A New Beginning

So the main reason why I haven't kept you all updated with our family lately is not just because of the hurricane. We had to reschedule Joshua's birthday party, and this Saturday we are moving to a new house!

This is a good move for us as it is a bigger house and sort of a new beginning. Our current house is 1500 sq. feet and with almost 5 in our family and a dog it gets pretty small really fast. Plus, it was our first house and there are a ton of things we learn that are essential in buying a house - like having linen closets! The new house is a little more than 2300 sq. feet and has 4 bedrooms with a children's play retreat upstairs. That means no more living room as their play area!! I can finally have a clean and representable living area and kitchen.

Its been crazy with all the other things going on, but its a true Godsend. We will be closer to our friends from church and Joshie's close friend, Daniel. All in all, we needed more space and something that could feel like "home". If you ever want to come and visit, we've got the room for you now!!! LOL.... Here's some pictures of the new house. Keep in mind the houses next door are still being finished. Hope you like them. If you want to know our new address, just email me. :)

Inside the breakfast nook

Living room looking into the kitchen and front door

The kitchen (and kids)

The 4th bedroom and the stairs (joshie loves stairs!)

The back yard

Thoughts on Turning Two

Joshie here. This past weekened I had a birthday party for my 2nd birthday. It was a lot of fun! We had to reschedule it because of the hurricane, but I dind't mind - my friends and family still got to come and play with me. We had a race car theme because I love cars! Vroom!! I really liked it when they sang Happy Birthday to me. It made me smile and laugh. The cake was good, but I wanted to play more than eat cake, so mommy saved my piece of cake for later. I played so hard that I fell asleep early and slept until 7 the next morning. I was wiped out!! Here are some pictures of my party:

The sign mommy made for the mailbox

My cool car cake!

Grandma Sherrie got my a tent and filled it with balls!
That was a lot of fun to play in

Grandma Debbe and Grandpa Joe gave me a tricycle...
I'm not quite tall enough, but its fun riding with Jenna

Jenna is turning into a little acrobat

Here's all my cousins!

From L to R: Caitlyn (3 mo.), Jacob (3 yr), Jenna (10 mo.), Megan (5 mo.), Joshie (2 yr) and Elisha (1 yr). Elisha's birthday is only 2 days after mine - he's my birthday buddy too, not just a cool cousin!

Thank you for looking at my special birthday pictures! I've grown a lot since last year. I love to talk in sentences and am learning so much more each day! I know how to crack jokes too. When we take daddy to work in the morning, I tell mommy and daddy "joshie sleeping....shhhh"...I'm really not sleeping, just pretending. Its funny though and it makes mommy and daddy laugh when I pretend to snore like daddy. :)