CrAzY DaY!

Is it Friday yet!? I say this because, what a week we have had already! Lillian has been quite moody and only cares about eating, then crying because she ate too fast or to much! (Thankfully Gripe water seems to help her belly.) She must be going through a growth spurt! I have about a dozen emails to send out, laundry that needs folded and put away, things that need to be finished, daylight savings time has really messed up my schedule and to top it off, Lindsey is now sick, lovely! Then today I had to take her to the doctor and then tonight Chad, Kyle, Jacob, Lillian and I went to Menard's to pick up our counter tops that we ordered a few weeks ago! They came a little earlier than expected and a half an inch to long! Great!

Lillian cried about half the time we were there because she thought she was starving (again)! Chad took forever getting the plumbing for the kitchen sink and garbage disposal. The boys were playing with the toilets they had on Clearance at the end of the main aisle so, I sat on one of the toilets with Lillian and made flushing sounds to make her laugh! The boys were playing sword fight with the hoses Chad had in the cart while we looked at screen doors. Jacob looked like a hillbilly with a hole in his pants, but he "can't care"! I had to rifle through my bottomless purse at the check out to find my rebates I got in the mail as the line behind us was growing! How delightful, I bet they were glad when we left!

At least today was sunny and warmer than it has been for awhile! Spring is almost here and I am ready for it. I am also glad that today is over and tomorrow starts a whole new day!!!! Blessings, Lisa

One Thousand Blessings

61-70

61. The way the moonlight shines at night

62. Freshly sanded floors

63. Little boys who like to help buy using the little hand sander

64. Running water

65. Cute baby jammie's

66. Gripe water for Lillian when she is cranky

67. The putt putt sound the boys make when they play tractors

68. A pretty decorating magazine

69. A great conversation with someone

70. Nutella baked in crescent rolls

To learn about One Thousand Gifts, visit Ann's blog A Holy Experience and take the dare to count as many blessings that God has given you!!!!

Repainting!

We love painting so much that over the past weekend we decided to repaint the two story foyer over at the other house! On Friday I went to town to our local Benjamin Moore dealer to get paint for the office while it was still on sale and on a whim, I then picked up two gallons of Monroe Bisque for the foyer!

I wasn't really sure about the color that we had painted it before with having four kids. The previous color was White Dove by Benjamin Moore and with kids and dirty fingers all up and down the wall, it didn't stay white for long!

I took some before and after pictures and now looking at them I wonder, did we make the right decision!? I liked the white, it really brightened the place up, but with the kids using the wall rather than the stair rail it was hard to keep clean.

Jacob helped us paint, I was telling him not to get paint on the switch plate and that I needed to take if off. The new color is starting to grow on me, and I guess I won't have to wash walls everyday once we move in now! Monroe Bisque is a popular Benjamin Moore color, in fact I seen it in the latest Pottery Barn Bed and Bath issue. It does look pretty in person with the wood trim and if I want to repaint it again, I can but not for a few years!!!! Blessings, Lisa

Lillian 5 Months Old!

Oh my Lillie pie, you are five months old! You are become quite the playful little girl, to hear you giggle is the sweetest little thing! You are very ticklish under your cute chubby chin. You are doing an incredible job reaching for things as your eye hand coordination is really developing. It's cute to watch you reach and grab for your toys. When I lay you on your belly you always seem to roll over back over, so I usually have to spark your interest so you won't go over so soon. When your on your belly sometimes you push all the way up with your hands, like a really big girl!

You love to read your books and my magazines, such as Better Homes and Garden and Country Living! (Could you come up with some decorating ideas for my office!?) You love to touch the pages in your books and I caught you trying to chew on your favorite book, The Big Red Barn! (Please don't do that!) You look sooo cute in the dresses I made for you two weeks ago, and I foresee modeling in your near future! Lindsey has agreed that you can take over for her when it comes to modeling, but she also said "I still want to do some modeling"!

We tried the whole cereal thing which you didn't really like, and it most definitely didn't help you sleep any better at night. I haven't figured out why you like getting up at 12 am and then 3 am, especially when you then get up at 6:30 with the kids! (Really honey, nothing but the news is on TV that early in the morning on the one channel that we have!) I have decided that we are going to homemade baby food which I won't start giving you until around the end of the this month. I still have to do some research on that! (That should give me plenty of time!) You sure are growing like a pretty Lily flower and we love you to the moon and back!!!! Blessings, Lisa

One Thousand Blessings

51-60

51. Sound of Lillian laughing when I tickle her

52. Sewing cute little dresses

53. Getting new fabric in the mail

54. Getting the Pottery Barn Kids catalog in the mail, mainly for inspiration!

55. My homemade fruit salad

56. Actually working at the other house

57. Sweating

58. Pretty paint

59. Helping Chad lay the new carpet at the other house

60. Talking with Chad about our future together

To learn more about One Thousand Gifts, go to Ann's blog A Holy Experience and take the dare to count as many blessings that God has given you!!!!

Our New/Half Done Kitchen!

I am sooo excited to show all of you our half way done new kitchen! I am also linking up to at Loved Stitched to "Show Off My Kitchen"! (Really, what perfect timing!) Over the course of this past weekend we finally got around to putting up our cabinets at the house that we will someday move into! We had the floors done last Friday Feb. 25th and finished painting the kitchen on Saturday morning then started putting up the cabinets on Saturday evening and finished them on Sunday!!!!

Here is a before picture of what the kitchen looked like a year ago, we completely gutted it from top to bottom!

The kitchen was only 12x13 to start with and we torn down this wall and made it 12x20 so it could be a eat in kitchen.

During the demolition!

We decided to put up galvanized barn tin as the ceiling! It was free from a friend of Chad's!

We painted the walls Golden Chenille by Benjamin Moore, which looks really pretty!

The table and chairs will go over by the window in the picture below.

You can see my husband standing in the corner of the picture below admiring his handy work! I am so proud of him, he has done such an amazing job so far!

We ordered our cabinets back in July and just now got around to putting them up! I have been awaiting this day for a very very long time! We ordered the cabinets from Menard's and installed them ourselves. (or my husband and his friend did, I just sat back and supervised!) We bought the refrigerator and dishwasher and will be bringing our stove from our current home, when we move, which is white and only a few years old.

We now need to make a decision and order our counters. We also need to put up trim and replace the windows, do the plumbing, put in a sink, put on the toe kicks at the bottom of the cabinets, move in, bake some cookies, decided if we want a back splash, I'm sure there is more I am forgetting! So the room is about half done now which is a lot further than what we were this time last week! Blessings, Lisa

Be sure to check out more kitchens at Love Stitched!

We Have a Winner!!!!

We have a winner for the pillowcase dress!!! Drumroll please... and the winner is Sara G. who emailed me her entry last night!!!! Hooray!

I was going to use number generator but then realized I was quite sure how you link that on the blog and with have different ways to enter was kinda confusing. So, I just wrote down every one's name 1 or three times depending on how many follow, like and comment then had Jacob draw a name out of a hat. It took more time writing all the names out and cutting them up then it did to pick a name! So next giveaway I may have to figure out how to make it easier on me and to use number generator!

CONGRATULATIONS SARA G. I will be emailing you very soon!!!!