some random thoughts

::  brian’s new company is really taking off, and i’m really proud of him {and his partner}

::  baby has been on expensive special formula {that smells like cat food} for her poo problem, and it’s working. soooo, now i am attempting to go off dairy in hopes that she can handle breastmilk. for the last 6 days i’ve been trying unsuccessfully to remember that i can’t have dairy. it’s so hard. i remember the obvious stuff like cheese and milk, but i forget about all the other things that contain small amounts of dairy.

:: i’m still dying over “shooter” from the bachelorette. if you’re watching you know who i’m talking about. some people…

:: i haven’t posted many pictures of the projects brian has done around our house, but someday i will. this is one of my very favorite things that he’s done, and it just so happens to be one of the simplest and cheapest!

It’s a laundry folding table, incase you couldn’t tell. don’t know why i love it so much, but i do. i actually enjoy folding laundry in there.
::  i have been listening to nothing but taylor swift for the last month. over, and over, and over. it’s finley’s favorite, and she sounds so adorable singing along. last week while we were driving she said, “thank you, God for taylor swift”.
:: adalaide is giggling. it is the cutest thing in the whole. wide. world. i love her.
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nursery photos

Adalaide’s room has been finished for a while now, but I’ve been hesitant to post any pictures because I’m not quite finished working on it. I have no idea when I’ll actually get around to the last few projects so I’m just going to post some pictures anyway. I’m really happy with how it all turned out. It is such a bright, cozy space. We actually find ourselves congregating in there quite often. Which I guess is no surprise considering that the oversized chair pretty much calls my name all day long.

A big huge thanks to my dear husband for doing the woodwork. Because if we’re being honest, it’s what really makes the room {as he so humbly reminds me all the time}. And thank you to my mom for “working in meghan’s sweatshop” {her words} to help me finish all my sewing projects.

So, without further ado…

i shortened these $14 ikea curtains and used the
extra fabric to make these pillows & the crib skirt.
i love that this antique dresser came with a little girls silhoutte painted on it
i should also give brian credit for hanging these glitter numbers so precisely
No, one of these tissue paper pom poms did NOT fall down into the crib. and NO i did not find adalaide’s
arm all tangled in the fishing line. ok, that did happen, but don’t worry i hung them with better hooks.
crib skirt from extra fabric
and hands down the cutest part of the room.

farewell, brown

This weekend Brian started on a project in Finley’s room to transition it from baby room to big girl room. While we’re making the switch I decided that the brown walls needed to go and we needed something lighter and softer. You know, needed! We’ve loved the brown, but for such a small room with small windows it probably isn’t the greatest choice.

So, Brian literally worked all weekend putting up the board and batten wainscoting and painting the walls. The paint sprayer turned out to be his bestfriend and worst enemy. He had to do a gazillion thin coats in order to keep the paint from running. He even woke up at 5 am on monday to do one last coat so finley could be back in her room that day! The last few mornings when I go in to to get Finley the first thing she says is, “it’s my new pink room! it’s so cute! thank you, daddy”. I couldn’t have said it better myself. THANK YOU, BABE!
He took these pictures at night, so it’s sort of hard to see the detail and the pink looks a little off (it’s not such a blue pink) but you get the idea. still have to paint her new door white…

and here we are at a fun little animal farm. we didn’t capture many great pictures because finley was a little under the weather.
Okay, now this was seriously entertaining! all the sudden these goats climbed up on these tables and posed. They stood perfectly still for a LONG time. They must be some sort of show goats that have been trained to pose for pictures or something.

and ps, spell check isn’t working.

our first project

I just sat down to upload some pictures from the last few weeks, but something went wrong and the pictures got lost. I can’t find them anywhere, and they automatically delete from my camera. I’ve made it this far in my pregnancy without shedding a single hormonal tear, but that’s all it took. There were some really cute ones!!! I’m hoping my computer savvy husband can work a miracle! So since those pics are gone, I thought I’d post a picture of one of our first home projects, and give my amazing husband a shout out!!
This area is in the hallway between the kitchen/dining room, finley’s room, and the stairway to the downstairs. It used to have upper cabinets and then just an empty space below. Naturally, the space below became an area where we piled up junk. It wasn’t working and it certainly wasn’t cute, so we put in some lower cabinets and upper shelving and now we have a space that is so amazing. Seriously, this little space has become a lifesaver. It has our computer, mail and bill organizer, decorating stuff, extra kitchen appliances, finley’s coloring stuff. you name it. and if we ever have a big party we can clear it off and use it as a buffet for serving since it’s right off the dining room. i love it and i LOVE my husband for improving our house one project at a time!

**i’m hoping this post will help brian feel extra loved and appreciated as he is on the last stretch of painting our upstairs and feeling a smidge “over” these projects.

i’m just bored…

i don’t really have anything interesting to say. i just thought i’d update you on our oh-so exciting afternoon.

Papa started working on the deck today. Minutes into the project he stumbled upon his worst nightmare. Dry rot.

Day 1 of deckfest 08′ was spent fixing our rotting entryway. Major bummer, but nothing this handy man couldn’t fix…

Finley and I spent the afternoon with my friend Hillary and her sweet little babe. We attempted to go to the new H&M. hahahaha. I say “attempted” because the store was guarded with security and people were let in one by one. Apparently, we didn’t get the memo that it’s opening day and thus the store was majorly overcrowded. After spending MANY minutes looking for parking, weaving through an insane crowd looking for the store, and then finding out we would not be perusing darling little baby clothes we redeemed the trip by getting some caffeine. What a waste.

We spent the rest of the day listening to a lot of ruckus going on outside. Finley was intrigued by all the noises and periodically cruised up to the door to check out the happenings.

And despite WWII going on outside, Finley is sleeping like a little angel. Is there anything sweeter than a sleeping baby?