An update finally!! Moving and Easter...

Wow! It has been a really long time since I updated this blog. I think most of you know that we moved out of our apartment into a house last month. We've been really busy but I think things are finally starting to slow down a little bit.

Our house is a little bigger than our apartment was (still 3 bedroom, 2 bath) but we now have a garage, attic, and a yard! Part of the back yard is fenced in so there is a place for Ariana to play. The neighborhood is really nice, and very peaceful. We really like it here. One of my favorite parts is that I now have a washer and dryer! I'd been having to haul laundry to the apartment laundry room for 5 years, I was so sick of doing laundry. You don't realize how convenient some things are until you don't have them for so long. Here are some pics of the house.

Living room

Dining room area of kitchen














Kitchen area










Part of the garage Ben converted into his lair. The other half is still full of boxes to unpack. :(
















Ariana's room












Guest/exercise room













Our bedroom










We had Easter a day early (yesterday) because we knew it was gonna rain today. We took Ariana outside and let her find Easter eggs and an Easter basket. Here are three video clips of her having fun.



Collecting Easter eggs




Finding Easter basket






Eating chocolate bunny

Video of Ariana walking

Ariana has started walking around a little more and we finally got a short video of her in action.

Ariana birthday pics

We had a late 1st birthday party for Ariana so my folks could be here from Minnesota for it. She had so much fun opening presents and smashing up her cake.

This one is a video of her with her cake.

Random pics

Since I never seem to find the time to get on here and update Ariana's blog, I figured I'd just take a little time and post a bunch of stuff at once.

I never did post any pics of Ariana in her Halloween outfit, she was a pirate princess. It was really hard to get her to sit still for a good pic, but I managed to get a couple.

Ariana would never go in her room and play unless somebody was with her. One day after we got back from a walk she was following me down the hallway, but after I was in my bedroom for a few minutes I realized she wasn't behind me. I found her sitting in her room reading a book. She now loves to go in there and play, but she really loves looking at books the most.

When me or Ben are playing video games she has her own controller we let her play with. I guess even pretending you're playing can wear you out.

Ben's nephew, Randy, and Ariana taking a snooze.

Ben and Ariana taking a snooze.

Ariana modeling a couple outfits she got for Christmas.

Chocolate face. She looks like she's having a sugar seizure or something.

Being silly...

This video is a little long (3 minutes) but I thought it was cute and it gives people who don't get to see her often a chance to see how she acts.

Ariana is 1!

Ariana turned 1 today. We had her pics taken last week and they were in today. They came out so cute.

After dinner naps

I guess those after dinner naps can sure hit hard.

Ariana walking

Ariana started walking with the help of her little lion walker. Now she won't stop, she wants to just keep walking.