Aunt Cooter and Uncle Tip

We finally welcomed the newest member of our family, Emily Catherine Gonzalez, to the world on Sunday, May 17. After being 8 days overdue, we were all so axious for her to get here...especially Melissa! So, Cooter and I are aunt and uncle again.

The fam calls us Aunt Cooter and Uncle Tip...it will probably forever stick that way too. Our friend's little boy couldn't say my name when Cooter and I started dating, so he called me Tippany, which got shortened to Tip. Next thing you know, it caught on...and so I became Tip. Now we have a neice and a nephew! ...and talk about the baby pressure on us now!!! That's all anyone could talk about in the waiting room! Then I took pics to work and got comments like, "you look good with a baby..."

In due time people...we promise! =) Here's a few pics of us with baby Emily.

Uncle Tip

Aunt Cooter

Blogging behind...

So a good month or so later...and here we are. We have just lived through, quite possibly, the busiest month of our existence as a couple. Here's a quick run-down of our so-called life...

• closed on the house
• witnessed Jeremy and Nicole get married
• spent 2 solid weekends priming, painting and cleaning the house
• did some serious procrastination on the packing front at the apartment those 2 weeks
• hosted Easter for our families at the house (I say hosted...we basically provided the house and the food and beer miraculously showed up!)
• partial demo on the kitchen countertops and backsplash (which would remain unfinished until after we moved in, preventing any unpacking for another week)
• moving day came and went with drenching rain, but we finally got it done that Sunday
• Saturday TAKS test tutorials
• Completed the kitchen remodel (minus the paint)
• furniture delivery/cable techs/alarm instal, etc.

...just to name a few!!! And all the while I was TAKS tutoring my kiddos at 6:30a.m. daily. We made it though! We're finally in the house, unpacked a little more with each passing day and feeling amazing about it! And for my teacher friends who will understand...TAKS is done!!!

Here's a few pics of us working on the house...

Tricia and I priming the dining room. Cooter left his own special touches around the house.

Paint-taping...I taped the WHOLE house. Despite the look on my face in the picture, I now hate paint-taping if anyone asks.

Here's a few shot of our kitchen...

before

during
after

We stayed up this past Friday night grillin burgers and drinking a few beers with the neighbors. Saturday was spent unpacking and organizing. Things are finally falling into place. It really looks good in here...almost company ready! Can't wait for everyone to come over! For now, we're just in the midst of the daily grind, working on the yard when we can, unpacking here and there, and waiting for our new little neice to be born. More updates coming soon...this time it WILL be less than a month!!!