Thankful Thursday

The list goes on...

49. Painted toenails

50. Picnic lunches

51. Clean laundry

52. Fresh haircut

53. Our backyard

54. Our air conditioner works

55. New clothes

56. Girls in my home group

House Tour - Bonus Room/Playroom

One of the best rooms in our house is the room above the garage. When we saw this room we fell in love with the house even more.

Purpose: A place to keep toys:) That's what it feels like somedays but actually this room has a little more purpose than that. This room is great for playing, hosting little friends, hiding the mess that toddlers make, and having a separate place to hang out from the family room. We don't have a basement in our house but this serves the same purpose as a basement.

Furniture: We have a couch and a cheap chair that one of us probably had in college for adults to sit on. There is also lots of little kid furniture! We bought a bookshelf for all of Grace's books and got a TV and TV stand as hand-me down's.

Decorations: Right now the only decoration is the random poster on the wall. I guess you could call the organizational unit on one wall decoration if you're into organizing.

Future Plans: This room is very very functional but I do have some dreams for this room. Someday we might buy and Internet TV for the family room so we could move the TV from downstairs up to the room. An extra chair or two for adults would be nice too. I'd also love to put some educational type posters on the wall that are also interesting to look at and not tacky. I think this is a room that will evolve as the age of our family evolves but for now a playroom is the perfect name for it.

I did make sure to include at least one messy picture so you can see the state it is in most of the time! Although, I do try to make Grace help clean up at least once a day.

House Tour - Backyard

I love our backyard. I love that it is fenced in and I can just sit on the deck and watch Grace. I love that we have a huge deck and lots of green grass. And I love that we have some mature trees.

Purpose: To play, grill, enjoy fresh air and have lawn parties. We haven't had any lawn parties yet but we're really hoping to!

Furniture: The deck has a few pieces of furniture. We have some chairs from the patio at our old house and a bench that got left behind by the previous owners.

Decorations: God's creation, several houses, and fences:)

Future plans: I would love to get a nice swingset but that will probably be next year. Also a table and chairs set for the deck would be great. Then we can enjoy some meals out there.

House Tour - Caleb's Room

Now that Grace has passed the crib down to her little brother I can finally post about his room. Until last weekend it was an empty room with a changing table and a few decorations on the wall. It was kind of weird not having a nursery all set up for Caleb like we did for Grace but it's all set up now!

Purpose: A place for Caleb to sleep, be rocked, changed, and play.

Furniture: The highlight of the room is Caleb's crib. If you weren't around for my pregnancy with Grace or just don't remember my dad made her crib. So we wanted to pass it on to the next child. We also have the dresser/changing table, Closetmaid cube shelves (which are awesome) and glider in the room.

Decorations: Most of the decorations in the nursery are from Grace's room at the old house. I went neutral when Grace was born so we could reuse them if we ever had a boy. I'm glad I did that. The only thing I added are a few pictures from Little Golden Books above the dresser/changing table. I was thrilled that the curtains were perfect for the two windows because they were on a big double window at our old house.

Future Plans: I feel pretty content with the room because it really was a transplant of Grace's nursery. I guess when Caleb grows up it will change but for now I don't plan on doing anything to it.

The first picture is a little dark but if you look closely you can see Caleb napping in the crib:)

Big Girl Bed

Recently we transitioned Grace into her big bed. We are very thanful that she has done a pretty good job. The good parts are she is sleeping just fine at night still and she willingly gave up her crib to Caleb. The bad part is she gets up to get toys and plays a lot at naptime. There have been several days that she even failed to take a nap which led to a much harder evening.

Grace definitely loves her new bed and talks about taking a nap a lot. Granted I think the reason she likes to take a nap is because she gets to play. A few times we have heard her bumping into the wall or railing but hopefully we won't have to leave the railing up too long.

One funny thing is she has been caught climbing onto the headboard (where her water bottle is sitting) and trying to sleep up there. She brings her blanket and lovey and closes her eyes. Unfortunately she falls off of it upon relaxing.

Sandal Time

It's starting to warm up and it's time to start wearing sandals. And that means painted toenails for Grace and me.

This post is dedicated to my friend Sonya who loves feet.

Thankful Thursday

The list goes on...

33. My life group

34. Dinner with the Coxes

35. The monthly budget meeting Matt and I have. I'm thankful for it because we are blessed and even though it can give me a headache we don't deserve the financial blessings God has given us.

36. The smell of freshly cut grass

37. A visit from Sonya

38. Time to run errands as a family

39. Grace's enthusiasm for life

40. A quiet hour all to myself at and unexpected time

41. Chance to catch up on the phone with friends

42. Waking up on my own terms before the baby started fussing

43. Well rested children

44. Grilling out

45. Clean bill of health after my postpartum appointment

46. Celebrating and remembering the day Matt and I started dating

47. Flowers on my counter (thanks Matt)

48. Breakfast out with M, G and C