Photography Fun
I have been playing around with my digital camera and Photoshop trying to learn some new tricks. Here is a photo I came up with this morning. It's an early attempt, but I think it still looks pretty neat. I had to use Jacob as a model since he is less squirmy than Nathan!

Friend Reunion
This past weekend we were able to hang out with some college friends. They were two bridesmaids from my wedding and their families. We all are married and have sons now. Nathan was the oldest boy and Jacob was the youngest with their two in the middle. We hadn't seen them in about 4 years. Although we didn't get a picture of all the kiddos and hubbies, here is a picture of the gals...

Jacob's Appointment
Well, I took Jacob in for his 2 month appointment today. He is doing well. He was 23 inches tall and 13 pounds, 13 ounces! That is a pound more than Nathan weighed at the same time. He is a turkey! His height is 50% and weight is 90%. I guess Daryl and I just make some big babies. We were big as babies/toddlers as well so they come by it naturally.

Here is more information than you probably want to know, but Jacob was referred to a pediatric urologist because when he was circumcised, there was a little bit of skin left on. It is a cosmetic deal, but they will probably go ahead and remove that now before he can remember.

Jacob got 3 shots today and an oral vaccine. He obviously didn't like that, but he did really well with it and now he is sleeping it off.

We have a house!
We put an offer on that house we liked and they made a counteroffer. They came back too high for us so we said we were no longer interested. The agent for the seller then came back and told us to make some sort of offer, so we did. The seller then came back with a good offer for us and we accepted. We were able to get the house for about 7% below asking price, so we were happy with that.

Here are some outside pictures of the place:

Here are some inside pictures:

The house has really pretty hardwood floors throughout, so we will have to get some rugs for sure. It has 3 bedrooms and 2 full baths with 1210 square feet. As you can see, there is a one car detached garage with a carport, an outbuilding and even a greenhouse. I guess I will have to break out my horticulture degree now! There are raspberry bushes, thornless blackberry bushes, a plum tree and a grape vine. That should be interesting. There is also an outdoor brick BBQ at the end of the carport.

We have still been looking at houses. I have probably seen about 20 or so total! There is one that we like the most. It is a 3 bedroom/2 full bathroom ranch. There is one wall in the kitchen that we would take out half of and it would have a nice, open feel. There are some updates we would like to do over time. We will probably make an offer in the next week. I'll let you know how that goes.

We are getting used to the area and learning our way around. Today we went to the science museum and let Nathan play. He had a good time. We have gotten together a couple times with some friends we have in the area and will do so next weekend as well. We have been to the new church three times so far. It is really large, so that makes traffic after service a little crazy.

That's about all for now. Have a good week!

Things are still going well for us here in KY. I have looked at several houses so far with a few more coming in the morning. There is one we are interested in, but it is definitely a fixer-upper. We'll call it retro style.

Here are a few pictures from Christmas.



For Christmas, we got Nathan an Elmo TMX. Let's just say Elmo won round one. Here is a video of their first encounter.

Here is an older video of Jacob.