. Getting random pictures of my dad standing in front of things as he travels the world...here he is in Australia...who took the picture you ask?  Who knows

Chicken, Spaghetti Squash, Lots of Pork, and Grilled Cheese

Have had a lot of last minute showing pop up over the last few weeks so been forgetting to take a lot of food pics, but here's a few that I managed to snag before we started eating.....

Chicken w/Mushrooms and Whipped Parsnips

Perfect dinner for a Rainy Monday!!!

Tried to trick Blake and use Spaghetti Squash instead of pasta....didn't work

Slow Cooker Pork ragu......awesome and made enough for LOTS of sandwiches

Moving right along.......

Been a little lagging in getting a house update on the blog....mostly because I wasted a lot of energy trying to figure out how to upload a video that my dad took of him and Blake breaking and entering into the house one rainy day (as you'll notice - I never figured it out)  Cute as the video was, I was really trying to post it because in this state, it's tough to get a feeling for the house layout from still pictures, but a video really shows you how the space feels when you walk around - and who wouldn't love to have Blake as their tour guide?

Anyway - here are a lot of pics from a few collected visits.  Next time we visit I'll hopefully be able to get a video but we may have drywall up at that point...which will just be crae- crae

In case you're keeping track, here is a list of the last few things that went into the house after framing:

• Plumbing
• HVAC
• Electrical
• Cable/Ethernet Rough Ins
• Our basement slab has also been poured but due to a water issue I wasn't able to get down there

Some exterior shots...
Some Shots of the neighborhood...
A lot of Interior Shots...
Living Room/Morning Room	Mudroom Entrance
Morning Room	I think somewhere upstairs??
Boys Bedrooms	Living Room
Kitchen (and our project manager)
And some shot of the boys...just for the hell of it : )