New Cars!

Neither one of us has never had a new car right off the lot. After hanging on to my 1994 Toyota Celica purchased when I was in high school and our 1998 Honda Accord that we bought in 2002, we decided it was time to ditch them both in New York. It probably had something to do with the fact that the mechanic declared them something near death traps. So after much delibertation here's what we came up with.

The Man's 40 mpg commuter 2012 Honda Civic in very manly grey. Nice, huh? I like driving this little guy.

And my really dark blue (I really wanted white but they weren't out yet) 2012 Hyundai Sonata. Deciding on this one was a real pain from the year, make, and model right down to the color. I drove a lot of cars before getting to this one. I think we are both very satisfied, though. *sighs*

She's One!

And I wish I could have made a really big deal out of this like I did with the Boy, but with moving and all, there was just no time. She did, however, get to celebrate twice. Once in Arkansas (pictures to come later) and then once with just our little family here in St. Louis.

The Boy always gets a birthday crown on his day. The Girl will be sporting a birthday sash. I felt the tiara was just too much for my diva radar to manage. Aunt Jo Jo made her this one.

I got these cute cupcakes from Walmart of all places. The one here is "upscale" if there is such a thing as an upscale Walmart. The red one with the candle is supposed to be Elmo, but the 10 pounds of icing caused his face to slide off.

More, please. All in all, a very good and messy first birthday for my little girl. She has so much personality. She loves to make her brother laugh and she gives the best loves. Sweet and boisterous. We love you so much, Midge!

New House

Here we are. New city, new house. One floor, which means no stairs for little crawlers, no creepy basements, and same floor laundry! Also no garage, but in exchange I get an extra room where I have shoved all the kids toys. I can shut the door and not have to look at it. It was a little hard cramming 1500 square feet and a basement into 1100 square feet, but we purged and made it. I think we'll be very happy here for a year.