Nap Time is a Magic Time.

 There is a moment in my home when everything works, all my projects are going as planned, and it's serenely quiet...  

 Where everyone relaxes...

                          And finds a nice comfy spot... (ignore how disgusting my carpet is please)

And drift off into a magical dream filled sleep...

And when that time is over...

 Our own special piece of heaven is present.

 Because we've all had our naps and we're happy:)

Not Sure What to Post...

I have something that I really need to say out in the open , but I think I need to resolve the mysteries behind it first. Other than that I'm pleased to announce Pippin is an idiot, but we love her anyway. She does really well with the potty training then out of no where she'll start peeing everywhere again. Riley is kinda doing the same thing and what is it with kids and waiting until the VERY LAST SECOND to go to the bathroom? Serioulsy! She dances around for 5 minutes straight while I'm trying to coax her into the bathroom then when she finally comes to sit on the toilet she's practically peeing down her leg. Bridget is quickly learning how to talk and we've discovered she's a bit of a scrapper and a bully. If someone does something she doesn't like she'll push and glare at you from under her eyebrows. While it is cute, I'll have to nip that in the bud, I can't have her shoving people just because they do something she doesn't like. We have several things going on at the house, Tim has got the basement all sheet rocked and now we just need to mud and tape and sand and paint it all. Then my nail room will be DONE!!!! Hallelujah!! Tim has seeded the lawn and we've got several plans for flowers in the front yard. I want to do flowers in the back yard too, but we'll have to wait on that. And Justin comes home in August and I'm super stoked about that. As of right now I have eaten half a bag of baby carrots. And I don't mean the little bags. Anyway, our Realtor just came and brought us a 50$ gift card for Texas Roadhouse, which is really nice. Is it weird I'm glad we have bought a home but I'm sad we're not looking to buy anymore because we won't get to work with them anymore? They were super awesome guys and the whole process went so well. Which brings me to the fact that Rory and Dorthy got an offer accepted on a home out in Magna. It's tiny, but I think it'll be good for them, and I'm really excited for them. Now I need to go get a crying baby out of room before I just get a death stare.

Sew Crafty...:)

Lately I've been sick so I've been pretty worthless at getting things done around the house. But, while I was sick I didn't actually waste all my time sitting around. I was sewing. One night Tim and I climbed into be d and noticed there was a hole in our fitted sheet. These sheets had been through four years of marriage, two kids, and two dogs. I think they did pretty good for all the traffic we put them through. but I didn't want to throw them away. so, I got thinking.... My mom uses old stuff like that for cleaning rags after she's washed them one last time. But it seemed such a waste to tear up a mostly good king sized fitted sheet. So I thought, What could I make with the fabric that would use most of it. Then I thought about stuff I've been meaning to get for myself or my bed. Ta Da! Pillowcases! It was perfect. I've been meaning to get some new ones but why should I BUY new ones for 14 bucks a pair ( I only have king sized pillows, that's another story)  when I can make new ones for no cost at all? So I flipped of my existent pillowcases inside out, and made a little pattern for myself to make some new pillowcases. I now have two new pillowcases. Then, I think it was on the same day actually I ripped an old pair of capri shorts around the back of the leg because my thighs rub together and the insides of the legs wear out quick. Nasty yes, but hey, I'm working on it. I didn't want to throw them away because again I still saw them as perfectly good shorts. Although I didn't really want to patch them to wear them again. SO I got thinking. Maybe I could make Riley some shorts? Nah. Then it hit me.  I'll make Riley a cute denim skirt! So I did. I like to pride myself in the fact that I don't ever use a pattern for anything when I sew. And sometimes it works out , like it did for Riley's skirt, but other times... not so much like for Riley's Rapunzel dress. I cut out the existing rectangles of fabric sewed them together,  added a little elastic waist and added some button embellishments and BOOM I made a skirt.

Isn't it cute?! Tim helped her pose for the picture and everything. :) It's getting really fun to make Riley stuff because she's willing to let me do fittings and try on stuff so I can see if it'll fit.I also made some Easter dresses for the girls out of some  pre-shirred fabric from WalMart Riley HAD to HAVE because it's Dora.

I know they're aDORAble. He He Get it? Never mind. The kids are super cute if I do say so myself and the fact that they were both smiling and looking in the right direction when I took this picture makes me even more excited.:) I want to make Riley some jumper dresses out of some old tops that I have in my closet that I'll never be able to fit into again, so I'll keep the blog updated for those.  My Grandma also has some shirts she wants to give to me to "Repurpose"  which I am more than willing to do. that way I can make some sleeved tops to go under the jumper dresses or just to wear with jeans. I also saw a thing on pintrest on how to make leather shoes for kids out of an old purse!! What a cute idea right?!!! Deconstructing and reconstructing is so much fun for me. What would be really fun if I had a dress form that was my size double so I could make things for myself. :) Oh well littler things are easier to sew. :)

Wow long time!!

 Woah I've not posted in FOREVER. and it's all because Mercedes invited me to join Pintrest so that's all I ever do on the computer now. That and I'm trying to learn how to balance my time with trying to parent my two girls and potty our new little puddle machine, Pippin. I told Tim I wanted a puppy because I felt like it would be good for Penny to have a little buddy, and I was right because Pippin makes Penny EXHAUSTED. So we're really excited about that. In other news, I've been trying my hand at sewing and I've sewn a pair of leggings for Riley. I'm still learning so that's as far as I've gotten. And I've been so ambitious my goal is to have Riley potty trained within the next two months. So far, it's not going well. She just has no interest in going to the bathroom in the toilet. She knows and lets me know when she's gone in her pants and wants me to change her immediately so she's uncomfortable in it, but I need to find a way for her to enjoy having a routine that involves sitting on the toilet every half hour. I've tried candy, I've tried stickers, I've tried ice cream and soda, but nothing is enticing enough to her make want to go to the bathroom to get the reward. As many people are aware; she's a very headstrong little midget and if she doesn't want to do something it takes a lot to change her mind. But I would still like to get her potty trained within the next two months because I'm just sick of buying diapers for her. She's two almost three she should really be potty trained by now and it bothers me that she isn't. I think she would really enjoy wearing her big girl underwear without a diaper, but it's just not her idea yet I guess. I've tried just leaving her without pants, but with a two dogs one who getting potty trained herself and and a 1 year old that doesn't know how to stay out of ANYTHING, I really think it's safer for everyone to leave the pants on. Tim is really excelling at work, sometimes making home life suffer. But, we'll deal I guess. We appreciate his job and how it allows us to have the things we need for our family, so I guess a price has to be paid for that. Lately we've been at each others throats and every little thing is setting us off. Its not a good thing. But we've been through worse and I'm sure we'll get through this as well. Bridget is getting big. She like to sing the Dora "Backpack" song and dance swinging her her from side to side. She's also learned how to say "purple", "blue" and "cupcake" It's really fun for me to listen to the girls learn and grow. Riley has four books we read every night and she has them memorized so she can read them to herself. I was so impressed and happy when she started to read by herself. Now if I can only get her to sit on the toilet.:)

Tomorrow is third Sunday and we're having it at MY HOUSE!!! I'm really excited, if you couldn't tell. We bought a new table and chairs so we can all fit at the table and a new couch that is big enough we'll all have somewhere to sit and relax when we do the after dinner hangout, which I hope will sstill happen even though we're not at mom's house. My dad is weird about that sometimes. But I want my family to feel comfortable and welcome in my home. We really like to have people to come over. It gives us a reason to clean:)

Catching Up...Again

You know it would be so much easier to stay on top of things if  I just blogged about them as they happen instead of waiting forever and blogging about a whole bunch all at once. But let's be honest, that's now going to happen. So what's new... ? Anything and everything. We've moved into our new home and we love it. It's really nice to have a back yard that's all mine, that I can just let the dog out without having to get shoes on. It's nice to be able to vacuum at whatever time I want and not have to worry about waking up the neighbors. It's nice that I can bust down shelves peel off paint and seal windows myself instead of having to wait for proper channels, and if I smack my maintenance mans butt while he's working around the house, it's not totally taboo (because he's my husband, if you were wondering). It's nice that I have space for a lot of people even though a lot of people aren't always filling the space. It's nice to know that for the next 30 years we'll be able to live in one spot where the kids can grow, play and make friends. It's nice to be close to family for the occasional drop by, hey we showed just in time for dinner, or a free babysitter. It's SO nice to have a garage. To be able to get both small girls in the car without the fear of them running off and getting hit by a car. It's nice to be able to shut the world out of you home before you even get out of the car and you can get your groceries at your pace because it's not wide out in the open waiting for elements or people to get into them. Its actually nice to have my own garbage cans that I'm responsible for instead of having to pack everything to a dumpster. (that was probably my least favorite part about being in an apartment. Especially when I was pregnant. I always felt super vulnerable and it freaked me out.). Its nice to have an exhausted husband who doesn't want to be constantly driving to go sit at someone elses' house. All things considered, it's just really nice to be finally HOME. Everyone has made the comment "Home ownership is a lot of work." And really to that I say, "Bring it on." And thus far it has had it's surprises (the front bay window was leaking in the freakish rain storms we were having and it was soaking our carpet), but really we've already done a lot work on it, but it still isn't getting old. Tim is really good to do whatever project I ask him to and he soon going to be finishing off the basement a little bit at a time. We both love projects; painting, recarpeting, and building a patio to lead out to our soon to be stellar yard and garden. Tim loves problem solving and planning and he has all the energy in the world to carry out projects. To summarize we love our home.

Bridget is One already!

My baby Bridget turned one on Tuesday and it's pretty much boggling my mind. I can't believe that one year ago, I was holding a new little miracle in my arms and marveling at the wonder that is childbirth and children. It is truly a blessing in my life and my children are my way to true happiness. That's just me though.:) I was going to do a whole montage of the past year with Bridget so we can look and see how she has grown but my pictures are on a external hard drive that is not at my house. so when I get it back I'll be sure to add them to this post.:)

Exhausted

May I just say that buying a home is one of the most exhausting things I've ever been a part of and I'm not even the one doing anything! For those of you who didn't know DH and I have been looking for a home to buy since he got his new job. Seeing as our lease on our apartment is up at he end of February, we're pretty glad we decided to look sooner than we planned. We looked at a few houses and put a few offers in which obviously didn't pan out.  Our realtor brought up a home that we had seen on the market but Tim looked at the pictures and saw the stairs were on an angle and turned his nose up at it. We were just turned down for one of the best houses we had ever seen for a screamin' deal so naturally Tim was feeling a little beaten. I had seen Breaking Dawn p1 the night before and was really tired but immediately when we walked into the house with our realtor we felt at home. Tim found that he liked the angled stairs and he loved the back yard. (which by the way, is HUGE). There wasn't a fridge in the home but that would be easy to fix. Needless to say, Tim felt that this was a good home to try for. So we put in an offer which was countered which we in turn countered and we ended up getting it after two nail biting gut wrenching days and two surprise offers. Wednesday Craig, our realtor called Tim and let him know that we one the toss up. That's a pretty good feeling :) Let's look at some pictures shall we? We should close in January and I didn't take these pictures so I haven't been able to clean anything so don't judge me. these are just so we all know what it looks like.

 This is the front yard. The grass is sad but one spring and it'll be fine.

 This is the front room. Tim didn't like the "native american" wallpaper border along the vaulted wall. :) Easy to fix.

 These are those angled stairs and this picture makes them look filthy. They are pretty dirty, good thing I have a good vacuum.

 Our little kitchen I'm excited for the two windows over the corner sink. Very comfy.

 I have french doors out to my back yard! And a fireplace! YAY!

Our HUGE backyard. We have no neighbors to the east because it's a patch of horse property. I always knew I would have horses in my backyard!!:)


Isn't it cute? We love it and we're really excited to be able to have our own home. Come over when we're all moved m'kay?! :)