Our New Home!

We have been in Encinitas in our new home for just over 8 weeks and really feel at home. We unpacked a lot faster than I imagined, and within 6 weeks had our new furniture delivered, interior paint repainted, carpets cleaned, windows professionally washed, exterior power washed, and lots of friends over for football and play dates. The house was move in ready so we didn't need to change anything but have some ideas for the future. 

I love how open the house is and although it's a little larger in square footage, the extra bedrooms take up some of the larger living spaces we had before...which is why we needed new furniture downstairs. We went from 4 bedrooms, 3 1/2 baths to 5 bedrooms, 4 baths plus a bonus room which could be used as a bedroom or in law suite as it has its own entrance from outside. For now we use it as a bonus room/family room upstairs. 

Our favorite feature has been the backyard. We have more room to play and now a place to swim and relax at the end of the day in the hot tub. Once the baby is out of my tummy, I can put more than my feet in. Ha!

Family Room...still working on accent pieces.

Kitchen 

Love my walk in pantry! 

Living Room...baby swing is ready!

Dining Room

Front entryway 

Playroom 

Guest bathroom 

Laundry Room 

Backyard 

Master with office 

Master Bath with His and Her Closets

Overlooking living room 

Boys' Bathroom

Riley's bathroom--I managed to save her nursery decal tree :)

Bonus Room 

We are loving this new area (for us) in North County because we are so close to the beach, shopping, hiking trails, and more. We are really close to Cardiff and have started a weekly tradition of taking Sunday morning walks at the beach...and the best donuts at VGs after.

38 weeks with my munchkins

39 weeks!

Riley after a PTA meeting 

Jackson loves kindergarten and I love volunteering weekly for classroom centers as well as monthly for an art lesson in his classroom. I'm also co-room mom so this has been a busy time of year planning classroom parties. He has yoga twice a week and teaches his yoga moves with Riley. They also have Friday rotations with science and music. Science is his favorite subject. Kindergarten is full day so by the end of the week he is exhausted...lucky for us, Fridays are short days so we start our weekends early!  

He has me drop him off in the mornings at the circle like a big kid. This will come in handy when Baby Brother arrives!

Night! 

Looking forward to making lots of memories in our new home! 

Baby Brother Izzard

Last month we took a sneak peek of Baby Brother and you bet we went to a different 3D/4D ultrasound place. First thing they did was confirm he's a boy. LOL. He was moving around a lot, measuring about a pound more than the average, and looking so cute! 

Baby Brother can stay snug as a bug until the end of November, though...this mama is not ready for a baby...still unpacking and waiting on furniture to be delivered three weeks later to our new home. We are feeling at home and all have adjusted  well, even Abby the cat! The only room that is waiting to be unpacked is, of course, the nursery. But everything sits waiting for that day. Just realized the colors of this blog are his nursery colors: grey and teal.

Until next time I get a few minutes to myself...here are some photos of our little guy!

29 weeks in the womb!

Baby Brother has a name...we will share on his birth day! 

29 week comparison of Izzards (top left is Jackson, top right is Riley) 

Happy kids! They sure do love each other...and love to argue with each other, too!

This kitty is loving her new paw pad! She's acting like a kitten at age 10!

Last week after a Barre3 class...I've managed to go at least four times a week this pregnancy. Love it.

Oh Hello!

Summer kept us a little busy! Pregnancy, selling our home, buying a new one, summer camps for Jackson (golf, theater, swim lessons and soccer), and Riley becoming more verbal and social make for no blog posts! Now that Jackson is in Kindergarten (!), maybe I will have some more "free time" before Baby Brother arrives! Please forgive my absence...and enjoy this photo dump of summer pictures! 

xoxo,

Amber

 Baby Brother is growing!

Fun in the sun at the SR Swim and Racquet Club!

Jackson is 5 1/2! Mommy and Son date at the Old Spaghetti Factory.

One of the perks of having open houses...you drive around for hours. 

Princess Belle! Ri is really into princesses and all things girly.

Crushing on Brayden. 

First pedicure! Riley turned 2 1/2 so naturally a pedi to celebrate!

"Like my puh-ple toes and flower?"

Xander came to Barre3 and celebrated a pre-season Chargers win!

Lots of fun summer times with Kendall!

Gram and Grandpa visited for a weekend!

Playing duck, duck, goose!

Loving the summer strolls at Lake Miramar!

Guest Barre3 Master Trainer Candace visited the studio! Always great workouts from her in person and on line!

Back to school shopping and In and Out = Perfect Day!

The kids look forward to weekly "Taco Tuesdays" at our house. They are such good helpers, too!

Jackson learned to use my spiralizer! Fun making zoodles!

I'm the Queen of Freaky accidents. I stabbed my eyeball with a hard plastic straw in the middle of the night as I reached for my water...deep cornea abrasion is still healing. 

Saying good bye to our favorite Chargers Cheerleader and Barre3 childcare girl, Jelly!