remember that time we bought a house?

welcome to the mr. & mrs. rogers REAL neighborhood!

after going to see about a billion houses, and even engaging in a fierce bidding war on a few...

husby and i have FINALLY triumphed and moved in to our first house!

as we contemplate the growth of our family (hey we already grew by one furry friend! *see last post), we wanted to find something that we could settle down in and be the place where our little nuggets can call 'home'.

and we found it! more than i could have ever dreamed for! 

the front! very "shakespeare's globe" i think!

living room

kitchen, sans our new appliances... will update pic when we have it all in!

entry way - dining area is the room of boxes :)

upstairs - and the pretty french doors that open to the master bedroom

close up of all our crap :) ( i mean the dining room)

hallway down to a bathroom and three bedrooms - someday to be populated by little baby rogers

view from upstairs into the entry way

master bedroom

attached to the master bedroom - soon to be our personal CINEMA ROOM!

hard to get a good shot of our bathroom - but the tile that separates the master from the bathroom is so pretty! i had to share

backyard 1

backyard/sideyard

back of the house

our street/park across the street

my first pet!

the day we got our girl - Winnie!

so seth and i were going miniature golfing a few weeks ago with his family.  seth had been trying to convince me we needed to get a dog and had been vigilant in his efforts.  every night he would scrounge up the cutest pictures of the cutest puppies - but i wasnt fully convinced.  my own parents were not exactly "pet friendly" individuals and didnt really instill in me any desire to have ANY animals - let alone one as needy as a dog.  PLUS - as we looked up prices of dogs... eesh! buying a puppy that is remotely cute can be very pricey.  We'd looked into getting a rescue, but every time we went to the pound, there were only big ones and, let's face it, im a small dog kind of girl.

anyway - back to mini golf.

on our way, we saw a truck bed full of five of the CUTEST puppies i've ever seen.  well... it was RIGHT there... so why not go take a look?

the owners were shih tzu breeders, but during their momma pups "off" cycle, the neighboring jack russell terrier payed her a little visit - resulting in some ADORABLE little puppies.  they told us the puppies would probably get around 10 lbs - the perfect size for us! then, after watching and playing with the puppies, there was one little girlie puppy who was so laid back and sweet - we just had to have her.

needless to say, we took her home and keep falling in love! she's so fun - the best of both her breeds - playful jack russell and baby-faced shih tzu.

We tried out a few names on her, but ultimately, decided on Winnie Rogers! she's got that honey color of Winnie-the-Pooh and we needed our pup to be named after something Disney!

12 weeks old! we gave her a little shave - she did NOT like it at all. but she's growing!

puppy motherhood has really changed my life.  Like how we cant go to dinner AND a movie without coming home to let her out to pee.  preparation for the real thing?  not going to lie - it has me truly terrified.