easter weekend

Saturday was an Easter Egg Hunt at the Johnson's. The girls had a blast. Laurie discovered the treats the fastest & her picture shows exactly what she did -- she sat down & started snacking. Lydia & Kate were much better at finding eggs, and kept calling out the color of the eggs they found.




Suffice it to say, I should never plan to take pics with Kate after church on Sunday. This is NEVER a good time for her. I coerced her to wear her bow for a few pics, but the smiles were not readily appearing. So, content yourselves with ok pics of her & better pics of the adults.




Not perhaps the most beautiful shot, but it captures a little moment, and you can see a different view of my belly. :-) "Where's baby?" "Right there, momma!" (like, don't you know yet?)

one good thing

So, if you have visited our house, you know that one of the disadvantages to our yard is that it's a hill! This is an especial disadvantage with younger children, but we've just discovered advantage #1 about having such a steep back yard. Tarp sledding!

ta-tarn!

The after! No art on the walls yet, so I may need an after, part 2.

Free bed w/ 2 coats of white paint & a little bit of carpentry repair.

The bookshelf from the "office" re-purposed to provide some MUCH needed storage for Kate's books & toys.

The dresser is really what took up so much of Josh's time. When he bought it, it was light blue & baby blue with some crazy knob design (like, their placement was odd). So, putty, sanding, 2 primer coats + two coats of white paint, plus some new knobs, a new back to the dresser = beautiful kid's dresser that is the PERFECT height and will be great to grow into.

Kate saw me taking pics of her room & wanted to get in on the act.

baby BULGE

So, it's a little frightening for me to SEE this picture, but Josh assured me that this is actually what I look like. :-) Eeps. People have been giving me a false image of myself by telling me that I don't look big. I feel big, but I've taken solace in all those nice people out there. Lo & behold, I look HUGE! Anyway, this is 34 weeks on the dot.


Kate tried to get in on the act after I left the room & posed for daddy. Apparently, this is her showing off HER belly.

nesting instinct

A few promised photos:

The little gems from Sherwin Williams. I wouldn't have been able to do it without these little guys. Plus, they are really cute! They will custom mix any color for you in these little quart size cans for $4.99. Now, that's some cheap peace of mind, at least for me. :-) We bought 4 cans total, and ended up using 2 of the colors we "sampled."


Since we were positive we were changing the color of the walls, we painted our sample swatches on huge sections of the wall. Here are 3 of our options, including our previous wall color in the upper right hand quadrant. I did NOT want to paint the room pink, but after many hours looking at Kate's quilt, I had a tiny question about whether the quilt was "asking" for a pink room. So, to rule it out, we got the pink on the walls. The second it went up, I hated it, and it laid to rest any niggling thoughts.


The ultimate color scheme -- Narcissus (a pale green or yellow, if you want to be that way) on the top, and Shy Blossom on the bottom. This is still from the sample can.


And now, here's my nesting instinct gone wild! Jen gave me the necessary push to think that I could do some simple art projects for the girls' walls. This week is Spring Break, and I figured it would be the best time for me to tackle such a crafty project. I can't tell you how much fun I had recreating my own versions of these pretty expensive prints. It helped to have some idea of what to shoot for, and what would look good in a grouping. The craft store didn't sell canvases in the exact sizes I wanted (for the price I wanted), so I did a bit of crafty work with some fishing line & ribbon to get the pieces ready for hanging. These will go in Kate's room.


Since I was on a role, I jumped right into my next project, these two Birdie paintings for the nursery. They match the valance & crib skirt & I am SOOOOO pleased with out come, even if I was up until 2 in the morning working on them!