Our New Home!

In mid-May, we bought a new house! Our family has quickly outgrown the one bedroom condo we bought four and half years ago when Neil and I were a newly married, childless couple. Three kids later, we are preparing to move into a four bedroom home in a beautiful neighborhood just a few minutes from our current home. Here's a picture I took a few months ago before it was ours. Notice the real estate sign in the yard and the deer standing in front of the bush.

The interior of the house is being painted so we can't move in yet but we are very excited to be there just in time for summer. We enjoyed dinner on the deck the first evening we bought the house. We love dining on the deck and we've fired up the grill and entertained friends already. We couldn't have a grill at our condo so we can't wait to spend all summer grilling with friends and family. Below are two photos from closing day:

Welcome to our new home!

Our new backyard is amazing! We've been spending weekends at the new house and the kids have already had a blast playing basketball, baseball and soccer. We foresee a lot of sporting events held in our yard in the future. Here they are relaxing in their new Adirondack chairs:

Meet our new babysitter!

Our friends dropped off this water table housewarming gift. They said it was to entertain the boys while we work on the move. It was the best gift ever! The boys had so much fun splashing each other and using the hose to fill up the table. Another gift we received was a sprinkler and I'm sure the kids will love this new toy as well.

More pictures to come once the house is painted and we're fully moved in!

A Happy Mother's Day!

It was a beautiful, warm Mother's Day! We had a late lunch at a restaurant near our home with Neil's mom, sisters and brother Tim. After lunch, we went to a park on the Hudson River to enjoy the beautiful day.

A happy mommy with her three little angels on Mother's Day!

My little munchkins trying to get away. Pictures are not their idea of fun!

Now this is more like it! Fun in the jungle tree!

Exploring the rocks with Uncle Timmy.

Teeter totter partners at the playground!

Annabel and Nana enjoying the beautiful view!

Although it was very difficult to get everyone to look at the camera and to smile at the same time, we managed to get an okay picture of our family of five. 

I'm so lucky to be the mother of three beautiful children and the daughter of a wonderful mother! Mother's Day was a nice day to reflect on this honor and good fortune.