Oh My Gosh, Check This Out.....!!

Mom got the wild hair today and decided that she wanted to polyurethane one room just to see what it was going to turn out like. I think the warm weather had a lot to do with it also. Well this is what it turned out like......isn't it just beautiful!!

This is the spare bedroom also known as storage for me. This is what they look like just after one coat. Mom will put 2 more on having to sand them between each one. If you can't tell I am just very excited about how they turned out. They even look better than what I had expected!!

This just shows you the difference in the floor. What you see is the doorway going into the room and the base on the door way has not been done yet and obviously the floor has been. Isn't it just beautiful?!?!?!

Thanks to Eric my kitchen is pretty much back together. The new cabinet is set, counter top on, new sink set, and back splash up. You can tell the doors are off the cabinets b/c Mom is refinishing them also and we had to paint the walls behind them. It was the worst job ever, well probably not the worst but it was not easy. Especially way back in the far corner. I had to climb in the cabinet and basically lay down to get it done. But it looks much better done.

Well this is all I have for now. I am ready for bed...night!!

MY HOUSE!!!!!

As promised, I am finally getting pictures posted of my house. We have been working on it every minute we can. It is amazing how many little things that have to be done. There was this closet that needed to be painted so about a month ago Kim and I set off to paint it. We knew that there was going to be some work involved because it appeared that the paint was peeling off the wall. Anyways, when we really got to looking at it and deciding what to do the closet had been wallpapered and then someone decided to paint over the wallpaper without trying to take it down. It was a total disaster. We ended up having to spray a water/vinegar solution on the wall, let it set for a little bit, and then scrape it with a paint scrapper. It took a whole day but we finally got everything off it. Today we sat out and put the bonding coat on it. Now tomorrow I think we are going to get a coat of paint on it. The house is coming right along. I can't wait to get it done and get moved in. We are getting closer everyday.

This is the big pile of carpet that we pulled up off the floor. It was very disgusting needless to say. There appeared to be 2 layers of padding and then OLD carpet. The caret had been so worn that the padding was starting to just disintegrate.

This is the residue that was left on the floor in 2 rooms after pulling up the carpet. The carpet had been glued down therefore not coming up real easy. We then had to get down on hands and knees and use water and a good 'ol pain scrapper and scrape it off. Thank god it was only 2 rooms, one of which was pretty small!

This is Isaac's room showing that residue again on the floor. His room butts right up to mine. The door you see in the back goes into my room.

This is supposed to be my kitchen. Where the wall looks all torn up used to have tile on it. We tore all that off and in some places went all the way down to the lathes. The cabinet in the middle of the floor is a new cabinet that we had made.

This is my living room. You can see the door way to the front room to the left of the picture. There are big double doors that fold across the doorway if you wanted to close it off.

This is the front room. Back when the house was build this was used as a formal dinning room. My plan is turning it into my scrapbooking room. The walls are painted green so it should be very relaxing. I am very excited about it!!

This is my bedroom. Just painted a tan color. That is Isaac's door on the left.

This is Isaac's room all painted in blue.

This is the kitchen again showing the orange color that I thought I wanted. Needless to say I changed the color of the kitchen to a tan color. Makes it look a lot better.

This is the bathroom. It is pretty small but is plenty for what we need. On the left is the vanity and on the right is the tub/shower.

This is the front door. It comes into a little hallway, which leads into the front room.

This is the spare bedroom, which I will probably use for storage. You can see the floor though, this was what they looked like after Dad had ran the sander over them.

This purpose of this picture is to show the difference in the floor. You can see where Dad had run the sander and where he hadn't. It was amazing the difference that it made.

Well, these are all the pictures that I have for now. I will get more posted when I get more taken. Mom has been over there cleaning this week so it is getting closer and closer. Next week she is planning on starting to polyurethane the floors. She thinks she can get it done in 3 days so she is just trying to get 3 days in a row to get it done. Until next time, Isaac is doing great and happy blogging!!!!

The Love of Pictures

Last night I got my camera out and had a fun time taking pictures. Isaac cooperated very well. He just starts smiling as soon as he sees the camera. Isaac is getting so big. He is turning into a little monster that gets into EVERYTHING. There is nothing that is out of his reach. Since he has started climbing on things he thinks he is unstoppable. I have to watch him very closely because he tried to climb on things that he shouldn't be. I am afraid that he is going to really hurt himself. It is too early to have to make that emergency run to the hospital with a broken bone and anything like that! Hopefully I will never have to do that but I have had many people tell me Boys will be Boys.......oh my!!!!

Isaac sitting in his booster seat eating some cereal. He looks like a toddler sitting there.

What a look. The next few pictures are just some snap shots catching that perfect moment. Sometimes the best pictures are the ones when they are not looking straight at the camera.

Check out all that hair. After 3 haircuts I don't think it is going to get any thinner. I love his hair now but I am sure he will hate it when he gets older.

Isn't this precious. Ten perfect fingers and.......

.......Ten perfect toes!!

Molly and the Cookies

A few weeks ago we made chocolate chip cookies. All of our favorites. Molly is quit the sweet eater so of course she wanted some.

Molly looking in the oven wondering how she can get to the cookies.

Oh here, maybe I can try to climb in. Uh, Molly I don't think that will work very well!

Dang it, how far up there are those cookies. I know they are up there!

What, me? I'm not doing anything!

Molly finally was able to get her a cookie. Needless to say, she ate the whole darn thing.

Molly is doing very well. She is growing up so fast also. He is walking everywhere and is really starting to jabber. The funniest thing she says is baaaaaaad piggy. Whenever her pigs falls on the floor she says baaaaaaaad piggy. Too cute, what they catch on to.

What a Big Boy!

Remember the other day when I told you that Isaac had started climbing. Well I promised pictures so here we go.

Isaac has climbed up on the hassock and is getting ready to get on the couch.

Yeh, he has made it. He was so proud of himself when he would get up there. He knew he was doing something new. Now he doesn't understand why I always make him get down. I don't want him to get used to being able to play on the couch. That is just asking for that emergency room visit!

Here, Mema, I need your help down!

FUN!

I had the joy last weekend to do some card making. Kim, Mom, and I made some greeting cards and gift tags for a benefit auction. I put them arranged so cutely in a tin and we donated them for the auction. Well needless to say I was pretty proud of what they brought. They sold for $45.00 and there was 2 ladies that wanted them so now I have to make another bunch because I told them that since they both wanted them we would just make some more and they could just make the donation to the family.

I took a picture of the cards that I made. I just had to share with everyone. I just wish I had more time to make even more. They are just so darn cute!!!

Something New

I just have to share the new thing for Isaac. This evening I was in the kitchen talking to Mom and Isaac was playing in the living room with his toys. I heard him kind of cackle but didn't think anything of it. I looked around the corner to "check" on him and to my surprise he was playing on the couch. How in the heck did he get there. He was soooo proud of himself. He climbed up on the hassock then on to the couch. Then he wanted Mom's hand to help him down and he did it all over again. I got a few pictures but my camera is dead so I will get pictures posted later. I just had to share Isaac's newest adventure.

Isaac with his presents

I have been wanting to get pictures posted of Isaac with his things that he got for his Birthday and Christmas. I am just now getting that done. Better sooner than later, I guess.

Isaac sitting on his "Alphabet Train" that Mommy gave him. He got a lot of nice things. He has sure enjoyed getting to play with everything. He got a lot of books and has really enjoyed being read to. Isaac with his Christmas presents. He got the John Deere wagon from Mema and Papa, we can't wait until Spring time so we can go for walks outside. Right now the wagon is sitting in the living room being storage for everything that he got for presents that is not out being played with. We are just waiting patiently to get into our house so we can get everything unpacked. More pictures will be coming soon. Maybe even later this evening!

More Birthday Pictures

Isaac had a great time opening his presents. He has had a lot of fun playing with everything.

Isaac opening his presents. He had to have a little of Mommy's help but it didn't take long for him to discover that there were things under that paper for him.

Aunt Kim, Uncle Chad, Abby and Molly gave Isaac this darling wooden train. It is so cute. He is a little too little to play with it. When we get in our own house we will have it out on display for everyone to see.

Isaac sporting a bow on his head. It makes him look like a little girl.

Isaac and Mommy with his Birthday cake. He thought it was pretty funny when everyone was singing Happy Birthday to him. Once again that darling cake that I did all by myself! I have to brag a little bit!!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Isaac and I would like to wish everyone a belated Merry Christmas and a Blessed New Year. It is so hard to believe that 2009 is here and 2008 is in "past"! Our family is really looking forward to a new year. Needless to say 2008 was not the greatest. It defiantly had it pros such as the time I got to enjoy with Isaac and watch him become the little toddler that he is. I got to enjoy being an aunt to Abby and Molly. After 13 months was finally able to get my divorce FINAL! I know there are many more but just not thinking of them right now. The cons, sickness and death of my Grandma. I am just going to leave that at that. No need to proceed on with the bad things. I have not had time to get my pictures uploaded of Isaac's Christmas morning. He had a lot of fun opening his presents. Santa came to see him and left him a new toy. We now have so many toys that there is not enough room in Mema and Papa's house for them.

We are hoping to get busy on my house so Isaac and I can get moved into our our home. Dad is laid off until February so he will getting the floors sanded. Upon the completion of the floors being sanded Mom will go in and start putting the treatments on the floor. The kitchen is coming together. I have decided to change the paint color in the kitchen so I have to get it repainted. Will wait to do that until the kitchen is put back together and the floors are done. I know I have promised before but I really want to get some pictures of my house posted. I am really looking forward to entertain and have people over to my own place!

Isaac is becoming quit the "investigator". He travels all over the house on his bottom still trying to find things to get into. He is now not staying away from the Christmas tree. He has gotten in trouble twice tonight. He is still not walking. Will stand and take a few steps but is not brave enough to take off yet. He plays Peek-A-Boo and the how big are you game. He also prays with us at the supper table. It is so cute he puts his little hands together and looks at everyone else to make sure they are doing the same thing. I help him do the sign of the cross and then he claps and says yeah.

Well Isaac is ready for bed so I better get him there. We wish each and everyone of you a healthy and prosperous New Year!

Happy 1st Birthday, Isaac!

It is so hard to believe that my precious baby boy is 1. It is kind of sad to think about it but all it means is that he is growing and very healthy. He is a big guy weighing about 26 pounds and is 34 inches long. There is nothing small about him. He had a really good birthday party. I did a "train" theme and it turned out just darling. I made his invitations and also his birthday cake all myself. They both turned out cuter than I thought. I have a few pictures of him opening presents but I will post more later.

The outside of Isaac's 1st Birthday Party invitation. I had to cut each train and cloud of smoke out. It was kind of time consuming!


The inside of the invitations.


This is the cake that I made. It looks hard but it was very easy to do. It did take about an hour to get it all iced and decorated. It was a big hit at the party. Everyone was pretty impressed. Mom even said "Stephanie that looks cuter than the picture in the magazine!" I just responded..."Yes, I know!"



Needless to say, Isaac didn't care for his cake. He choked and gaged just on the icing. The icing wasn't even sweet, it was just whip cream. I thought he was going to throw everything up. But Mema came in and saved the day and fed him just the cake without the icing and he thought that was pretty good.


Isaac got lots of presents and did a wonderful job opening them. He got it figured out before he was done. He got new toys that he really enjoys playing with. I need to weed out his baby toys since he doesn't play with them anymore. I will post more pictures of opening presents later.

Since it is Christmas Eve it is a good time to with everyone a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Christmas will defiantly be different this year since this will be the first without Grandma. We are all adjusting and will eventually adjust fine. We always went to Grandma's Christmas day for lunch and open gifts. We are actually staying at mom and dad's this year so we wont be rushed at all. We are then going to Aunt Donna's on Saturday to have our family Christmas. Until next time, Happy Blogging.

Mr. Mischievous

A few weeks ago Isaac decided he was going to be Mr. Mischievous. He was playing with one of Mema's crock jars.


He looks at Mommy and smiles because he knows I have the camera out!



Isaac getting ready to get himself into trouble!


The reaches down into the jar to get his toys out that he throws in there. We used to keep magazines in it until Isaac and Moll discovered there was something in there to get into.

I just caught Isaac being lazy. He wore himself out trying to get his toys out.

Me and my favorite Auntie on m y 1st Birthday!

Announcements

I made these back in October for Kelly and Tony for them to "announce" their new baby, Lucas. They turned out really cute. I made 75 of them. It was quit the job but well worth it.