New Look

I got a little bored today (maybe not bored...just distracted) and started re-doing some stuff on the blog and ended up redoing it all. Anyway, I just HAD to showcase what a rockstar photographer Mandy is and the awesome pictures she captured of my baby girl about 2 weeks ago. Love, love, love them all. Here are a few favorites!!

This one makes me laugh so hard...she was so happy until the very end!

A Rare Jewel

This weekend was a rare one. We had minimal plans and I liked it that way. Friday night came and we stayed at home with a pizza and watched my sister's kids. Ice Age was the movie of the night and so Eli, Justin & I watched the movie, played the games, watched all the extra bonus features, played the games some more...Eli was so into it. Evie just slept like a little angel.

Saturday morning I popped up, running late as usual, for the Pass It On kids consignment sale. How many times has Haylie woken up at 7am on the dot, except for the one Saturday I'm planning on her to do so? Oh well. Still make it to the sale by 8 am (with picking up 2 others) and got an arm-load of winter lovelies for Haylie. We then ran to our good friend Olivia's first birthday party and had fun enjoying her loving the tissue paper instead of actual gifts and refusing to eat the cupcake until she was good and ready.

Coming home, we hit a garage sale or two, and then we had the rest of the day...to do nothing. And nothing is what we did. I napped. I played with Haylie. I put off doing laundry and dishes. I read. I went to bed early.

Sunday was a morning of church, which was wonderful. We came home, sat on the porch with lunch and listened to the rain. Haylie napped. I napped. Justin napped. We watched football. We went to Financial Peace and dinner with friends. And now here we are. On the couch. Contemplating going to bed early. I'm not sure what to do with myself - two naps and not running ourselves ragged on a weekend? I'm in love.

A Lot Has Changed...

The attitude is still there, but physically, my baby has gotten a wee bit bigger!

The first picture is taken at 4 weeks, the second was taken at 9 months (9.1.10).

I just noticed that both outfits have cupcakes on them. We(I) love sweets and apparently like to wear clothes to prove it!

We went to the doctor the day before she turned 9 months and got shots. Never fun but we didn't have a reaction quite like last time. She is 16.12 lbs and is 27 in. long - the lower percentile & definitely on the petite side.

She eats pretty much anything we put in her face and can put away Cheerios like they are going out of style. She is crawling - but not anywhere fast & loves to find all air vents that will blow air in her face. She thinks they are so fun. When she gets tired, she doesn't want anyone but me but when I hold her, she wants to get down & play. She doesn't snuggle very much - she is always on the move and needs to be held facing outward. Nosy thing - just like her Mimi!

She has a temper like a demon and the lungs of a drama queen. She is starting to throw tantrums on the floor...I, for one, didn't think that would start so early. Ugh!

Justin and I love our baby girl so much! I can't believe in a few short months, we will be celebrating her 1st birthday. Someone get the tissues ready...

If you make me look at that tarantula, I will punch you in the face.

A few weekends ago, my mom and her siblings decided to plan a family reunion. We went to Roman Nose State Park and had a great time getting together. I won't even discuss that we were there for about 5 minutes before someone came up and told us there was a tarantula in the back. It took everything I had not to scream, get back in my car, hyperventilate and drive home. Spiders and I have a hate, hate relationship. I wouldn't even ask about the time I saw a spider on Haylie...

Friday Night - around the campfire. Smores & popcorn - YUM.

Haylie Brooke at breakfast. She was quite the trooper that weekend.

Aunt Barbara rocking Haylie to sleep. She got Haylie to finally take a nap. I am forever in her debt.

One way to get this girl in a good mood - take her swimming!

The clan. I love my big, crazy family with all my heart.

What is She Doing?

Happy Friday! So glad it's a holiday weekend - I'm going to stay put in Edmond to enjoy it! Finally caught Haylie when she is pooping - her face turns bright red. I'm going to start calling her Bob the Tomato.

Before & After: Living Room

Before picture of the living room: Peach Galore!!

After:

This is one of my favorite rooms in our house. We did the ceiling white, the walls a brown, and took down the fabulous valences and vertical blinds. I am on a search for red curtains to put up but am not having luck with finding 6 panels at a time (and within my budget). I also need to get new throw pillows to really bring some pop into the room. All my pillows are brown - I don't know what I was thinking. I promise I'm not scared of color.

Those are all my before & after's for awhile. Hope you enjoyed a glimpse of what we've been doing. There is much more to do but Rome wasn't built in a day...

Before & After: Bathrooms

My before pictures were the ones I stole off MLS so I think they used a panoramic lens or something. I can't seem to quite get the same effect.

Here is the before pic of the master bath:

And here is after:

Since this had lovely wallpaper, we took that off, textured & painted. We put up a new light fixture. We will eventually redo the bath & floor tile & countertops. We will put a different mirror on the wall since that one doesn't really go.

This is the "jungle" guest bath before:

Guest bath after:

Same song & dance as the master bath.

I've decided that all my decor is very neutral and I'm not sure why. I need to work on that. Get some color in this house!!