Evan's 1st Photoshoot!

I got to go take pictures of the adorable Evan yesterday... here some of the photos that I took!

EVAN JAMES DERKS

My Brother & Sister-in-law had their 3rd child yesterday!

Evan James Derks was born May 22, 2010 at 11:08am

He is adorable and supposedly looks a lot like my brother (just with esther's eyes!)

I love his double chin and his chubby legs!

Here are some photos....

furniture is moved in and we are getting settled!

****UPDATED****

more photos added

we are in the house!

so... matt has mentioned it a couple of times now that i haven't updated the blog. 

i didn't know he really cared that much about it. haha.. but here you go babe.

WE ARE IN THE HOUSE!

(photos & some details to come later!)

SOOOOOO CLOSE!!!

---- We are getting so close!----

We are working our butts off (ok, MATT is working his butt off!) to get this house done by the end of the month!  Matt is hoping to get inspection done next week as long as a couple of things happen that are kinda out of his control (countertops, gutters & land being graded out). We know countertops are getting installed TODAY (YEAH!), but we aren't sure about the other 2 things! So yeah... we can see the light at the end of the tunnel... just not sure EXACTLY how far away it is! 

I got the "go-ahead" from Matt to start packing up the apartment, so I am trying to "balance" my time at the house with cleaning it up and final projects with packing and cleaning up the apartment.  But as of right now, my plan is to get everything moved out the apartment and then give it really good scrub down!  It has kinda been neglected the last couple of months! (sorry Dad H.) AND, it's more exciting cleaning the new house than the apartment (sorry again Dad H., haha).

Here are some more current photos:

Appliances are at the house 

(most are in, just the stove is waiting for the countertops to be put in)

Stove, Microwave

Dishwasher is in!

Laundry Room

We have to wait for the dryer to come in at the end of May (or something like that!), but good thing we had an extra dryer in the storage trailer!

WE HAVE CARPET!!!

Master Bdrm looking a LOT BETTER!

Guest Bdrm with Carpet

Dad Derks' craftsmanship with the tile! I absolutely love it!

New lock on the front door!

Stair railing project started!!!

1/2 of the spindles are in!

It is so great when a plan/idea comes together. I just said that to Matt last night. 

Me: "Wow it looks great!"

Matt: "You sound surprised? You picked it out!"

Me: "Well, you never know how it really turns out until it's done! I mean, I had the idea that it would look great, but you just never know!"

But I am surprised at how little things I would actually change so far!

Decorating/Home Decor stuff I am really happy with so far!