Link with pictures

I found this link which has pictures of the house we are currently in the process of buying. These pictures show the front of the house as well as the big deck which we are going to LOVE!

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Our new favorite local hangout...

Below is a link to some pictures I took at the Long Branch Nature Center just a couple miles from our house. I discovered it about a week and a half ago and we have been 3 times since. David and Henry love walking around in the stream and throwing rocks. I should have had David take a picture of me. I am sitting in a comfy portable chair reading the newspaper. It was pure bliss.

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Good News

We have had an exciting week around here. Last Monday around Noon I got a call from our real estate agent saying that the contract on a house we were interested in had fallen through. I had seen the house the previous Tuesday and wanted David to see it but his work week was hectic and next thing we knew the house had three contracts. (I'm not sure why we didn't just make an offer since the last house we bid on had 18 offers! hee hee. We spent the weekend looking at other houses but we were disappointed we missed out on that house. So, when I got the call on Monday that all three contracts fell through (the other two people who made offers but weren't the winning bid had already made offers on other houses) I was thrilled. David went to see the house Monday afternoon and we made an offer. We found out on Monday night at 8:45pm that our offer was accepted! On Thursday we had the house inspected and now we are dealing with the fun stuff (negotiating repairs after seeing the inspection report and settling the financing). I am hesitant to get too excited b/c I know things can fall apart even at this stage. Below are some pictures I took when I was in the house during the inspection. Consider them "before" pictures. The house is a 1950's rambler and most of the house was updated in the 1980's as you can see from the bathroom and kitchen. We will be painting the entire house and changing out lighting immediately but we will have to live with the kitchen cabinets for awhile. We will hopefully be able to purchase new appliances first and then later we will do a major remodel. Needless to say, we are VERY excited. It is a nice house with a beautiful backyard that house lots of space to put our personal touch on it. I am really excited about planting flowers and trees.

Oh, little more about the location of the house. It is in Vienna Woods which is about 5 miles from Arlington (where we currently live). We were really set on staying in Arlington until I "discovered" this neighborhood in Vienna called Vienna Woods. Vienna Woods is a mid century neighborhood with 50's ramblers and split levels. Most of the neighborhood has sidewalks and there are two private pool and tennis clubs in the neighborhood. The neighborhood is walking distance or very short drive to shopping including an awesome Whole Foods and a really cool coffee shop/music venue. Also, Vienna Woods is very close to the Vienna subway station.
It also is still close enough to the places we go in Arlington (parks, shopping, etc)

PS. Sorry i didn't take pictures of the front of the house. More pictures to later!
Pictures of the house


Pictures of Henry at Meadow Lane Park

4th of July fun

We had a great week around here. My mom (Henry's Nanny) flew in last Saturday and stayed the whole week. On Monday she came with us to Henry's Itsy Bitsy yoga class. On Tuesday we had playgroup at our house and mom got to witness the mayhem of playgroup. The rest of the week we mostly played in the yard and ran errands in anticipation of the 4th of July weekend. We really had a great 4th. We actually just stayed home and made veggie dogs, baked beans and cole slaw--good ole 4th of July fare. David slept in to catch up on some much needed sleep after working a grueling two week schedule working on some projects at work. The whole morning we spent outside while Henry played with a new pool his "Nanny" bought him. He loved the pool which was a small blow up pool with a little sprinkler water feature and slide. Before Henry went down for a nap we made a "Flag cake" with strawberries and blueberries. Henry and David really enjoyed putting it together. Henry placed most of the strawberries on the cake and David placed the blueberries. Some neighbors shot off some fireworks across the street from our house and Henry did not like them. He actually clung to me and David and kept telling us "I just don't like them." We decided not to make the trip into DC to see the big fireworks and instead we just watched them on the tv which he really liked ( :

Here are some pictures from the week