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We finally hung the TV up. Look at what a big difference it makes!

HELP!

I got a book shelf for L today so I rearranged her room. Any suggestions on moving any furniture around would be appreciated. I am TeRRIBLE in that department! PLEASE, tell me what you think. Thanks.









Here is the amazing bookshelf I got her. Cute, right?



Here is a desk Mike won from his work to give L. How cute is that??

Thank God we didn't move to Eagle Mountain

Here is our house we were building in Eagle Mountain. We backed out at the last minute, and we could not be happier. While it is a cute house, it's too cookie cutter for us. Plus, notice that big house next to it? Well that is what the entire street was. Ours was one of two ramblers. When I was driving to see it I kept thinking is this the right street?


Here's our home sweet home. We love living in the city, even if it's a small city.

the touch ups that never were

Once upon a time we purchased our house. It was exactly a year ago. We had the best of intentions on remodeling it and moving in quickly. I was seven months pregnant. Long story short, I didn't feel like painting. Mike and my sis, and a few other volunteers here and there, ended up painting a 2300 sq. foot home.
Needless to say after 12 months of living here, the touch ups are not complete! I want to do them, I just never get around to it. There is a baby to play with and laundry to do and a bathroom to clean and dishes to wash and bottles to make.
My goal is to complete the touch ups before Lennon turns one! I hope this is a goal I can reach.... I will keep you posted on the progress.

sucks

UGH... It's that time again. Renting out our apartment in our basement. I hate doing it! It is nice to help pay our mortgage, but the process sucks. Showing everyone the place, trying to decide what you think of the person based on 5 minutes or so of conversation, waiting for people to show up that said they were coming, having random people show up at your door with no appointment! I will be so glad to get it rented, but it's also scary to commit to a 1 year lease and hope they aren't disgusting, crazy, unreliable, etc.

SO, if anyone knows someone that needs a place & does not fall into any of the above categories let me know. (Even though a total of 2 people read my blog, but hey)

Here are some pictures of the place. It is 870.00 2 bedroom, includes utilities, cable internet & cable t.v. with DVR. It's one block from Liberty Park, 5 minutes from downtown, about 5-10 minutes from the U, and 5 minutes to Westminster.

P.S. CRACK/METH HEADS NEED NOT APPLY. AND YES WE CAN TELL YOU ARE ON CRACK/METH, SO DON'T THINK YOU ARE FOOLING ANYONE. THE TWITCH GIVES IT AWAY.

no more Bush

Just kidding. This post isn't about that Bush.


Here's our cute grandma house. Notice those bushes lining the right side....




well, they are gone!! Our next door neighbors saw the guys ripping them out & had them rip out their rose bushes too.




Any recommendations of what we should plant there now? We are thinking 3 small trees/bushes and then some perennials in between. We love our house & neighborhood.

the first of many remodeling pictures

I'm going to post a series of our remodel pics and maybe it will motivate me to complete the final things! Once Lennon was born all projects stopped!

So here is the bathroom before, love the yellow! That's why it had to go.







Fancy came over to help us complete our projects! She helped a ton. By this point I was 8 months pregnant & definately not in the mood to do remodeling projects. Shannon took all the tiles off the wall for us. And painted a ton of things too.




the floor almost finished



And the final product. Ignore the Mountain Dew, Toilet Paper & Goof Off. I need a better picture!

the Nursery!

I know I have been a huge blogger slacker...so without further delay.... THE NURSERY! And even if I do say so myself, I think it's the cutest thing I've ever seen. It looks like it's in a magazine. Thanks again Jeri. You are the best!

only child

It's official. Lennon is going to be an only child. That is unless we adopt the next. All you guys that have been pregnant more than one time.... YOU'RE NUTS! Adoption sounds perfect for the next. Then we will be guaranteed a boy & we will be done. 2 is the perfect amount :)

If she doesn't get out from under my right ribcage I don't know what i'm going to do. It hurts soooooo bad. It feels like she is trying to open my ribs and come out that way.

And finally I haven't uploaded any new pics, so nothing to see here folks. Move along. One day, maybe next weekish I can get some up. We should be in our house, that we bought OCTOBER 4th, by this weekend. (crossing our fingers) But at least the bathroom is awesome! When you see the pics you will know. Or anyone can come over and help me get Leni's room ready. The boys put her crib together until they realized a piece was broken. So I am waiting for it to arrive in the mail. I can't wait to get it because her bedding is so unbelievably cute. Jeri is the best. You will be jealous when you see it ;)

Now I'm going to lay down because being pregnant BLOWS.

slacking

I have been slacking on the blog lately! Our house has consumed my entire life. I promise I will post some pictures of the house before/after, my baby shower, baby bedding, new stomach pics & Halloween party very soon!

In the meantime.... I was tagged:

Four places I've lived:
1. Bitburg, Germany
2. Salt Lake City, Utah
3. Murray, Utah
4. Sugar House, Utah

Four jobs I've had:
1. Nanny
2. Dry cleaning sorter
3. Makeup artist
4. Hair dresser

Four things I'd like to do before I die:
1. Have my baby
2. travel more including go to Scandinavia
3. play the accordion well
4. go to space

Four favorite desserts:
1. RICE KRISPIE TREATS
2. Sugar Cookies
3. ice cream
4. fruit

4 interesting facts about me:
1. i have never broken a bone (sorry stole yours Chels)
2. i still sleep with baby blankets
3. i take accordion lessons
4. i am vegetarian
(not very interesting)

Four favorite t.v shows:
1.The Office
2. curb your enthusiasm
3. the hills
4. anything HGTV

4 people I'm tagging, are..
Jess, Justin, Emily, Jamie

The house is ours!!

We finally had our closing & got the keys! So, who wants to come over and help paint, take down wall paper, take off panelling, or knock down a wall?! Anyone, anyone?

Dennis we have the Redbull/Vodka waiting! I know you are out of town this weekend...so maybe next weekend the carpet pulling out can begin?

We will basically be over at the house any time we are not working or I am not up at Jeri's working on the bedding! Feel free to stop by and see it. By the way, the bedding is so cute. I can't stand it. I took some pictures so when I get around to it I will post some of the work in progress. Also lots of our house before and after shots.

We are buying this house!!

After much run around & dealing with morons they have accepted our offer! The house is as good as ours, once it gets appraised, inspected & all that other stuff. I thought I would post some pictures of it even though it's still in the old person state. We are ripping out the carpet for the hardwood, taking off that awful paneling & we painting. We haven't chosen our colors yet, but I think Lennon's room will be green. I'm not sure what we are doing to the kitchen, probably nothing for a while. The cupboards aren't bad, but the counter is blue! It's hot we know. The bathroom... well you will just have to see it in person. Let's just call the house a small fixer upper. But it is going to be super cute one day! I just can't wait to move in & have our own space. YAY (Oh & these are the pictures from the realtor. That's why they are so bad, the roof looks crazy in the picture.)

Jess how do you post pictures and do words in between?

Return of the BLOG!

Guess who's back. I decided I would restart my blog!

Well we are making another offer on the same house! We totally want it. The sellers are a little challenged. I don't think they know what's going on with the market right now. Their realtors called me and said that they should be greatful someone wants to buy their house right now! So, on Tuesday we are making a new offer. I hope they finally accept it. We need a house before the baby comes! I seriously can't wait to get her room all together. And let me tell you being married to an artist is soooo great :) I already know what mural I am having him paint on her wall! It is going to be awesome. Plus, I found super cute wooden letters for her name that were hand painted. But, they wanted about 130.00 for her name. I found plain ones online & then I am just going to have Mike paint them like the ones at the store. Seriously, how convenient is it to be married to a painter? Lennon had better appreciate it! hahaaa
I just tried to find the font online, but I cannot find it. You will just have to wait & see the finished product.

I think this weekend we will refinish the dresser I got for her. It was Mike's Grandmas. I think it's form the 30's or 40's. It has rounded edges that I love! I just don't know what color to paint it for sure? I guess white to match all her other things. But I definitely want to get some cute handles for it. Any suggestions on where to go? I am new to the whole child decorating thing!

I know, I know

I suck at updating my blog! But lets face it my life is boring! Lately it consists of working, feeling sick, going home & immediately putting on my pajamas. I have just been so tired & feeling like crap so I don't want to do anything. Besides, the Utah Jazz games have been keeping me super busy too!

Oh, and whoever came up with the term "morning sickness" is full of it. For me it's more like night sickness or after everything you eat sickness.

We got the ultra sound & we are pretty relieved there is only one babe in there. That also means that it's super healthy. It looks like a black blob that Mike is calling "the Blob" or "Blob belly" (pretty original) and it had a tiny flickering heart beat. I think it's the cutest baby ever! haha. I was so scared there were going to be multiple babies in there that the minute I got to the office I was shaking & I seriously couldn't stop.

The second best news lately is we are BUILDING A HOUSE!!! It is in Eagle Mountain. And we are loving it out there. We had originally thought it was too far away, but after actually going out there decided it is perfect! Our neighborhood is right next to the elemantary school too-bonus. It's so cute & we can't wait to choose all of our things in it! I am kind of scared to see what our total comes to with all the upgrades....hah. We will still be able to get quite a few & a fire place! YAY.