Getting Settled

We're slowwwwllllyyyyy getting settled into our new home. We love it here. The neighborhood is quiet but there's evidence of plenty of kiddoes nearby.
When we lived in NY, the house did not have central heat which meant we had to rely on space heaters. I felt like the girls were too little (and the heaters too dangerous) to be in a room alone with a space heater, so they bunked in with me. When we moved to Maricopa, I didn't like the locations of the bedrooms (the master was as far away from the other bedrooms as it could be and still be in the same house), and one did not have working electricity, so again the girls bunked in with me. Last night, the time came for them to spend the night in their own rooms.
I haven't decorated Allie's yet, I'm still trying to decide what to do with it. She nestled into her crib, grabbed her blankie that Grandma C made her and said "night night" and promptly went to sleep. (Whaaa my heart ached).
Victoria has long been asking for her own room and last night her wish was granted. I took her to Home Depot and let her pick out the paint she wanted. She chose regal purple, teal, and fuchsia. Needless to say its a brightly colored space. We also added silver glitter sparkles to the walls (not a lot, but enough to make it sparkley for a Princess.) She was so excited to go to bed she started asking before dinner if it was bedtime yet! At bedtime, she climbed between her new princess sheets and fell fast asleep. I spent entirely too long making sure she knew where my room was, where the bathroom was, the light switch, and that it was ok if she needed to crawl in bed with me, it was ok to be scared, it was ok if she wasn't ready yet. (Ok, I think by that point I was trying to reassure myself)
BOTH girls slept all night long, nearly 12 hours. You'd think I'd be well rested. Yeah, uhm, no. Once I stopped crying because my girls are getting so big, I made my first trip to their rooms to check on them. Surprisingly there is not a path worn in the carpet yet. Dave pointed out the neat path between the boxes though.
Victoria got up this morning and announced "I didn't get scared at all Mommy, and I didn't even miss you, I just slept all night long!" (thanks for the kick in the gut kid!)

Pictures coming as soon as we find the box with the camera in it!

Crocketts On The Move...

Here we go again...for the LAST time for a VERY long time. Meet our new home:

Dave took me to see the house he found for us. When I got there, instead of a real estate sign hanging from the arm was a GIANT red bow and a sign that read: To my beautiful wife for all you do for our family. Merry late Christmas!! I WAS STUNNED!!!!! I couldn't believe he BOUGHT a house all by himself!! Moving is definitely NOT going to seem like a chore!!!!


Built in computer desks. Not sure I like them, I'm a bit nervous about "Danger Prone Daphne" falling off and hitting the tile floor in the foyer.


I am totally crushing on the staircase though!!


And the answer to the million dollar question... It's in Casa Grande. Dave will be less than 10 miles from work. Ohhhh...and Mom? Dillards is a whopping 7 minutes down the road. (As is Michaels, Ross, Target, WalMart, Zumiez, HallMark, Best Buy, JC Penneys, Harkins... the list goes on and on!!!)