Going..... Going.... Gone

Jacoby is crawling!!!... and climbing stairs. Wait, what? Climbing stairs? Yeah, thats what I thought too when I saw him doing it. This kid is going to give me a heart attack! How in the world am I supposed to get ready for a yard sale this weekend when my little 8 month old decides he wants to go hang out upstairs.... and he will get there himself! On a different note, the yard sale is this Saturday. I have a lot to do! Then official moving day is August 1st. We are going to try to get the flooring people out to do an estimate the day after we close. What a stressful part of life. Well here are some pictures of my little guy growing up.

Home Sweet -Soon To Be- Home

As promised I have a few pictures of our new house. I can only get the outside for now but as soon as we get moved in and settled (and the floors refinished) I will post the inside.

There's No Place Like Home

Brian, Jacoby and I will have a new house the end of this month, well new to us anyway. We found a cute little house near where we are now. Its about 3500 south and 1100 east. Its real close to Brickyard and that way we are still close to our favorite Sugarhouse Park! The thing we liked most about it is the location and the size. They recently added on an additional 1300 square feet and its mainly one floor except the bedrooms upstairs, which both have their own bathrooms. Soon after moving in we would like to replace the carpet and refinish the hardwood floors in the living room which, right now, is covered in ugly carpet. It is pretty much hospital white right now so we get to pick out our fun colors and get to work. It has a nice backyard with big trees and a really big tree in front. The neighborhood seems nice, its real quiet and we know there is a little girl next door already so Jacoby will at least have once close kid to play with. We are excited and scared, doubling your monthly housing cost is a scary thought, but we are willing to sacrifice. I will post pictures soon and keep you all updated.

Family Firsts

Jacoby had quite a day today. He went swimming in his little pool we bought him for the first time. He wasn't sure about it in the beginning but after a food break he was pretty excited. We lathered him up in sunscreen and sat him in the sun while the local paparazzi (me, steph and gabe) clicked away with cameras and video. After a much needed bath and nap, we were off to the last 4th at Sugarhouse park with aunt Steph and cousin Gabe. They kept his interest for about 5 minutes then the phone became the entertainment for the evening. The finale caught his eye though. We will miss our Sugarhouse tradition.

As for me and Brian, it is a good possibility we
may be getting our first house. We found a cute little home near our house now. I shouldn't say little because the main reason we are getting it is because it is a really good size. It will fit our future growing family well. It has a few good projects in it and that is what we are excited about. We plan to rip up the carpet and sand the hardwoods below and paint. We eventually want to stain the kitchen cupboards and put in new counter tops. The upstairs needs new carpet as well. We understand this will cost a pretty penny but we are very willing to sacrifice. We will find out Tuesday what they counter our offer with. Hopefully it will still be in our price range. I will keep you all updated.