Jeb

Poor Baby Jeb has been overlooked in blog posts recently. He's just the easiest little guy... so happy and easygoing. He is such a little sweetheart. I just went into his room where he was waking from a nap and got these shots. As soon as he sees me after a nap, his little face just lights up. I love my boy baby.

This is the view I had when I got to his crib.

What do you think, Mr. Josh? Future Shiloh qb? (I hear you recruit.... We're waiting.)

Sweet 'Stella's Birthday

My baby girl turned 4 today. I can't believe in a few short weeks she'll be starting k-4. It's crazy how time gets away from us. We had a little family party tonight with grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. Drusy had a ball and felt like a princess.

This morning, Daddy left his little girl flowers, candy, and a musical card. She was in heaven.







The cake was, of course, courtesy of Rick's Bakery. We just 'spruced' it up a bit.

Happy Birthday, Estella Dru. We sure love you.

Can you even stand it?

Have you ever seen anything so precious? Bring that baby home already! (Read about Zach and Erin's adoption journey HERE. And say a prayer while you're at it for a safe journey home.)

Cold Busted

I left Jeb alone in the girls' room for maybe 30 seconds today, and when I came back in THIS is what I found. Already mackin' on the chicks....

More house pictures

Here are a few more pictures of the kids' rooms. I need some big rugs, but other than that, they're pretty much done.





Matt made the bed, armoire, and hanging letters in these pictures. Isn't he handy??





This is the Jeb Man's room.... It basically looks exactly the same as it did in the other house! Above is the picture that hangs outside his room. I have loved this picture since I was in high school, and now that I have a little boy, I love it even more. Now THIS is the kind of angel I'm talking about... not the creepy one outside in my yard.

House Pictures and Scariest Thing EVER

Ok. I have a few pictures tonight. Not many, but I can't bring myself to put up pictures of the rooms that aren't done. Like I said, it's a work in progress.

Our bedroom. I LOVE this room. It also has a sitting room attached where my computer and a big comfy chair sit.

Just another view because I love it so much.

This is questionable. I do NOT like the tile stuff on the fireplace, however, it isn't at the top of my list of "fix it" priorities. It will be taken care of sometime in the future. What were they thinking?

Just another living room shot. Actually you can't tell anything about the living room from this picture. Matt made me this armoire several years ago. I love it.

I'm insane over the tub. Matt is mounting our flatscreen on the wall in front of it. Heaven.

Just another bathroom shot. (Keep in mind we are re-doing all of the cabinets at some point.)

This is Matt trying to be funny. I MAY be a little obsessive with my new house. I re-did all the hardware pieces in the bathroom. (By the way, if you have anything that is ugly gold or silver, go to Lowe's and buy a can of Rubbed Oil Bronze spray paint. It's incredible. Cheap, easy fix.) Anyway, so I told Matt to please not hang his wet towels on my newly painted towel hook because it is "pretty" not "functional". Well, I hung my cover up on it this afternoon, and this is the note I found tonight. He's hysterical.

Ok, I feel I must warn you, IF YOU SCARE EASILY, PLEASE STOP READING AND LOOK AWAY NOW! If you know me well, you know I have "issues" with statue faces. I'm not talking Lincoln Memorial or old Civil War hero on the town square kind of statues. I mean like little garden elves or painted Santas and ESPECIALLY scary angel faces. Basically, anything that has a 'human-looking" face just completely freaks me out. So... imagine my reaction when I walk out in my new back yard to find that the previous owners had left us this...

AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! You can't look away, can you? You must click on the picture to make it bigger and get the full effect. IS THIS NOT THE SCARIEST THING YOU'VE EVER SEEN? Those eyes! Like it's about to pounce on you! Not a sweet messenger of God. It's like it's just waiting on me to come outside so it can get me. The horror!

Bad Timing

I was all geared up to post some pictures of the house when my USB cable broke, so I have no way to move the pictures from my camera to the computer. Stink! I think I'll have a new one by tomorrow. Hopefully, anyway. It's definitely a work in progress, but things are shaping up and looking more like 'our home.' I finished the girls' and Jeb's room tonight. We still have a fence to put up, wainscoting to do in the dining room, and the cabinets to refinish... not necessarily in that order and not necessarily anytime soon (except for the fence). So, I promise, pictures are on their way.