bada-ching!

i did it! i finished! here is the project that was inspired by my sister.

as you can see, i ran out of tape at one point so it took me awhile to pick some up and finish the project.

i bought a different blue tape that claims to make perfectly straight lines. there must be some fine print on it somewhere that says, "unless you're painting on a textured wall."

i thought i was going to use a blue-ish color that we used in our old kitchen, but when i opened the can it was all brown and stinky. i guess paint goes bad? anyways, this was the color of our old living room and i still like it and think the neutral-ness of it will be perfect.

finished!

i think the swing is a nice touch

when i first started peeling off the tape i was getting real annoyed that the lines were so wobbly. but, i don't have enough patience to go through and try to fix it. plus, i'm not sure i really could because of the texture. so, let's just call it part of the charm.

and here is my mostly potty trained girl! at one point while i was working on the wall she came over to give me a paint brush and said, "bada-ching!" it was one of the funnier things i've ever heard her say. another time she told me that i was working so hard and she was proud of me. can you tell what we've been saying to her a lot during this potty training time?

i'm no decorator, so if you have any advice for what to do up on that big shelf i'll appreciate it! (cough cough, emily).

bath time baby

this baby looooooves her bath.

look who rolled over

we're shocked. isabella didn't roll over until she was about 5 and a half months, so we weren't expecting this at all. plus, hadley has never liked being layed on her back so she really hasn't had much floor time to be able to practice. but, she was laying on the couch and the next thing we knew, she was trying to roll over. i thought that the slant in the couch was helping her, but we moved her to the floor and she kept doing it. and two days later? she rolled from front to back. i could have sworn i just had her yesterday, but she's already growing up. it goes too fast!

this was the very first time. on the couch.

tim and abby came and stayed at our house for a couple of days so they were here to witness it!

auntie abby and hadley.

we LOVED having them here and can't wait til we see them again (mostly because by the next time we see them, abby will have had their baby!!!!).

i couldn't choose between any of these shots of her on her tummy.

look alike?

watching tv with daddy

what do you think? do they look alike?

project

my sister is amazingly talented. i always joke that she took all of the creative genes from our parents and left none for me. when i was little i didn't even like to color. it seemed like too much tedious work to concentrate on staying within the lines. and to this day, mike is usually the one to sit down with isabella, a coloring book, and some markers. all of that to say, emily is amazing and creative and i just try to copy everything she does. so when i saw this post, i decided to give it a try. i just started today, so i have a ways to go, but here's what it looks like so far:

this is our "cubby hole." i guess its where the tv is supposed to go, but we didn't want our tv that close to the ground (and that close to little hands). so, of course, i asked emily what we should do with the space and she suggested putting a pad down with some pillows and a basket of books for a little cozy reading nook. we call it the cubby hole.

emily used a stencil and then hand painted, but i don't have the patience for that so i'm using tape and then i'll just paint over the whole thing.


i'll post again when i finish. if it turns out...

three months?!

oh this face! she is the sweetest baby ever!

sunriver

isabella, justus, berkley, hadley, bennett, blake, kaya

she took a nap at the pool every day. she's such a good baby.

can you see the slide to the left of her head? she went on that!

after the 6th lady walked by and commented on how cute our husbands were with the babies, i finally took a picture.