What adorable pictures...and baby!

Oh my gosh is he ever cute! Such a great smile!

Congratulations on the property purchase! I’m sure the design wheels are turning and you will be excited to get started. Won’t be long til you will be the proud owner of Disney annual passes and we will see Bastian with Mickey and friends.

Oh, Bastian is so adorable! Molly, too, but in an altogether different way.

Congrats on the land purchase.

Can't wait to follow your progress.

He is just tooooo cute! That picture in the Christmas elf outfit is adorable. Love his dimples. I was so besotted by the photos I had to go back and reread your post to find out about the new purchase. So will that be your year round home?

I guess my only news is that I gained four pounds since last fall. Not good!

Oh my - is that a dimple I spy? Love the photos - and congrats on the property. Thanks for the update and it will be interesting to see what style home you'll create.

Thank you for keeping us updated with Bastian. It is always a joy to see his progress.

I know that getting a different house in Florida was weighing heavy on you and I am glad you have made a decision. By building, you will certainly get all your wants and needs. Congrats!

What a sweet boy! They grow so quickly! Love the dimples too!

Thank you for sharing the photos!

What a cutie! So much personality! Between the punkin and the new house you’ll have an exciting year :)

Oh my gosh - he is such a cutie. They do grow up quickly and before you know it he will be 30 and 32 like my guys. Hug him every single chance you get every single day, coming and going, my guys still accept them because they grew up with them.

Another house ?! I remember watching the progress of the current one. Can't wait to see your plans for this one. What is the property like in terms of view, vegetation etc.

Bastian is so cute & quite a wardrobe. So glad Molly continues to do good!

Darling little baby boy!! And that ”Ice Ice Baby“ is hilarious! Congrats on your new build...looking forward to following your progress!

He does have just one dimple. It is so cute, but of course I am biased. I hug and hold him constantly, he is pretty much never put down except at night. He even sleeps on my lap while I work. He is so good about just hanging out and letting me type.

The new house is our winter home to replace our current Florida home which we are selling. We are keeping the PA house. We are designing the FL house as a "forever" house too though. Property taxes are getting out of control in PA so we may retire to the FL house (many. years from now, we are nowhere near retirement). .

Our new lot is on just over 15 acres with a private pond that we may make bigger depending how it looks when we clear the trees. We are likely going to do some fun stuff here, like a pool w/ mini lazy river and a playroom for Bastian w/ a hidden secret entrance..

Bastion looks so cute. I can't believe he's over 3 months old already. Love his smiley face.

Happy birthday to Molly Beagle. How wonderful that the healing continues! I'm so happy for her and you that she has a new lease on life!

What a wonderful piece of property you have there. I'm sure it will turn out fabulous. Look forward to seeing the progress!

Omg, Bastian is so darn cute! And seems to have a sunny disposition. That smile can‘t be just some good photos when he was cheerful. He seems happy and chill.

Bastian is a little doll. What could be better at Christmas. So glad Molly is thriving too. Congrats on the land purchase and I will surely be here to watch the developments :)

Omg, that dimple! Swooooon!

I love seeing how he's growing. So glad Molly is doing well too. Sounds like you have some very exciting new home plans for the new year, and I hope you'll take us along on the building journey!

Oh what joy to see that little cutie growing. Thank you. I am thrilled Molly is thriving, and the land looks fabulous. What fun it will be to design a new house with Bastian in mind.

What a doll! Molly is too! Your lot looks so nice. Sounds like a fun project. Babies grow like weeds. Enjoy every moment.

Nice to hear that all is well with your family and that you are moving forward with a different house in Florida. I can’t wait to hear all about the plans and choices.

What a nice property and such great plans that you have for it.

The one in the elf outfit is just too much! I also like the photo of him in the large box.

Glad Miss Molly is doing well!

Congrats on the property purchase. Very exciting. Hard to believe you can even get something so large and undeveloped in that part of Florida.

He is cheerful pretty much all the time except if he gets hungry or over heated!

We were surprised to find you could get acreage so near to Disney too. It was nice to find out because we really did want to move to Orlando but we do not want to be close to neighbors!

He is just adorable! So glad he enjoyed his first Christmas. Congratulations on everything!

Congratulations on your exciting new project. Bastion is adorable.

Thanks :)

Just precious! So glad Molly is doing well and looking forward to this next project - sounds like a BIG one!

We signed a contract w/ an architect today :) Very excited!

Yes, Baby Bastion is darling. Loved his little sad face in first pic. Oh how I wanted to scoop him up!! You are so lucky he is such an easy one!!

Looking forward to months of design pics as new home progresses!

Well now official congrats are in order. That is great news and a wonderful new project for the Beagle family. Your pond is so clear - look how the trees are reflected in the water. Is the property fairly flat? What a change in the landscaping from your PA place.

Love the blanket photos of little Bastian! Very cute. Glad to hear you are enjoying him. I think these are the easiest years of parenting... just scoop them up and go!

What an exciting, fun project! Can you bring your Amish builders down? Any ideals on style yet?

Great area too, esp if you aren't going to be there year round, since Orlando is so easy to fly in and out of. We looked seriously at Winter Park (still not sure we want to buy in FL) and that was the one of the best things about it.

maire_cate yes it's pretty flat. Everywhere in FL is pretty flat :) It is a major change from our mountain in PA but hopefully should be nice. Some of the acreage is on wetlands so we're trying to figure out what that means in terms of developing and clearing trees to the lake. Hopefully it will be doable (our offer is contingent on the feasibility survey and builder approval).

MtnRdRedux, If you move to Winter Park, we'd be neighbors :)

I would love to bring all my Amish builders down but alas I don't think that will work as they may not want to travel quite so far, LOL. We're going to do a typical Mediterranean style Florida house I think. Open floor plan, travertine floors, lots of sliding glass doors. We spend 99% of our time here outside so we want to make a really nice outdoor area.

I just flew in and out of Orlando and found myself looking out the plane window trying to imagine which pond is "Beagles Pond". I look forward to going along on the home building journey with you. Bastion is darling!