Quote of the day

Picture this . . .

Ellie walked out of my room this morning with

one shoe on

no clothes

and said

"I'm headed to the water bug habitat. Byeeeeeee"

Belated!

Wow! I think this is the longest I've ever gone without posting!!

I must say, I have a very good reason for my absence.

Our house is a done deal and we close on January 29th.

It's been quite a process with a few road bumps but thankfully it all worked out.

Today, we took a break from thinking about interest rates and mortgage payments to go to the zoo.

It turned out to be a beautiful day and Ellie loved it.

She has been talking about seeing the gorilla's all week.

But I think she liked the kind she could climb on better than the real thing.

Posting may be scant in the next few weeks as we start a major remodeling project.

Here is our to do list before we move in March 1st:

1) Refinish existing hardwood floors, new hardwoods in kitchen and family room.

2) Tile floor in bathroom and powder room

3) New tub, toilet and sinks in both bathrooms

4) New paint throughout

5) Refinish kitchen countertops

6) New hardware on kitchen cabinets

7) New kitchen appliances

8) New light fixtures

9) Landscape!

Whew! That is just a start ;)

I wanna be a monkey

Ellie has watched a few episodes of Curious George lately and now she contantly this asking to "be a monkey."

This entails pulling out her old sling and strapping her to my hip just like a monkey.

It's actually really fun.

p.s. House update . . . we're currently waiting to hear from the seller to see if she will pay for a few problems that were discovered during the inspection. Keep your finger crossed!

2010 . . .

The start of a new year often makes one look back and reflect upon the year that has past.

However, because of some recent developments in the Noble world I am finding it very hard to do anything but look excitedly toward the future . . . WE BOUGHT A HOUSE!!

We have been eyeing this house in Bothell for months because it's in the perfect culd-a-sac, is on a huge 1/4 acre lot and has great bones.

The owner made a huge price reduction on Boxing day and suddenly we were in the process of buying a house!

72 hours later, the house was ours!

It needs lots of updating ( many before and after posts will dominate the next few months, I'm sure) and is all still pending inspection on Tuesday.

But we're super excited to make this house our family home and not move again for a VERY long time!

And here is a cute video for your viewing enjoyment.

Merry Holiday!

What a wonderful Christmas it was!

My brother, Devin and his new wife Renata came out from DC for the holiday.

We had never met Renata and they hadn't met Ellie!

It was an amazing visit!

A day spent in the Seattle. We ordered up beautiful weather in order to convince them to move west! Beautiful sunset, beautiful sister-in-law

Ellie absolutely adored her Auntie Nata and Uncle D!

Ellie loved Christmas. She been asking "Where'd Santa go?" every day since.

She looked adorable in her fluffy dress

Ellie surrounded by one or two presents

Hope you had a wonderful holiday as well!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!

J.I.N.G.L.E Bells

No words describe how cute this kid is so just listen and enjoy

and Merry Christmas!!!

Are you?

If you're a fan of . . .

The Jerk!

you will understand this post . . .

My shoe

and My duck

and My baby

and my birthday hat

And that's ALL I need!