An Easter Basket

This is a fun little design and can be customized to any color combo! I think it would be precious in pastels as well!!

oopsies, this was supposed to be posted to my other blog. ;/

Anywho I am really starting to get into this embroidery and applique stuff!! 

Go check it out! 

I am going to add a link to the etsy shop for ease of use. 

Out with the Old, in with the Old!!

I am soo excited to finally have found a table base for our screened in porch!!!

If you remember back in the fall the deal of the century on some outdoor chairs at Essex Bargain Hunt.

A dear friend living in Tuscaloosa showed me what she found for her porch and I was smitten!!!

What seamstress wouldn't want a massive spool as a table base??

I can't wait!!

We go to pick it up March 1!!! And I am counting down the days!

First Birthday Lunch

This sweet boy got his first chik fil a lunch on his first birthday and we all had a blast watching him devour his cupcake!

He is quite the comedian around here and always making us laugh!

Previous Owner Follow Up

Really not a whole lot changed in this bathroom.

I love the taupe color, its a good warm tone that doesn't have really yellow undertones.

Wonder if this is the same color in the hallway leading upstairs?

The cabinets were painted black.

The lights they show were not in the home when we purchased and what was there was not very functional.

Other than some paint and new light fixtures this room has virtually stayed the same.

Found the sconces on super clearance at the West Elm outlet for about $20.00 a piece

And yes the cabinets were my first project in this home and these were pre pinterest days people... no on warned me to not put poly on top of the flat black paint. 

Someday I will redo this....

12 months!!

How did this year come so quickly??

HOW???

This sweet boy, he has more than 100% stolen my heart.

He is the sweetest, most tender hearted, ALL BOY, climbing, crazy fella!

He apparently Loves the camera!

Case and Point.

And these big blue eyes get me every time!!

Hope I can try and get him in the chair for the last of our 12 monthly pictures and update you guys with his stats. 

Planning for 5 in 1100 square feet...

Whew, ever since we discovered we were expecting my first thought is WHERE will we put everyone.

As the weeks have progressed the idea of being in a little home has grown on me and I am purging with much greater intent now.

After removing all the unnecessary we actually have a decent amount of room for everyone.

The most necessary change has been everyone moving rooms.

Sister moved upstairs, we moved to her room and brother is now in the master.

The master has been my main focus as of late seeing as that is the only room that will not require to be repainted. 

This room has become nursery/playroom/ new baby's nursery.

Here is a "rough draft" of what I have envisioned.

Simple, somewhat rustic, and gender neutral as we are not finding out the sex of the baby.

The changing table, whale, white table and chairs, and rug are all currently in the room. 

Everything else is a sample of the items we hope to create for this new ones room.

The bedding will be purchased this go around and will likely not be monogrammed until after baby's arrival.

Anyone have any suggestions on glider options? we moved our other one into the den and we are LOVING it in there.

Be back with pictures of the actual spaces once I can get everyone's room clean :) happy monday folks!

(ps still updating and backdating a few posts, stay tuned for those as well)

Forget Winter

Although rainy, the weather here is infringing on 70 degrees tomorrow.

Forget winter!!

.......

Let's just head straight on for spring.

Have any of you seen this??

Awesome post put together by Carrieloves.com

So glad other people have started peeking at spring fashions. I love the mix of color I am seeing!

Big City turned small town when....

You find a job in a part of town you knew nothing about growing up.

While at said job people get to know you and find out you live around the corner.

Said people reference your home as "so and so's old house"

You don't know so and so... until a high school friendship is rekindled as she moves around the corner.

The so and so's become high schools friends, neighbors aunt and uncle. 

Follow that??

Anywho thanks to the power of facebook you are offered the incredible and rare opportunity to connect with the so and so's and email back and forth.

Through your back yard new fence nightmare you find one of their childrens precious stepping stones accidentally left behind when they moved.

I am so excited to be able to message the wife of this couple and get her to fill in the blanks for me on our home we knew nothing about.

The people who bought from them were who got foreclosed on. 

After several emails back and forth and her answering some questions for me she sent some pictures she took just before they listed their house on the market. 

Enjoy seeing how it has changed in 8 years.

The bank made a LOT of changes between them and before we purchased. I kinda wish the kitchen was how it was when she had it. 

Oh well.... to be renovated eventually!

This is the picture she sent me, i commented with the changes that have occurred since then.

Sorry its dark. but the kitchen dining area became our home office.

disregard the suitcase. haha

not sure who did what here but i LOVE her cabinet doors. 

I dont have these pretty doors. mine are plain with an AWEFUL paint job to them!

and the cooktop and oven?? jealous!! this cheap thing I have doesnt cook evenly!!

CURSES!!!

And i hate my countertops, time to stop complaining.... there are people around the world starving and I complain about my faux granite countertops! 

What am I the most jealous of??? she didnt have these HORRIBLE spanish tiles in her backsplash. one day I will get mad enough and just take a hammer to em!!

final share for this post...

remember my question about the random pole in the middle of the very back yard?? 

She answered it!

That was the side to the ladder for their above ground pool.

better picture from the spring when we added the flower beds.

Wait til this spring when we FINALLY landscape and put up a privacy fence!!!

I will probably cry because I will be so excited about the dogs not being about to run off!!!

More to come in a second post!!

Disney Day 2 Part 2

As promised here are the pictures from my iphone. 

Took them quite a while to upload so sorry for the delay.

Waiting in the fast pass line at Winnie the Pooh.

Had to grab a quick blurry picture while on the ride.

The scene from the birthday party is my favorite! 

So happy and cheery!!

And the much anticipated Ariel ride! 

The characters in this ride were pretty amazing!

Loved the fish in this "scene"

This ride you are in the clam shell just like on Nemo at Epcot.

Our very excited 4 yr old bumped me while I snapped this one. oopsies, but this is the last scene at the end of the ride! 

So fun!!

And I did an awful job checking back with yall after the much anticipated double stroller debate. 

We finally found the City Select at a local discount store. 

It was new in box and we LOVE it.

Made getting around the park with 2 sooo easy!

Random picture of the crazy traffic as we entered Magic Kingdom that morning!

And here is sweet boy grabbing his ear and getting excited about the approaching Main Street Parade as we made our way out of the parks!

We spent the next 3 days with family and 2 of them parusing the great outlets and shops of Orlando. 

Such a fun opportunity to stop in at disney a short year and a half later after our first trip with baby girl!!

Time for a shopping post??

Disney Day 2- Part One

Man I have waited way too long to post this.... 

Let's see if I can remember what we did.

We woke up and headed straight for Epcot to go straight to the Character Spot to meet Mickey and Minnie.

We knew this would be the highlight of the trip for baby brother.

I know your super jealous of my heart monitor and the do I or do I not look pregnant. 

So over this phase!!

Carrying on...

Brother was Smitten with Pluto. 

Since we have beagles we don't make barking noises but we howl. 

Sooo funny!

Sounded kinda like an owl hooting but this was the noise he made while seeing pluto.

Not quite sure at first.

Then he was a howling away!

For those of you that don't remember our horror upon last years trip; well, big sister has a horrific fear of large characters. 

Like, nightmares, tremors, it was horrible taking her and discovering this inside Magic Kingdom!!

This year she got brave!! The first day was a slow start and warm up but apparently all it took was getting Minnie to sign a doll!!

Score!

After we said our good byes to Mickey, Minnie and Pluto we hopped on the monorail and RAN over to Magic Kingdom to sneak in lunch at the new Be Our Guest restaurant.

For those of you that do not know Be Our Guest is one of the restaurants in the new Fantasyland. 

Being honest, most disney food is pretty run of the mill, honestly not that great. 

This meal was very flavorful and quite satisifying!!

Here is what we saw upon walking in the restaurant.

There was not a single detail un-noticed!

Here is what the menu looks like!

After a walk down the "short hall of armored men,"

you then round the corner and are given a red rose. The rose contains a GPS tracker in it for the server to bring you your food.

You place your order at the following stations and then select a room to sit in.

Since we are big scaredy cats, ie our 4 yr old, we sat in the rose garden room.

It is quite impressive that each room can accomodate hundreds of people.

If I added correctly, at any given time they can seat just under 1000 people!

The walls in this room were covered in scenes from the movie.

Our food was delivered in once of the fancy serving carts like seen in the movie.

Everything was hot, tasty, and probably the best meal I have ever eaten at disney!

We were smart this day...

We fast passed Mickey's Philanthrarmagic, and Winnie the Pooh. 

In the meantime we rode the carousel!

Then we fast passed Ariel's new ride! I think it was called Under the Sea.

And walked right up and rode the Spinning Tea Cups!!

Back with iphone pics in just a bit!