Green Trees

I love my new apartment. It is on a quiet side street and has the greatest density of trees in the whole city. My car and house are never in the sun and I finally have a window in front of my kitchen sink providing an awesome view of the beautiful shade trees outside.

There are green trees everywhere... including my bathroom. It's true. Green, beige, gold, silver metallic leaves. Who was the fool who decided that this was the perfect wallpaper to put in every unit and then decided not to allow tenant alterations??? Maybe it was some kind of cruel joke? I'm not really sure, but I did the best I could with the horrible hand I was dealt. After visiting several stores and making a few purchases and returns, with the help of my mom and sister I managed to pick out a shower curtain, towels, and a few accessories to dull the disgustingness. I still need to put the pictures on the wall and add a couple finishing touches, but it is definitely looking better than it did.

Little Walkie Girl

Keira is 10 months old! She is looking much more like a toddler these days than a baby, which makes me very sad. I think baby's need to grow about half as fast so we can enjoy them twice as long. In the past month...

She learned how to WALK and can walk across the room now!

She got to go on the swings at the park and LOVES them.

She says Mama all the time and has even said Bye Bye. She has said Grandma, Dada, and Uh Oh before but she hasn't said them since!

She learned how to open the cabinets and drawers in the kitchen and likes to pull everything out.

She started making the most hilarious ornery face when she wants to get her way. She sticks her out her lips and breathes in and out of her nose all loud. Like so...

She got her first tooth on top, which makes a total of 5 teeth. It's not the middle tooth though, it's on the side!

She learned how to make a kissing sound.

She loves to play a game where she tries to sneak places she is not supposed to be then when you see her and say, "HEY!" She squeals then takes off all fast.

I sure love my little walkie girl.

On The Move

As it turns out, Keira isn't the only one on the move around here. Now we're all moving! After 3 years in our little apartment, nearly one year of it sharing our one room with the baby, we are finally moving into a 2 bedroom apartment!

We put in our 30 day notice yesterday, but you couldn't pay us to wait that long to move. We're so done with the crazy upstairs neighbor who stomps as if she weighs 300 pounds. No longer will we be able to hear our neighbors pee in the toilet above our heads. No more late night bedroom activities and bi-monthly breakups. Girl Upstairs, I say unto you, "Good riddance!" Unsympathetic Landlord, the same goes for you!

In just a week and a half I will be enjoying my 2 bedroom, 2 bath single level apartment with washer and dryer hookups, fireplace, and garage and nothing can stop me! Moving day will be Saturday, August 22nd so feel free to come help!