No rest for the weary....

While Dustin & Natalie were here visiting the boys got to spend some good quality time together installing our new hardwood floors. They worked there little tails off and they turned out awesome (before and after pictures to come). And yes, Weston accumulated some "needed" power tools to properly complete the project.
I always love to see Weston hard at work. ;) Check out those forearms baby......Aye!
Warren was a good helper and built right along with them. Isn't this a great house?
Hanky was our little cheerleader. He is the biggest flirt EVER. I could just eat him up.
Nat helped out a ton too. She manned the kitchen, dishwasher, stairs, Warren, Hank,.....enough said. Thanks so much for all you did for us! We love you guys and miss you already.



Warren and Hank hangin out on the Boardwalk.

Crazy

We made it! We moved last weekend into our new place and we have been consumed cleaning and getting unpacked last several days. The heat has been grueling. I know, I know we are crazy and every day we go to bed totally exhausted. I am trying to get as much done possible before the baby comes on the 15th (I am scheduled for a c-section). That gives me 8 days before we meet Benjamin to have this place put together, which is a little difficult with this belly and swollen feet! We have already had new carpet laid and some guys are coming today to demo the rest of the floors downstairs (We are having new wood put in). Hopefully I can post some pictures soon, as soon as I find the camera!

Hall Family Vacation

While pretty much all of my friends are off on fabulous vacations, I on the other hand kicked off our vacation with a fabulous back packing adventure to the baby's room. I was lookin good sporting the 8 1/2 month pregnant belly, swollen feet and ankles (well, at least by 4 o'clock every day they are) and crickety hips.

So.... the weekend before last I started out doing great with packing. I packed the entire baby's room and some of Warren's toys (although, this week he started un-packing a box or two searching for his missing treasures). I guess all the bending and lifting got to me and I had a couple of intense contractions, so I called it a day....or should I say week....
The next week, we made it to the pool a few times with our friends (Janelle & Caryn) and REALLY.....I thought about packing everyday......
Warren drying off right before we were going to go home and pack.............
....(drumroll please).......packing progress last week.......(yes we have officially become alchoholics).....
My goal this week is to have these boxes filled.....or perhaps we'll just go to the pool. It is Texas in July and I am 8.5 months pregnant. Our closing date is the 29th and we are supposed to be ready to move on the 2nd.....do ya think we are gonna make it? Stay tuned.

Mi casa es su casa...

Well, I haven't been very good at keeping the updates about our house drama's BUT..... it all started last October when we decided and announced that we were building a house and we have been/were. Well, to make a LONG story short, the builders were lame and took FOREVER to even start construction on our house. They originally told us it would be done March or April '08. Well, they didn't even break ground until April. Our lease on our house we are renting was up in June and our landlord was expecting another year lease to be signed, etc. There is a whole saga in between but we have been really prayerful about it and we decided earlier last month that we would start looking at existing homes and we did. Shortly thereafter, we found this house and we put our first offer in a few weeks ago. It is owned by an oil company and is currently empty, due to an employee relocate.We put in the initial offer a few weeks ago and after much patience with corporate we finally came to an agreement and received a signed contract last Thursday! The process has been painstakingly slow and stressful. The initial offer and counter offers had to be reviewed by at least five (picky) people, etc. (deep sigh...) We are very excited to FINALLY be able to have a place of our own. We are supposed close and move the end of this month. Just a few weeks before the baby will be born! That will be a little tricky to pull off with this belly and Weston's work/travel schedule but I'm sure it will all come together in the next 3 weeks right!? Here are some pictures.
We will have a mighty comfy guest bedroom. All friends and (most) family welcome!! ;) I was trying to get a shot of some of the trees in our yard. We have a ton of huge pine & oak in the front and 6-7 huge oak in the back. Our entire backyard is shaded at all times.
Its barely in the picture but the garage is to the right, detached with a covered breezeway from the back door.
The Front entryway.

Kickin my can

September was back to school time for me and for some reason this semester is kickin my can! I have been going to school part time for years now. The last year and a half I have been taking between 10-12 credits each semester and have been able to manage it ok. This semester, not so graceful.

Currently, I am taking Biology, Biopsychology, Computer Science and a Library Info Systems Class. My CS and LIS classes are fine...the other two are pretty study intensive and eat up most of my time. I have always loved science and done pretty well at it. I am finding, however, that it is more difficult teaching myself science than I anticipated. (I am taking these classes online). I find myself wishing that I had the professor/classmates to interact with and cell models to play with in class, etc.

It has made life around the house a little more interesting and a bit cluttered. My kitchen has become a scientist lab. Everynight Weston comes home to test tubes, chemicals and experiments all over the place. I haven't blown anything up yet but I did suffer a mild burn a few days ago. No worries, nothing a little ice and solarcaine can't fix.