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New Family Addition

Some of you may not of heard but...

Did you panic for me? No I am not pregnant and no we didn't get a dog. But next April or May our family will have a new addition to our family.

We found out about 2 weeks ago that Crystal and Aaron, (David's sister) were having a baby. They have one little boy, Joshua who just turned 1. They told us they were pregnant at his one year birthday party.

We just got a call this morning that during their ultrasound they saw 2 heartbeats!!!!! TWINS are the newest upcoming family additions.

Pray for Crystal if you think about her, she has not been feeling well. And pray that she will not worry about what things may be like once they arrive.

A little Invitation

My dear friend Jennifer is whining for not being invited to my new house. Now i think good friends don't have to be invited, but to make her feel extra special....

Jennifer,

You are invited to my new house.

How about this weekend? You can come for dinner if you want!

Please RSVP to my blog!!!

I love you Jennifer, and can't wait for you to come over!

To all my other friends, you are all invited too - just call me for directions when you are on your way!

Our Chicken Coop

We know a family who has a plaque in their home that in Italian or something like that says "Chicken Coop". They used it to remind themselves that altought we might have a nice home now it is just a chicken coop compared to what we will recieve in our eternal home.

Without further delay...here are pictures of our chicken coop!

This is our Dining Room, right as you walk in from the front door.

Next comes the Kitchen with a walk-in pantry!

Our eat in kitchen

Master Bedroom

(and all my furniture fits nicely)

Master Bath -

has double vanity, soaking tub, nice big shower,

seperate toilet room and walk in closet (are not pictured)

I couldn't take pictures of the girls rooms or the front of the house because the girls are in bed and its dark outside. You'll just have to come visit some time to see the rest of the tour.

No Excuse...

I think I forgot I have a blog.

I realized I still haven't uploaded pictures of my new house or mentioned any of the activities that we've been doing lately.

So sorry! I'll try to be more diligent for all of you faithful blog readers.

Stuff, stuff and more stuff...

I never realized how much stuff I had. I think it may be a little out of hand. Anyway, we are in the house, our garage is still packed with boxes and other stuff that was already marked for a garage sale which is scheduled for two weekends from now.

Obviously, our list of projects grows by the moment. Tomorrows project is painting the entertainment center. This project is one we have wanted to do since the entertainment center was given to us 2 years ago, but we never did it because then we would have had to take out all the entertainment equipment (we have a lot of that too). So David is going early in the morning to get the paint so that we can paint it and it will dry and hopefully get all set up by tomorrow night.

We are loving this house, the girls are so excited too. Alyssa and Meredith are sharing a room, Brooklyn has her own room and we have a guest bedroom/office too.

I'll post pictures later this week! Thanks for all your prayers.

Moving Fun

TODAY IS MOVING DAY!!!!!

We're having our closing at 10am and then the fun begins!! We get the moving truck around 3 and the guys that are helping will all meet at our Clermont house at 5pm. So if you think about us, please pray for us! We are tired and everyone but me is still sick and there is a lot to do ahead of us this weekend.

We are so grateful to the Lord for blessing us with another home! We can't wait for you all to come and visit us!

Love,
Kelly

Our new address is...

727 Shadowmoss Drive
Winter Garden, FL 34787

Phone numbers will all stay the same, but here they are again just in case...

H - 407.378.4081
D cell - 352.223.3621
K cell - 352.989.2722

Packing and Sickness

Well, the Traugott household is never boring! Saturday Brooklyn got sick, so the girls and I stayed home from church on Sunday. I ended up taking her to a walk in clinic and she has an upper respiratory infection. Also on Saturday, Meredith started this weird drainage from her eyes. Of course I thought, oh no - pink eye. So i've been watching her very closely. Then this morning, Alyssa and Meredith both woke up with coughs and congestion. So I called the doctor right away. So Alyssa is at the beginning stages of an ear infection in both ears and tonsilitis (sp). I am so glad I decided to take them this morning. And Meredith doesn't have pink eye, just congestion coming out of her eyes, i've never heard of that before. But the doctor gave me some drops and said to give her benadryl! So I'm secretly hoping that the benadryl will make them really tired, so that i can get some more packing done. But of course, I know the packing will get done and I am praying that the girls will get better very quickly as a result of their medicine. Please pray with us!

Oh, todays countdown...3 days!

Countdowns

Does everyone else use countdowns? I find I do it for all shorts of things. Like how many days to your due date, to your wedding, to a vacation. Normally its is something you are excited for and have lots of things to do until the 'day'.

With so much to do and only a certain number of days to get it all completed, it sure is helpful to reminder ourselves that only God gets everything done. I certainly have had to push tasks to the next day that I've not been able to complete.

We are just so excited to be moving! God has certainly blessed us! We have renters for our house in Clermont already and we close on our new house in Winter Garden on Friday morning! This week we are down to packing all the last minute things like the kitchen, the entertainment center, our clothes (later in the week of course), and all the electronic equipment that we just can't live without for a few days.

It is all coming together well! I am already ready to be settled, since the house has been in disorder since we started packing 2 weeks ago.

So today's countdown...5 days!!!!

Meredith turned 3!

On Monday, Meredith turned 3! We had a wonderful day together. We woke up and went out for donuts, then the girls played outside in the sand and water (from where our above ground pool used to be), then a short nap time for the girls and David took Meredith and Alyssa to My Kids Gym (which is a warehouse full of bounce houses). I met them there about an hour later where we played some more and then went to Chick-fil-a for dinner and then Twistee Treat for ice cream! What a fun yet busy day!

When we were putting Meredith to sleep we took time to thank God for her life and for putting her in our family! We are so grateful for her and are looking forward to seeing how she grows to be a godly woman.

12 days till our move!

Today marks only 12 days left until we move into our new house. The house in in disarray amidst boxes and a mess of wrapping, bubble wrap and things waiting for the right sized box. The house is looking bare now so we are anxious to settle in to our new home.

We will be signing a lease to rent this house tomorrow, so things have been coming together here in the Traugott house. We are super busy, as normal. I'm trying not to use that as an excuse for things. You know, I found myself saying, "When life slows down I'll ..." And then realized the ... never happens because as much as I can tell life doesn't slow down much. I'm sure a lot of you can relate to that!

Anniversary Update

So we had a wonderful time together celebrating our 6 years together. It was our first anniversary that fell on the actual day of our wedding (Saturday). David took me to dinner at the restaurant where we had our wedding reception. After dinner we walked around the hotel. Walked in the ballroom and by the room where we stayed the first night. The hotel didn't have that room available so we went out for ice cream instead! Today would have been our full day of travel to Acapulco, Mexico. We were recounting God's faithfulnes through these past 6 years and seeing God's grace at work in us in how much we have both changed since then. We had a great time together!

Oh and thanks for all the ideas. I ended up finding the card that I gave him the morning of our wedding so I gave it to him again to recount that day!

6 Years Ago

Well, 6 years ago tonight. David and I were at our Rehearsal Dinner, spending our last nights as singles and so thrilled for our marriage to begin the next day. Little did we know how much we would really enjoy it.

I'm trying to think of something to do for David at the last minute. We had planned to go away just the two of us, but with the purchase of a new home we decided a new house was a present for both of us. So now we are down to the wire and I don't have a clue what to do. I have an idea or two but that is it. Any tips?

I've been thinking about all that we've done together in these past 6 years. Here are some of the highlights.
+ We've had three beautiful little girls during the last four 4 years.
+ We've lived in 3 different cities, next month will be the fourth.
+ We've lived in 5 different houses/apartments, next month will be the sixth.
and
+ We've purchased 2 new cars.

So, I am more in love with David then I ever thought possible. And I have such anticipation for the years to come.

Our New House, not our furnishings :)

Here are photos of our new home. Our closing got moved forward to August 17th. We are so excited! We can't wait to have you in our new home!