Photos of our New, Beautiful Home!

We have settled into our new home, and we are completely unpacked and set up. It feels great and we love it! We are very blessed, and we are proud of ourselves for the hard work that has brought us to this point in our lives. Here are a bunch of photos of our new home.

Master Bedroom

Walk-in Closet

Master Bath with double sink and a garden tub

Miss Lacy's Room

Mr. Dillon's Room

Miss Lily's Room

Oh, how did they sneak in these pics! Too cute!

Hallway upstairs

The kids' bathroom

Each of the kids has their own towel. Dillon is the monkey, Lacy is the duckie, and Lily is the froggie.

Dining room turned into a misc room. We plan to put a couch and TV in here when the kids get older. It's a nice empty room now, though.

Laundry / Sampson's Room

Half Bath on the first floor

Kitchen

Playroom!

Basement - Storage Area

Basement - Play Area

Basement - Work-out Area and My Office / Scrapbooking Area

Lily's First Visit to the Dentist!

She did an amazing job! No crying, no cavatities - she wasn't even scared. I was so proud of her! Last time I went to the dentist back in March I took her with me. I think that helped for her to see me in the chair getting my teeth cleaned. Here are a few pics from the visit. :)

Evenings at the Cross House!

Our evenings have been crazy this past month trying to unpack and get the house in order. But, we do try to have some fun with the kids. Normally we eat dinner about 6-6:30 and then we are outside until about 8 - weeding, mowing, watering flowers, going for a walk, etc. The kids love to play on their swing set and in their playhouse.

The other day we gave Lacy some puffs for the first time. She definitely tried to grab them but they mostly just stuck to her hands. She tried to put them up towards her mouth, but I think most of them ended up on the floor :) She sits up really well in this Bumbo chair.

We had "Fancy Salads" for dinner this night. Dillon and Lily both like to sit at the heads of the table.

Our neighbor gave us this sandbox. Anson cleaned it up and bought the kids new sand for it. They love it. We just need to make sure they have bug spray on, though, because the mosquitoes are really bad this year!

Going for a walk. I have my baby. Lily pushes her baby. And Dillon pushes a mower. Not the pink one shown here, though. Daddy makes sure he has his green one when we leave our driveway.

We love being able to go for a walk down our street. I've waited several years to be able to do this :)

Dillon-isms!

Dillon's vocabulary has really taken off lately. He usually drops the first letter from most words, though. So, sometimes I run through the alphabet trying to figure out what the word is he is trying to say. Like "ink" could be drink or sink. :)

The other day we were on our way home and he said "Mommy, Baby aft me," which meant "Mommy, the baby is laughing at me!" He was making Lacy giggle in the backseat.

Here are some more of his words:

acy = Lacy

iggy = Sissy or Lily

ice - He says that one clear. He likes to eat crushed ice from a bowl.

peach = plum

peeve = Peeve or Slater

ack = snack

unch = breakfast, lunch or dinner

ungry = hungry

Last night he said "Mommy, in....door....roke?" Meaning - "Mommy, is the door broke?" Not sure why he thought it was but he did.

Balloons & Boom Booms

On Saturday we took the kids to the Hall of Fame / Jackson Food Fest. We watched all the hot air balloons, ate some dinner, let the kids run around with a lot of other kids and watched fireworks. It was a fun night out!

We bought them glow sticks at Target before we went down there. Much cheaper than the glow toys they walk around selling.