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Here are a few snapshots of our new home... 

The foyer.

My favorite.

Another view of the foyer.

 

The study/office.

The living room and dining room.

My barn door table.  The chandelier was brass and Josh spray painted it gunmetal.

My blue Mason jars.

View from den.

Kitchen.  

We switched out the boring light fixture with the red pendant lights.

(After buying 3 different colors of paint, I finally decided on the green)

Our bedroom.

Our bathroom.

Our bathroom.

(and Ella's cute little frog potty)

Clara's room.

 The green carpet will soon be replaced but for now I just rolled with it and decided on a outdoor garden theme for the room.

 (Ella was napping so I couldn't take a pic of her room)

Laundry room.  

( I want a fancy schmancy laundry room, so the hubby said it can be our next project)

Den.

(Can you find the sleepy head?)

Sea glass collection.

Thanks for stopping by :)

Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes...

Hello Blog World!  There have been a lot of changes here at the Curling corner...

• We finally found renters for our condo in Va Beach and moved in with my parents while we began house hunting in Chesapeake and waiting for our loan approval.

• We celebrated Memorial Day weekend in Rodanthe... also our last photo as a family of "3".

• I turned the big 25... eeek!  

• We FINALLY closed on our house and moved in while I was 37 weeks pregnant!  Talk about stressful!

• We have been enjoying our pool and all the good things about summer... especially watermelon :)

• There was lots of showering for Miss Clara from great friends & family.

• Some last minute fun at The Children's Museum before Miss Clara's arrival.

• Clara Fae was born on July 2, 2011 at 9:02 am after just two pushes and weighed 7.10 pounds, 20 inches.  She has been such a blessing to our lives already!

• Two days later we were home and celebrated the ***4th of July***.

• Ella started her summer preschool program and was sooo excited to take her new Elmo lunchbox to her first day of school.  

• Now that things have slowed down a bit, we have been clocking in a lot of time at the beach and Clara is already a beach bum like her sister :)  I LOVE summer time!

What day is it???

Well there have been A LOT of changes here at the Curling Corner. Back in February I told you that we were putting our condo up for rent in hopes to move back to Chesapeake. Well a month later and we had no takers. Until last Wednesday when a sweet couple randomly knocked on my door and asked if they could see the condo. They called back on Friday and wanted to be moved in by Thursday!!! First thought... Yeahhh, we have a renter! Second thought... eeeekkkkk! We have to move everything out of the house this weekend!!! So a thousand moving boxes, a million trips to the storage unit, and three days later we were all moved out. On Friday morning we also received a random tip from a family friend about a loan officer that would be able to get us a loan before February 2012. So we called him and on Tuesday we were APPROVED! God is so good!!! We are now house hunting and after looking at just three houses I have already found the perfect one, just have to convince the hubby :). More updates to come...hopefully sooner than later.

Random Favorites...

Bath time with B-U-B-B-L-E-S!!!!

 My blue Mason Jars

 Our colorful sea glass jar and shell collection

My BIG girl eating with a fork

Hubby's Bonsai collection

 Watching hubby surf

 This little sand critter

 Stacy's pita chips and cucumbers with garlic hummus

Being 25.5 weeks pregnant :)  

Quick and Easy

Here is a quick tip for all you busy momma's...

You can find these muffins mixes in the bakery aisle at the grocery store for around $1 and you simply add a 1/2 cup milk and bake!

Cheap, easy, and delicious!  It always comes with an added bonus... your house smells like you have been baking all day, but you don't have to tell anyone that it only took you 2 minutes of prep and 14 minutes of cook time :)

ENJOY!

22.5 weeks

Today I am 22.5 weeks pregnant and this is what I wore...

sweater- Target

blank tank top- Old Navy

jeggings- Target

black flats- Dillards

little red car peeking from behind the couch- Walmart :)

Adventures...

This weekend was full of adventures.  On Saturday we went First Landing State park/beach.  We sat up in the dunes to get out of the wind and bake in the sun.  Ella had fun gathering shells and rocks, and making sandcastles with Daddy.  She played for about an hour and then she sat on a sand spur and the beach day was quickly over... poor thing :(

On Sunday after church we went to Williamsburg with the family to take the kids to Great Wolf Lodge... an indoor water park. I don't have many pictures because I was afraid to get my camera wet, but a good time was had by all :)

       

Exhausted from all the fun!