Pictures!

It's been a whirlwind couple of weeks and this weekend has been the first weekend home in about a month.  Instead of boring you with stories, I'll just share the last couple of weekends through pictures:

Loving this weather in Richmond this weekend!  Came across this view while walking Zoe near the Canal Walk. :)

The look she gives me when I hit her soft spot

Kristin & Mikey's first dance.  Beautiful wedding!

Newlyweds

Laura & Bryce

Ryan & I...duh

Laura was the only one who got the "put down your drink" memo  

Riley looooves to wear my shoes.  Adorable!

Bubbles with Rena! Love my little niece to pieces!

"I love my dada!"

We're set to close on our house THIS FRIDAY so please keep your fingers crossed!  We spent our Saturday night shopping for appliances because we're old and that's what old people do. ;) We've been packing up what we can at the apartment, but we don't have to be out until October 20th.   I obviously want to live in the house before then, but since I got Ryan the dj tickets to a show in NoVa the weekend we close on the house, we plan on moving bits and pieces and then move the big stuff the following Saturday!

Getting so excited!!!! 

Warning: Major sappiness

If you don't like romance, sappiness, or somewhat corniness, I'd stop reading right about here. :)


I heard this quote today and couldn't help but think it's how I feel about Ryan and I:

"Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same"

After being married for a couple of years, I've come to realize that there are some characteristics about Ryan that have been consistent since we started dating 5 years ago.  These things that he does for me solidifies our relationship and makes me love him even more than yesterday. I understand that we have a LONG road ahead in our marriage and we've experienced few "trials and tribulations", but I think as long as we continue to respect each other, support each other, and encourage one another, we'll be okay. :)  Just a few things that come to mind that I love about him:

-He doesn't let me go to bed mad...he even senses when I'm upset about something and I don't tell him, and he'll make me stay awake until I share what's on my mind.  I'm stubborn - he knows this - and doesn't settle until it's fixed.

-He ALWAYS supports me.  He's my biggest fan.  Who wouldn't love that?

-He becomes better looking by the day.  Just sayin.

-He kisses Zoe and I both goodbye in the morning before he leaves for work.  I know it's little, but I can't imagine my life without it. It's the small things that mean the most.

-I cook, he does the dishes.  I take Zoe out in the morning, Ryan takes her out in the afternoon.  He pays some of the bills, I pay some of the bills.  We have a teamwork mentality when it comes on taking on chores and I appreciate him pitching in more than some guys do.

-I tend to be big picture and Ryan tends to be small details.  This works out in most situations.

I've had a good month at work, and I randomly told Ryan one night that I had my biggest sale to date.  The next day I came home to this:

I don't know what I did to deserve this kind of love, but I thank my lucky stars everyday and pray we have 70 more years of this! 

Picture updates to come soon :) 

There's no place like home!

I planned on posting pictures of our soon to be home today!  I'm comfortable enough with where we're at in the home buying process that things won't fall through and it will be a done deal as of September 28th. :) Fingers crossed!

I have to admit, I searched for a good 10 minutes on Google and could not find ANY pictures of our house!  I know we've been under contract for a couple of weeks now, but come on! Once the blonde hair stopped seeping through my brain, I realized I was searching for an address that didn't exist.  Oops.

So, without further ado, our humble abode:

Pretty sure nobody realizes that garages are built to house cars

What you see when you walk in - feels more open then A LOT of houses we looked at!

Part of the kitchen/eat in kitchen

Dining room/sitting room (from these framed pictures and from others, I'm convinced this family consisted of mom, dad, and 12 boys)

Living room that opens to fenced in backyard for Zoe :) 

Master bedroom....we will be painting :)

Master bathroom complete with soaking tub & double sinks :) I think the owners really liked blue!

The scary lion that is in the very intense hand-painted jungle room....should we paint over the room or no?! 

We're supposed to close on September 28th, so we're really hoping things go as planned and we're out of the apartment before our lease date is up!  We love, love, love the house, so we're excited the sellers are motivated and willing to compromise to make this deal happen!  Ryan drives a hard bargain! 

Our weekends are soon going to consist of fishin' on da water, paddleboatin', and lots of trips to Lowe's.  Can't wait!