Hello Hobcaw Creek!

**found this in my drafts, for some reason I never posted it, I'm going to post it now even though it chronologically makes no sense and I never finished it because I want to have these photos from the listing to go back to.


Well it finally happened...we moved into the house we had been trying to buy since October.  We finally closed on 3/31.  It was the most dramatic and unreal real estate transaction of all time according to everyone involved.  I just reread that sentence and it sounds like I am being dramatic but I promise I'm not.  I'm going to share some pics of the house as it was when we bought it and then show a little bit of what we have done so far because we have already been hard at work.

Dining room..look closely, those are monkeys swinging from palm trees.

Worlds largest great room with worlds smallest coffee table. and Ugliest everything.

umm...im speechless

Master bedroom

Powder room

Those are the photos that were online from the listing...as you can see, lots and lots of wallpaper.

So far, we have done a bunch of behind the scenes stuff like changing the locks and fixing a bunch of leaks etc.  We also had hardwood floors installed in the great room, upstairs hallway, and master and had all the floors refinished.  We pulled down the wallpaper in the powder room, dining room, foyer and upstairs hallway and have done some painting.  Here are a few more pics...

Poor Todd, he came home from work one night to find that I had just started ripping off the wallpaper in the hallway. Which meant he had to bust out the 30 ft ladder and do the scary parts. We used warm water and as long as you soak it well it came off in long strips for the most part. We had to mop up TONS of water and used about 50 towels but other than that it wasn't too awful (although I wasn't the one on the ladder)

Painted the dining room

Those bushes though...TBC

3rd Birthday Party!

We celebrated B's birthday a little early this year with a party at the firestation! It was great--the firemen were so nice to the kids and everyone had a great time! Sorry these pics are all out of order.

"fire" cupcakes with LM toppers :)

I didn't go all out this year with the crafts and the decor because we weren't having it at our house but I did appliqué this shirt for him.  It took about 10 hours of my life and lots of cursing but it turned out cute ;)

The firemen had the kids line up and they showed them their gear and and how they sound through the mask. The kids were mesmerized!

Sweet sister...I attempted a clip in bow but it is literally clipped to one very small strand of hair.

Tried to get all the kids to pose on the fire truck!

 Best part, they lined up some orange cones and let the kids take turn knocking them down with the fire hose! The kids loved it!

"Nan"/Gram and Nana

Pizza and cupcakes for the birthday boy!  The next day we were having leftovers for lunch and he was like "I want pizza and a cupcake" and I said, ok buddy you can have a cupcake after you eat your pizza. And he was like NO! I want pizza AND a cupcake. So I reiterated, you can have one after you eat your pizza. And then he was like, NO I WANT MY CUPCAKE RIGHT BESIDE THE PIZZA!!! haha...this kid is definitely getting too smart for his own good! He is giving us a run for our money these days but I just love hearing the stuff he comes up with!

Happy Birthday buddy!!! Can't believe you are almost 3!