We have some very exciting news! We bought a new house! It is 4 bedrooms, 2.5 bath and 2850 sq feet. The house is in a great family neighborhood and close to schools. It is a home that we can happily live in for a long time. The closing process took longer than usual, but we finally now have the keys! I am very anxious to move ASAP but there are a couple of things that we have to do first- namely paint. I tried to take some pictures of the house, but they are not very good.

When you walk in the front door the dining room is off to the right and the stairs lead up to the 3 smaller bedrooms. Beyond the dining room is the kitchen, living room, master bedroom, guest bath and laundry room.

This is the dining room- the wall is actually more of a purple than wine and is one of things that needs to be painted. We probably won't keep it as a dining room- but make it into more of a sitting area/ another play area.

This will be Sophie's room, you can see she has already been busy playing with the blinds. This room alternates in color between neon green and bright blue. The neon green walls are almost
blinding. It will take an entire can of primer to cover them up. Needless to say, this room will be painted as well.

This will be the baby's room. The ugly border will come down and the room will be painted a light blue. Since I am 28 weeks I am extremely anxious to get the baby's room done. When I was pregnant with Sophie I was on bed rest at 30 weeks and had her at 34 weeks. The clock is ticking very quickly! We are going to move as soon as the painting is done, and I have someone lined up to come this week. Hopefully they will sense my urgency and get it done quickly!

Something about Mary

Sophie has never named any toys or animals that she plays with. The stuffed animals that she sleeps with every night are named bear, bunny, and kitty cat. I'm assuming you can guess what they are. Whenever we ask her what we should name the new baby she just looks at us and says, "baby." So it came as quite a shock when she actually named one of her Little People toys. The picture above is a little doll she named Mary. I am not sure where she came up with this name, as she has never met any Mary's before. It is a surprise that she named this doll- she rarely plays with it, and it usually hangs out with the rest of the Little People. Regardless, this doll is always referred to as Mary. Hmmm

Sophie has also named her step stool Toobie. This name took me forever to figure out what she was talking about. Unlike Mary, who is very rarely played with, Toobie is a central figure in Sophie's life. She is constantly carrying it around to reach new places and see what new trouble she can get into. Silly me, I thought the step stool would just stay in the bathroom. Whenever someone new comes over to the house, Sophie will run and get her step stool, pat it affectionately and say "Toobie." So far, everyone has had the good sense to smile and act impressed.