The Waddells: July 2008

We are all moved into our new home!! It took a couple of days to actually get everything transferred from one place to the other, but we finally got it done! There's been a lot of painting going on, and the house is still a mess. There's a lot of "stuff" still in the garage, but it'll get organized soon enough! We're tackling the garage one box at a time. I'll put up some pictures once we get it straightened up!

James had his knee surgery last week and it went extremely well. The doctor thinks he found the source of pain and got it all fixed up!! He's been on drugs and all that, but he's still in a considerable amount of pain. I think we've got him down to one pain pill at night, so that's great! He was out of work for about a week and physical therapy started on Monday. He's been such a trooper through all of this. It's only taken 5 months...poor guy!

We celebrated our 1st anniversary on June 30th! We had such a good time :) Fortunately, it was pre-surgery! We both had to work all day, but after work we got all dressed up to go out! We had to make a quick stop by the hospital to see baby Tristan who was born that day! He has a special birthday!! :) After our visit, we headed to Regas for dinner. We had been saving a gift card we received as a wedding gift just for this occasion! Our waiter was funny...he kept asking me questions about his resume and what to put on it! They gave us some complimentary cake since we were celebrating an anniversary! It was a nice gesture, except I don't like red velvet cake! It was a great date night! I just can't believe it's already been a full year! I'm ready for another wedding! Oh! And I got my first Willow Tree piece for my collection from James!

One last thing to share: The Crawford family joined us one evening last week to see the new house! "Coincidentally," Brylee and Tripp had on cute matching outfits! We couldn't waste an opportunity to get some super cute pics! I had a blast! Those kids are beautiful. We also had Hannah Grace that evening, as the rest of her family was at the hospital with her new brother. She was hysterical and we enjoyed every minute with her. She LOVED the puppy (puppy e-e-e as she called him!). It was funny to watch her with him.

Okay, I think that wraps it all up! Here are some pictures of the last little while!

This is the living area of our house! We left it this color of green...I love it!