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Cha Cha Cha Changes

I haven't posted in about a year so this sucker's going to be long! Sorry for the long update.  We've been busy.

1. The rental place. We love this place, it's fabulous! We have a queen size bed and the kitchen came fully prepared to cook (minus food of course).  Here are some pictures below.
It's pretty big and very open and bright.  Who knew we would only be here a month and a half. 
2. The new house.  We found a PERFECT new house.  As everyone has told me, we found something that I love even more than the first house I blogged about forever ago. Pictures of the new house below.

This is the front door.  Notice the rocking chairs and cute table, we get those too! The family we are buying from is moving back to California, they were transfered here a year ago! Can you imagine! I feel for them.  Anyway, they can't take all of their furniture because they will be buying a smaller place.  So they've been selling various things to us, such as the aformentioned rocking chairs. :-)

This is the backyard! It's 1.4 acres which is exactly what we were looking for! It's flat too so we can put a swingset/jungle gym in later! Oh and the house came with a trampoline. Ha! You can't see it in this picture but it's off to the right.  As soon as baby girl pops out we will be on it...just kidding. It is enclosed if you happen to have kids and want to visit.

The kitchen.  See that big beautiful fridge, it also came with the house!! I love having double ovens as well.  This house really has all of my wants on my dream checklist!

Yes, that's a firpit! The people who own the house now built it.  I bought the chairs from them as well.  Darren and I are going to paint them though. I'm not much of a fan of red.  If you look past the firepit you will see the lake.  We are on a little manmade lake that's about 40 acres.  When we first went to look at the property it kind of scared me with the baby but once I realized you have to walk 1.4 acres to get to the lake I realized this wouldn't be a huge issue for baby girl.

We close on December 21st but we aren't going to move in until January 2nd since we have plans to travel to Knoxville for Christmas and then both of us are covering for everyone else we work with the following week.  I'm itching to move in and start nesting....sometimes I realize I'm a huge girl.  This only comes out briefly though. Ha!

3. A Name! We now have a name for baby girl and I can quit referring to her as such.  Stella Diane Hawkins.  Diane is my mother-in-law's middle name and I'm so happy that my little girl has a part of her in her name.  Linda (my MIL) is amazing and I definitely want she and Stella to be close. (that doesn't sound grammatically correct) 

Stella is a labor of love for Darren and I. We literally didn't agree on any name that we each came up with except for this one. So we're going for it and praying we don't have any more girls in the future because this name was tough enough.  Although Darren made the comment the other day, "Don't you think Stella is alittle loud? Maybe we should give her a more toned down name."  Then he said "Well, we're alittle loud so I guess it fits."

We're not naming her rainbow! That's loud to me!

I'm waiting for the day when my post title is Stellaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!  I'm sure that will be somewhere between week 1 and 6 of her life. :-)

We can't wait to meet you Stella!

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  1. hughesfamilyDecember 4, 2011 at 12:25 PM

    AAAGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!


    I DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THE HOUSE!!!!!!!!! I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!! We are definitely coming to visit! Duh. I am SO excited....I think it just made my whole day!!!

    And, girl, you know I love Stella! It is so perfect! You cannot have some lame name for your kid. She needs to be loud and stand out. LOve, love, love it!!!!!!!!

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  2. gloverfamilyDecember 4, 2011 at 7:33 PM

    May I be smug and say I did know about the house and the name? I didnt know about the rocking chairs or trampoline, though!! I cant wait for weeknds at aunt ems!!love it all! And, I agree with nicole about the name. The girl is destined for fame. She needs a good name.

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  3. WizDecember 4, 2011 at 8:18 PM

    So many things to say:

    1) LOVE the house. Beautiful. It looks like you have a basement. I totally can relate that we were bummed we didnt get the house we wanted but now we have one I love even more.

    2) Just beware. After the baby, if you jump on the trampoline, you will pee yourself. But thats ok!! It goes away :) Ha! Just wanted to warn you.

    3) When will you be in K-town? Do your parents still live in CH? We will be there from the 22-25.

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  4. LindseyDecember 6, 2011 at 12:14 PM

    - excuse me, the new house is AMAZING!!!! I am nominating you to host the next tri-delt reunion! I see lots of fun times around the fire pit and then, after some wine, some fun on trampoline! Congrats!!! I knew you would find one even better than the first one.
    - looooooove the name Stella. So precious. I mean seriously adorbale.
    - I want details on any stuff you have picked out for her room!
    - Yes, please allow me to plan her first, and all, birthday parties! It's so fun(well, sort of, sometimes it's stressful and annoying. but in the end, it's totally worth it)

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