Just a quick post today to wish the world’s best mom a happy, happy 50th birthday! {Don’t be mad at me that I just shared your age with everyone…} Wish we could be there to celebrate with you today! We love you!
This was Hadley’s first Halloween to trick-or-treat and although she got shy every time the door was opened, she had SUCH a blast! Morgan and Brynn came over to trick-or-treat with us and the girls were literally giggling the entire night together! It was such a joy to watch them have so much fun together.
Unfortunately, Matt got stuck in horrible traffic on his way home, but we used the opportunity to take some pictures of the girls while we were waiting for him to get home!
Picture overload warning!
The girls held hands the entire night and just skipped down the sidewalk giggling and squealing. We only went to maybe 10 houses total and then turned around to head home, but it was the perfect amount for these two. And for comparison’s sake… Hadley’s two Halloweens… :)
Alright, I’ve been promising pictures of our new house for awhile now and I figured I’d better follow through! There are SO so many projects I have on my list for this house, which is part of the delay. But, I figured I would show y’all the “before” pictures with the seller’s stuff, and then as I make progress in different rooms, I’ll post that. Deal? Good.
So, without further adieu, here it is!
What you see when you first walk in:
Dining room (You can go ahead and assume that the first “to do” on each room’s list is PAINT! The trim, shutters and doors are all tan/cream instead of white and it’s driving me crazy already!)
The living room (again, all of these pictures have the seller’s things)
The kitchen – I love the space, but have so many plans for this room, too! I want to finish the hardwoods through here, paint the cabinets a creamy white, paint the walls/trim, install hardware on the cabinets and change the dining room chandelier and window coverings! Not a long list or anything, huh?
This bedroom is downstairs and will be Harper’s nursery initially. (We’ll move her upstairs once the girls are on similar schedules.)
This is the bedroom that is Hadley’s – looks pretty different already!
The playroom – one of my favorite rooms! AND, it has french doors so I can just close it off when it’s a mess! ;)
The master. As much as I love our new house, I can’t tell you how sad I was to leave the room that I had JUST redone and LOVED so much.
So there it is! We’re slowly making progress making it our own, so hopefully I’ll have some update pictures for you soon! At the very least, I’ll share my plans for Harper’s nursery soon!
If you’re on facebook, you’ve probably already seen these pictures, but I wanted to blog about our trip to the Pumpkin Patch a couple weeks ago before Thanksgiving is here!
We were supposed to go with a playgroup, but wound up having to spend that morning getting a new car battery, so we wound up going with our good friends Morgan & Brynn the next week!
{We are SO happy they have moved home from China – the girls are 5 months apart, and Morgan and I are literally days apart in our due dates with our second little girls! Such a blessing to have friends in the same stage of life.}
Quick flashback – here is one of the first pictures we ever took of Hadley and Brynn together…
And here they are now…
The girls had so much fun at the pumpkin patch this year. They have a petting zoo, a hayride (which we skipped this year since it was apparently field trip day and there were TONS of elementary school kids there) and lots of pumpkins/photo ops!
“Hey! He took my cup, momma!”
Kisses for the goat!
This picture cracked me up – she went up to the goat and said “high dive!” (When he didn’t comply and give her a high-five, she changed to a fist-bump!)
Picking out her pumpkin!
