Achoo!

Aidan is trying to learn how to blow his nose. He came to me a little while ago saying, "Mommy, I need a tissue!" I reminded him that he knew where to find them, and told him that he should go try to blow his nose all by himself. Moments later, I heard a manufactured, "Achoo! Achoo!" coming from the bathroom. After a few tries, I heard him actually managed to blow out and into the tissue. If this means I have one less nose to wipe, I'm going to be thrilled!

Spray Paint and a Sofa Table

Last week, I drove to Marshall, Texas to pick up this $35 Craigslist find. It wasn’t a bad looking table to begin with, but the moment I saw it, I had visions of spray paint. I’m going to lay blame on Kimba over at ASPTL for this. I’ve seen one too many of her furniture rehab projects. But I digress…

I started out by sanding it down. I was a little lazy with it, so I just sanded until the piece of paper I was using wore out and called it good. Then, I wiped it down really well to get all of the dust particles off.

Next up: primer. You can buy it in a spray can now, so that is what I opted for. Easy peasy.

Once that dried, it was time to paint! My original plan was to paint the entire thing blue, then paint a chocolate brown color over all of it and distress it. However, once I got the blue paint on, I decided I really liked it and chose to leave the legs blue and just paint the top brown.

You can see from the picture that I got a little messy with that brown paint. If I’d planned it out right, I’d have done the top first and then painted the legs. Since I changed my mind midway through the project, I made a mess of it. And I ran out of blue paint. I’ll have to go buy another can tomorrow and touch it up. But I love the (nearly) finished product, and I couldn’t wait to share it!

Once the table is situated in its new home and properly decorated, I’ll share photos of that as well.

Ta-da!

When I went to get my baby girl out of bed this morning, this is what I found. She was standing! It's a good thing we had the forethought to go ahead and lower that crib mattress, or she probably would've been flipped out of the bed, too! I can't believe how big she's getting. She tries to pull up and stand all the time now. This afternoon, she was holding my hands, standing in the middle of her bedroom floor, with Aidan running laps around us. Neely was just wiggling and bouncing, trying to figure out how to move her little feet. She wants to chase her big brother so badly. It's adorable. And he's in big trouble once she figures it out.

Sunday morning

God is our merciful Father and the source of all comfort.

~ 2 Corinthians 1:3, NLT

A couple of goofballs

It's been five years.

It’s John’s and my fifth anniversary tomorrow, and at this time each year, I like to pull out the photos and reminisce about our special day. Also, as will be obvious by the end of this post, I still love to share them with anybody I can trick into it. (Ha! You just thought you were going to get to see something new today.) I had so much fun on my wedding day. So for family and friends that are featured in any of these photographs, I’m sorry if you don’t think I’m sharing the best picture of you, but these are my very favorites, and I think you all look great!





I have lipstick on my teeth? Get it off!


This dress is HOT!


I have my sunglasses stuck in my wedding dress. So what?


Our wedding party.


Crazy dance. And Joe, don't think we're not doing this at your wedding, too. ;)


Andrea's face totally says, "Oh, shoot. I'm about to drop her."


And we sang to Margaret for her birthday. She looks like she's eyeballing the nearest exit. Hey, Maggie, I'll bet you never imagined that in just five short years, you'd be gearing up for your own wedding. Happy birthday, girl!

What I did with the felt

I made a crayon roll for Aidan! I love it. I have loads of extra felt, so I'm going to make some more and list them in my Etsy shop for anybody who's interested. And of course, in those that I sell, I'll include shiny new crayons, not well-loved, down to the nubs crayons which is virtually all I could find when I was hunting some down to put in Aidan's.

Actually, now that I think about it, if anybody wants one and has requests for colors (your child's favorites, team colors, to match your child's backpack are a few ideas), I can make one custom for you and embroider a name on it. Sorry, train of thought there. But I had loads of fun making Aidan's, so I'd love an excuse to do some more!