there's no turning back now

remember that post a while back where i was dreaming about convincing byron that we should add on some of that much loved square footage? well, it's hard to believe, that it is finally happening! as of last monday, we were officially "under construction." it's definitely been an adjustment to say the least. living without laundry and a 19 month old is not advisable.

so, here's a little recap of our future plans...

this is the view of the back portion of our house
not the exact plans, but pretty close

master bathroom, check
laundry room, check
kitchen nook, check

what else could a girl want? actually, just a few more things that i've saved in my "bring these up post addition construction" file :)

so, here are the before pictures of our wonderful bungalow (backyard view)...

master bedroom on the left and kitchen/laundry area on the right

and yes, the tv is gone. we were just waiting for the dumpster to arrive, i promise.

here's the view looking into the kitchen from the soon-to-be family room, former dining room...

and after just 3 days of demolition (of a perfectly good house, i might add)...

delia and layla are still trying to get used to the fact that they can't just walk out the back door anymore. they are actually tempted to jump every time we open the door. but don't worry, we walk their old lady legs around the side to the back yard. and just for caution sake, we've asked that the door be screwed shut. byron blamed it on mary adelyn's increasing ability to reach the door knobs, although, i think it's because he's afraid he might just forget and walk out one morning. we've each had to make the climb into the house on separate occasions, after having left the house without a front door key. not fun at all.

here's one of mary adelyn watching handy manny work on our house...

she thinks it is too cool that we have our own personal handy manny at our house. although, she keeps calling him daddy, because i tried to explain that he is working and she thinks that the words "daddy" and "working" automatically go together. interesting.

please stay tuned for pictures and much needed design advice! i can't close my eyes without seeing vanities, light fixtures, tubs, banquettes, kitchen colors....the list could go on and on.

long time, no see

i feel like i've said that once before. i guess the spring not only brings showers, but also more travel and less blogging time. over the last month we've traveled to perry, ga, fort campbell, ky, and washington, dc (say that out loud in the tune to johnny cash). hopefully, that will better explain my absence on the blog :) we've had a wonderful month of family visits and weekend trips. and we miss everyone already!

to kick off a little recap of our month, i thought i'd share a few of our easter favorites with a little spring color...

let's go

DUKE!

mary adelyn has been running around the house chanting that phrase since march madness began. i hate to break it to her daddy that she'll probably be a tarhole, unless duke decides to offer free tuition to blonde hair blue-eyed girls.

too cute, for words

we are loving the time change. hard to believe this picture was taken at 7pm (with no flash, for those that don't know i am about as anti-flash as you can get).

more pictures soon.

ok, just one more :)

something's in the water

whoops--it's close to the end of march and i've only posted one other time this month. sorry folks. we've been a little busy here with architectural plans, budgets, a 16 month-old, and a hopeful new side career. yep, that's right. i am officially building my photography portfolio. and i've been fortunate enough to have three new babies (all within one week of each other) to practice on. something is definitely in the water. i've been steering clear of the tap, so we definitely won't have any big news to report anytime soon.

now, back to my hopeful new side career. here's a few sneak peak photos of the beautiful babes that are now in our wonderful family of friends:

meet the newest little moore, gabe

and baby girl heimburg, vera clair

and finally, super cutie quinn lee

needless to say, my nights and weekends are now filled with editing pictures of these cuties. three shoots within eight days makes for a great start to a hopeful new side career...and an unbelievably high pile of laundry.

rain, rain go away

we're pretty sure that we aren't going to spend anytime indoors by the time the days of spring are in full swing. but until then, we sure are glad that we found this cool little place just down the road in hendersonville. it's called the hands on museum. any toddler's dream come true, with a grocery store, bakery, nursery, arts & crafts, waterfall.... the list could go on and on. and so could mary adelyn.

this girl loves to shop. but she's not so big on the paying part. imagine that.

she'd prefer to cut and run. and leave all the groceries behind.

she's just a little more interested in exercise equipment.

can someone please tell me where we can find a toddler treadmill? it was AWESOME!

and no daughter of school nurse can pass up the opportunity to wash her hands.

"tiki" clean. hmm.

"published"

go here to see byron's first "publication." we passed this on our way to a "resort" ski weekend while we were living in missoula. byron immediately pulled over and took a "picture." "this" has always been a "pet-peeve" of his. it seems that he found a "blogger" that feels the "same" way.

so, for a little more background on the "resort" weekend. byron decided to give me a weekend away for my very first skiing trip. while i was imagining a view like this...

he had signed us up for a view like this...

and getting excited about things like this...

(anyone know what "historica" refers to? maybe they just ran out of "L"s)

and making me do stuff like this, while being told to "pose the hell out of it"...

i think i did a pretty good job tolerating, i mean, posing. i will admit, it was a very memorable trip. and i've never been that sore before in my life--from the skiing--not posing.