The Slagle Family: New Home!

Wow - the past few weeks have been such a whirlwind! We closed on our new home on June 19 and immediately started moving our stuff in. Movers came on Saturday and they were absolutely amazing and speedy! We closed on our old home on June 25 - what a relief and answer to many prayers for both homes to close quickly and smooth.

Connor has adjusted to the new home very well. He seems to be sleeping a lot more because he is constantly running around his new play spaces! Connor absolutely loves chasing around the dog, Mattie. He loves her so much that "doggy" was his first official word - behind "dada" and "mama". Now it seems that everything he points at is a doggy or ball! We're trying to figure out how to get him to pet Mattie, rather than hitting her, jumping on her, or pulling her hair - quite the challenge but Mattie has been such a great trooper with him! He seems to really love the pool, which is great for us to get lots of time outside! We're near the front of the neighborhood so the pool is just a few minute walk away!

We have started lots of projects throughout the house to make it truly ours. We started out by painting Connor's bathroom upstairs and quickly learned that we aren't the best painters and that painting takes a long time (especially when you have to pull down wallpaper first)! We have several rooms left to paint but are going to take it slow since we can only paint while Connor is asleep!

We're also trying to keep all of the plants/grass alive! Since we were in a townhome before where the HOA hired out the lawn work, we are learning slowly how to do outside things. There are several fruits that grow in the backyard - grapes, raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, apples, pears, and pecans. Lots of delicious things to eat - let's just hope and pray we keep these things alive! :)

Here are some photos of the new house: