Clay's 2nd Birthday Party

We had lots of fun at Clayton's 2nd birthday party. I couldn't get inspired for a birthday theme, so I picked this random wrestler cake and went from there. The kids had fun on riding toys, the trampoline and the zip tie express made it's annual trip around the yard (the lawn mower pulling random wagons held together by zip ties) Clayton was completely oblivious to being the center of attention, but he had a fun day. I can't believe my little man is turning 2. He is really sweet and funny, his new thing is going up to people and rifling through their pockets, he does this to strangers at cookouts randomly.

Clay's 2nd Birthday Party

Megan about to pop, 13 days left...

New truck, he loved this!

Clay's 2nd Birthday Party

Mimi, Peepaw, Kent and Morgan

Mimi and I



Clayton happy with a mouthful of sugar

Nana and Papa wrangling Hanna and Clay, Kate is festive with her party hat :)

The Best Welcome Home

YEAH! My mom got to come home this weekend, her lovely Dr. is giving her 6 weeks to recover. She is fighting RSV, but we hope it will get better soon and she can enjoy life again before going back in May. My brother and his wife Morgan and my family were there to welcome my mom and dad back home, it was wonderful, I look forward to having her down the road again. Madi was so excited, greeting her with a big hug. When we left, I said "Wasn't it good to see Mimi?" She said "Yes...was that real hair?" She doesn't miss much :)

New Bathroom!!

Here is more of the new. The only thing I still want to do is add those cool bronzed fixtures that all the new houses have, I beebopped into Lowe's and found that they are $600 for 2 sinks and a bath!! I am going to try to scheme a way to take my gaudy gold fixtures and somehow make them look like the new ones, anyone know any chemists? :)

OLD Bathroom

Oh Boy! Here are some painful reminders of our 1997 bathroom, where maroon, hunter green and faux drapes and stripes came to die. We removed old wallpaper, retextured the walls, sanded, painted....THEN the cabinets needed a facelift, we primed, painted and antiqued the cabinets to make them look aged, it also hides dirt much better. There was a random round window that had this paper fan thing in it???? The fan went in the trash and Corby sprayed this stuff on it to make it hazy, so it lets light in but our neighbors can't see in. Then I spray painted anything that could be salvaged chocolate brown and the walls were painted silver sage (the Restoration Hardware color) Just for fun I recaulked EVERYTHING and I must say I am great at caulking, it is an art I have decided :) and painted the trim so everything looks new and clean. All in a day's work, ha ha, more like 4 months!!!!!

UGH

Make it stop!!

NEW!!!

No more stripes!!

More Animal Paradise

More pics with animals. I attempted to get a cute pic of all of the kids in front of the barn, you can see how that went, ha ha. We also got to swim in the hotel pool, Madi is a fish as usual and Clay is getting the hang of it, he already jumps in to people in the pool and can hang on the rail and say "WEEEE."
I had a great visit with my mom after spring break. She did well with the stem cell transplant and is in the process of recovering. Medicine helps keep the side effects somewhat managable, but still very hard on the body. Our hope is that she recovers in the next couple of weeks and then gets to COME HOME for a little bit. Also, the master bath is still almost done......stay tuned for the final reveal tomorrow at 7:00/8:00 central...