Fun in The Woodlands

Date Night at The Waterway

 This picture would be sooo cool, if I had a quality camera.

 Playing at the splash pad that's across the street from our house.

 Slowly but surely we're finding fun stuff to do here in this hot, humid, buggy, beautiful place!

Before and After

Here are just a few pics of the home thus far. We're slowly but surely tackling one project at a time. First of all when we moved in the fireplace was the color of our trim, and we thought it all was a bit bland and boring. So we did a bold thing and painted it red. And we love it.

Before ( I know this is not a good picture, but it's the only one we have where you can see what the color of the fireplace was.

After

And Jaydia's Nursery-

The nursery isn't complete quite yet. And, contrary to popular belief, the hammer, nails and measuring tape actually don't go on her dresser. Sorry it looks so messy. I was going to clean it up for the photo shoot, but Jaydia was asking me to please get out of her room so she could go to sleep (ya right). More to come as Christian finishes making our bed and we put some finishing touches on the rest of the rooms.

Birthday

This is old news and long overdue, but I just wanted to give a shout out to all those who made my birthday an almost perfect one! It would have been perfect if Christian was here. First I woke up to my Mom slaving away in the kitchen, making my all time favorite breakfast,

Then Jaydia and I got to have some Face Time with our besties, Gentry and Zoe,

Then while I was on the phone with Gent, somebody came to the door with this from my sweet husband,

Also my husband, Christians parents, and my parents all got me this,

Then my amazing friends, Chelsea, Megan and Marianne showed up with all this,

Then my incredible parents took me and my little sis Jasmine here

Then it just so happens that I know some people in Cedar Hills and they decided to spout off some fireworks for me, so I went to a firework show with my in-laws and then went back to the Smiths and played games. Ah, good times. Good people.
With all that, plus the phone calls, FB messages, and texts it was quite the extraordinary birthday. I have some pretty great people in my life. Thanks everyone.

We bought a house!! It was only 1.3 Mil!

Joke. This isn't our house.  Gah haha. I'm awesome. 

We did it. We did something I never could have imagined doing. Not only did we move, we moved to a place I told Christian I would never move. Yet here we are. And the worst part is...we're happy. We miss family like crazy but this feels like where we are supposed to be right now. It feels like home for now. It's actually quite strange how calm and peaceful we are about it.

I know you're only supposed to look at the positives, but it ain't all roses here in the great state of Texas.  Here are some pros and cons.
Pro-We have a MASSIVE back yard. This literally is only the half of it.

Con-We discovered that no one here uses back yards (unless there is a pool in it) or plays in the grass. Sweet. Now what do we do with our yard? Our back yard is also home to turtles, bunnies, frogs and I'm sure many other awesome insects and killer bugs. And please take note that I don't mean "killer" in like a stellar awesome 80's way, I mean it in like a flesh eating ruin your life way. (Also please take note that I've never stepped foot out there and have yet to see any really scary pests. I just hear things and that's enough to keep me off.)

Pro-We  get to drive by this beautiful lake every day!!! This photo doesn't do it justice. I took it while Christian sped down the parkway. It's called Lake Woodlands. Google it Barbara.

Con-There used to be an alligator in it (until it got hit by a car) and they have also found Pacu fish in it (cousin to the Piranha).

Pro-The shopping here is awesome. They have a beautiful Mall with a Pottery Barn and a waterway. There is also an area called Market Street that has amazing restaurants, great shopping, local bands, green space to play, farmers markets, and so on. I love it there.

Con-If you think I have anything negative to say about these shopping centers you are sorely mistaken.

Pro- Exercise is good for you.
Con-I have to wake up at the crack of dawn to run or else my shoes would melt.
Pro-The Olympics are on.
Con-Once they leave me I will have no friends and nothing to do all day.
Pro-We have an AMAZING concert venue just 10 minutes down the road and my all time favorite artist Florence+The Machine is coming to concert!!!
Con-Christian doesn't really care to go, and we don't have a baby sitter for Jaydia. Should I just go alone? I would. I might. I'll let you know.

Our neighborhood is great. There is also an aquatic center nearby that we haven't been to yet and really cool nature walks, hikes, and bike trails. This is a picture of the entry into our little neighborhood. I love it.

All in all life is great. It's been a lot of fun getting settled in to our new place. Pest Control people are coming every 2 months and I have an Air Conditioning system that works great. What more could I need in a place like this?