dresser re - do

 This was the dresser before. Pretty ugly. Pretty much hideous. I couldn't take it anymore.....

Sorry for the messy quality of photos...i think it was on my phone.

This is the after.yay! I love it. It adds so much more cheer to any room that it lives in. We moved it into Molly's room and she loves the knobs and the color. Hazzah for taking something ugly and making it beautiful!

Monday

Where did my house go?

It has been over taken by boxes of diapers, high chairs, contraptions to keep baby entertained when you are not holding her/she is crawling, johnny jumpers for the doorways and lots and lots of puffs.

I was a little worried during my pregnancy that I would not be able to handle the mess that comes with a little person. Thankfully, I have been surprised at how easy it is! I don't mind picking up her bunny stuffed animal or little plastic cups she likes to drink out of or half chewed puffs or pieces of papers she rips up. Its a JOY. Now why can't that transfer to picking up after yourself or your husband?

Gettin' Busy

So despite the broken washer some things are really getting done around this house! It is so nice to finally be home and able to do some things that always get put on that mental to do list.

The past two days we have put clothes away, cleaned out fridge, gone major grocery shopping, cleaned bathtub and guest bathroom floor, vacuumed, mowed the front lawn, dusted around the kitchen and living room, washed kitchen french door windows and washed actual doors.  We also have been eating at home for EVERY meal and today I made chicken salad for our lunches and also dinner for tonight - - poppy seed chicken. Last night was steamed veggies, angel hair pasta and pecan crusted chicken.

Needless to say, I am pretty proud of this productive streak.  There are still many things left to do but it feels so good to get things done.

I hope that this weekend you have been able to do things that make you feel good!

Now what????

Ahhhh it is so nice to be home again and with a working air conditioning unit.

Then this morning after some fun with Molly and Allen, we walked downstairs to be proactive and attack our mounds of laundry.  Much to our dismay our basement was full of water. Standing water. Everywhere.  Covering electrical cords. Covering dirty clothes. Underneath furniture. Every.Where.

What the h?

I mean, thanks for the summer break right?

Beach Trip Part I

If I had to describe our first family vacation in three words I think I would use: unorganized, amazing, successful!

We left in the later afternoon on Tuesday and arrived around midnight. We stopped and had a nice country dinner at Cracker Barrel and also stopped to have Allen's tires checked. Those two stops really held us up and made our 5 hour trip much much longer. Molly did great! She took a bottle at dinner and then again when we made it to St. Simon's. Mom and Dad were happily awaiting us and it was so wonderful to see smiling faces after a long drive.

The next few days included Allen sleeping in, Mom making breakfast, everyone playing with Molly in the morning and enjoying many cups of coffee. We met family members for lunch at some of our favorite places and talked with friends over coffee. We went down to the village and walked Molly around the pier in the afternoon and hung out at home.

I think the main reason that I chose the word "unorganized" to describe our vacation was because Allen and I had very different expectations of what this time would look like. Next time we make a big trip we will definitely try to talk about that before hand so everyone feels like they got to do what they wanted and no one feels as if time was wasted.

Thursday night Allen went on our first "real" date since having Molly, meaning Molly was not with us. It felt kinda like we were back in high school though because my mom dropped us off and picked us back up. We enjoyed a fun dinner at a local sushi spot and then walked over to Allen's favorite coffee shop. We were able to make it back home in time for Molly's bathtime routine. It was a great night with my husband and my daughter!