Jane's Blessing

We blessed Jane this Sunday and it was such a wonderful day! (Well and the night before was pretty wonderful too.....she slept from 10:00-5:30! Incredible!) She was so smiley that morning as I was getting her ready.....I think she knew it was her big day ;) Kevin did a beautiful job and there was such a lovely spirit during the meeting. It really was so perfect! We had our family come over afterwards and it was fun having them all here (though we really missed Marsh and Kris, Preston and Rachel, Morgan and Aaron and their families......love you guys!) Here are some fun pics I took thru out the day :)

                                           Look how excited she was to get blessed!!!

                                                        All pretty and ready to go!

                                                 "Are you sure I look ok mommy???"

                                                             Baby Jane with Papa D

                                                                           So cute!

                                                   Baby Jane with Grandma Nancy!!!

                    Baby Jonathon (who isn't a baby anymore!) showing off his crawling skills!

                                            The love birds out in public for the first time! ;)

                                            Grandma Wendy and Great Grandma Davis :)

                                          Family picture! Sam is doing his "happy face"........

                                                       Mommy and Baby Jane!                       

                                             I LOVE her dress. It was soooo poofy fun!!!

                 Check out her shoes! Beautiful! (Don't you like my cool artsy shot??? lol)

                                      She was absolutely perfect...love this girl so much!

I am so grateful to have this little family of mine and to have such a wonderful hubbie who makes our life so wonderful. I couldn't be any happier or more lucky :)


Here's a pic of Kevin's face when I told him that some little baby boys were coming to the blessing to check out Jane.................. 

 

I think he's going to have a hard time when she gets older ;)

Emotional vs. Physical

The last time I posted I was having a really hard time emotionally and for the past 6 weeks I've been having a really hard time physically. I know a lot of you have been wanting updates so let me explain what's been going on.........

Two weeks after I had Jane I started feeling weird. I was super emotional so I thought I just needed to get myself together and get moving, but it only kept getting worse. I had horrible aches and pains and my entire body felt stiff. Just moving my fingers hurt so badly (can you imagine how awful nursing was?!? OUCH!) Even though I was on so much medication I still had a fever. It was so frustrating because every time I called my doctor the nurse told me I probably just a had a bug or something and pretty much dismissed me. This went on for a while. Then one night I was just sitting and I looked down and blood had seeped thru my clothes from my incision. Called the doctor right away and thankfully now they finally wanted to see me. 

For whatever reason I got an infection from the c section. The doctor got so much gross stuff out of my incision and put me on antibiotics. Unfortunately for me I am allergic to penicillin and am nursing so my options were really limited. I took the medicine for a week and my symptoms weren't getting better so he extended it for another week. Still not better. My incision actually got really gross again and he wanted to reopen it up to drain it, but decided to do an ultrasound first. That didn't show much (just that everything was still swollen and healing) so he had another doctor come in and look at me. I didn't like him because he wanted me to just wait another week and see what would happen. Luckily my doctor didn't like that so he drew a circle around the infection and wanted to give it thru the weekend to see if it got any better before he would open it up again or do IV antibiotics. I am SO GLAD he waited because I started feeling better the night before I went back in. He decided to keep on waiting and the rest of that week it kept getting better and better. I could physically see it was shrinking down thanks to his little tattoo he gave me ;) It was wonderful!!! I started to feel like myself again! 

Then out of no where it all hit me again hard. The body aches and chills.....it was back. We were devastated. My doctor decided I needed to get a CT Scan right away so I went in and had that done. What a lovely experience..........NOT!!!!!!!!! It was horrible! I had to drink some bitter concoction slowly for an hour and a half. Then they hooked me up to an IV and shot dye into my blood which made my insides feel like they were on fire. At this point in the process I told them I was nursing and asked if this was all safe for the baby. They seemed unsure.They told me to pump and dump for a few days just to be safe. I totally lost it. Started bawling right then and there while they were sending me thru some huge machine. It was embarrassing. They probably thought I was scared of the scan. I left all mad and called our pediatrician to ask what they thought and they told me to call the breast feeding hotline. I called them and told them the situation and they needed the exact name of the iodine that they used so I called the ct people back and got the name, called the hotline back and waited anxiously as they looked it up and they said it was fine! I could go home and nurse my baby! Best news EVER!!!!!!! I was so relieved. I had no clue whether or not she would even take a bottle let alone formula. 

Ok so this puts us up to date. I heard from my doctor this weekend on the results. They found something in my uterus but they aren't sure what it is. They thought it was part of the placenta that was left in there (which would make me really really sick) but my doctor is confident that he didn't leave anything behind so he thinks it could be something that has always been there. They will keep there eye on it and if my symptoms get worse they will start with that. They also saw that my bladder and uterus had signs that they had been bleeding because there was a lot of scarring there so he wants to wait and see how that continues to heal. He thought there would be an abscess or something like that to explain my symptoms but there wasn't. Luckily I have been feeling better again so I'm hoping this all doesn't come back. At this point we aren't exactly sure what was going on and why I wasn't getting better, but hopefully I'll just continue to heal and this will all be over :) 

Sheesh! What a rough 7 weeks. Ya so our sweet baby Jane is 7 weeks old! Amazing. She is an angel. I could not have gotten thru this if she wasn't so perfect :) So that's what has been going on with me. I'm so excited for the rest of summer and to finally get moving and feel like myself again. Thanks for all the love and prayers. I've really needed them :) I promise my next post will be happy and upbeat! No more complaining ;) Cheers!!!

Oh and here is my sweet little angel baby........

 

 Kevin calls her his little nugget that escaped from the happy meal........hehe!!!

 

Baby Jane!

 Her birth story............

Both of the kiddos are asleep right now so I figured I had to take advantage of this moment and do a quick blog post! Baby Jane is here!!! It has definitely been an emotional roller coaster these past two weeks, but I think we are finally settling into a routine, or as I like to call it, our new normal :)

On May 9th we were scheduled to have the C Section done at noon. It was a great morning. I got up and showered and took my time getting ready and getting all pretty ;) We dropped off Sam at Grandma and Grandpa's house (which was surprisingly not sad at all for me!) and headed off to the hospital. Kevin and I weren't nervous....we were both pretty silly and it was fun to be together and to be so excited. We strolled thru the hospital doors and walked up to the nurse behind the desk and said, "Hello! We are here to have a baby!" (not quite how you'd picture going in to have a baby, but hey it works!) From there we got a room and I changed into a gown and the funny cute blue socks and they hooked me up with an IV and put monitors on to watch the baby while we waited. It was pretty funny because during this time I was totally having contractions.....the monitor was going crazy and the nurse said even if we weren't scheduled for the C Section we would have come in that day anyways ;) 

 Everything up to this point was happening so fast. Kevin got all suited up and they were about to take us back when an emergency C Section needed to be done. We were happy and comfortable (and I was kind of relieved) so of course it was ok. The worst part of waiting was I was SO HUNGRY!!!!! I hadn't eaten in over 18 hrs! I thought I was going to pass out and when the anesthesiologist came in and explained everything he would do he also mentioned that I wouldn't be able to eat anything till the next morning....... I about burst into tears! Luckily I held it together and a around two thirty they took us back into the operating room. 

They did the spinal block which I guess is different from an epidural.......It was so bizarre because it took effect immediately (except for my right foot....I could move it the whole time!) After a few minutes I asked the anesthesiologist if it was normal that I could still feel the doctors touching me. He laughed and told me that they had already done the incision and were well on their way so it looks like the block was working ;) It was so crazy being able to totally feel them pull and tug on me but feel no pain. They put a mirror up for me when they were ready to take the baby out. They angled it in such a way that I couldn't see any of my organs laying out beside me......BLEH! It really was strange to see two doctors elbow deep in blood inside me.......sorry.......TMI???

 Seeing what I saw next was by far the most amazing thing I have EVER seen in my life. My doctor told me to watch and that the head was coming and then BAM! Out came her bum! Turns out she was breached. My doctor had no idea! (Good thing we had to have a C Section anyway) He pulled out her bum and the second he did she peed and it flew out towards the other doctors! HAHA! They all screamed a bit! hehe! She's already a little prankster ;) Seeing them pull the rest of her out was incredible. I just couldn't believe it! With Sam I felt so disjointed and couldn't really believe that he came out of me, but this time to actually see it made me feel so much more connected and apart of it. It felt like I waited an eternity to hear her cry, but once she did I was completely overwhelmed with happiness! She was so beautiful! Absolutely perfect :) 

                     Jane Rebecca Davis born at 2:54 pm, 6 lbs 2 ounces 19 1/2 inches long

 
Everything from then on went so smoothly. Oh wait, except for the rest of that night........I got super sick from the spinal block and puked my guts out (pretty painful when you've just been sliced open), but at least I wasn't hungry anymore! The pain from the C Section was not nearly as bad as the first time. Recovering from that has been much easier. I didn't need to take any of the heavy duty drugs so I was with it and comfortable the whole time :) She is an amazing eater so that wasn't nearly as traumatic as the first time around. Everything was going so well until...............dun dun dun.............

                                               
I TURNED INTO A CRAZY HORMONAL EMOTIONAL MONSTER!!!!! I am not joking. That first week home was the hardest week of my life. I honestly couldn't process or comprehend all  that I was feeling and I just cried and cried and cried and cried and cried........poor Kevin. He is a rock. He saved me. Him and my mom......don't know what I would have done without them. I seriously felt like I hit rock bottom and now I think things are starting to normalize and I can function again :) So I'm sorry if it felt like I was ignoring any of you.........I just feel like I get overwhelmed really easily right now so I'm still kind of hiding out, but thank you for caring and for being concerned! I'm sure I'll be social again soon!!!

Today is her two week birthday. I can't express how much I love her and my little family. Sam has been an angel and is so sweet to her......can't believe we were actually worried about him.....he has done the best out of all of us with all of this change! I was so worried that I wouldn't love this little girl because I am so in love with Sam. It's scary how much your heart can grow. I am so grateful for all the love and support we have received. Tomorrow is her two week appointment so hopefully she is back up to her birth weight. Keep your fingers crossed and I'll keep you posted. Hopefully I'll continue to become human again and this little peanut will keep growing and get a bit bigger.....until then we will keep hiding........

.......and sleeping :)

This is the moment!

 So tomorrow I am having a baby........ummmm how does one comprehend that?!? It is so different this time around because it is scheduled and planned and there is no guessing when it will be or how it will happen. Both are maddening and I see pros and cons to each situation. This week I think I've been in total denial (Kevin too) but as of right now I feel at peace and kind of excited :) Today was a wonderful day. I wanted to have nothing planned so I could spend every minute with Sam and enjoy our last day with just the two of us. He is honestly my best friend. I LOVE being with him. It's fun! I sometimes forget I'm his mom because we just have such a good time together. Man I love that boy ;) I am so scared about how this change will affect him, but I know in time he will be fine and we will all be one big happy family! 

It is weird to think that at this time tomorrow I wont be pregnant. Even though this time around has been a lot harder I really will miss a lot of things about being pregnant. So I decided to make a list of my top five things I'll miss most. Here you go!

5- Pulling the "I can't..... I'm pregnant" card- It was just nice to have a legit back out plan. It really could be used for anything and it was so nice having it there just in case. I probably used this the most on Kevin.......but he would always call my bluff so it didn't really work ;)

4- The fun looks I'd get- Let me explain......So when I was pregnant with Sam I got so many looks from people that said, "Oh my, that poor teenager got pregnant" It was hilarious! I seriously would get the craziest stares wherever I went! This time around has been even more fun because not only am I pregnant, but I have a toddler with me so I would see people look at me like, "That poor teenage girl has a kid and STILL got pregnant AGAIN!" haha!!! I just love it! They are super fun ;)

3- Prego clothes- I love wearing maternity clothes. I think they are so cute and so comfortable! I love the dresses, the pants, the skirts, the skinny jeans, the blouses, the tee shirts...........AH! It is seriously so much fun to get dressed every morning! I actually got a little teary eyed this morning putting my cute turquoise skinny jeans on for the last time.........(but then I remembered how Kevin called me a cute blueberry the last time I had worn them......so I didn't get too sad......)

2- Late night cereal- Every night before bed I eat a bowl of cereal. Oh how I love cereal. There is no guilt eating right before bed when you are pregnant and I'm sad that will be gone now. I love going to bed with a happy full tummy. I'll sure miss you my sweet irresistible captain crunch :(

1- No wrinkles- This one makes me the most sad....... When you are pregnant you don't have to iron. EVER. You just throw whatever on, no matter how wrinkly, and suddenly it's like magic.......BAM! You are wrinkle free!!! Soon I'll have to iron my clothes every day like a chump. So so sad. It really has been so wonderful :)

Well that's it! I wont go on about all the things I wont miss, but I'll just say that I am SO excited to not be pregnant anymore and to finally meet this little girl and fall in love all over again :) Can't believe the next time I do a blog post it will be all about her.......crazy!!! Wish us luck tomorrow and send happy thoughts our way! 

(This video pretty much sums up everything I'm feeling!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KiX2Wgo7hg 

Connected.......

I am convinced that my sister and I have some sort of crazy connection that has us linked for life. Seriously. Not joking. Our lives are always parallel to each others and sometimes it is down right freaky. We always know when the other one needs us or if something is wrong......there have even been times when we have sensed that something is going to happen and it happens. We have always been super close, but  we both are in awe of how incredible our connection is. I am SO GRATEFUL we have it! We are always lifting each other up and helping each other get thru whatever is boggling us down. I don't know what I would do without her! Right now we are both in limbo and it stinks. We want something good to happen to the other person so something good will happen to ourselves! That's seriously how it works! ;) Haha!

So how does one survive life in limbo??? Waiting for change that is inevitable is such a scary thing. We are having our baby girl May 9th. It is going to happen. We have two weeks until then (unless something happens or I go into labor) and I don't know how to mentally/emotionally handle or prepare for it. What will life be like when she is here? Will Sam be ok with all this change? How can I take care of two kids? How can I take care of two kids on no sleep? How much will our lives really change? What will she be like? Will she eat? Will she sleep? Will we survive this?!? I see all these moms at church with four or five kids and they all look so beautiful and put together so it must be possible to do this, right? RIGHT??? Ya...........lots of questions. 

My sister is also in a state of waiting and it's agonizing for her as well. We both joke about that if I'm having this baby on May 9th then what will happen for her on May 9th?!? My sister is a very talented writer and I have learned very quickly about how hard that business can be. No one works harder then she does and no one deserves success more then her. Thru her writing and her life and thru my pregnancy and my life there have been so many ups and downs and we have been up and down together thru it all of it. Wow I am so lucky to have her. I hope with all my heart that with this big "up" we are about to have that she will get the "up" she's been waiting and working so hard for. I hope we never lose this connection and we stay tied together always! It's such a blessing :) So here's to my amazing Morgie and our crazy life in limbo! Cheers!!!

Claymanda

For the last six months we have had the privilege of being "homeless" at Clayton and Amanda's, or as we like to call them, Claymanda's. It was probably the funnest and best six months we have seriously ever had! We all got along so well and had such a blast. I couldn't believe how fast we were settled in and felt at home. I think we were all a little nervous when we first moved in.....we weren't sure what to expect and didn't want to step on each others toes or have it get awkward, but thankfully it really was such a wonderful experience and I will cherish that time we had with them forever :) 

Now of course it wasn't always a party and there were some not so happy moments, but luckily we can all laugh at them now and they only add to the many fun memories that we had there. So without further adieu I would like to give to you.......

                                               CLAYMANDA VS. DAVIS
                TOP TEN BEST AND WORST MOMENTS!!!!! 

10- Worst- We moved in the same weekend Clayton and Amanda came home from the hospital after having their baby boy Jonathon. We felt horrible moving in all our stuff and having all these people in their home when it should be calm and peaceful with their new little newborn. To make matters even worse, Sam got the croup that same week so we basically hid in the basement until he got better. I'm SO glad baby Jonathon was fine and luckily he never got sick from any of our germs......phew!

9- Best- Bacon Sunday's - For a while there when we had nine o'clock church (and when Kevin was working at Winder Farms) we would come home from church and make a ton of bacon all together and have a bacon party! Well I guess I should clarify that it was mainly me, Kevin, and Clayton who participated in this bacon fest......(Amanda is seriously the most healthy and disciplined person I know!) It was so fun and so delicious! Mmmmm man I sure loved our bacon Sunday's :)

8- Worst- The bathroom ceiling - I mentioned this in another blog post, but it had to make the list. While I was using the bathroom a piece of the paneling in the ceiling fell down right onto my head and boy did it hurt! I must have screamed when it happened because Kevin came running in and then I started screaming even more for him to get out! haha :) Lets just say it was a painfully embarrassing experience ;)

 


7- Best- Game Nights - We would sometimes play games together after we put the boys down for bed and it was so much fun! We liked to play Clue, but one night we played Would You Rather and we all got out of control!!! We started making up our own "would you rathers" and wow it got pretty crazy! I'm debating whether or not I should share any of them........(they got a little too out there if ya know what I mean).........ok I guess I better share at least one now.....I came up with this one and said, "Would you rather be mauled by a bear and die or kill ten people and get a million dollars for doing it?" Then Kevin asked, "Well what kind of people?" (because apparently that would make a difference) and Clayton immediately said, "Asian children"........... it was silent for about two seconds and then.........Baaaahahahahaha! We lost it! Oh I am crying I am laughing so hard just thinking about this! It was so funny! Don't judge....it was late and just so random and I'm pretty sure we had a lot of sugar in our system ;) 

6- Worst- Sam and Baby Jonathon - Sam is definitely an "only child" right now. Things did not go well with him and Jonathon for a very very long time. Anytime Amanda would bring Jonathon downstairs for a second or give him to me to hold him Sam would freak out and scream, "NO BABY NO BABY!!!" This was very disconcerting seeing as we are having a baby pretty soon......Sam wanted nothing to do with him and more especially wanted me to have nothing to do with him. Luckily by the time we were leaving he would hand him toys and hold his hand and actually kind of play with him! He still never really liked it when I held him, but at least he warmed up to him ;) This was definitely a worst for me because I absolutely fell in love with baby Jonathon and I felt like I was never able to hold him or play with him as much as I wanted to. Love that boy! I mean look at him! Sweetest guy ever. I'll really miss seeing his cute smile every day :)



5- Best- Clayton's Humor - I don't know what it is about Clayton, but no one makes me laugh like he does. He always says the funniest things and I always fall for his tricks. Our weird minds play off of each other and we can get so silly :) It was really fun to see how he and Amanda interact on a daily basis. She totally can read him like a book and will stop him in mid sentence if he is about to make a joke.....its really funny! Clayton and I were super close and did a lot together in college and it was fun to spend time together again like we did back then :) Even though Clayton was gone a lot traveling for work and going to school, it made the moments he was home so priceless!

4- Worst- Christmas Melt Down - A few days before Christmas Sam had some psycho episode where he would wake up and scream for hours in the middle of the night and nothing we would do helped. Three nights in a row we got no sleep and it was awful. You should know that when I don't get sleep I cease to function. I always have a melt down and we all knew it was coming. Unfortunately it came at the worst time........Clayton is the choir director at his Ward so of course I supported him and went to choir faithfully every week ;) We had been rehearsing for weeks for our big Christmas choir performance. Unfortunately that Sunday was day three of Sam's craziness and so while I was getting ready and eating breakfast I started crying and crying and couldn't stop.......When I cry the whole world knows I've been crying. I get red, blotchy, and the frog eyes come out. I missed the meeting and cried thru the whole thing! Clayton meanwhile had no clue where I was. I was convinced he was furious at me and I was scared to face him so I hid downstairs all day until he came down and Kevin made me come out and talk to him. Of course he was totally great about the whole thing and that made me cry even harder......ha! Wow I cried a lot that day ;)

3- Best- Claymanda's Cooking - While we were there I think I ate the best food of my life. It seriously was incredible. Clayton is such an amazing cook and Amanda always keeps their fridge full of the healthiest and yummiest foods.......it was wonderful. We each cooked a meal once a week and I always looked forward to their night of cooking ;) We also all liked to eat a bowl of cereal after the boys were put to sleep. I loved our late night cereal get togethers :) Mmmmm! Here are some examples of the amazingly good food I'm talking about..........



       Clayton cooking a turkey with his mad skills

 

Sometimes for lunch Amanda and I would make ginormous salads....look at those ingredients!

 

Check out this bad boy! I mean come on! So delicious!!!

 
Homemade Chicken Parmesan......delicious. Clayton made us this on our last night there :)

2- Worst- The Cell Phone Incident - One day Clayton left his cell phone at home and I saw it and thought, "Ooooh! An Iphone! I want to play with that!" So I grabbed it and unfortunately it was password protected so I started guessing all the passwords I thought Clayton would use. I typed in guesses like Amanda, Lover, Jonathon.......I think I typed in five guesses and then the phone went black. It immediately turned back on and on the screen it said, "Welcome new Iphone user!" My stomach completely dropped. Now not only was there was no password, there were no apps, no contacts, no texts, and no pictures. I had erased his entire phone. All of their baby pictures from the hospital.....GONE. It was awful. Seriously one of the worst moments of my life. I still feel horrible about it. Clayton was WAY too nice to me and Amanda was wonderful. Luckily they had text most of their photo's out to family so they got them all back, but I still will always feel bad about what I did. I have vowed to never touch a technological device that has a password on it ever again!!!!

1- Best- Amanda - So Amanda and I grew up together and have always been friends. I would go over to her house everyday and play before kindergarten and we walked home from school every day until high school.  We grew up in the same ward and always were close friends. Even though in high school we were in different circles of friends, we still stayed close in YW's and at church. Since Clayton and Amanda got married it seemed like the dynamic of our friendship had changed. We were no longer just friends, we were family and it felt kind of different at times. Am I making any sense? Anyways......I kind of started missing our fun silly old friendship we used to have and that is why this is my number one best thing about living with them. We not only got that friendship back but it grew a hundred times stronger! We would talk multiple times every single day and I could honestly tell her everything and anything. I feel so close to her and love her so much as a friend and as a sister :) Becoming close again is the greatest thing I gained from living with them and I am so grateful for that! I'll miss our time together the most, but I know we will stay just as close :) If anyone is in need of a wise, caring, funny, wonderful, smart, supportive friend then Amanda McDonald is your girl!


There is no way I can capture all the fun priceless moments we had together, but I know we will always remember them. I'll always look back on those six months as the funnest, craziest, and best six months ever!!! We were so lucky to have stayed with them and I'll be forever grateful for them for taking us in :) Love you Claymanda!!!



 

3/13/13

Over a year ago we began our crazy journey of selling our condo, moving in with my brother, saving for a house, searching for a house, making offers on different houses, to finally going under contract on a wonderful house that we will soon call our home. We have wanted to put down roots and settle down for so long now and I can't believe we are actually here and finally doing just that. 

Looking for a house was not fun. This really surprised me. For so long all I wanted was to be free from our condo and I would see houses for sale everywhere and I would check the MLS and dream.......*sigh*.......but once we were finally in that "dream" Kevin and I realized (very quickly) that we wanted very different things and were not on the same page. We looked at so many houses and it felt like I checked the MLS every hour every single day! We were getting more and more frustrated until one Saturday it got to be too much. We both lost hope and decided that we would never find a house that we both loved. The funny thing was that while we were having this "conversation" we were in the car on our way to an open house..........little did we know we were about to walk into our future home :) 

The second we walked in we both knew it was right. We grabbed our realtor and went straight to his office and made an offer right then and there. There were many offers put on the house that day (it had only been listed the night before) and more offers came in that weekend. I don't know how or why, but our offer was chosen. No counter offers or no "give us your highest bid"....they just accepted ours and before we knew it we were under contract.

Buying our condo was a nightmare and so many things went wrong throughout that process so we were really anxious to be under contract again. Oh on a side note, don't sign up for a GAP or any other store card......it is a credit card and saving that 15% for signing up isn't worth destroying your credit and possibly losing out on buying a home........(don't worry, it all worked out and they fixed everything and my credit is now actually higher then Kevin's.....ya I'm not competitive at all ;) hehe! But ya buying this house has been incredible. There were no problems, no complications, no unknown credit cards, nothing! We even were able to close a week early!

Which brings me to my post title. 3/13/13. The day we closed was March 13, 2013. Is it just me or does that day sound super scary and unlucky?!? I was so creeped out! We signed our life away and had to write that date a million times. Even the title agent made a comment on the date. But luckily nothing went wrong that day and everything went just fine. So instead of an unlucky day it ended up being quite the opposite. I left from closing on our home to going to my doctors appointment where they scheduled my c-section! It is now official. I am having our little baby girl on May 9th :) How exciting......to get a home and a baby (in a way) on the same day! haha ;) 

So today is Thursday and we are moving in on Saturday. Can't believe it's actually almost here. I'm so excited to get in and settled before this baby girl comes. I'm just about 33 weeks pregnant now so we are cutting it pretty close! The house is perfect (aside from the fact that the outside is purple, the strange turquoise carpet, and the random Aztec looking drapes.......ha!)  but we couldn't be happier with it :) It literally has everything that both Kevin and I wanted. It's nothing short of a Christmas Miracle!!! I'll be sure to take pics of the house when we are settled and post them. I do have one pic that I probably shouldn't share because I took it without permission........

 Sorry! I just couldn't help it! Here is our Dream Team!!!! Our realtor and good friend John and our mortgage man Pierre :) (I snuck this pic right after we closed)  We owe these two EVERYTHING! Thank you both for all your hard work!!! We couldn't have done it without you!