Family In Town

My Aunt and Uncle from Arizona, Brynn and Don, came and visited Sacramento a few weekends ago. Andrew and I drove up to have a wonderful lunch with the family. It was great seeing everyone and we (mostly the girls) talked about dogs, dogs, and more dogs. My Aunt and Uncle have a new Bull Terrier puppy at home named Tansy.

The boys discussing landscaping. My dad Tom, my Uncles Don and Richard.

My favorite Nana and Grandpa.

Lunch at my Grandpa's golf club.

My Aunt Constance's chihuahua Kate.

Kate can actually climb up my Aunt's body!

Kate knows a good Granpa when she sees one.

Girl talk at my parent's house with Aunt Brynn

Can't wait to see all of you in the summer!

First Decorations

Here is the extent of my Halloween decorations. Things are slowly moving their way into the house.

This is a photo of our living room with a beautiful plant Anne Riley, my mother's friend, gave us as a housewarming gift. We love it. I can't wait to find rugs so the areas won't look so sparse.

Name Poll

How rude of me to wake these two so I could take a picture!

Okay, I am finally narrowing down the options for the new doggie's name. I call her Love Bug and Andrew didn't really want to do the same so I figure an "L" name before Love Bug would be fun.

Please let me know which one you like best:

"Lilly" Love Bug

"Lexy" Love Bug

"LuLu" Love Bug

I am leaning towards LuLu. Let me know what you think. I think she has come down with Kennel Cough so off to the vet we go! (nothing serious)

The doggies love their new backyard!

Proofs in the Pudding!

Here I am prepping the laundry room walls so I can paint them before our new washer and dryer arrive on Thursday. Can you believe how dirty walls can get? I never knew! I guess scrubbing walls is not a priority in rental living!

More pictures to follow of the finished product!

Moving In

Above: Our new (Ethan Allen!) bed that Shannon found on Craigslist.

So we spent last night here again, our second night in the new home. Its really starting to feel like home here now. The dogs are starting to know the routine and Roxy is getting comfortable with us.

This morning we got the internet hooked up (thus I can post this story), and I added a doggie door to the garage from the house for the dogs to play with. Besides the huge storm thats making the garage noisy, they seem to enjoy using it.

Below you can see our kitchen table / office / entertaining area. Its a little bare now, but it will be all set up real soon now!

We love our new house!

She's Home!

We got to bring Roxy (new name coming soon) home today!

I look like a deer in headlights because I haven't really slept in 48 hours! Actually, I got a good amount of quality sleep when we were visiting my parents this weekend. Andrew and I spent our first night (this last Friday) in our new home on a blow up mattress. Not super comfy.

We are still trying to pick a name for Roxy. I have given up on the Weenie Pinkinie becausee she doesn't look like a Weenie or Pinkinie. Back to the drawing board.

She is very shy right now and is adjusting to our lifestyle. Teenie wants to play with her, but she only wants to hang out around my ankles. It will take her a little bit to warm up to us because she is a rescue dog and has had a questionable upbringing.

Stay tuned...I am sure lots more pictures are on their way.

We got the keys!

Well, key at least. But its ours! We visited the realtor this morning and picked up the key for the house. Of course we brought a few boxes, and Shannon promptly filled the closet with her clothes. I bet you can tell she's excited to have a walk-in closet finally.

Thanks to everyone for all of the advice and support you've given us through this whole process. We'll keep posting pictures as we get the rooms painted, the new laundry machines installed, and every other fine detail about the home until you think that you've lived there with us.

Yay!