Get a Move On

That is Ty's motto these days. He can't get around fast enough. He is starting to pull himself up, but today was getting upset when he couldn't. He is starting to crawl on all fours, but quickly resorts to the belly crawling because it is faster for him right now. He is a funny critter!

We officially own our new house now. Cleaning and moving begins tomorrow! We had a great time in Vail this past weekend. Too short, but lots of fun. A few more winters and Ty will get his own pair of skis. :)

Our House

Here are the pictures we have so far of our house. It is located in a quiet little neighborhood in South Ogden, close to the country club. We are bit further west than before, so although we still have mountain views (everyone in Utah does) they aren't as close as where we are living now. Our lot is fairly small, but has tons of large trees. So large that they need trimming this spring. Seems like there are lots of large, unkept climbing roses in the back yard, and some bulbs already coming up. It will be a fun surprise to see what comes up! The house was built in 1943, and has two additions making the upstairs (all the livable space) about 1300 sq. ft. The basement has a garage and another 800 ft. of unfinished that we may choose to finish. We'll see...

The kitchen and bathrooms need updating, but are clean and functional for now. Most every house in our price range was like this, but at least this kitchen has more than 3 square feet of counter space! We sign papers Monday and take possession Tuesday. We'll start cleaning then, Nana arrives Wednesday night, and we'll clean/move boxes the rest of the week. We have a truck rented for that Saturday to move furniture. Nana couldn't come at a better time!

I think that's the skinny on the new house. Pretty exciting all around!

PS- We welcome visitors at all times!! We live about 20 miles from the ski resorts where they hosted the SLC olympic ski events! :)



View from across the street looking east towards the mountains. The grass lawn in the distance is part of the country club.


At the bottom of the street.


Horribly outdated kitchen. First project!


Dining nook off the kitchen


Living room, standing in the formal dining room (but no picture of that)


Ty's room


Guest bedroom (don't worry, we are not planning on keeping the purple to torture all our guests!)


Master


Closets in master


Master bath


Second bath

Guess We're Staying!

It has been a bit busy in our neck of the woods lately, but I have been taking pics of Ty and have posted quite a few. Our biggest news is we are buying a house! After much debate, we decided earlier this winter to stick around Utah for a few years. We have found our house and close this coming Monday! I didn't want to post earlier about it and jinx it, as we had a previous house fall through as there was too much discovered during the inspection (and the sellers weren't negotiable enough). This house has checked out and is ready for us to move in!! So I guess we can keep the title of this blog, but both Bucky and I agree it is far from original. Any ideas?

Ty's first front tooth is almost through. It started breaking through the gum, but is still taking its sweet time. He has perfected the belly crawl and now makes his way through the house. He is amazed at all the new "toys" he is finding. The dogs are amazed at how quickly he finds them when they get up and move!

We are heading to Colorado this weekend for a visit with Bailey, Chris, and Allison who are in town as well as Jenney. Next week Nana comes to visit right after we close on the house. Whew, I'm tired just thinking about it!

Ty loves the dining room because of the floors. :)








Thanks Heather, we love the book!






Yes, we found our toes a few weeks ago and like to say hello often.


By hello, I mean teething on them.


Any resemblance?


Slowly perfecting downward dog.



Indy gets some love.


Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Forward Motion

Ty has mastered the military crawl, and is getting around the house these days. Once he figured that out he has really stopped trying to crawl on all fours. He's working on pushing himself up to a sit as well. He has been obsessed with seeing what is over the edges of high places such as beds, couches, and changing tables (you can imagine the fun there!) as well as new textures around the house. He is kind of starting to eat, but it has to be on his own unassisted. Spears of sweet potato and banana have worked so far, but I'm sure he won't be eating much until he masters the pincer grab. He doesn't quite have it yet!

Hope all is well with everyone. We've been enjoying some warm and sunny weather out here. Hope it continues. Yeah for spring!

Still A Mumma's Boy

Yeah, I know. We haven't posted in a while! So here are lots of pictures to make up for the last 10 days or so. The title of this post says it all. Ty does not want to eat solid food at all!! We're trying again tomorrow after giving it a break. There was no confusion in what Ty was thinking when he looked at the food and turned his head as far to the side as possible. I know he'll eat eventually, but I didn't peg him as a non/late eater. Guess I should have known when he started refusing a bottle at 9 weeks old! :)



Ty's newest (not funnest) game. Rolling over while getting changed.


Hmm, this looks like fun.


Ooh, what's that??


Gross, get it out. Get it out!






Bucky's way of encouraging Ty to crawl. I don't think he really cares about the toys!




Guess I should have taken the bumper down already!






Well at least it's just the spoon, with nothing on it!