New Year's Eve 2012

We have spent the last few days working on the house.  However, with no heat it has made it really tough.  Elan and Mila have been troopers but we don't think we will bring them down again until the floors are installed.  But we did get a lot of work done this week....wallpaper is down and walls are primed. Some walls are even painted!

Given that it is new year's eve we decided to take a break and go out to dinner. We thought a great way to celebrate the last day of the year was with Margaritas...so we found a Mexican restaurant.  Not the best Mexican food but the margaritas were good.  Happy New Year!!

Busy Working Week

Well, the day after we closed on the house the plumbers came out to install the new heating system.  Unfortunately they got called away for an emergency so we didn't have heat or water this week!  But we did start stripping wallpaper.  Elan was really excited to help with his new dump truck.

Then, on Saturday night we got a big snow/ice storm and no power in the house all day Sunday.  So we spent the day at the mall and swimming at the local YMCA.  They have a great "therapy" pool that they let kids swim in during rec hours.  It is heated to a wonderful 88 degrees so the kids didn't get cold.  Mila had a great time swimming and watching Elan jump into the pool.

 
Power came back on late afternoon so our New Year's Eve will be spent working on the house.

We bought a cape house!

Well, today was a crazy day.  We finally made our dreams a reality and bought a cape house!!  We have been saving really hard for a down-payment and, with a great rate, finally made it happen.  Let us know when you want to come visit!

We are planning to do a lot of renovations this winter so we can enjoy it in the spring.  Our plan is to rent the house during the summer to help offset to cost of the house; but then use the house in the off season.  Eventually we want to use it anytime.  When we are done with our renovations we will post before and after pictures but for now, here is how it looks.  The house is 1500 sq ft with a huge 2 car garage.  It has 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.  Sits on 1/2 acre and is 1/3 mile to the beach.  Our goal before the summer rental season is to replace the furnace, remove a ton of wallpaper, paint, replace all the floors, renovate the master bathroom, and build a deck....and I'm sure much more.  We still think it is funny that our vacation home is bigger than our main home....living the dream!

5 Months Old!

Mila was 5 months old on Christmas.  Each month seems to go quicker and quicker.  She is a really happy baby.  She is starting to laugh all the time, especially at Elan.  He can really get her going!  This last month her ability to manipulate her hands has improved a ton, which is great because she will sit and play with toys for a while.  She still likes to get up a lot at night and we are trying to do some sleep training but she is one stubborn cookie!  I'm probably part of the problem because I just love to hold her while she sleeps.  But how can I not...she is just so cute!

Christmas 2012

Elan and Mila had a great Christmas.  It took almost 4 hours to open gifts.  Elan was really good helping open Mila's gifts too.  He even used one of his new scoop trucks to help out.

After gifts we went over to Hero and Indigo's house for Christmas dinner.  Elan and Hero play so well together it is great.  It was really nice to spend Christmas at a house full of people.

Christmas Eve Cookies

Tonight we decorated Christmas cookies.  Elan did a great job.  He was really into sprinkling all the different colors on the cookies.  He sat and decorated all of them.  It was a lot of fun.

After decorating cookies Elan and Mat wrote a note to Santa.  Of course, Elan insisted that Mat write Thomas on the note.  Then it was off to bed and we brought out all the gifts.  We think he is going to be really surprised tomorrow morning!

Elan and Mila meet Santa

Grandma and Grandpa Dav were in town this week watching Mila.  It was Mila's last week of Grandparent care before she goes to daycare.  We have next week off so we will get to spend lots of time with both Elan and Mila and then it is off to school for both of them.

On Saturday we all went to the mall to meet Santa.  Elan was really excited this year.  They both did great.

Mila meets Great Grandma Dav

This weekend we drove down to Wilkes-Barre PA to let Mila meet her Great Grandma Dav.  She also got to meet more of the Davenport family.  Elan had a great time playing with Uncle Kevin and Aunt Colleen too.

Weekend morning fun

We let Elan watch some cartoons on weekend mornings.  We think it is adorable that Elan and Mila will sit on the couch together under Elan's Thomas blanket.  She is so happy to sit near Elan.

Today Elan had a birthday for two friends at school.  It was at a gymnastics gym in Acton.  Elan had a great time especially jumping in the foam pit.