New House Pictures - woohoo!

Finished house...When we started this process, I searched house plans online for months. I finally found this one (Our Dream House)and had the draftsman build from it to design our house. We changed a few things on the inside but hands down, our house turned out more beatiful than I could have ever imagined!

I can't capture the entire 2.5 acres and about 1 acre of it is still wooded...we wanted to keep a screen from the roads and neighbors..it worked perfectly

We now officially reside at 66 Post Oak Way

This is our HUGE garage....our garage has two storage closets that you can't see from this picture but one hosues an extra fridge and freezer and one houses left over tile for now...oh and I did I mention that we still do not park in the garage? For the first few weeks itwas becasue we had boxes to unpack. Now all boxes are unpacked and Whiskers has taken over...I don't know what he's going to do when we park in there ....happy cat

I call this Justin's man cave. He had a building constructed to match our house and it houses all his man stuff - tools, mower, etc

Our back porch sitting area

Our outdoor kitchen area

This is a look from our backyard that Justin fenced for the kids and dogs..

Kitchen bar area

Kitchen

Kitchen

Dining

Living room (jake had to make an appearance of course)

Entry way

Master bath - Jessica's area

Master shower - LOVE THIS..its like taking a shower at a beach but classier :)

Master bedroom - yes plain for now...need some creative juices to flow to make this warmer

Wesley helping Vanessa do polka dots for Kate's room

Kate's Polka Dot wall

Kate's room just as she requested..pink polka dots and horses

Some of my favorite pictures with Kate

Kate and Vanessa found this frame and this is one of my all time favorite pictures of my amazing husband and our beautiful girl

Kids bathroom - silly monster theme..they have a separate toilet and shower area and we have a polka dot shower curtain and monster trash can

Wesley's room

Wesley's custom curtains

Cutest John Deere tractors ever

Wesley's John Deere picture that he picked out in Hallettsville (my hometown)Kate picked out a matching horse one that hangs in her room now too

Wesley also has the small TV in his room for movie watching...so here is his movie shelf along with custom JDeere book ends

Wesley still does not stay in his room all night so he doesn't have a formal bed yet but he does have a twin size mattress inside this cool tent with Sponge Bob sheets that he picked out

Study/4th bedroom/Vanessa's room for the next year or so

My little office space although with wireless I usually end up anywhere but here...at the dining table, on the back porch, in the bonus room..love technology!

Utility room...absolutely one of my favorite rooms in the house

Upstairs

Bonus room upstairs with an amazing view of the country

The kids desk..yes..I swore that I would not allow anything particle board into our new house BUT the kids really love the computer and they got a cool art program for Wesley's birthday and they love to sit up here while dad is working out and play on the computer :)

We have a house....

and a mortgage and its never been greater!
There is just something very satisfying about making a mortgage payment vs. writing a rent check! And in case you are wondering where the final pictures are..well...my memory card is FULL (of course) and I just can't remove any more pictures without transfering them first (because you know that all 500 pics are just too cute to delete). So as soon as I have a new memory card, I will take some pictures. Until then, I can just blog about how fabulous the house is. The first night we got our dining table the kids got to sit at the new table and watch a mommy deer and her baby walk through our back yard. We have seen every species of spider and bug imaginable. We have chased fireflies in the back yard(just like when I was a kid at my grandma and grandpas. And most importantly we ALL have had a hand in mowing the grass and picking up rocks and planting shrubs. The kids have a home they will grow up in and call their own. They are very proud and so are we.

Wesley turned THREE (3)!!

Just had to blog about my special boy who turned the BIG THREE today!!

He is amazing and so darn cute too!

Since we have tons going on with the house right now we let today be pretty low key. Grandma came by and brought his gifts and brought him (and his big sis) chocolate cupcakes with Star Wars on them. They were a hit! Then grandma sang Happy Birthday to him..that was too cute.

He has requested some 'tools' like dad so tomorrow we are taking him to Lowe's to get his very own shovel and wheelbarrow :)
His formal birthday party will be shared with his big sisters birthday in October. She so graciously offered to share her Magic Bounce bday party with him when his friends are back in school. So very sweet!
And by the way...my granny got him a little toy cork gun which has been a hit with both Kate and Wesley (thanks Grandma..what was she thinking?!?!)
His milestones:
1. He has shoulders that will most likely prove to be linebacker shoulders...he is 'stocky' as they like to call it.
2. He knows his ABC's and can count to 10. He can identify most of his letters and numbers. He knows his shapes and colors and has even suprised his summer camp teachers because he is the youngest in the class and one of the sharpest.
3. He uses multisyllable words like he is 30...and he uses them in the appropriate context and knows that they are 'big words' and wants you to acknowlege that he used a 'big word'.
4. He just picks up on things so quickly. For instance, mommy dropped a very heavy wood board on her foot the other day and used a not-so-nice F-word. He immediately told mommy that the F-word was not 'appropriate' and I should go to my room for using it. Then proceeded to walk around the side of the house to find daddy and tell him what F-word mommy used and how he sent me to my room. It was hilarious! Not my choice of language but his 'handling' of the situation.
5. He loves his big sister so much! I catch them hugging each other frequently. Kate was nervous to go to the restroom by herself the first day in the new house and I overheard her ask Wesley if he would go with her to make her feel safe. He said "Sure Kate....you go with me to the potty, I'll go with you."
6. He idolizes John Deere tractors. IDOLIZES JOHN DEERE anything! Needless to say, his 'theme' for his new room will be John Deere.
7. He still looks 99.9% like his mommy. Wesley is my mini-me. And since we keep his hair a little longer and my mom kept my hair really short, he really mimics a lot of my childhood photos. He is outgoing and super social. So what is the 0.1% of Justin traits? Well he has Justin's gorgeous tan skin and at the very end of his hair he has the slightest curl and since my hair is bone straight..that MUST come from his curly haired dad =)
8.He weighs about 40 pounds (he is super dense) and weighs almost as much as his big sister.
9. His favorite pet is not cheerful and laid back Rex or the mellow cat Whiskers but he absolutely LOVES crazy Jake. Every morning Wesley wakes up and sits on the couch and pats his lap and says 'Come here Jakey Jakey' and Jake jumps up in his lap and curls up and Wesley pets him. In fact they have formed quite the bond. A few days ago I had to grab Wesley quickly because he was getting bitten by mosquitos and Jake thought I was being a tad aggressive and he growled at me when I went to grab Wesley's arm. They definitley have a special bond.
10. And finally..we have made it to birthday #3 with him still not being called Wes. Justin and I made a bet when we named him Wesley as to how long it would take until the majority of his world referred to him as Wes versus Wesley. I love both names but he will alwyas be my little Wesley :)

On VACATION thru 7/18

I am trying to boycott as much technology as possible these 2 weeks to focus on the new house and my amazing kids (and husband) :)

Will be back with tons of pictures....sometime soon.

4th of July Program

Well the weather is not typical 4th of July weather...we are receiving the remnants of Hurricane Alex. It has been raining nonstop for 2 days. But even the weather could not dampen our 4th of July festivities as we started off the weekend with a BANG!
Wesley's summer camp held a 4th of July singing program. All of the classes did super well and I was really impressed by the fact that all of the kids in Wesley's class (youngest class) stood on the stage and sang their hearts out.

Our Little Swimmer

Last Day of Swim Lessons for the Peters Kids

And yes...it was worth every penny because Kate was swimming by herself at the end and diving off the diving board at the end...GREAT JOB MISS KATE!

And Wesley was loving his time with his daddy..Justin did soooo good working with him. Maybe next year he'll be diving off the board like his big sis. Great Job Mr. Wesman!

House Update # 18

WE HAVE A FRONT DOOR!
I absolutely LOVE this front door. When I picked it out Justin was a tad shocked. He loved it but thought it was a little too 'rustic' for my taste. He often teases me that I spent too much time in The Woodlands and have become a city girl. But my heart is definitely in the quietness of the country and I just really really fell in love with the iron work of this door. Thanks Daryn for allowing me to splurge a bit!

House Update # 17

A lot has happened on the house so here are some pictures:

After a rainy season the big trucks wreaked havoc on our lawn surface so finally a nice grating of our soil was done and is ready for sod..woo hoo!

The driveway was poured and Wesley gets his hands printed...

And so does Miss Kate....

And so does Mom

The finished drive way

A view of the driveway from the bonus room...Justin got Daryn to SUPER size our driveway and parking landing and I am so happy that he did..this side of the house gets an amazing breeze so I think we'll have a lot of fun sitting out here while the kids ride bikes in the driveway (I think we could officially make this into a basketball court!)

The dogs first visit to the house...the last time we brought them over we just had a slab so it was fun to watch them 'check things out'..it was very hot though so Rex's tongue says it all...get me into a house WITH AIR CONDITIONING HOOKED UP!

Master shower..tile work is complete along with granite seat (all we need is the glass surround..huge sunken shower..I can't wait to use it!

Kids bathroom tile work is complete

Kitchen tile work and granite is complete and Justin is fascinated with the new faucet :)

And by far my favorite room in the house because its been the biggest surprise thus far...Daryn added the same tile to the utility room as we selected for the kitchen and he gave us a super size sink (to bath my babies - Jake and Rex) and honestly our utility room in our old house was so small and was basically just a pass through from the garage to the kitchen and this utility room is so much more! LOVE IT!

Crazy week deserves peaceful weekend....

Thank you God for all your Blessings. Every day I am so impressed in the peace He puts in my life even when I least expect it. The past few months (ok, who am I fooling..the past few YEARS) have been absolutely nuts at work. I don't feel like I've had a chance to truly disconnect from work even when I'm off. Couple that with all these changes over the past year and I'm just famished. Then throw in some of the things that I absolutely 'thought' I had control over but have come to find out I really don't. But I have learned through parenthood that you get what you give and I was determined to give off good kharma and get some good vibes in return. And I did :)
Saturday was a great day. Justin seized the chance to get some overtime so that meant mommy and me time. We chilled at home for much of the day but did leave for a few hours to see Toy Story 3. Absolutely great movie. Recommend for all ages. Bring some tissues if you are even a tad sensitive. :)


Quite a bit happened with the house last week too..I'll post pictures in a separate posting so I can keep them all 'in order'.
Hoping for a great week ahead for everyone!

T-G-I-F!!

I have never ever wanted a Friday to be over more than today. I would rather it be Monday again. Let me recap the day:

7:30am training (I normally don't roll out of bed until 7:15 so the fact that I had to be functioning at 7:30 and get the munchkins ready was not ideal.
8:20am dr's appointment for ME...yes....I can handle Justin doctor appointments and kids sick or well visits or dental visits but I do not frequent the Dr's office for myself...and typical Victoria style, I spent 4 times as much time waiting (with some very unclassy peeps) than I did visiting with the doc. Follow up appointment needed which is never a good thing :<
Let's go back to 8am when I was hopping off the training session to take the kids to summer camp and just before Justin walked out the door Wesley PUKED..the good thing was that it was at home and not in the car or at school but it meant Justin had to chagne his work plans and stay at home with kids while I went to Dr.
10:15am get home from dr's appointment, relieve Justin from Wesley duty and sit down at the laptop to check in on work...Wesley comes over because he wants me to hold him. He proceeds to throw up all over me in the chair. I allow him to stop as to not spread the damage. He finishes, I place him in the middle of the kitchen (lanoleum floor thank God) and within a few seconds he throws up AGAIN.
10:30am I make a frantic call to our property management company who wants to show our rental house at 4:30pm. I let them know that we cannot do it, they push back HARD, I begin to cry on the phone and they finally (either feel sorry for me or think I'm crazy) and say that they will cancel the showing (the ppl coming to view the house have 4 young boys...at this point I think Wesley may have a virus and really don't want to infect anyone and I don't want to take him out of the house - no puke in my car if we can help it!)
3:30pm after working through much of the day, I get a call from our mortgage company that there is no way we are closing in June and most likely pushed to July 2. That's fine just a lot of things not within my control and that does NOT sit well with me.

So needless to say, I am ready for Friday to be OVER. Hit me Saturday...come on Saturday...if Wesley feels well tomorrow, I will try to take the kids to the see Toys Story 3. I hate to take him to the movies if his tummy is sensitive and he can't have his usual ICEE and popcorn.


I am going to have a long prayer list tonight Lord. Bare with me, please.