What have those Watts been up to?

We've been a pretty busy family these last couple of weeks, and I haven't been in the blogging mood, so I figured it's about time I update our blog. So brace yourself for a little review on our family happenings lately.

On Valentines day the three of us ended up being sick and we weren't able to get a babysitter for Kaleb, but we didn't let that stop us from doing a little celebrating. Jarom took us out to a yummy dinner, and after we wandered around the mall and played some games in the arcade. It was a fun night!

The next week was our 3rd year anniversary which we celebrated with another amazing dinner at Tomato Street (an Italian restaurant), which has now become one of my favorite restaurants. Also in the same week my incredibly amazing husband ended up being on the news, 4 times!!! How did he do that you ask?... By breaking 2 Guinness book of world records of course!!! For those of you that don't know, Jarom enjoys doing soap bubble performances on the side. He's become very skilled at making soap bubble shapes, and performs some bubble magic, which led to the title of his business BUBBILLUSIONS. You can see some of the things he does on http://www.bubblemagicshow.com/. The two records he broke was for 1. The worlds largest soap bubble, and 2. the worlds longest soap bubble chain. It was very exciting to see Jarom up on stage performing. The local newspapers also posted some articles about him.

Then on Friday Feb. 27th we got the keys to our anniversary gift to each other... That's right, we bought the house, and moved in on the 28th!! We are so happy that everything worked out so that we were able to get this home. We feel so grateful for this amazing blessing, and are also grateful for those family members and friends who helped us during the home buying process and for helping us move in. The move went very well, and now it's time for unpacking.

So hopefully that explains our blog neglect lately. It felt like everything was happening at once, and we are glad that most of it is over! Phew!!

House Pictures

The house was inspected yesterday and it's looking good so far. Yay!! The inspector didn't find any major problems. The water won't be turned on until tuesday though, so we'll have to check back then to make sure the pipes didn't freeze and that the plumbing is in good condition.

Now for the moment you've been waiting for... here are some pictures of our potential first home. It has a split level entry, which I'm not a huge fan of, but can live with because I LOVE the rest of it! Here is the living room, we really like the windows.

And the kitchen, which I'm sure I'll be spending lot's of time in. I've always wanted a kitchen that has a window overlooking the back yard. Here's the view from the kitchen window.

It also has a deck and a big back yard with a garden.


I really enjoy the view of the sunset from the deck.
Kaleb is a very big fan of the house, which is also very important.Right now it has 3 bedrooms, 1 bath, and a 2 car garage. It has the potential for another bathroom, bedroom, and family room in the basement.

Thank you for all the good luck wishes. We hope it continues to work out, we'll keep you updated on the progress.

Have a wonderful week!!

House Buying Update

Our real estate agent called the next morning, after we put in our offer, and said the owners already responded!! Woo hoo!! They made a reasonable counter offer and want to close escrow in 30 days!! We are so excited and hope it continues to work out. It's a gorgeous home for an excellent price due to the soft market. I'll post some pictures once my computer is back to normal again.

Jarom left for Las Vegas on Tues morning for business and he'll be back in time for the inspection on Saturday. We're not expecting too many problems because the home was built in 2008 and was only lived in by the previous owners for 2 months. It still looks brand new!

We'll keep you posted about how the inspection goes. Wish us luck!

House Hunting

Thanks to a little encouragement from Jarom's cousin, we've decided to take advantage of the awesome rates and try and get into a home. We've been looking for the past 2 weeks I think, and have found some that later turned out to be dissapointments. We've learned that pictures can make a home look better than it really is, and that some listing agents don't always write the correct square footage of a home. We can't believe how many homes there are in spokane that were built before 1910!! Needless to say it's been tough finding a good fit that also works with our budget.
Luckily we just found one that we love and is super nice!! We think it will be a great starter home for us, and are putting an offer on it today. Hopefully the owners accept our offer and it all works out.

Computer Drama!!!

I'm so sad! I think I might have lost a lot of files on my computer, including videos of Kaleb when he was little. I still don't know if my computer got a virus or what, but it started locking up on me. Luckily I was able to get as many pictures & videos backed up as possible before the major problem happened. I should have just taken it in to a computer store at that time, but we're trying to save money to buy a house and I thought maybe I can fix it on my own. BIG MISTAKE!! I somehow ended up completely restoring my computer to how it came when we first bought it!!!! I'm so bummed!! I thought it would still save my files but it didn't!! Why did I do that?? Now I'm going to have to take it to a store anyway and probably end up paying twice as much to fix the problem. That's the last time I'll ever make that mistake, you can gurantee it!! What was I thinking?

Please wish me luck that we can find the files again!! Jarom thinks it's hopeless, but I'm not giving up yet.

Guess who's walking now!!

Okay, so Kaleb has been practicing his walking skills for the past couple of months and he decided a couple weeks ago to let go of our hands and try out this walking business by himself! He started out with just a couple of steps from me to Jarom. He currently takes about 15 steps by himself, with my hands close by. He gets so excited when he walks that he squeals with joy. It's fun to see how happy he gets about it. Also last Sunday he stood up for his first time by himself!!

We are very proud of our little guy, and have been noticing his chub starting to disappear with his new exercise.
I'll post a video of him walking as soon as I have it downloaded.

Snow Jumping!

Yes, we've definitely had a very snowy winter here in Spokane! We got to enjoy a white Christmas and a white New Years even. Lately it has stopped snowing and we can actually see some grass from the front porch. So what did we do during our snowy holiday, do you ask? Well, we weren't able to make snow man's yet because the snow was pure powder. So Jarom came up with a REALLY fun activity we like to call "Snow Jumping". It's basically jumping as high as you can and then landing, as if into a pool of water, into the soft snow. It's so fun!! To see us engage in this wild and daring sport click on the video's below.

Snow jumping soon became addicting and we started jumping into the snow all over the back yard. I even jumped off the roof into the snow! Good times for sure!!

We hope you all had a wonderful and Happy New Years, and are enjoying your winter!!