lately.

a little bit of what we've been up to lately (in no particular order).

 a sunday lunch at our new place (all moved in!!!!)

ikea with little jonathan

mom helping clean before we moved in (not a posed picture at aaaaalll, nope).

VERY tired of the whole moving thing. this was at like 9pm after our fourth truck load for the night. sick. of. it. 

silas reading with uncle david. serious baby fever going on here, especially after seeing this guy hanging out with the nephews!

house numbers!

hangin' out with baby jem! 

saying good-bye to our old place. 

walking to mom and dads. only 25 minutes away!

our new vacuum works great on the laminate.

first time getting the mail! 

first meal. so many 'firsts' when you move into a new house. loving it!

he was having fun, i promise. 

that's all for now! 

ps. i'll post the orlando pictures soon, promise!

back to school for the last time.

well, i'm officially done my last first week of school! after this semester i'll be done my degree. i thought i would have mixed feelings about it: excitement, nervousness, sadness. but really it's just excitement. and the usual weird back to school feelings...

every first week of school is the same but it always seems to throw me for a loop. i crave the change in schedule but i always have a hard time adjusting. i have classes in the evening, work on some mornings, and lots of weird afternoons at home with nothing to do. but seriously, what are you supposed to do at 2:30 on a wednesday afternoon? it seems too early in the semester to be working on school work (although you'd think i'd know by now that it's never too early to start on school work). house work is reserved for saturdays (although an extra cleaning day might be in order). and everyone else is at work or school so i'm home alone, watching tv, eating popsicles. it's a strange time all around.

it also takes time for me to get used to working less. usually after a long day at work i'm tired and i usually sleep well. now that i work shorter days and go to class (where i just sit and listen) i have more energy. and while this sounds like a great thing it no longer means going to bed at 10pm and sleeping like a baby. it'll take a while for me to get used to it, and by the time i do i'll be swamped with papers to write and assignments to finish. there's no winning with this messed up schedule of mine...

overall, i'm extremely grateful that this is my LAST first week of school. i'll probably miss it in two seconds but luckily there's always grad school!

lately, in photos.

(in no particular order)

1. alex and fred get married.

2. the bench we got engaged on (almost two years ago!)

3. david watches planes, i watch david. we both enjoyed our views.

4.  kristina attempts to weave. 

5. mini golf pros. 

6. giant rubber ducky at the richmond night market. 

hope you had a great start to your week! 

around the house lately.

there is no real purpose to this post, i just want to show off a few things around my house.

first up: my flowers aren't dead!! we've had them for a few weeks and they've grown so much.

i even added one to the collection, a mint plant and put it in a pot i got for two dollars at the thrift store.

after target disappointed me with their weak sandal selection they made up for it by offering this sweet candle holder for four bucks. win.

i am also SO pumped that we finally have nightstands! david has been promising to build some since we got married but hasn't had the time. so i thought i'd make it easier by lowering my expectations. we picked up these shelf brackets at ikea and stuck a piece of 2 by 12 on top and called it a nightstand. i think they look pretty fantastic and they only cost 10 dollars for everything. and more importantly: i finally have a place to put my alarm clock, lamp, and charging cell phone. win, win, and win.

me and david have also been getting our creative juices flowing to make some art for our bedroom. we have this ledge above our bed that needs some serious help. i'll do a full post on this later maybe but here's a sneak peak of one of the things we made.

bison! i'm in love with the little fellow and it was a pretty simple project to make. got any suggestions for cheap diy art?

that's all for now. i hope you are enjoying your long weekend!