Park

I thought I would give everyone a glimpse of our neighborhood park. I found out it is actually a town park, which would explain why it is so nice. Thank goodness for the shade!

Karis made her first trip to the park this morning. She loved the shade!

This was her view

On another note, I made another discovery this morning. For anyone who knows me well, you probably know how much I dislike Walmart. Well, they may have won me over today. The one 5 minutes from us not only is really nice, clean and spacious, it has a Dunkin Donuts in it!!! When Krieg and I went this morning, it was quiet, empty and made for a very peaceful trip. Add a cup of Dunkin Donuts coffee for me and a donut for Krieg, and that makes a great morning!

We have arrived!

We made it to Clemson last Tuesday and finally got out internet up and running yesterday. It has been a whirlwind of a week, to say the least. Moving with two kids 2 and under is not the most fun thing in the world. I think we are all finally catching up on lost sleep over the craziness of the week. We have unpacked almost all the boxes, and are now trying to do things to make our home feel like ours. First on the list was upgrading some of the appliances. The dishwasher and microwave are ancient, so they were the first to go! We took our first trip of many to Lowes today- it will be a much frequented place for the next few months.

I've been mentally compiling a list of things I've been thankful for over the last few days, trying not to miss things in Cullowhee, so here it is...
1. Lowes is literally 2 min from our house!
2. The shaded neighborhood park we live right down the street from- baby swing and all!
3. 2 Huge grocery stores within 5 min from our house
4. Our sun room
5. The beautiful azalea bushes in our yard
6. The ridiculously cheaper gas in SC (it's almost 30 cents per gallon less than Cullowhee!)

The one thing that surprised me the most was the huge hills in our neighborhood that I will not be pushing the double stroller up and down! I could barely push Krieg up the hill in the single stroller. I thought I was leaving the mountains!

More to come in the next few weeks!

Boxes, boxes, everywhere

What do you do when Mommy and Daddy are busy packing up the house in boxes?

Play in a big box of your own, of course!

Smiles all around

Karis is officially two months old as of yesterday. She is getting sweeter by the day. Her smile just makes my whole world stop for a moment. (Which is a good thing, because I have been on a fast pace lately trying to get the house packed!) I wish I had some better pictures, but the only time I remember to take the camera out is the few minutes when Krieg is napping and Karis is awake- and then I can't get her to smile because I have the camera in front of my face. Oh well!


It was a big day for Krieg today- he caught his first fish! He went to a fishing pond with Kevin and Papaw and they caught tons of trout. Apparently you couldn't keep the bait on there for more than 30 seconds without a bite, so Krieg didn't have to exercise a whole lot of patience. But he loved it! And, he managed to fall in and get soaked. Thankfully it was only 3 inches of water. He was able to laugh it off because of his good buddy Curious George, who also falls in on his first fishing trip. Sure does help to have someone to relate to!

The countdown begins

We finally nailed down a closing date on our house- May 21st. AHH. That means less than three weeks to pack up our whole lives. That's a little intimidating, especially since Kevin will be out of town 3 times between now and then. But we are thankful to finally get things going and soon be settled in our new home in Clemson.

Karis has been so sweet lately. I feel like I am finally having fun with her, now that she is smiling a lot more and seems so much more engaged and interactive. I've been trying to get a good picture of her smiling, but this is the best I can do. She slept like a champ last night, over 13 hours and only woke up once to eat. Consequently, when she woke up and I went in to get her, she had the biggest grin on her face, like I had never seen before. It put me in a great mood for the day!