Big News

 About a month ago we found a lost Dachshund named Louie and took care of him until we located his owners. We were so sad to see him go, but happy that he was reunited with his family. Ever since then we've been wanting another dog for Dash, but we hadn't done anything about it. Yesterday I received a text from Louie's owner asking us if we wanted to keep him. After a quick 5 minute family discussion we decided to take him. He was dropped off at 10am this morning and the dogs are best friends.  It turns out the Louie is older than Dash by 13 days.

The only reason why we had to think about taking him, even for 5 minutes, was because we received some big news on Tuesday from Howard's work. His unit, known as the 3rd Herd, will be shut down at Tinker AFB. That means we will be moving, likely within the year. We're going to try our hardest to go back overseas.  We will miss Oklahoma City very much. We had no idea we would grow to love this city as much as we have. We love being an Air Force family, but each move seems to be harder emotionally since we leave a piece of our heart wherever we go. 

 Louie - age 2

 

 

Erin's Garden Room

We redecorated Erin's bedroom this past week. She named it "The Garden Room".  I'm really happy how it turned out because it will grow with her. It's not too babyish and not too old. Just right for an 8 year old!

Sorry that some of the pictures are redundant, but some offer better angles than others. Her room isn't very big and it's difficult to get a good picture, especially with the poor lighting (it was raining when I took the pictures).  Erin and I had so much fun redecorating. We've been planning on doing it for a long time, but we were waiting until she got a sister through adoption. Things didn't work out as planned and if you want to know about us not adopting please feel free to email me about it.

Anyway - enjoy the pictures!

My favorite thing about her room is her lamp and accent pillows. The pillows were on clearance at JC Penny for $7 total. It's hard to see, but they are a deep plum color.  The color of her walls is "Foxgloves" by Behr paint. It's a grayish lavender. There are still a few little details that I need to work on, but for the most part this is it. I'm also happy that we stayed under budget.

I would like to get her nice drapes eventually, but she didn't want them. She kept her butterfly valence that she's had in her room since she was born. It matches, so I'm okay with it for now. Overall, Erin did a great job selecting her items. I just had to guide her with what coordinated and what didn't.