Our new baby neice Brinley! Isn't she beautiful?!
What our house will look like when it's finished!
The cabinets we chose, throughout the house.
These will be the lights in the dining room. All of the light fixtures and hardware throughout the house will be oil rubbed bronze.
Sample of our cabinets, tile, carpet, and countertops (the small sample on the tile)
Close up of the cabinets, tile, and countertops
Yes, I know it's been awhile since I've blogged. We have been really busy lately, and I haven't had much time for blogging. We do have some very exciting news though, that I thought I'd share with everyone. We bought a house!!! It's a new build so it won't be finished until like January/February, but we couldn't be more excited for it! It really ended up being the perfect time for us to buy a home. The housing maket couldn't be better for buyers right now and with the new housing bill that President GWB passed we're definitely looking forward to the $7,500 tax credit that we will receive when we first move in. We just went to the design center this last week and chose our options for the house. Kyle just about had to put a leash on me because everything inside was so beautiful and tempting to upgrade to, but we tried to keep oursleves in check.
I'm back on the job search so that we can save, save, save for a really good down payment when the time comes. The gymnastics place I used to work at has offered me a job whenever I want it, but we don't know if that's the best place for me right now. It's a bit of a commute and I'd only get about 9-15 hours a week because I don't want to work during the day, and leave Chase with a babysitter. I have had one interview with a medical career placement agency and I have another one this next week. The first agency only does placement for doctors offices and private practices which makes it difficult for them to place me since most of the offices close at 5 or so in the evening. The agency I'll interview with this week, does its placement for hospitals, which would be perfect for me because then I could work a few night shifts a week and be at home with Chase during the day. So hopefully they'll be able to find a good fit for me.
Chase is turning one year old this next week! Wow, I cannot believe how fast the time flies, and that we were anxiously awaiting our little bug this time one year ago. He's so close to walking and whenever there's a will for him to be on his feet he finds a way. He's just so determined to walk! He's also been talking more. He'll copy a lot of what we say but often won't repeat it if we ask him to. He says, Mama or mom, dadda or dad, grass ("gass"), duck ("uck" or "guck"), and all done ("ah-duh").
Anyways, I think that about covers the White family news. One more thing, a BIG congratulations to my sister Christy and her husband Ben on the new addition to their family, our little neice Brinley! She's so gorgeous and sweet, and we can't wait to see her in a couple weeks, we love you guys!
9 comments:
Congratulations on the new home! Having a home of your own is so much fun (it does come with more responsibility) but it is nice to have the space! Good luck with the job hunt and the house building!
HOLY CANNOLI!!!! i haven't been commenting on ANYONE'S blog since I've been here... but I just HAVE to say that I'm DEADLY jealous/excited/thrilled/happy for you and your new home!!!!! WHA HOOOOOOOOOO!!!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE the tile/carpet/woodwork/etc.... you chose... can you do my future home? (in like 30 years... so sad) I'm so freaking happy for you, this is HUGE!!! can I come visit?? Oh and I just love that my Chase-A-Roo is turning ONE already! what the... how did this happen? he's amazing and I just love him to pieces! I want to say, "I can't believe how SMART he is!" but I totally believe it since his mom and dad are total NERDS! (by the way, I love nerds.... that's a PEARL for Ava.. Marry a nerd, he'll treat you RIGHT!) Anyways, I'm realy happy for you, you are livin it up! love you girly, i miss you (sorry for the freakishly long comment!)
Congrats! Who's your builder? That's so exciting that you are doing a new build and awesome that you get to pick everything out! After never-ending house hunting, I tell you, new build is the only way to go unless you like renovating! One word of advice-if you don't put fans in the rooms, have them pre-blocked and wired for it so you can add them if you want later. We live in the heat here in Houston, and our house came with no fans, but thanks to the pre-blocking, Jon put up fans and we can keep the a/c at 80 and are way comfy. What a nerdy comment! Congrats again!
Congrats on the new niece, she is beautiful and congrats on the new home, so so excited for you guys!!
Oh how exciting!!! I know wew've thrownthis around, but seriously once we are closer if you need me you just call me!! And again Aaron is one strong dude!!! Chase is so cute I can't wait to see him again.
we are so excited for you!
there's nothing like having a place thats yours to do what you want with...you can paint the walls whatever color you want or replace the carpet whenever you feel.
and, how fun that you get to pick everything out in the first place!
happy birthday to chase in two days. i can't believe how fast a year goes. aren't you glad its now and not a year ago?
we sure miss you guys! and good luck with the job situation.
Pretty sure you forgot to add the best part of the whole thing.......WERE GONNA BE NEIGHBORS. whoop whoop how fun is that gonna be
That is AWESOME about your new home!!! I'm so excited for you!! That looks like so much fun to have your own house and to pick the cabinets and carpet, oh, how fun!
CONGRATS!!!
Congratulations! That is so exciting about a new house; however, I'll hate to see your family leave my ward. You made terrific choices at the design center - your house will be beautiful.
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