a new nest

we finally closed on our house! hooray! we have been waiting and waiting to find the perfect house..and 4 months later we are moving in tonight! i'm going to miss living at my parents house and being with my family all the time, but it's only a fifteen minute drive so we can still go over there all the time. i can't wait to get in the house and get all of our stuff unpacked and get settled. i love our little house! its small but so cute and i love the area and neighborhood. a bonus surprise..my cousin jenny lives one street over! i had no idea until one day when we were out at our house, i saw her walking with her cute little baby! she is about the same age as carter so when they get a little bit older they can have cousin playdates. so fun! we will be unpacking stuff all weekend so i'm getting geared up for a crazy next couple of days!

here is a sneak peak of our house... i'll put up more pictures once we have stuff moved in!

xoxo karen

mr. moustache

classic.

my little crawler

if you missed the news.. carter is officially crawling! he is seriously so quick and likes to crawl all over the place - i can't take my eyes off him for two seconds! he is getting in to everything and likes to climb/crawl all over things! here are some pictures that i got this morning when he was trying to climb in his bouncer!

anddd here's the cutest video of him crawling down the hall to my sister amy

love my little rager.

xox karen

august 20, 2011

this post is a littttle overdue, but here it is finally! our family got sealed august 20th.  it was such an amazing experience and we are so excited to be together as a family forever. we are so grateful for all of our family and friends that came and supported us!

here are some pictures from that day...

xox karen

six months!

happy 6 months to this guy!



love this boy

i can't believe it has already been 6 months! time has just flown by and i have loved every second!

17 days

almost 6 months later and i am still trying to lose the last bit of my baby weight from carter (sad, right?). i've been going to the gym at least three times a week doing a muscle class and zumba and that's wasn't enough. so on monday i started the 17 day diet with my dad. i am literally dying. i never knew how hard it was to go on just protiens and vegetables! i miss my carbs. sooo much. i am on day three now and it's getting a little bit easier. the first day i was thinking about food all day. it was horrible! on phase one you are supposed to eat mostly chicken or fish and tons of veggies. its kind of the same concept as the atkins diet, but wayy more healthy! so far, i've lost 2 pounds..only 13 more to go! (haha). i'm hoping that if people know i'm actually on a diet, it will motivate me a litttttle bit more!

feel free to send any diet tips or yummy fat-free low-carb recipies my way!! (:

xox karen

house hunting

first of all.. let me start off by saying that FINDING A HOUSE IS SO HARD! we have gone back and forth so many times on deciding where, what house, what kind of house (townhouse or regular house). right now we are thinking about buying a cheaper townhouse or house and paying it off in a year or two and then renting it out. one house i love is a cute little yellow two story house with white trim.  i'm too lazy to post a picture right now, but i will if we end up buying it! luckily we have an awesome realtor- my cousin dave nelson.  so as of now, we are still in the market for a house.. and we still can't make up our minds on anything! i mean, we are talking about a HOUSE here. when i go clothes shopping it turns into a huge drama and i can barely decide which color of shirt to buy. 

anyways..

just wanted to give everyone an update on how our house hunting was going.... not so good


xox karen