More House Pics

View of Jason's golf cart door - even though we don't have one - yet!




Picture of the shoe rack in our fabulous closet


A view of the golf course from our weedy front lawn



Our bedroom - which also has a fireplace in it. Jason loves the tray ceiling.

Peanut

These were the pictures that we sent out to both his parents and my parents.



We call the baby Peanut, because that is the first thing that Jason thought of when he saw it on the ultra sound screen.


The really cool story is that I had no idea I was pregnant. We had been trying for what seemed like forever to us (a few months). I didn't feel different and had actually failed a pregnancy test. After a weekend of boating and golfing, and certain, womanly things not happening - Jason urged me to take another pregnancy test. I did, but the faint blue line that made the plus sign just didn't convince us of the thing that we had wanted for so long. So on my way to work, I stopped to pick up the easy to read kind.

We actually went to the doctor and had the pregnancy confirmed on our 4 year anniversary. Jason had let me in on his big secret as to why I wasn't able to get pregnant before our conception date of 5/26/2008 (yes his and Gramps' birthday - which the ultrasound confirmed!). We always wish on eye lashes we find and he had always wished "i wish we don't have a baby until we are 26" No kidding.

Needless to say - I am already a worrying mom. We got an ultra sound done early because of some "pain" I was having. I think I belong to 3 or 4 websites that tell me what to expect, plus the book that I make Jason read. I think both sets of grandparents are really excited, although we now will be 17 hours away. This will be the first baby on both sides - so we are hoping that it will be super spoiled.

Overall, my pregnancy has been pretty good. I am pretty nauseous, but really only get sick at night and when I eat greasy food. So far Peanut is a health food junky. I am tired and definitely find myself a little more moody than usual. And now, I have a reason for Jason to have to take bathroom breaks on road trips. I am trying to hold off telling anyone until 8.8.08, the end of my first trimester. But it has been hard. With the new house, new job, new baby, I am full of mixed emotions, but really excited for the next few months.

706 Shortridge Road

The view from the patio. Notice the beautiful weedy lawn. Hopefully it won't take too long to grow and we actually own almost all the way back to the pond.
I am excited about this laundry room!
These are some pictures from the new house. It is located in a golf course subdivision, but our backyard actually backs up to a pond. We chose this house because we liked the neighborhood, it was on the biggest lot we could find (a half acre), and we like the fact that it is new. Some others cool features are the trayed ceilings, the white trim (which I have always wanted), the "jack and jill" bathroom, the gorgeous kitchen, the drain and hot/cold water in the garage, and the extra space in the garage for a golf cart. It also has a central vac. It is 3 bedrooms and 2.5 baths right now, so Peanut will have one room and we will have a guest room. The basement isn't finished, but we hope to work on that over the next year to include 2 more bedrooms, a rec room, and a full bathroom - so we will have plenty of space for visitors.
Hopefully the dogs like the house, but I am sure it will be new for them to get used to subdivision living again. Plus we won't have a yard for quite a while, so there will be a lot of walks to go on. The house is located near this really cool park that has a lot of trails , a beach, tons of playgrounds, a zoo, and a ton of other fun stuff.