{ Sit...Stay...Roll-over }

I'm sorry, not everyone wants to see every single thing Peanut does but I know the Grandparents do...

Peanut will no longer sit or stay because he can roll over both ways! That almost sounded like a line of Dr. Seuss. I caught his first tummy to back roll, on camera, by accident. I was filming him lifting his head and surprise, he decided to be a movie star. He practiced all day after he figured it out. He fusses and fusses until he rolls over. Then he realizes that the world looks different from this angle and is completely entranced with his new trick. Then once he's tired of that he fusses and fusses till he gets back to the other side and realizes yet again that there is something different to look at. He also fusses when he lands on the little toy car. Oops! This too was the day Peanut made the decision to start lifting his head for minutes at a time and pulling his knees up underneath him. Up until yesterday he has just been interested in sucking on his hands during tummy time. I have a feeling one day, out of the blue, he's going to go from immobile to crawling across the room and I'll have no idea where he went.

I hope you enjoy the Taylor Swift in the background as well as my words of encouragement. I always forget the point and shoot has a microphone.

{ Welcome to Our Home }

We are officially all unpacked and we thought you might like a tour...

To the left of the entry way is the master bedroom with walk-in closet and attached bathroom. In case you wanted to know, the herb garden in the window is growing splendidly.

The apartment comes with a small child, as seen below.

The armoire was free to a good home (ours) and works quite nicely to add some much needed linen storage.

The door next to the armoire leads to the master bathroom. The first shot is to give you a perspective of the massive square footage of the master bath. The master bath includes a cozy shower that, I'm sad to say, leaks all over the floor with or without a shower curtain on it. We are getting quite good at sticking the curtain to each side, immediately upon entering, so as to limit the water flow on the high quality linoleum. At least the shower curtain is pretty.

The entry way leads straight into this spacious family room.

Decorating on a budget means you combine all of your cheap frames to make one giant piece of wall art. Do you like the new couch?

Here is our dining nook. We finally made it to IKEA where we purchased this fantastic book case. That took care of helping us unload the last of our boxes. We are currently waiting for a warm enough day to finish painting the chairs for the table. 

Our kitchen is the one room I just can't get used to in a positive way. There is not enough counter space to really cook dinner...even without our appliances on them. Low selling point, as we have learned from HGTV. HGTV also tells us that granite counter tops and stainless steel appliances are a must, along with updated cabinetry. Good thing we don't have to make sure it sells when our lease is up. The great thing is that those metal doors lead to a laundry room. Hooray!

Here is our second bathroom. It looks very much like the one we had in UT. I'm glad we have a bathtub for my bubble baths and for Peanut. Peanut already enjoys his baths so we're looking forward to him being able to sit up soon in the tub and play with the many rubber ducks he was given.

Lastly here is the little man's room. The decoration above his crib will soon frame pictures of all his extended family. There is a labeled polka dot for each set of grand parents and each aunt and uncle, so even though they are far away he will be able to see their smiling faces whenever he wants. This was my mock up to make sure I liked the layout.

Here is the amazing changing table that Rob designed and made for us. It's so helpful. Peanut quiets right down when he gets his diaper changed for some reason.

This wall has the measurement chart and the bowl that will soon house some gold fish. Our first family pet. Maybe our only family pet. I think this will be fun until he tries to knock them over. Then we will have to find a new spot. The shelf also holds his books, that is, until our collection grows.

Last but not least here is a terrible back-lit photo of the curtains I made before he was born. Good thing I kept them gender neutral.

We hope you enjoyed this quick tour of our home. One day our photography skills might improve, and by then we won't live here anymore. Come visit us!

{ Look What I Made! }

Pop-up Birthday Cards

  Birthday Cakes 

This was a shameless marketing plug that I brought to a one year old's birthday party. We'll find out if it worked when I get a phone call for paying customers for their sons/daughters birthday parties.

The thing on the top is my stab at a cake-pop "1" with sprinkles

Shabby to Chic

Updating our dining table with the miracle known as spray paint.