Is this the one?!

I THINK SO!! Tony and I have found a house-finally! It's not in a location that we had even considered. It's on the water, something that we had never considered. It doesn't have a fence for the dogs, again, something we never considered.

Tony found this property online, and I was a skeptic immediately. It wasn't where I had been looking, it didn't have a fence, and what would we do with a boat dock now that we've sold our boat?! Needless to say, he convinced me to go look at it. It was a wet, rainy day, and all the odds were against this home in my mind.

Once we arrived, the landscape started racking up the brownie points! The lot was beautiful and much larger than we've ever had before. The driveway was nice and flat so Lakely could have a field day with all of her vehicles. We walked in and the smell alone sold me. It still smelt new! It was built in 04 and had the upgrades we'd been looking for. As the tour continued, I knew this was the one! We went back last night to measure some walls and confirm our decision. We're moving at the end of October!! YAY!

Here is the link to check it out!

http://norfolkwaterfronthome.com/

Mimi goes to school!

Lakely's Mimi was in town this past week and was able to attend Grandparent's Day at school. Lakely seemed really excited to show her around, especially the playground!

Where were you?

The day that the world changed forever, I remember exactly where I was and what I was doing. I was 18 years old, still living at home and in my first semester of college. I was about to leave my house when I glanced at the TV and saw all of the commotion on the news. There was video footage of hundreds of people running out of their buildings and down the streets. Smoke had filled the sky when the first tower was hit. I sat watching in awe, unable to pull myself from the television. As soon as I was about to get up and head to class, the other tower was struck. Unbelievable! I remember starting to sob because I'd never seen such a thing. What was happening?! Why were all of these innocent people dying in NY? Still a mess, I headed to school to take my exam. The radio stations were going bananas the entire trip. Right as I had pulled into the parking spot, the school went on lock down- I raced home. The entire country was in a state of panic. Where were you when the world stopped turning?

My how things change...FAST!

I just got back from Lakely's preschool open house. I can't even believe this is happening! I have noticed in some of her pictures lately that she even looks different from week to week. Let alone the way she interacts and socializes with you. I know this will be so good for her, (and me), but man is this HARD!


What a difference a year makes!






She also likes to dress herself now...




And read on the potty like Daddy...




It was time for Lakely to go to the dentist for her first check-up. We let Mimi tag along since she is a dental hygienist herself. I'm not sure if we'll let her go next time ;)








And lets not forget the incredible week we had full of natural disasters. It started off with outrageous smoke for days from the awful forest fires we obviously couldn't control. The smoke was so bad, that it woke me in the middle of the night because I thought our house was burning down! We all smelled like a bonfire. A couple of days after the smoke had started to subside, we had an earthquake! Thankfully nothing terrible happened to anyone we knew or anything that belonged to us, but still scary to say the least. Then we had lovely hurricane Irene enter the mix and really rock our world. Before the mandatory evacuation was enforced last Friday, you could cut the tension in our home with a knife. I wanted to go, Tony wanted to stay. Surprise, surprise. So, needless to say when we were "forced" to leave, I couldn't have been happier! However, it was hard leaving all of our belongings and not knowing whether we would see them again. I have to say we lucked out considering the water was 3-4 ft. deep and it never made it inside the house! True miracle is more like it! We ended up with some interesting things in our yard too, including a pretty nice cooler =) (That's what you get for not securing your stuff!)

Pulling up to the house, fingers crossed...


Treasures we inherited


You can see the water level on the gate


This was our neighbor's garden