Projects!!!!!

I'm sure that my sweet hubby is getting sick of me searching Craigslist for great deals on furniture that he definitely does not want to move. He even told me last night that I should probably finish the projects that i've already started before looking for a grandma (aka. Wing back) chair to reupholster. I'm sure he's right, so here is a glimpse of some of the projects that I need to finish before I can get my wingback chair.


The Credenza: I think I've decided that i'm gonna paint this beauty a peacock blue with some gold hardware. And I think i'm going to keep it in my front room. This is the quilt that I've been working on for Presleigh's bed. It is going to be perfect. I am so excited to get this done but it's my first quilt so it's taking me some time. Plus I don't need it done until January for her birthday, so other christmas things come first.

This a pic of our torn up front living area. Until last night it was our formal dining area but i'm thinking its going to be another living area so the kiddos have more space to play in. That entertainment center where our TV is we got for free and it came with two other pieces all of which I'm planning on restaining.

This is some of the felt food that i've been working on for Presleigh for Christmas. I still have so much more to make, and you would be surprised how long this stuff takes. It'll will be nice and fun play food and also safe around baby boy so i'm excited about it. Here are our Christmas stockings. Not your traditional stockings and they are not even close to finished but they will be super cute hung on our fireplace.

These are Noah's christmas present. Soft fabric blocks! I'm gonna put some letters on them and then call them good.

It's definitely hard to find time to create things with two little ones but these projects keep me sane and give my mind some excersise:)

Montana Itch

So I pretty much have been craving a trip to Montana ever since Noah was born. Some think i'm crazy for wanting to take multiple trips to visit my fam a year, but I say "isn't that one of the best things about having a family." I'm so happy that my parents gave me siblings so that we could grow up and be the best of friends. I guess we could be the best of friends over the phone, but it is definitely not the same.

I don't really need to live next door to my parentals although that would be nice;) I would just like to take the family to go visit their aunts and uncles and cousins and grandparents a little more often. I have come to realize though that when you decide to move 20 hours away from your family it makes trips a little more difficult. That is when you have to convince your family to come see you. This is something that I have half way accomplished.

I am so excited to have my dad coming to visit us for three whole weeks in December. Yes my hubby is amazing but so is my dad. I guess we are gonna get to know a little of how it would feel to live next door to my parents or how about live with. I am so glad that I will have the opportunity to spend some good quality time with my father. I am even more excited that my kiddos will get to spend time with their Papa, even if they won't really remember we will definitely take lots of video to remind them. My mother will then make her appearance for a week during Christmas. It's only been two years since i've had a Christmas with my parents um yeah that's like a lifetime, so i am sooooooo excited! well I should probably stop rambling about how much i miss and love my family, and how much i wish I could road trip it to Montana. For now i'll have to be happy with a little montana feel through my sweet parents over Christmas!

Random Fun!!!!!

I got these super cute rain boots for a steal and Presleigh loves them!! Last year I looked all over for rainboots that would fit her, so I was very excited to find these ones.
Here is our sweet boy just chillen out.

Right out of High school my uncle helped me change the brake pads on my car and after I was done my mother took a picture of me with my greased up hands. Well, this weekend Wayne changed the brakes on his car and so I decided to take a picture of the moment. He tried to copy my pose from my pic. I'm so lucky to have a man who can fix things!! We call him "Handy Daddy"

Presleigh has had a cold all week and so Wayne decided to stay home with the kids today. You can imagine from this picture how well that went:)

My new project, not that I've finished all my others. I've been looking for quite a while now for a credenza that I could paint for Presleigh's new big girl decor and I finally talked Wayne into this one. He picked it up for me and I am so excited. It is super heavy duty and perfect to store her toys and junk in, at least I think that's what i'm gonna use it for. Now I just need to decide on a color. Yellow? Green? Red? what do you think?

Presleigh thinks it's her new toy!!!

4 months pics

I know people don't usually get their babies pics taken at 4 months, but that is the strange month that I had Presleigh's taken in, so I wanted to be consistent. So here are a few of the pictures we got taken today. I think they turned out super cute.

Happy 4 months!!!!!

My sweet baby boy is already 4 months. It's crazy how fast the last few months have gone by. We are so busy (which I really do love). Noah is as sweet as he can be. I love this little chubber so much it's almost unhealthy. I also love that he takes a pacifier, falls asleep on his own for most of the night, and sleeps with a special blanket. This boy is a dream baby. I think i'll take about 6 more of him.
I also have to say that this boy loves his sister. He loves to talk to her and give her open mouth kisses. Presleigh can always get him to smile. I love to watch them together. I can't believe how they already interact so much, it's so adorable. What a blessing it is to have 2 amazing little ones!!

Little Green Chair part 2

So I wasn't lying about the little green chair. It drives me crazy how Presleigh drags the thing all over the house. Even when she doesn't need it to climb on things, she still likes to go grab her chair. Here is my proof... today she would not stop asking for candy. So I figured that if I moved the candy out of sight it'd be out of her mind. Well, I was wrong. I was feeding Noah and could here her doing something in my bedroom, and this is what I found.

Here are some pictures of our trip to Apple Hill.

Dear, Little Green Chair

I have been battling with you for way too long. You allow my daughter to stand on you to get into anything she wants. Why are you so light and easy to move around the house? I'm sick of you being in my bathroom in front of the sink. You are helping my daughter make way too many messes. I have seriously considered throwing you in the garbage along with your twin but I know my sweet Presleigh would be so sad and constantly ask me for her "seat". You need to stay by your little table and not move. I don't want to see you by the front door helping Presleigh unlock it. I don't want to see you by the bathtub helping Presleigh play with the water. I definitely don't want to see you in the kitchen at all! No more getting into things on the dining room table. No more trying to brush her own teeth. No more climbing on nightstands. No more getting on the cement wall outside.
My life would be so much easier without you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

But it would also be way more boring!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!