More Decorating & Some Pictures of Aidan

I finally have window treatments in my kitchen and I made them myself. I couldn't be happier with them (because I made them myself). My Nana would probably roll over in her grave if she could see me now. Making window valances. Out of Rooster fabric. Gah things have changed. So here they are...

I am not crazy about the "LIVE" sign above here but it was already there so I just left it for the time being.

The other window.
You might notice that I did finally paint my kitchen green too!! I love it!




I wouldn't mind a new lighting fixture.


A close up of the Rooster's. I was surprised with myself that I picked this fabric but I really do like it. FYI, I will not be decorating my entire kitchen in Roosters.


After Aidan came home from school today, he stripped himself down to his diaper and climbed up on to the day bed in his TV room, grabbed a blanket and cuddled up.
He fell asleep minutes after these pictures and had the best snooze.

Dinner Time

Adam: Babe, will you make me a plate.

Me: Really? I just sat down.

Adam: I made dinner, the least you can do is make my plate.

Me: Adam, you ordered a pizza.

Adam: Hahahaha. So no?

P.S.

Have you seen my new wreath???

I don't really know how I was supposed to hang this wreath because there was no hanging apparatus in the box BUT crafty ole' me, tied a ivory grosgrain ribbon to it like so and "Voila" a new wreath. I love it.

Snow Day

Just my luck my camera would be dead the only day it snows here in Charlotte right?? Right. Sadly, I didn't get any pictures of myself in my hideous thrown together snow get up or any pictures of Aidan eating the snow because he really didn't know what else to do with it. I did however get a few pictures of us taking a walk with my parents on my mom's birthday just to prove it did actually snow (and that I am capable of charging my camera).

Getting ready to head to Nana & Grandpa's to have dinner for Nana's birthday.
Nana & Aidan getting ready to go on a walk in the freezing cold.



Grandpa pulling Aidan in his wagon...on the ICE!

Daddy (With his eyes kinda closed) pulling Aidan in the wagon.

Someone jumped out of the wagon and wanted to walk with Grandpa. He is on a Grandpa kick these days. Everything is about Grandpa.

Walking home with Nana & Grandpa. Daddy is pulling the wagon and mommy is being the paparazzi as usual. It was a nice winter walk. Haha. So now you can believe that we did actually get snow in the south.

It's My Mom's Birthday!!! A Little Letter to Her.

It's my mom's birthday today and we are basically snowed in. Luckily, we live close enough that we were still able to celebrate with her. Aidan and I made her cake and we ordered Chinese food for dinner. My youngest brother Jordan couldn't make it because of the weather. =( . We missed you J! We bought her two new pair's of PJ's from the Victoria's Secret Soft Collection and a new pair of sunglasses.

Just wanted to share a little letter I wrote for her ...

Dear Mom,
Happy Birthday. In case I don’t tell you enough, you are amazing. As a mother now myself, I can look back at my childhood and at your actions and decisions you made and marvel at how you did it and how you are still doing it with so much grace and dignity. You make being a mom look so easy. But it isn’t easy. Being a parent is a life-long, full time job. And here you are, still parenting me and teaching me now how to parent my own child. The words “Thank You” won’t ever be enough. I hope that I am taking in everything that you are and everything you do and putting it away for when I need to pull on it for myself. If I end up being HALF the mother you have been to me, to my own children, and if when they reach adulthood they can feel HALF as loved as I do by you, then I will feel like I will have thanked you properly. I am honored to be your daughter and it is a blessing to have you as my mom. You make me a better person and you mean more to me to me than you will ever know. I love you with all my heart and soul. Happy Birthday Mom. April

Show Us Your Life Fashion Tips

I have been wanting to get back in to the blog hops over at http://www.kellyskornerblog.com/ but I haven't really had much to share the last few she has done. This week is no exception. She is doing a blog hop on Fashion Tips. I honestly went from being semi stylish to having a child and now I feel like I am lucky to get out of my pj's most days. Hahaha. Ok. That's not entirely true. My style is very simple. Since we have been in a recession, I have cut back on buying things unless I cannot live without them. I buy a lot of things at outlets. I suppose my fashion tip (which is probably an obvious thing for most people) would be to buy things that are flexible. Pieces that can be dressed up and down.



Here is an example of what you would most likely see me in if we ran in to each other in public:


I have a ton of solid colored long sleeve T's. The great thing about them is, they are affordable and can be layered with just about anything. I don't think I own anything but trouser jeans. I love Banana Republic's trouser jean. I think I am drawn to the trouser jean because that style evens out my bottom half. They also look super cute with flats and a pair of pumps.



It is rare that would catch me in anything but a flat shoe. I am already 5'9" and so wearing heels makes me feel like the Jolly Green Giant. The past two years I have collected about 15 pairs of flats. Most of them have come from TJ Maxx/Marshallsbut I will buy at Nordstrom if they are on sale. Target runs sales on their flats OFTEN. I bought three new pairs for $7-$10 each over the holidays. I knew when I bought them they wouldn't last very long but for the price, if I got to wear each pair 10 times, I got my money's worth.

I have more earrings than I will ever be able to wear. I am the queen of inexpensive earrings. I quit spending money on earrings because I would loose them. Now, if I spend 10 or 15 bucks on a pair and I loose one, I'm not upset about it.

I wear this ring, this purse and my wedding ring everyday. One thing I do spend money on is designer bags and so when I feel like branching out, I have some good options to switch it up. Most things that are trendy, don't look good on me, so a nice purse makes me feel good.

One little fashion tip, that I live by... If you have a nice pair of pearl earrings, they will even make sweatpants look good. Not to mention they just make you feel pretty. If you don't have the money to buy a real pair there a gazillion places you can find artificial pearls and no one will ever know the difference.

So that's all I've got for you. Sorry ladies, I am not much of a fashionista. I have been looking through other's posts and some of you have really great tips!!! Happy Friday!!!

Just a really, really good day (From Thursday)

Aidan was perfect today. The morning started off a little rough because he was EXHAUSTED from the circus last night. It was "Wear Your Jammies to School" day and so I don't think that helped because once he got out of bed, I put him in a new pair of pj's and then we had to leave. When I dropped him off he screamed bloody murder and honestly I would have just let him come home with me but I had an appointment this morning that I wouldn't have been able to do with him in tow. I picked him up at 1 and he was in the BEST.MOOD.EVER. Apparently he only cried for 30 seconds after I left (what a blow to my mommy ego) and thoroughly enjoyed his day. He passed out (as usual) in the car and I decided to stop off at my mom's to say hey. I carried him asleep inside and laid him on her sofa and he slept there for an hour and a half. When he got up he wasn't cranky at all and was super snuggly. I kept thinking to myself "Ok when are we going to throw a fit or something". It never happened. We headed to Target and he got his usual ICEE but this time it occurred to me that it might be easier for him to use a spoon than a straw. I felt so smart. He was thrilled!! That kept him occupied the entire trip. We found two plastic horsies in the $1 bin, one made a horse noise and I also bought some of those little capsules you put in water and they grow in to an animal or shape. We used to do them when I was a kid and I just knew he would think they were fun. He was hugging and kissing me all day and he kept saying "I love you Mommy (that is my official name now)". Still waiting for this great day to all come crashing down. We got home, I made him dinner. He ate his mac and cheese out of his tiger cup from the circus and then we sat on the floor in the kitchen to watch the capsules grow in to animals. He thought it was the coolest thing. Adam got home in the middle of the animals growing and Aidan was so proud you would have thought he made the sponge animals himself. We shared a bowl of ice cream and I put him to bed. No crying or whining, he just laid down and went straight to sleep. It was a perfect day. Here are some pictures of us doing the capsule animals. They are from my Crack berry because my camera was in the car.....

Getting ready to put in his first capsule

Watching & Waiting

It's a Turkey!!!

Capsule #2

What's it going to be?

A duckie!!!

Aidan thinks the wet sponge feels gross.