House Update

So I haven't put up any before and after pictures of some of the stuff we have done in our house. Ok, I don't even know if I put up before pics when we first bought the house...so I am going to try to start doing some. We have done a ton to the house, but still have SOOOOO much to do. So here we go....

Upstairs bathroom:

Before-

We painted the walls from the beautiful bright pink, took down the sliding door, refinished the tub, switched all the fixtures (except theh light) to bronze and cleaned a LOT!

We still want to tile the floor, and get a new vanity, mirror, and light fixture!

Our extra bedroom upstairs...which will be our new nursery whenever we have a second child.:

Before-

The Robins egg blue is now a cute purple (this was going to be the room we moved Mackenzie into once she got out of a crib, but we decided just to keep her in her nursery, so we might have to paint this room again at some point. We will just see...for now it is good.

We painted this room and put up a new fan.

(The dresser needs to be redone, I just haven't done it yet.)

The Master Bedroom:

Before-

We painted this room and put in a new fan.

Mackenzie's Room:

Before-

We Painted, and put in a new fan.

In all of the rooms we had to clean a ton, got the carpets cleaned (they were disgusting), built new closets, they were all a single closet with just one bar along the top, and we changed them all to a double closet to hang more clothes. We also had to paint all of the ceilings because they were the same tanish pink color as the walls were. So they are all white now. We also had to put new outlets and outlet covers everywhere because the people who left this house ripped them all ot of the walls so there were only wires hanging out of the walls. We also had to put new doors on everything because they took all of those too. We haven't put a ton of doors up yet, but we are doing that slowly.

We need to get new carpet in these bedrooms and then they will be completely done.

I will take pics of more of the house soon. THis is just a start!

Fun with Ethan

We haven't seen Etahn in a while, so the other morning his Mommy called me begging for my help. It was actually kinda funny...she called asking if I was doing anything because her baby girl wouldn't sleep and was crying and Ethan was not being happy...so I threw on some clothes and we left the house. Well, things were calmer when I got there, but it was fun for Kenz and Ethan to lay for a little while. The only bad thing is that these 2 fight about everything. They both always want what the other person has...so it is fun being a referee.

But here is a cute picture of them together.

Another craft

Making bows means I need a place to put them. One of my friends had a cute bow hanger that her sister had given her. So I took that idea and made my own...Here is the result!



And here it is hanging on the wall in Mackenzie's room.


Oh, and that dresser was one I found on Craigslist for bascally free. It was lime green and missing so knobs. Well, after a few coats of pant and cute new knobs...here is a new dresser for all of Mackenzie's clothes.

Hairbows

I am sick of not being crafty, so I have taken on a new habit.



I have started off slow, but am working up. I am making cute little girls hair bows! I am hoping to start making lots of them and begin to sale them....pray for me! I really hope that I can start selling them and then even do a craft show next year.



Here is a picture my vey first bows!





These first bunch are for piggy tail bows...YAY for craftiness!

Conversation with Kenzie

Yesterday Mackenzie was pretending to fly around our house. She finally stopped at the couch...
Kenz: Home now
Mom: Where did you go?
Kenz: The store
Mom: Oh, well what did you get?
Kenz: Yogurt YUMMY!!! (rubbing her tummy)

then she leaves and puts on her shoes

Kenz: Go to store
Mom: we aren't going to the store right now
Kenz: Yes! Kenzie's store
Mom: Where is your store?
Kenz: Right there (pointing towards her room)
Then she grabs her play grocery cart and takes off to her room to go shopping!

She cracks me up.

Beauty Salon

Tonight, Mackenzie really wanted to do Mommy's hair. She wanted to put my hair in piggy tails. So we got a comb and hair "thingys" and got to work. After Daddy helped Kenzie put Mommy's hair in piggy tails about 5 times, he couldn't handle it anymore. So then we played with Kenzie's hair and this was our result.

Big Girl Bed

So we found a cheap toddler bed on craigslist and were so excited. So we were just going to keep it in her room to get her used to the idea. Well for her nap she flipped when I put her in her crib. She kept crying "BIG GIRL BED BIG GIRL BED"!! SO finally I went and got her out of her crib and put her in her big girl bed. She passed out immediately. And here she is in her big girl bed. She hasn't wanted her crib since. She is just growing up so fast!

This is for Gigi

So because I talk to my mom often, Mackenzie thinks whenever you are on the phone it is Gigi on the other end. So here is Mackenzie holding the phone...and then a little video of her talking on the phone.

Singing ABCs

Here is Mackenzie singing her ABCs. This is the best I could do. When I pull out the camera she gets so distacted. And please excuse her appearance, she is just getting out of bed.

I had to help a little cause she was getting distracted.