Cutie Patootie

Harrison decided to sweep the driveway for Ryan's birthday. He's growing up so fast and is quite the teaser. His new game is to grab your finger at dinner so you get out of your chair then he sneaks behind you and steals the seat. He's also starting to learn more words every day. He pointed to Ryan's band-aid and said "boo boo".

Ride Ryan Ride

Even though Ryan's birthday is tomorrow, he decided to start his annual birthday tradition of riding miles equal to his age. He's such an over achiever clocking in 31.4 miles this year. We're all proud of you.

Chalking It UP

We did it! Check out our chalkboard wall. We're still needing to touch up around the edges but it's looking pretty awesome. Now we need to test it with chalk. I am thinking of hanging empty picture frames so we can customize our own pictures weekly :)

Project Vanity

We've torn out the vanity in the bathroom and thought about replacing it with a new one. I briefly looked at our local home improvement store but didn't see anything I was crazy about. So Ryan agreed I would refurbish our current one. It's a gross midnight blue. I'm priming it today and hunting for pulls. We bought white subway tile for the area above the bathtub and will add a thin strip of black towards the top.

Here's my questions for you, what color should the vanity be? White? Black? White and black? And we've been painting all the trim Calming Cream color, should the bead board be Calming Cream or a bright white?

491 Days

We've survived 491 days with Harrison before making a visit to the doctor's office (except wellness checkups) or Emergency Room. Our streak has now come to an end. Our tough guy suffered (well, I shouldn't say suffered b/c he only cried for 10 seconds) a second degree burn on his pointer finger. After two and a half hours in the ER, they recommended taking him tomorrow to the Burn Unit of the Children's Hospital. I'm still waiting to get an appointment with them. He's a total champ, no complains and was happy to share some grapes with daddy.

Adoption

My sister sent me an email about her dear friends, Joelle and Andy. They are looking to adopt a baby so if you know anyone who is looking to find wonderful parents search no more. Check out their website http://joelleandandy.com/Howdy.html. I know they will be fabulous parents someday soon :)

Vacation Day, Not Really

I took the day off to relax, eat bon-bons and lay around while people waited on me hand and foot. Okay, only in my head. I spent the entire day working on walls. Ryan stopped by during his lunch break and couldn't resist the urge to roll some color. It was a very successful day which included adding drywall mud to the bathroom (by the way, I HATE DRYWALL!!!), adding texture to patched holes, painting the master bedroom (which turned out fabulous), painting patched holes, sanding the mud over the fireplace, adding color to one wall in the back bathroom, ceiling paint to the office area and kitchen.