Friday, March 4, 2016
Chompers
Sweet wild baby finally has cut a tooth! She's been working on teeth since last week. She was fussy and I could see the eye teeth moving down. The wild woman got her first tooth at 13 months, Cub was 12 months, and Feetie waited until 14months. The other wilds all got a bunch of teeth at the same time, poor wild woman got 6 at one time and ended up with a double ear infection. Cubba got 4 at one time just like feetie. The left eye tooth cut through on Sunday, she now has one fang! On Tuesday she cut the left bottom tooth. The right eye and bottom tooth are so close- should break through the next day or so. LORD WILLING.
Thursday, February 25, 2016
Homeowners!
We moved into OUR first home last month! Things went fairly smooth through closing and have been a little crazy since moving in but, we're so thankful to be homeowners.
We have a long list of projects we'd like to do over then next however many years. We don't want to knock them all out at once but like to stay goal focused. It's a very small house with a large front and back yard with a great play set, deck, storage shed (that looks like a guest house) and fire ring.The back yard is fenced completely and has a mess of trees. It's been a bit neglected and we've been spending a great deal of time out there raking leaves and just cleaning it up. Next month it'll have a few new raised beds that will produce an abundant amount of delicious produce!! I can't wait!
Ben worked like a dog getting the house painted before we moved in. Almost all the rooms had dark colors that really closed the space in. We painted all the rooms in the house except the bathrooms. The kitchen is a soft yellow with a very light blue celling. The dining room that's attached to the kitchen, is the same yellow and blue but has recently received a facelift with white bead board. The plans for the kitchen include crown molding to smooth the wall to ceiling, removing the top cupboards and placing open shelves and backsplash , then way down the line, replacing the bottom cupboards and new countertops.
The living room and the playroom is a shade of white, the kiddos room and our room is a light beige. Plans for the living room include doing something with the wall that the fireplace is on (not sure yet what that will be) book shelves that boarder the room up close to the ceiling, a different front door that has glass, and just trying to figure out a style for the room. The kiddos room is the only room that doesn't have a fan so we need to put one in and hardwood floors. The whole house but 2 bedrooms has ceramic tile. The carpet was gross so we ripped it out, sanded the floors, then stained them until we can save up enough for hardwood.
Our master bathroom is great, it's a glass enclosed double shower that you can make a steam room but closing a glass vent at the tippy top, beautiful tile work, and a sign about the shower door that says GET NAKED :)
The wilds bathroom/main bathroom is going to take some work. The vanity is beat up press board with an old sink, a small potty, and dated shower/bath fitter. When they did the tile work, they only tiled right up to the vanity so we'll have to find a vanity that will fit in there. I was hoping to get a smaller vanity because it's so cramped in there but with the tile issue- ugh.
We were introduced to homeownership when we had to replace the furnace 2wks into owning the home. It wasn't under any warranty due to the age of the unit soooooo we bought a new furnace and will have to see if the A/C unit will need replaced as well. We're are thankful for our emergency fund and can't recommend the Dave Ramsey program enough!!!
God has truly blessed us with this home and our desire is that He is served and our home used for His glory and purpose.
We have a long list of projects we'd like to do over then next however many years. We don't want to knock them all out at once but like to stay goal focused. It's a very small house with a large front and back yard with a great play set, deck, storage shed (that looks like a guest house) and fire ring.The back yard is fenced completely and has a mess of trees. It's been a bit neglected and we've been spending a great deal of time out there raking leaves and just cleaning it up. Next month it'll have a few new raised beds that will produce an abundant amount of delicious produce!! I can't wait!
Ben worked like a dog getting the house painted before we moved in. Almost all the rooms had dark colors that really closed the space in. We painted all the rooms in the house except the bathrooms. The kitchen is a soft yellow with a very light blue celling. The dining room that's attached to the kitchen, is the same yellow and blue but has recently received a facelift with white bead board. The plans for the kitchen include crown molding to smooth the wall to ceiling, removing the top cupboards and placing open shelves and backsplash , then way down the line, replacing the bottom cupboards and new countertops.
The living room and the playroom is a shade of white, the kiddos room and our room is a light beige. Plans for the living room include doing something with the wall that the fireplace is on (not sure yet what that will be) book shelves that boarder the room up close to the ceiling, a different front door that has glass, and just trying to figure out a style for the room. The kiddos room is the only room that doesn't have a fan so we need to put one in and hardwood floors. The whole house but 2 bedrooms has ceramic tile. The carpet was gross so we ripped it out, sanded the floors, then stained them until we can save up enough for hardwood.
Our master bathroom is great, it's a glass enclosed double shower that you can make a steam room but closing a glass vent at the tippy top, beautiful tile work, and a sign about the shower door that says GET NAKED :)
The wilds bathroom/main bathroom is going to take some work. The vanity is beat up press board with an old sink, a small potty, and dated shower/bath fitter. When they did the tile work, they only tiled right up to the vanity so we'll have to find a vanity that will fit in there. I was hoping to get a smaller vanity because it's so cramped in there but with the tile issue- ugh.
We were introduced to homeownership when we had to replace the furnace 2wks into owning the home. It wasn't under any warranty due to the age of the unit soooooo we bought a new furnace and will have to see if the A/C unit will need replaced as well. We're are thankful for our emergency fund and can't recommend the Dave Ramsey program enough!!!
God has truly blessed us with this home and our desire is that He is served and our home used for His glory and purpose.
Sunday, February 21, 2016
Valentines Day is a big deal!
I'm not exactly sure why the wilds got so into Valentines Day this year but for some reason- it quickly became a big deal. Everyday they were talking about it, asking how many sleeps until the big day. I really had to up my game because I had zero Valentines decs, no plans on doing anything, and not much of a crafty bone.
Thank you pintrest, wonderful MIL and sister in law, my Mom, and the other who helped make it special for the kiddos.
We went to Knoxville to be with some family that came in and was a collective effort to make it a special day. The wilds loved it and it seemed like everyone else did too! I'm looking forward to making Valentines Day a big again and hopefully making a new tradition for our family.
Thank you pintrest, wonderful MIL and sister in law, my Mom, and the other who helped make it special for the kiddos.
We went to Knoxville to be with some family that came in and was a collective effort to make it a special day. The wilds loved it and it seemed like everyone else did too! I'm looking forward to making Valentines Day a big again and hopefully making a new tradition for our family.
Late night of decorating the dining room!
Heart shaped panacakies
Dec'd out in red for church
Trying to wrestle the wild baby in to her dress while she refused to let go of the tooth brushes and the other wilds jumping on the mattress IN the middle of the hallway- just another normal morning before church :)
...and then trying to get them to take a decent picture together!
Saturday, February 20, 2016
No longer an infant :(
Our wildest baby is long longer an infant (and hasn't been for a month... or two)! It's been a wild year and our baby is turning into a biggie girl.
We were able to squeeze in a birthday party with family and a few friends in-between Christmas and her actual birthday. The moving truck came on her birthday and family were heading back to their home states so we made sure we got to have some birthday fun!
We were able to squeeze in a birthday party with family and a few friends in-between Christmas and her actual birthday. The moving truck came on her birthday and family were heading back to their home states so we made sure we got to have some birthday fun!
Feetie pie is 27 lbs
in the 90th % for height
has 0 teeth
loves:
facetiming (especially Daddy and Meem)
eating
drinking from sippy cups
binks
sleeping in her crib and putting herself to sleep
making her way into our bed sometime in the middle of the night
playing with the older wilds
jumping in the trampoline
emptying cupboards
baby dolls
animals (especially dogs)
being outside
being in the tub
balls
walking (starting walking at 10mons)
getting into crayons
tooth brushes
jibbering (will say Dada, Maaa, dog, hi, eye, baaah, Pop, Papa)
pinching
pulling hair
twirling hair
her silky
anything her siblings are playing with
books
playing with the kitchen set
Here are some birthday party pictures:
We had a birthday feast! Since she couldn't pick her menu, her birthday buddy, Aunt Yoey helped out! We had stuffed pepper soup and Zuppa Toscanna, salad, bread, spinach artichoke dip, cupcakes (dairy free and gluten free plus regular) and cheese cake!
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