My favorite things right now

Here are some of the things that I'm loving right now


This is a primer/skin brightener made by Benefit cosmetics. I totally love it. It helps even out skin and makes my skin look brighter and in turn makes me not look so tired! A lot of days I wear this and don't put any make up on and there's not much of a difference.


H LOVES Baby Einstein. He is riveted any time that it is on. When he is fussy and won't go to sleep or eat and is clean and nothing seems to help, I put on a little Baby Beethoven or Mozart and he's happy.


My mom got me this recently and as much as you can love a toothbrush - I totally love this toothbrush. It somehow has turned a mundane activity into two minutes of relaxation. Not to mention that it makes my mouth feel amazing. I'm totally converted to the electric toothbrush.


This swing is made by Fisher Price and H LOVES it. He is not a very good napper but he will stay asleep longer in his swing and loves to talk to the fishes when he wakes up.


This Paul Mitchell super skinny serum is great! It helps smooth out my hair without being greasy and adds moisture to the ends so it doesn't get frizzy. I almost never dry my hair these days, so it helps my hair a lot!


I couldn't find a picture of this, but I found these Hershey's Dark Chocolate pieces last week and mmmmm they are good. Like Reese's pices except with dark chocolate - a winner for sure.

What are some of your favorites right now?

Little giggles

H is usually the most happy and chatty when he first wakes up in the morning and right before bath time. He is so his father's son when it comes to being chatty in the morning, it takes at least 5 oz of coffee before I can talk to anyone. Here is H before bath time laughing with daddy. I had to run downstairs to get the camera so I missed the best giggles, but you can still hear him trying to laugh. He just started laughing like this a couple weeks ago and only does it before his bath. I love it so much! It is so cute to hear him experiment with laughing. He still scares himself sometimes with his own voice.

Bumbo

H has been doing such a good job of sitting up lately, so we decided to try out his new Bumbo seat today. He seems to really like it... well, at least for a while. He is still getting used to this new perspective of the world.


ooops, eyes closed... let's try again


There we go!


I saw this picture and thought... 'woah, he looks just like me!'

Playing Games

H has a new favorite game - it is called 'kick the blanket off'. He loves to kick his blanket off when he is in his swing, stroller, or carseat. He can now successfully remove it when we cover his head too! Jeff took this video of him talking and playing his favorite game while swinging in his swing. He is sure talking a lot these days! And H even left a surprise for you at the end of the video!

DIY Project 2

I found this TV stand at Goodwill and decided for $15 I could dress it up and make it work!


Here is the before, it is just a wooden stand with 1 shelf and a leather top on wheels.

First we sanded all the sides and then started painting everything. Since our paint color was light it ended up taking 3 coats. Then we took the wheels off and painted some feet for it and put the feet on and wallah!


Here is the After. I cleaned the leather and polished the brass sides, but you can't really tell.



This was an easy and inexpensive fix and I really like it...now we just need a living room to put it in.

I heart my aunts

H got to enjoy some special gifts from his aunts this weekend and I wanted to post some pictures for them. Aunt Amy gave H some precious little doggie slippers and he wore them the other night after his bath, he even went to sleep in them and managed to keep one of them on all night!





He loves his puppy slippers! Thanks Aunt Amy!!

And here is H in his special onsie that Aunt Elyse made for him. I can't believe how fast he is growing out of all of these clothes, but he at least got one wear out of it!





H is so lucky to have such great Aunts! Love to you both!

Project 1

The first of 4 DIY projects is complete and I love it! I made a decorative mirror for our living room. Here's how you can do it to. You will need:

24 X 24 thin piece of plywood

3 sheets of 12 X 12 glass tiles

12 X 12 mirror

mirror glue

clear drying silicone adhesive caulk

paint color of your choice ( I used a light khaki)

Step 1: paint the plywood with 2 coats, make sure to paint the edges also as they will be seen.

You don't need a gallon of paint obviously, but we found this in the ooops paint section at home depot and it was only $5.

Step 2: cut the tiles to the desired size. I forgot to take a picture of the tiles. But they come in sheets and you can cut them in half into 6 inch pieces if you are only going to use 1 color. I chose to use 2 colors and so I cut mine into 3 inch squares and alternated the colors.

Step 3: using the caulk glue the tiles to the board. I put glue on the back of each small square so that not much leaked out onto the board.

Step 4: glue mirror to the center of the board with mirror glue

allow everything at least 12 hours to dry. Then use some sturdy picture hangers to attach to the back and you are ready to hang your mirror! Here's the finished product.


Coming up next... taking a TV stand from drab to fab!