Monday, September 28, 2009

Some pics of the girls










The Condo (or parts of it).

So I still haven't gotten pictures of the living room and dining room, but I figure this stalling has gone on long enough so here are some shots of the other rooms in the place.

The hallway (who knew a person could ever be so excited to have a hallway?!)...


The kitchen...


The girls' room...


Our bedroom (note the fireplace off to the right, and the fact that there are as many windows in this room as there were in our entire last apartment)...


The bathroom...




The butler's pantry...


Part of the living room/dining room before furniture...


The wall paper in the living room...


The built in in the living room...


And of course, the steps that Andrew had to haul my piano up (with the help of 5 or 6 other guys)...



In other news, Andrew is starting his second week of school today. Last week went well and it looks like we may just survive this thing after all. There have been some late nights, but we've also squeezed in a few fun trips to the park and other places as well, so it hasn't been too bad. We're looking forward to a trip back to Moscow this weekend where we (well at least I!) can really relax!

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

A Little Update....

So we're all moved in up here in Spokane and loving it. We have a great place and are loving having Andrew home all the time, at least for the next few days till he heads off to school and we don't see him for the next 3 months. I'll be posting pictures of the condo soon... I just have to make everything at least somewhat "photo worthy" before snapping shots and posting them. I'm also loving having so many shopping opportunities available. It's a lot easier to stick within a budget when I have great resources like the Grocery Outlet and Costco!!

The big news last week was that Bella was using her little potty every morning as soon as she woke up. That was big. We were very excited. The big news this week is that she has not used a diaper since Sunday. And has only had one accident. And just now she did the whole go-on-the-big-potty-and-wash-her-hands routine all by herself with no help at all. This is epic. Criticize us all you want for waiting until she's 3 1/2 to get this done, but you have to admit that when you wait this long to do it, it goes really quickly and really well when it does get done. Anybody in the market for nearly a case full of size 4 Pampers?