So Cute

I spoke to my good friend in NC today and she sent me some new pictures of her daughter, Aerin. I think that she is just so cute and I had to share this one picture. It made me smile so I thought that I should share the joy.

We miss you guys so much and hope to see you soon.

Oh, what a day

So... Ryan and I planned a little day trip to the big city of Salem today to pick up my much desired living room rug. I have been planning to get this rug for a long time and I actually received a coupon in the mail for new time home owners and I was planning on using the coupon for the rug. The only catch is, of course there is always a catch, that you have to use the coupon in the store. So, Salem here we come.

Ryan thought that while we were going south that we would stop in Manchester to look at cars at the AUTO FAIR. We are in desperate need of a new car since Ryan's car is considered out "reliable car" and it is now crapping out on us. We are looking at Ford Edge and Ford Escape. I wanted to drive them both to see which one I liked better. So...after a long afternoon with a VERY aggressive sales person and a deal we could not refuse and to make a really long story short we are now the proud owners of a brand new Ford Escape. I love it!

Plus, the rug fit so much better in the Escape than it would have in the Focus.

It's finally done...for now.

Yes, Oh yes. The nightmare of what was our little home renovation is finally over. One full, very exciting and crunched week of painters, and flooring people have come and gone leaving their mark on our not so 1970's home now. YEA!! We do not have any pictures yet because moving our stuff back in may take some time. I would like to put things in place and not just throw them in where they can fit. I have boxes of things that I haven't seen since NC and I don't even know if I should open them or just throw them away because I OBVIOUSLY haven't needed them.

We had out first visitor's this weekend and LOVED IT!! Thanks to Jeff for helping do a LOT of things to finish stuff up. It is true that not only is Jeff the grill master he may also be the saw master:) We loved seeing Keena, Matthew and Luke and hope that they come back soon!

Sadie's New Friends

Yesterday, Sadie went for a hike with her new buddies, Fin and Cody!

Some of my fellow nurses at DHMC wanted to get together and have a "puppy play date." Sadie, of course, was ALL over the place and WAY too excited. They actually played very well together but needed to be separated later in the night just for our own sanity. I am very happy that Sadie has made new friends because I was afraid that she was going to miss her dog park friends in NC.

Sadie says, "I love New Hampshire!"

Luke

Here is our new nephew, Luke. Isn't he just the cutest? His big brother, Matthew, is so happy to have him and loves him very much. We had a great weekend visiting and we look forward to having the Corriveau's over in August. Yea!!!

Now an update on the home renovations... We are slowly getting to an end point. After a few days of torturous trim painting my father relieved our pain by offering to help us out. We are very open to any help that we can get. Our paining, and new floors will be done by August 1st! So nice. Our new project until then is removing wallpaper. I don't know what is worse... trim painting or wallpaper removal. I would be a millionaire if I could figured out an easy way to remove wallpaper. Any ideas?

Happy Birthday Luke Couser Corriveau!

YEA!!!! He is finally here. I don't have any pictures yet, but I will post them as soon as I get some. Keena had her little boy this morning at 8:01am. He is a perfectly handsome little man. We won't mention his weight, but, lets just say he is "healthy." We are so happy for Jeff, Keena, Matthew and Captain. Their new addition will bring them much joy. Not to mention that I am going to go all... new aunt crazy love on him:)

painting

It sounds so fun...but it's NOT!! I have never felt so strongly about painting before. We have a LOT, and I mean, A LOT of dark wood stained trim in our 1977 split-level home. We have to put at least two coats of stain block over it before we can actually paint with the trim paint. At least it is rewarding to see the work pay off. It looks so much better white.