so i was in the study finishing the paint and listening in to the kids playing in the hall closet . . . really i was making sure they were being nice to each other because i had already broken up a few fights for the evening. . . here's what i hear:
ken: "okay, we have daddy, mommy, baby boy, kamy"
kam : repeating everything ken says
mck : "here's grammy and grampy!"
ken: repeats all of that and adds "hey, we forgot sarah!"
mck: "here she is!"
i am on the ladder thinking to myself, "what toys are in that closet?" all that comes to mind are a few odds and ends, the vhs movies, and a few ride-on toys.
then i hear ken say, "hey dad, you're a rollie-poly! how cool is that?"
oh my gosh . . . they had lined up a collection of DEAD bugs to make our family!
the bailey bunch kids
Showing posts with label house. Show all posts
Showing posts with label house. Show all posts
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
an update . . .
we haven't been leading a boring life lately . . . just really, really busy with the house! :) here's an update . . .
bailey ripped out all of the downstairs flooring . . . carpet and tile and is currently laying tile in the breakfast area, kitchen, laundry room, and powder room. we will start laying the wood floors in the fmaily room, hall, and study next week!
ken's room is now a pretty celery green color (after more than 2 coats of paint and lots of work!) and mck and kam's room is a sweet shade of pink (again, after multiple coats and too much work!). the study is almost painted . . . "brown teepee" which will be the color throughout the house - it is almost a cafe ole color! :) we'll work on the rest of the paint this weekend.
we are working day and night (i am going during the day and then returning in the evening and bailey is working from when he gets off work into the wee hours of the morning!) we are exhausted, but hoping to see the payoff in the near future! :)
ken, mck, and kam have a tough time staying occupied for too long . . . i am trying to bring something new to keep them interested each time . . . tonight they played play doh and made a giant mess . . . so we got to throw it all away! :) poor kids. they have gotten so little attention lately. we will be making up for it as soon as we're settled! :)
bailey ripped out all of the downstairs flooring . . . carpet and tile and is currently laying tile in the breakfast area, kitchen, laundry room, and powder room. we will start laying the wood floors in the fmaily room, hall, and study next week!
ken's room is now a pretty celery green color (after more than 2 coats of paint and lots of work!) and mck and kam's room is a sweet shade of pink (again, after multiple coats and too much work!). the study is almost painted . . . "brown teepee" which will be the color throughout the house - it is almost a cafe ole color! :) we'll work on the rest of the paint this weekend.
we are working day and night (i am going during the day and then returning in the evening and bailey is working from when he gets off work into the wee hours of the morning!) we are exhausted, but hoping to see the payoff in the near future! :)
ken, mck, and kam have a tough time staying occupied for too long . . . i am trying to bring something new to keep them interested each time . . . tonight they played play doh and made a giant mess . . . so we got to throw it all away! :) poor kids. they have gotten so little attention lately. we will be making up for it as soon as we're settled! :)
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
well, it's official!
we closed on our house (friends camp) last wednesday and are officially "renting" from the new owner. we closed on our new house (shirley) today and will gradually start get our "stuff" over there! :)
the shirley house is almost 3000 sq. feet and has 5 bedrooms and 3.5 baths on just over 2 acres . . . it will give us the room we need in a great setting for kids to grow up. it needs a lot of work, but it's something that through the years we'll be able to make our own . . .
we closed at 1 o'clock, but left without money and without keys! i was slightly in a state of depression. we just shelled out a TON of money and left to get back in our car and drive to the house we no longer own. . . it was a bummer! we did end up getting the keys later that day (at 5) because the old owners didn't close until 4. we had all the kids and headed to the new house to check things out before the work begins!
bailey and i looked at flooring samples and talked about changes (LOTS of changes . . . just 2 different categories . . . 1. change before we move in 2. wait until we have money again) and the girls ran like crazy through the house. they are excited . . . but i don't think the reality has totally set in . . . i don't know that they really understand we won't be coming back to friends camp after we move all of our stuff . . .
ken willingly gave up the room "with a view" that she had previously chosen and opted for one in the front of the house . . . kam and mck will start off sharing a room, although this may not last long, and will have the bigger of the 4 rooms with a view of the horses next door . . . our new little guy will have the room right off the playroom . . .
now we're ready to rip out some floors (yes, the longhorn in the entryway will be among the first things to be demoed!!!), lay some paint, mow some grass, and start moving in! :)
the shirley house is almost 3000 sq. feet and has 5 bedrooms and 3.5 baths on just over 2 acres . . . it will give us the room we need in a great setting for kids to grow up. it needs a lot of work, but it's something that through the years we'll be able to make our own . . .
we closed at 1 o'clock, but left without money and without keys! i was slightly in a state of depression. we just shelled out a TON of money and left to get back in our car and drive to the house we no longer own. . . it was a bummer! we did end up getting the keys later that day (at 5) because the old owners didn't close until 4. we had all the kids and headed to the new house to check things out before the work begins!
bailey and i looked at flooring samples and talked about changes (LOTS of changes . . . just 2 different categories . . . 1. change before we move in 2. wait until we have money again) and the girls ran like crazy through the house. they are excited . . . but i don't think the reality has totally set in . . . i don't know that they really understand we won't be coming back to friends camp after we move all of our stuff . . .
ken willingly gave up the room "with a view" that she had previously chosen and opted for one in the front of the house . . . kam and mck will start off sharing a room, although this may not last long, and will have the bigger of the 4 rooms with a view of the horses next door . . . our new little guy will have the room right off the playroom . . .
now we're ready to rip out some floors (yes, the longhorn in the entryway will be among the first things to be demoed!!!), lay some paint, mow some grass, and start moving in! :)
the infamous longhorn mosaic in the entry . . . yes, that will be going!
we have until may 24 to be officially "out of here", but lots of work to do at the new house to get things ready!
Sunday, April 5, 2009
catching up . . . on the house stuff
okay, so i am slacking . . . still! we have been so crazy busy lately that i haven't even had a chance to update our blog! so here goes . . .
we sold our house!
we took a week to fix things and clean really well, put the house on the market on friday, march, 27, then left to go out of town that sunday. we got a call at the hotel on monday night that we had not one, but TWO offers on the house. talk about crazy! one offer was way too low, but the other was what we were hoping for! So, we will be closing on the house next wednesday, april 15, and leasing our house back from the new owners through may.
we've been house hunting!
we spent all of last weekend looking for a house. grammy and grampy came to watch ken, mck, and kam so that we could "hit it hard" and find something fast! we saw 17 houses in a day and then went back to check out 2 of them on sunday. it's tough to find what we're looking for in a house that doesn't need a ton of work, but we found lots of houses with "potential"! is potential what we should be looking for when we need to move out in like a month and a baby is coming in about 3 months? :)
we made an offer . . . or two or three!
we found a house with almost 2 acres that is perfect for 4 little bailey kids to grown up in! it's more country than where we are now . . . with horses right next door! the house needs a lot of work, but a lot of it we can do over time! we're just waiting for them to accept our "final" offer and we're hoping to close in a couple weeks . . . keep your fingers crossed for us! looks like baby bailey #4 won't be coming home to friends camp street. :(
we sold our house!
we took a week to fix things and clean really well, put the house on the market on friday, march, 27, then left to go out of town that sunday. we got a call at the hotel on monday night that we had not one, but TWO offers on the house. talk about crazy! one offer was way too low, but the other was what we were hoping for! So, we will be closing on the house next wednesday, april 15, and leasing our house back from the new owners through may.
we've been house hunting!
we spent all of last weekend looking for a house. grammy and grampy came to watch ken, mck, and kam so that we could "hit it hard" and find something fast! we saw 17 houses in a day and then went back to check out 2 of them on sunday. it's tough to find what we're looking for in a house that doesn't need a ton of work, but we found lots of houses with "potential"! is potential what we should be looking for when we need to move out in like a month and a baby is coming in about 3 months? :)
we made an offer . . . or two or three!
we found a house with almost 2 acres that is perfect for 4 little bailey kids to grown up in! it's more country than where we are now . . . with horses right next door! the house needs a lot of work, but a lot of it we can do over time! we're just waiting for them to accept our "final" offer and we're hoping to close in a couple weeks . . . keep your fingers crossed for us! looks like baby bailey #4 won't be coming home to friends camp street. :(
Friday, March 27, 2009
for sale
so, what have we been up to lately? with our expanding family, we had planned to expand our house, but slowly realized that the task would be more costly than we had imagined (with bailey doing a lot of the work!)and we'd just break even on any addition . . . so, we decided to talk to a realtor . . . and today we have a "for sale" sign in our front yard.
we've spent the past week cleaning, fixing, purging, and sending stuff to storage. our house looks good . . . almost too good, as i am having second thoughts about selling. we are going to stick it out for a few months and see how things go. we'll do the addition as a back-up plan after bailey baby #4 is born. so, i feel like we have a plan (those who know me well know i have to have a plan!) and things will work out regardless. it sure is sad seeing that "for sale" sign in the front yard of our first home . . . the place we brought all of our babies home to!
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