hiking in griffith park

more house photos!

front steps
bedroom
fig tree in our backyard
bathroom

more house photos!

hi! my name is tibby & i want you to feed me.
where we park
breakfast nook
main room

house photos!

welcome to our new house! we threw ourselves a little housewarming party last night & it was a huge success. not only was it about 90 degrees inside & out, but we had roughly 50-60 people come over between 8 and midnight so we all had a little glisten to our faces-it had to have been the hottest night of the summer thus far. none the less, all the food i made was gobbled up (veggie platters, mini brownies, 2 kinds of cookies & homemade farmers market ingredient guacamole and chips) & we had a great showing of friends, both old & new. everyone was really, really gracious & gushed over the house & the party & we had so much fun catching up with people, some of which we hadn't seen in years. lots of fun! now for a little house tour: here's the hallway...

here's the kitchen...presley & tibby modeling, they walk under that little carve in the cabinet below the sink to use their litterbox. it conceals it perfectly & gives them the privacy they need :)
our living room...on the mantle we have our puerto rico scrapbook, a pic of grandma & grandpa mccloud, a photo box w/a pic of elliana on it, eric's college grad pic with friends & eric's first niece's baby pic with him. the ceramic decoration hanging from the ceiling fan is something that monica made and painted. we had the tv wall-mounted & stuck the rabbit ears on top of the mount so their out of view, the cords hang down behind the bamboo. don't mind my hot pink party shoes in front of the fireplace there...
tibby is movin so fast in this one, he's a blur! like our cream-colored shag rug from ikea? also notice the photo coasters from katie-complete with updated pics inside: we have one of mom & dad in there.

so...tomorrow is the big day!

big packing day, that is. and thursday is the big moving day! because the place is still being worked on, no pics of the interior yet. i will take pics during the move & again once we get it set up. it's nothing spectacular, but it will be a place we'll be proud to live in, much more private, safer, greener, and much prettier than where we've been.

53 days from now...

Eric & i will be in the MidWest! we're SOOOO excited about the birth of Christa & Derek's baby (about 30 days from now) that we went ahead & booked our tickets to come for a visit. we'll be flying into Chicago on Wednesday 8/18 & spending one day there with May & Ryan. The 4 of us will drive to MN together on 8/19 & Eric & I will be there until the following Tuesday morning 8/24. We can't wait to see you all: our parents, Diana, Will & Penelope, Kate & Jon, Caden & Elli, May & Ryan, & especially Christa as the new mama, Derek as the proud father, & their by-then almost-one-month-old babe! LOVE you guys & can't wait to see you!

yay!