What's up?

Wow this took way too long to post. Sorry. We have been working on a few projects here and there. I feel like there is so much we want to get done before the Birthday party (Sadie's 1st in case you forgot) and not enough hours in our day. I'm waiting for my camera to upload the pics I took for this blog but it seems to be reimporting EVERYTHING on the camera. Like stuff I've already imported is importing again. I hate this computer tech stuff. Waiting... Waiting... Waiting... 769 imports later...

I love this. I'm thinking about tackling it at some point.

I re-arranged the playroom so it went from this (when we came to look at the house for the first time):

To this (all fixed and set up):

To it's new re arranging (we still need the tv stand or even a new wall mounted tv):

I started to get the art/craft room set up. The walls still need to be painted. The ugly mint green is from the previous owners. There are drips of that ugly paint all over the trim too. I'll deal with that when I get there.
Before:

God I can't wait to paint that!
In the process:

I know, it looks like shit right now. Don't worry it will be kind of fabulous when I can get to it!  

The family room before (as stated in the past the 2008 stamp on the pictures is incorrect. It was in 2011/2012):

 Josh getting ready for the floors:

And here it is as of today:

 The great outdoors. Don't judge. This is what we got when we bought it (remember it was a foreclosure). We have a lovely "pond" or "hole" in our back yard from where an above ground pool once stood. My step dad brought fill today so that hole is going to be all filled in. Just have to wait for the grass to grow. Waiting... The ugly shed is going to be demolished and scrapped for cash. Josh plans on building a new one, a nice one, a sturdy one! There are some pics of our deck and porch too:     

That's all the updating for now. I've been trying to make a "to do" list for things that need to get done before the party. Maybe I'll just jot it down here. Let's go room by room. No, let's start outside:
-Put final coat of paint on front door
-Hang house numbers
-Spray paint outdoor fixtures (if they look bad we'll just buy new ones)
-Do as much landscaping as possible (We can't plant anything yet but we can hack down old dead bushes)
-Fill in "hole" (almost there)
-Clean off deck furniture
-Paint deck
-Chop down brush behind and on side of fence

Now on to the indoors:
-Scrape and repaint stairs
-Stick up stair railings
-Clean/organize 2nd floor (this includes art room/guest room and storage area)
-Get TV stand for playroom (or just get the poor kid a new wall mounted TV)
-Paint closet door in main bath
-Touch up all paint including but not limited to trim
-Hang Sadie's mirror above dresser
-Finish and hang all artwork in BRs    
-Hang door on mudroom and paint     
 I'm not even sure if that's everything but it's a good start. We have exactly  21 days. Who wants to baby sit? Write art history papers? Draft detail drawings? Work for Josh? Help us with our list? Anybody? Somebody? Please...          

Party Planning

Sadie's birthday party is April 15th (the Sunday before her actual Birthday). I think I'm more excited about this than I should be. I'm a first time mom so I guess it's cool. I've been planning this sha-bang for awhile now. When she was tiny she used to light up when Abby Cadabby came on Sesame Street. She's kind of gotten over it. She still likes it but it doesn't hold her interest as much. So my original plan was to have an Abby Cadabby party. I thought about this a lot (seriously, way more than a person should) and I decided that since it's her FIRST birthday it should be focused on her turning ONE and not on some silly character. Right?

Off to Pinterest I went to find some inspiration. I fell in love with the "Pink Lemonade" theme of light pinks and yellows (without the lemonade). It's so sweet, simple and sort of vintage looking and kind of theme-less. Perfect. Here are some of my inspiration pics of pink/yellow parties:

Loving this with the little bit of blue and orange too!

See how Sweet this is?! Now for the cake. We're not doing a sheet cake. Sorry sheet cake lovers but no one ever eats them and your left with a whole cake and I'm the only one who would eat it and I do NOT need to eat a whole cake (I think this is a run on sentence?). Trying to lose the last 15 lbs. of pregnancy fat! We've I Have decided on cupcakes. They seem to go better than cake for whatever reason... We are doing chocolate, white and strawberry. Josh's aunt is making them so that makes them all the more special. This is just a picture of cupcakes I found that I thought were gorgeous!:

I'm debating on a smoosh cake:

On to Decorations. I'm going to decorate her high chair. Here are a few options:

Use table cloths as decor instead of on the tables. My mom's taking care of the balloons:

Baby time line. Newborn to one year:

This is so cool! But I don't know if I'll end up making one:

We're doing a time capsule (I even found the same box at Target). Everyone can fill out a little notecard or leave a little momento for Sadie to open when she turns 18 Thanks for the Idea YHL!:

That's all the inspiration I need for a sweet little 1st Birthday Party for my little girl. Where does the time go?! I can't wait to post pictures of the party and see how everything turns out!

House Tour {Our Progress}

Well here she is in all her glory as of now. There is still so much to be done but it's coming along quite nicely! The previous post has our bedroom as of now. It still needs curtains hung and art work.

We will start with the LR which still needs some baseboards put up and some shelves. I'd also like to add some yellow in the future:

Dining Room. Needs some shelves hung and the console table cleared off (see the air compressor sitting on the floor there?):

Kitchen:

Playroom (It was clean but then Sadie wanted to mess it all up play):

Hallway. I made the Roman shade:

Half Bath (ya not much going on in there):

Main Bath (just needs our Dali prints hung):

Yes, we keep our macbook in the bathroom

Sadie's Room (still need to hang mirror over her dresser and get that all set up so there are no pictures of that wall yet):

 

and the Mudroom which is still a big work in progress:

For instance that ugly gold frame needs to be spray painted asap. Like the bench I stained?

This is where we hang our coats and place our shoes

Frog man toots his horn when we arrive...

 That's it for now. I'll post more as we update!

Sneek Peek

Here is our bedroom with nothing hung as of now. I have to find some art work for 2 frames, I have to hang curtains, and maybe find a new comforter and sham set.

It's been awhile

We have been so busy since we moved. I often think about making a quick entry but there is never time. I have a little bit of time now so I thought I'd fill you in on a few things. This is our 3rd weekend here and we are still not all unpacked. Pathetic! I know! We just haven't had the time. Josh has been working on getting our previous home ready for the Realtor to come and take pics and give us a selling price (fingers crossed it's a good amount). I've been studying my little butt off for my classes and playing with the baby lots! She's such a cutie. Starting to walk and stand on her own like a big girl.

Earlier in the week I plopped Sadie in the crib and went to work on her gallery wall. Originally I wanted to do embroidery hoops like this for her room:

But I really wanted to add in an old picture from my nursery when I was a youngin'. Here were a few options I came up with but wasn't too thrilled with:

There was another variation in there too but I don't have a picture of it anymore. Finally I decided on this (and I finally got it all up on the wall...on my own):

It has a little bit of everything I wanted and then some. By the time I was done and taking this picture Miss Sadie was like "get me out of here already". I'm very happy with it and every time we go into her room she points at it. So I guess she kind of likes it too!
Here was my process:

Step 1. Use tracing paper and cover area of hanging space on wall

Measure out and space where you want things to hang. This takes a lot of time and patience:

I started at the bottom with the shelf ledge, then I hung the ballet slippers in the center of the whole thing, then I hung my old picture and then I went from there with everything else. I used Drywall anchors and screws to hold almost everything up so it's good and secure. Once I had everything in place I added command velcro strips to the backs of everything for extra support. I don't think these puppies are going anywhere.

 Eventually I removed all the tape and tracing paper. I found this lamb print for free on pinterest it's from a blog called thehandmadehome.net:

I freaking love it! It reminds me of the time my mom and I took Sadie to see the Alpaca's at Hillside Farms and there were also sheep and one fell in love with her. Here, it melts my heart:

 Finished product again:

My next project is tackling the mudroom and cleaning up some very old picture frames we found in our old homes attic! Very exciting. Oh and the best news! We are going to Ikea this weekend! We are getting a dining room table and chairs and a few other things. I'll have to post and Ikea haul! It's free breakfast Saturday as well so I'm way too excited...