December 23 - Kissing Bean

Happy Holidays! I hope you are all ready for the fun festivities coming up. I did a great job purchasing gifts but haven't mailed them all yet. I also have a few cards that need to go in the mail...so some of you will be getting things late. I'm sorry! Things have been hectic here!

J.D. and I flew to Houston last week for a whirlwind house tour. We saw over 30 homes in 2 days and narrowed the list down to 3 pretty quickly. We felt like we were on househunters. The finalists:

*House 1 "The Picture Perfect House": amazing curb appeal, beautiful neighborhood, small yard, around the corner from a park, most expensive per sq ft, not on a cul-de-sac

*House 2 "Great Layout": great curb appeal, nice neighborhood, small yard, near green space, great layout, toward end of cul-de-sac

*House 3 "Big Yard": good curb appeal, nice neighborhood, huge backyard, within walking distance to elementary school, park and green space, no back neighbors, end of cul-de-sac

So which one did we chose? House #3!! The huge back yard and no back neighbors were the deciding factors. Our closing date is Jan20 so keep your fingers crossed that everything goes smoothly. We are very excited!

J.D.'s graduation (the hooding ceremony) was this past weekend so his "officially" done. I brought Julia and she did pretty well. We went to a graduation party at another graduates river house Saturday which was nice (a tad chilly though as it was really windy).

In other fun news, Julia LOVES to give kisses. It is so cute! We went to the park the other day and she stopped after every step (on her way to the slide) to give me a kiss. She continues to become more and more fun every day!

Hope you are all having a great week!