Well, lately I have been thinking a lot about Etta’s room. We are in the middle of our kitchen, remodel so I can’t get working on it yet, but I girl can always make plans right? I’ve been thinking mostly about colors. Etta has made it clear to me that she wants a pink bedroom. […]
Day 11; Happy Thanksgiving
I wanted to send you all a quick note to say Happy Thanksgiving and thank you so much for reading the blog. It means a lot to have your support! And since it is Thanksgiving Day here in the states… I thought it would be fun to each mention a few things that we […]
Day 6: Chevron Hair
Our 2nd Texas Vegetable Garden
A Few Ways to Avoid Blogging
Learning Her Letters; Alphabet Art
– ALPHABET WALL DECOR My oldest daughter Etta loves the alphabet… it all started with the foam bath letters, and singing the alphabet with bath time. Then when she was about 15 months old we went to my sister’s house for Thanksgiving and my sister introduced her to the Letter Factory movie ( and bought […]
The Rain Dance! & Weekly Wisdom
We have been stuck for almost 40 days in a record breaking heat wave… 40 days with 100+ degree temperatures (closer to 110) and no rain to speak of… until yesterday. Our grass is almost dead, our zucchini croaked and our shrubs and trees have been suffering. But no more, yesterday the clouds came and stayed! And […]
Little Leafy Tree Tops! Wall Mural
Well, I mentioned this the other day, when I showed you the playhouses, but I can’t contain my excitement. So I am back again, I am not anywhere near done but I must show you another sneak peak of what I did this morning for the girls playhouse, I still have 2 more wall murals to […]
Play House Inspiration
One of the many projects in progress at our house is a play house for the girls. Here is a sneak peek, it may take us 8 more months to finish but at least you knew about it first right? You have probably seen that image before if you like Disney shows! … yes I […]
The (fingers crossed) Terrific Twos!
Okay, I said I was going to do it… and here I am, trying it out! A little bit about us today. Our oldest daughter Etta turned two on Friday. It is making me all teary-eyed as I type… because 2 years ago, marked the end of 8 years of infertility, and I couldn’t be more […]
For Sale By Owner 51; Shop Link Up Party
Go buy this new adorable girls dress/skirt pattern designed by my good friend Amanda (Etta is modeling it!) at the Butterfly Tree Shop This skirt/dress/shirt is designed by my friend Amanda at Butterfly Tree Shop and modeled by Etta! I was so excited when Amanda asked if she could make a dress for Etta to model for her shop! I jumped on the […]
Making the cut
I forgot that last week I gave Etta a quick trim. Her hair is really funny right now, she has a mohawk of 5 inch long hair and the rest is all about an inch long. Her bangs were getting out of control, so I just gave them a quick trim to straighten them out […]
Deep in the SNOW of Texas :clap, clap
Well, it snowed here Thursday. ALL. DAY. LONG. and, get this I actually LOVE SNOW! There is something so comforting about being warm wrapped in blankets, reading and playing games with your family while watching the ugly brown winter world covered right before your eyes. ahhh… Mr Remodelaholic got to stay home on Friday… Happy […]
Captured Cuteness!
Here are some of my favorite pictures from the last week or so. Etta is really starting to want to move. She actually rolled over from her back to front to back all by herself on her 6 month birthday. In fact she kept doing it, which means that diaper changing time has changed forever! […]
A Very Happy (Half) Birthday! To You
Last week Etta turned 6 months. It really does FLY BY! And in the scheme of things six month isn’t very long, but it feels like she has always been here, but she’ll be 17 before we know it, so I have to enjoy it now! Right? I really wanted to have a mini celebration. I can’t […]