Showing posts with label New. Show all posts
Showing posts with label New. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 4, 2017
Mom AF New Fence Playground Van!
You guys. So many mom life updates. In the past two weeks we added a fence, playground, and I now drive a van. And I couldn't be more excited about all of these!
I am so mom AF. I need my cute friend Alison's t-shirt. :) Don't tell my mom what AF stands for. She would say it is crass. :)
First up - the fence! I have been hounding (not kidding) Nate for years for a fence. When we were looking at houses before we were even engaged, I told him I must have a fence! I grew up with a fence when I was little and I love the safety and privacy aspect of it. When we bought our house and it didn't have a fence I told him someday we will! Fast forward to having Bradley and I literally wouldn't go outside with him here pre-fence because he is a darter and loves running towards the street. I told Nate it was a must get, and he slowly was coming to my side. Then we found out we were having twins and it was GAME OVER. Seven years of harassing him later, we have one! Nate said the best part of the fence is no more harassing from me. :)
It has been up less than a week and we have been outside every single day! Even on the rainy days! It was actually supposed to be installed before Thanksgiving last year but the company kept pushing it off and then it was winter. I was sooooo mad. But at least it is up now!
Another reason we needed the fence - we got Bradley a playground for Christmas! My dad and Nate spent the entire weekend a few weekends ago putting this together. Like 13 hours on Saturday and 10 hours Sunday. Yikes! Thank you Papa!! But it was worth their hard work because Bradley loves it!
These pics crack me up. While Papa and Dada were working on the playground and I was at dance, Grandma and Bradley hung out. Bradley literally eats NOTHING for me but crackers and pancakes and he cleaned an entire plate that included chicken and sides for Grandma! Grandma FTW!
Bradley is obsessed!
This is so needed because I can't walk very far without feeling like I will fall over and my hips/pelvis might break so now I can pull up my lawn chair and watch Bradley run around having so much fun.
And my last Mom AF moment...I now drive a van! We couldn't make the car seats work in my previous vehicle and being 30+ weeks pregnant with twins and a toddler in tow, everything about a van seemed magical. We test drove a few styles and ended up with the Chrysler Pacifica (for those that were asking on Instagram) and I literally am obsessed. Like why didn't I get this when I had one kid? Or just had dogs?? Sliding doors are life.
Pic from pre-van shopping.
Checking out the new van!
Nate's favorite spot in the van because we stowed one of the seats - stretching those long legs!
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Check out that beautiful chain link behind Bradley. :)
It has been up less than a week and we have been outside every single day! Even on the rainy days! It was actually supposed to be installed before Thanksgiving last year but the company kept pushing it off and then it was winter. I was sooooo mad. But at least it is up now!
Testing out Dada and Papa's work.
These pics crack me up. While Papa and Dada were working on the playground and I was at dance, Grandma and Bradley hung out. Bradley literally eats NOTHING for me but crackers and pancakes and he cleaned an entire plate that included chicken and sides for Grandma! Grandma FTW!
Bradley is obsessed!
Great yard for friends to come hang out!
Nate's handiwork. :)
And my last Mom AF moment...I now drive a van! We couldn't make the car seats work in my previous vehicle and being 30+ weeks pregnant with twins and a toddler in tow, everything about a van seemed magical. We test drove a few styles and ended up with the Chrysler Pacifica (for those that were asking on Instagram) and I literally am obsessed. Like why didn't I get this when I had one kid? Or just had dogs?? Sliding doors are life.
Pic from pre-van shopping.
We brought our three car seats when test driving vans to make sure they fit!
So much space! Come to mama!
I'm so sad this bumper sticker is not sold any more. I told Nate for my birthday all I wanted was this sticker since the van is already an amazing birthday present!
Nate's favorite spot in the van because we stowed one of the seats - stretching those long legs!
Thumbs up for vans!
And I love this cute pic of Bradley. All of these changes and playing outside has made us work up an appetite so we have been getting lots of froyo, too!
The only way I think I will be more Mom AF is when the twins arrive and three car seats are filled in the van! Eek! 5.5 weeks or less!
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Saturday, July 1, 2017
New Kitchen Lighting
If you have been reading here for any amount of time you know one of my biggest hobbies is adding style/design to any part of life! It could be from putting together Bradley's outfits, decorating for holidays, or adding stickers in my paper planner! :) Everyone needs a hobby that excites them and mine is definitely styling!
My favorite subject is our house. We moved here in 2010 and I would describe our house as builder basic with built in character (arched doorways, woods behind our house, etc). We LOVED having a move in ready house with lots of space, five bedrooms, four bathrooms, large finished basement, etc, but it did create a blank slate for all of my ideas! Enter: the most appropriate pin of all time.
Our most recent update was our kitchen lighting. Basically all of the lighting in our house doesn't fit our style (and of course we picked them out when building, figures), and we are slowly working on updating the ones that we notice the most. These are nice, quality light fixtures, but they are more traditional than our style.
Here they are lit from the family room angle (and typical mess). Hi Bradley!
So the hunt began! We looked at every possible lighting store in the Twin Cities area (including Pottery Barn, Restoration Hardware, West Elm, etc) and would find a possible good fixture for over the kitchen table, but then unable to find coordinating lights for over the bar, or vice versa. So that brought our search online. We finally found the perfect lights for this space!
For above the kitchen table we went with an iron globe chandelier from Shades of Light.
We love how it looks with the table!
Then for above the bar we found the perfect globe pendants from Lamps.com. Love love love!
This gives a totally different feel to the space and we are obsessed!
Instagrammed. :)
Impossible to photograph lit. Someone come clean my kitchen.
And both of them! I seriously was holding off on the this blog post until I removed the kitchen crap. It will never happen, so here you go. :) This is real life, folks!
In other kitchen news, we moved this three tiered basket from Bradley's nursery to the kitchen! Love it in here! We are lacking counter-stored fruit right now so it looks a little strange, but still love. And we STILL want to update our cabinets to white to match the built ins, but we decided we need to wait until we are completely done with toddlers and their sticky fingers before making that update. :)
I just love a good house update! On to the next project! :)
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Saturday, June 17, 2017
Everything New is Fine
October 28, 2016: 'Everything new is fine.'
This phrase, with an image of a new plant sprouting from the ground just randomly appeared in front of me. I opened up the baby monitor app on my phone, then before the camera view appeared, a seemingly unrelated quote popped up for about ten seconds. I have no idea where this came from but it stopped me in my tracks. I nervously chuckled and then promptly teared up, resting my forehead on the doorframe.
Everything new is FINE.
This morning I took a positive pregnancy test. My emotions are reeling, my head is spinning and I can't think straight. I could list a million and five thoughts that went through my head since 8am when I took that test. But instead, I'm choosing to simply hold onto the thought that everything new is fine.
I still have to tell Nate the news. We have so many thoughts to work through together. This is freaking insane. Four kids? It feels like I'm dreaming right now, the most surreal moment of my life. If I get a chance to sort through my thoughts I'm sure I'll be back here, typing away.
Until then: it's fine. FINE. Something new. A new baby. Four.
Saturday, May 13, 2017
New Front Door!
Today was an exciting day - I took the day off from work to be at home because our new front door was installed!
It was amazing to have the day off and semi sleep in, clean like crazy, cook a little, do some laundry...I needed this day to get my life back on track after all of these past weekends away! More days would be nice but I am thankful to at least have this one to play catch up. The little girls also loved having me home! Chim wanted to sleep longer than I did.
Around 2:00 my new best friend arrived to install our door! I kept sneaking downstairs for some peeks. I snapped a quick sniper photo on one of my sneaks.
I almost got caught! As for the door, we did end up getting the fiberglass craftsman door from Home Depot we were looking at and also had them install. He did a great job! The "time window" (aka most of the day) is semi annoying but worth it. Love how it ties in some of our dark wood items.
We still have to paint the trim and little touch up spots but loving the bumped up curb appeal!
Had to pose the boots. Made it look more "styled" (nerd).
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| Hello paint swatches...you are haunting me. |
Now I need to figure out how to hang all of my deco mesh wreaths on here! Hmm...my front door decorating obsession is going to hit a new level!
It has always been my dream to have a house to decorate and update, and a "wood look" front door has always been near the top of that list so I am so excited and feeling blessed! I can't wait for Nate to get home and see it! We love making this house a home!
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Saturday, May 6, 2017
New tunes
I found some fabulous new tunes that you HAVE to get for yourselves. I love Vanessa Carlton: her voice, her piano skills, and especially her lyrics. Her new CD "Heroes and Thieves" is everything I had hoped.
I bought the CD on I-tunes for $8 and I'm already obsessed with a few of the tracks. Especially "Nolita Fairytale" and "Home" and "My Best." It's the perfect girlie "I-used-to-need-you-and-now-I-am-SO-over-it" music, best played while driving [so you can belt it out] or while cleaning house [to inspire quick work and a chip on your shoulder attitude].Anyway, I really like it and will most likely stalk it for about a month straight.
Tuesday, May 2, 2017
New Beauty Finds
Ever since I was in junior high, I have been obsessed with finding new beauty gems! I'm sure it comes from growing up as a dancer/performer and finding out how makeup accentuates and helps you work with what your mama gave you!
I was feeling in a makeup rut last week and knew I needed to spice things up. Most of my makeup is getting to the point of either expiration or empty, so it was time! I spent a good afternoon watching my beloved MMandLShow videos and kept a list of fun things I wanted to try!
First up - I am ALWAYS looking for amazing new mascaras. I do think my all time favorite is L'Oreal Voluminous, but still always on the hunt for something new. MMandL always talk about how much they love Mary Kay Lash Love so I needed to try. Initial verdict - I like how it defines and separates, but I need more of a plumping effect as well. It works well when used with my Voluminous but by itself my wretch lashes need more.
Next up - bronzer! I have been wanting to try the Cargo Matte Medium Bronzer for a while now and I hit pan on one of my bronzers, so now was the time! So far I really like it! Again, I still have another favorite (Bobbi Brown Medium Bronzer) but this is a good second place. I also love the cute packaging! Sucker for cuteness!
Have you found any fun new makeup gems recently??
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