Things I can't wait to do to our new house....

There are SO many things I cannot wait to do to the new house... There is an order of importance though, or I guess an order of where we want to start... What better way to write them down then to share my ideas with everyone!

#1. Paint Brynlee's room- Painting the entire room a soft pink again. Then I am going to get all crafty on you guys and I am going to Stencil for the first time ever!! We are going with this pattern:

We plan to accent one wall with that pattern to incorporate the other colors in her room. It will consist of hot pink, lime green, and brown. This should tie the entire room together! I am super excited to stencil and I hope it turns out good. This is a really cheap way to spice up any wall and a lot cheaper than wallpaper. And the best part? You can paint right over it if you mess up or have a change in decorating heart down the line! We will end the painting spree in her closet, which we will most likely paint a soft lime green. Not a neon lime green, but a more subtle green. I got inspiration on another blog to paint the closet and it really pulls the entire room together so I am excited to try it in Brynn's room!

#2. Next thing on the list... Kitchen Backsplash! I will give you a sneak peak to what we have in mind... :)

We have never done backsplash ourselves so keep your fingers crossed!! :)

#3. Change mirror in downstairs bathroom, possibly do a stencil design (depending on how Brynlee's room goes!!), and decorate.

#4. PLAYROOM! We are going to make the extra bedroom upstairs Brynlee's playroom until baby #2 joins us. This way its an easy transition into a future nursery! Think gray with a white wainscoting... and bright accent colors!!!

#5. Master bedroom makeover. Lots of stuff in the works for this. I want to either DIY a headboard or buy a reallllly tall headboard. New nightstands, and dresser. We need a new look! This will be a work in progress for sure!

#6. The backyard! We are pool hunting right now. Talking to some pool companies, getting bids etc. The last house had a pool and we loved it and decided we cannot live without one. Especially with 2 kids down the road! Once the pool is in, we can landscape. No sense in landscaping before the pool just so they can dig it all back up again. We are hoping the backyard is finished in the first year, thats my goal! My hubby think I am ambitious, but I disagree :)

#7. The office... No idea what we want to do in there yet. We got a new desk... but have lots of extra space... ideas ideas?

#8. The loft! This will be the official game room. We are using our old table up there for games, crafts etc for the kids. There will be some framed pics of us at Red Wings games, Tiger games or in Tiger gear, and of course... MICHIGAN!! This room will just be FUN to decorate, cant wait!!

And my list goes on and on and on.... the first two things on the list we hope to finish within the first 2 months... then we will decide the order of priority. Clearly this house is a heck of a lot bigger than the last one... so lots more room for inspiring rooms and decorating... this girl cannot wait!!! :)

Brynlee's bathroom....

Why oh why am I posting about Brynlee's bathroom? Welll because I cannot wait to decorate it! I am such a nerd! I really cannot wait to decorate the entire HOUSE but so far, Brynlee's bathroom has won the ticket for items purchased so far! So I wanted to go for a more "grown up" bathroom with a girly flair... Being that it will be the most used bathroom upstairs when we are in the loft etc, I wanted something that was versatile, but also Brynlee. So rather than pastel type colors we went BOLD.

I found these storage bins at Target (large for $9.99, small for $7.99) and snatched them right up! These were the beginning of my inspiration...

Since then I have spent WAY to much money on a shower curtain that I care to discuss... but I will share the picture... and maybe you can find it online and know the price.... or maybe you wont? Anyways... we bought it in the teal color... isnt it GORGEOUS?!

I loved it mainly because it isnt screaming, HI IM A PINK SHOWER CURTAIN... but its so girly but yet grown up as well.. exactly what I've been searching for! This way I can accent with magentas, oranges, greens and teals...

At hobby lobby I was inspired by their glassware that just so happened to be 50% off...

These aren't exactly what I bought but as close as I could find on their website... picture this with a wider opening... one in orange, the other in magenta... for cotton balls and qtips!

And one of these in a frosted magenta... going to take the cork out and fill with some flowers for the counter top... love!

I snagged 2 of the top ones, the one for the flowers, and another small one for her tooth brush... for under 10 bucks! I wanted to do something different and I think I am going to achieve that with these accent pieces...

As for the color in the bathroom... it will remain a khaki that our whole house has already been painted for now... I think the bold accents and shower curtain will bring out enough color!

All I need are some towels and a rug, and I am good to go!!! Cant wait to show you the live pictures once its completed next month!! :)

Worst Blogger Ever?

Sorry I have abandoned you all the past few weeks... I have been busy but also kind of lazy... Not going to lie!

Everytime I go to blog I would think of something else to do... like maybe hang out with this girl?
Isnt she just the cuteeeeest?!?!? We definitely think so! And by the way that picture is from Fathers Day... which I promised a post on so this post will be a complete update for everyone!

Fathers Day started with presents first thing in the morning. I couldn't wait much longer than the instant daddy woke up! So on each present I wrote a special note from Brynlee herself. The biggest gift she bought him was a circular saw and the note read "Hi Daddy, I saved up all my pennies for this present and I hope some day you can build me a playhouse, I know this will help!" He also got a picture frame and a new pair of Converses that he lost while I was giving birth to Brynlee, he lost them in the hospital :(. Next year the boy will not be so spoiled!! Geesh! After presents I told him we were heading to the diamondback game! He had the choice to either drive there or we could take the lightrail. Lightrail it was! That picture is from the lightrail above, Brynlee's first ride!! We went to breakfast at some little spot in downtown that I cant remember the name. The game was good, a boring game, but a lot of fun.

This is how we rolled in our seats... Brynlee with her shades on because most of it she was napping, Chillin in her Bjorn :)


And that was pretty much our day! It was very busy and lots of fun!! Brynlee is sooo very lucky to have him as a daddy and we both love you very much honey! Hope you had the best first fathers day EVER! :)


Since then I have been busy hosting a surprise engagement party for my sister and Jeff. It went amazing and surprise went PERFECTO. They had no idea and we had about 30 people show up! I am so excited for her wedding planning over the next year and so excited that I get to be her Matron Of Honor. Her wedding is May 12, 2012!

And we have also been busy with SWIMMING LESSONS! Brynlee goes once a week to swimming lessons and she seriously loves it. We do all sorts of different routines and usually there is about 5 other babies there! We have a ton of funs and its a great way for us to get out of the house and do something as a family on Saturdays!

Doing her sideway routine, dipping the shoulders in and going side to side!

I love swimming lessons! Cant you tell?!

A quick house update... its coming along GREAT! It's official crunch time with 1 month to go exactly!!! We close August 16th, woooo hoooo! Everytime we go there its like Christmas! We show up and something has been done or added to the house, and its so awesome. I seriously feel blessed that we are able to build a home. It is the coolest thing EVER to see your home be built. Especially knowing we plan to raise our kids here and be able to show them the construction of their house some day! We are in the market for a last few items for the house including a box spring for our bedroom... I plan to make a custom headboard so I need a boxspring for the bedframe since we wont be using the current frame/headboard we were using before. And we are in the market for new nightstands and a dresser for our bedroom! Time for a makeover and I cannot wait!! No rush on these since we have time to shop around and I really want to find good deals and might even thrift store shop and refurbish... I dunno?!

Once our house is done I hope to update you guys on makeovers to each room so you can see the before and after and how we decorate. I am really going to try a different approach in this house and hope to be able to do a lot of DIY. Since I am a blog reading, ETSY loving, Pinterest FREAK. I think I can do it!!!

Anyways, sorry for the forever long post, It's been a long time coming!!! Hope you all had a great 4th of July and are having a good summer!

1 Year Blogiversary!!!

365 Days

25 Official Followers
(not including my Facebook followers)
110 Posts; Average of 9 Postings a month
And a TON of memories later........

WE HAVE REACHED 1 YEAR OF LET THEM SLEEP IN THE MIDDLE!

Wow! I cannot believe I have been blogging for an entire year! It seems like just yesterday I started this thing. I never thought I would actually enjoy writing as much as I do! I started this blog the morning after I found out we were pregnant with miss B. I woke up that morning and told Ryan, I wanted to start blogging about my pregnancy. I had enjoyed following blogs in the past and thought, I can do this! I remember starting my blogger account and feeling so lost and overwhelmed, but knew after time I would get it down! And I must admit... it looks a whole lot better that it does when it first started!!! If only I would have kept a shot of that look :) On a side note, since I started blogging, I follow 73 blogs........ um I think I have a slight obsession eh? Im a blogaholic, what can I say?!

When people ask me what I blog about... I guess just life right? Not that my life is thatttt interesting but for me, its more of a journal. I already printed one copy of the blog when 2010 ended. I plan to print one every year at the end of the year :)

I know I have been slacking lately and I am sorry! It's been a busy couple months and everytime I go to blog... I have this cute little girl that for some reason NEEDS to snuggle... I mean... look at her:


Who wouldnt want to snuggle and kiss on those cheeks?!?!?

I have a few blogs I still need to write... like Fathers Day, Update on the house and of course just the general updates... I promise after this long weekend of fun I WILL do it.

We are going to Fort Mcdowell for the 4th of July, the annual trip! It will be tons of fun and super HOT. So here's to hoping we keep cool, drink beer and see some awesome fireworks!

Hope you guys have a great 4th of July!!!