Christmas 2010

We had an awesome Christmas this year. We loved spending Christmas eve with my family and Christmas day with Zach's family.

The Christmas tree was a little tricky getting home this year. We had a very slow drive home constantly looking behind us to see if the tree had fallen off the car.

This is us in our Christmas jammies. Don't even get me started on the pink 1980s sweat suit that Zach picked out for me...

Grahm got this puppy tent for Christmas. He loved it for a few minutes.

Zach's mom gave us all the movie Despicable Me which came with these cute glasses. None of the boys liked them...

And of course we had to get some pictures of the annual trip to temple square :)

I can't believe the holidays are over already! With us moving into our new house we were so busy and preoccupied, I feel like we didn't focus on Christmas until the last minute. I feel like I missed out a little :( But we are excited for the new year and we hope you all have a great 2011!

Would You Like A Tour?

We have been in our new house for two weeks now! And we are L.O.V.I.N.G. it!!! I may have gone overboard with so many pictures but there are just so many things I love about our new house! Please keep in mind that there are no decorations and we haven't bought any furniture yet.

The outside was a big source of stress. I was worried everything we picked wouldn't look good. And even now every time I pull up to the house I sit there and look at it and wonder... I think it's growing on me.

The front door is one of my favorite details. You can't tell from the picture but it is a big 8 footer.

I also enjoy the garage door. Come to think of it, I love all the doors in this house :)

This is the view from the front door.

*THE KITCHEN*

This is the view standing in the kitchen and looking into the family room. (Again, keep in mind we haven't bought furniture yet so it is all still play size!)

Another one of my favorite things about this house is all the big windows that let in lots of light :)

The kitchen floor.

This is the design of all the doors in our house. I love them. I also love the molding. This is my pantry door, and this is the inside below...

It wraps all the way around and is soooo spacious! I love it. Have I been saying "love" a lot? Well I do.

The picture doesn't do it justice but the stairways are nice and wide.

Master bedroom. Very plain, but I have big plans.

This is the view from our bedroom window. I love that we don't have neighbors across the street. Just lots of horses.

Mater bath

Graham's room

I just had to get a close up of these cute letters my sister Marie made for us. I LOVE them!

Love! Love! Love!! Just had to get a few more in there! ;)

We've been having lots of fun looking at furniture and have a couple pieces on the way. I am in heaven making decorating plans.

Visitors welcome any time!

Oh Fall....

I love Fall. I do. I do. We had fun this year going up to the canyon to see the colors, going to a corn maze, going to a BYU game, carving pumpkins, and dressing Graham up for Halloween. Graham was a dragon and was adorable!

Roar.

Check out this video- but only watch the first 40 seconds. It's way too long, but the first 40 seconds show how cute G looked. (and please ignore my very annoying and loud baby voice! :)

And here is the latest progress on our house. This is torture waiting for it to be done! Hopefully only 3 more weeks to go!

Progress!

Our lot...

(sorry this first one is so blurry)

Getting close!! It should be done by the end of November!

I can't wait

I CANNOT wait to have a house!! I'm soooo over apartment living right now. Here are some of the things I am looking forward to most:

1. Not hearing my upstairs neighbor's every move. (Walking, talking, yelling, vacuuming, flushing, and teenage boys jumping and pounding-- like they are right now.)

2. Having a GARAGE!! And the best thing about that garage will be that I don't have to carry all my groceries clear across the parking lot, around the corner and down the stairs, all while carrying Graham. It will be so amazing! Not to mention never having to scrape our cars or have extreme hot or cold cars. YAY.

3. Having a yard. Playing on the lawn at an apartment complex stinks. Enough said.

4. Having CLOSET SPACE! nough said.

5. Counter space! Hallelujah!

6. Not having them come mow the lawns right at nap time. Pretty much every time they come.(Again, like RIGHT NOW.)

7. Living in a quiet neighborhood! I might actually be able to open my windows without being bombarded with traffic noise.

8. Having new everything. As a germ freak, this will greatly ease my anxieties during those little moments like when my baby decides to lick the carpet, scrape the gunk out of the window sills, or climb behind the toilet.

9. Getting new furniture. Grown up life size furniture- not this play, mini size stuff :)

10. Being able to have more than 2 people over at one time. Party at the Hintze house!!!!

One year AND an announcement...

I know, I know, I am a little late with this birthday post. Graham turned one on July 16th. I can't believe it!! He is a big, smart, sweet little boy! At his one year appointment he was 25 pounds (the 83rd percentile) and 33 1/2 inches tall (the 100th percentile!). I had to work on his birthday (shhh... he'll never know...) so we just had a small party at home and then the week before we had a big joint birthday bash with Graham's cousin Raiden who is 5 days older.

Graham FREAKED out every time we tried to put a birthday hat on him, I mean he was terrified! Too bad...

These two were so funny, they mostly just ate each other's cake.

This boy got SPOILED!!

Graham is getting smarter by the day! (speaking of smart, is smarter a word?) He can point to his ears, teeth, nose and belly. I am surprised everyday at how much he understands what I am saying to him or telling him to do. He isn't walking yet but is VERY close and he can now climb up onto the couch and then onto the back of the couch and from there onto the window sill by himself! (impressive, but I sure wish he wouldn't do it!) I LOVE this boy so much!

Look how much he has changed in a year!!

And now.... our announcement....

WE ARE BUILDING A HOUSE!!!

Most of you who read this I'm sure already know but I wanted to make an official announcement. We are building in Herriman and it should be done in November. We can't even explain how excited we are and how blessed and lucky we feel to be able to have such an awesome house! It still doesn't seem real to us. We are in the phase of picking everything out and then they'll start digging in a couple weeks!

We will keep you updated on the progress :)