isn't she lovely..

the shoe...

my magazines for the month of May have been pouring in...

I opened up one and was looking at the outfits and and in one photo a model was wearing these shoes...

I became addicted at looking at them.. 

I tracked them down because I had decided that they must be mine..

the color, the heel, the way it cinched around the ankle... swoon

then devastation..... the asking price.. $680!

when do you get to the point in your life that you are like, oh those are only $680..no problem..
sigh...guess I will just go back to looking at the photo...

just now...

I was tucking Hailie into bed when Luke comes in and says, " Hailie may I give you a good night kiss"...

Hailie says yes..

Then Luke bends over and gives her a kiss and then me a kiss and says, "Good, because my two beautiful  girls need good night kisses"

where he gets this stuff I have no idea but baby boy you MELT Mommy's heart.......

hope everyone had a fun Easter..we did

entryway shelf...

Pretty blank entry way right...
No worries, I had plans..
I saw this and knew it would be perfect to make for that space...

one problem though, we have never really built anything before...
off to Home Depot we went with our supply list and measurements in hand...
Got home and got started...
we decided to go with mdf instead of wood like they suggested..
we were being lazy.. it was already sanded and primed...

Hailie was busy reading her baby stories..
and Luke was busy building like daddy....



what do you think?

I am so happy with the results!
I am still playing with the styling though and now I have to find the perfect bench to go underneath too..
I am hooked..you can really make anything... this shelf would probably have retailed for at least $200 at Pottery Barn..
we actually already had the white paint...
so the project ended up costing us $63..
most of that spent on the hooks I wanted.. and it could have been even cheaper if we would have used wood instead of mdf..

Liberty of London and Crazy Kids...

went to Target to check out all the new Liberty of London stuff they got in and found this cute swimsuit for Hailie.... we got home and she wanted to try it on...no problem, then she begged to try it out in the pool...
then of course big brother had to get in on the pool action...crazy kids..

when they got out I asked him if it was cold...
he said "it was a little freezing mom".... lol

one perk of moving..

the BOXES!!

Grandpa Chase

it's a party!
put on the surround sound..
play a little baseball...
have a little BBQ
get the sack races going...


take some family photos..

Happy Birthday to you Grandpa Chase!

first day of spring

called for a project..
I had been eyeing the cute speckled eggs for sale everywhere..
they seemed kind of pricey and I had been noticing on several other blogs everyone had been trying their hands at making them on their own...
so one package of 99 cent eggs..
some paint I had in the house...a toothbrush..
and here are the results

not bad for only costing me 99 cents.. I am happy
I was planning on making some blue and pink but then I ended up loving the tan..
also next time I would definitely use spray paint, I just didn't have any and was trying to keep the project cheap..

we're in...

painters
house cleaners
carpet cleaners

movers

96 hours later of moving and unpacking..

and we are finally getting settled into the new house..

and where I will be all summer long...oh ya...

Garnet Hill...

just received their new catalog in the mail and they have the perfect Easter dress that is calling Hailie girls name..


and for Luke I found..
this light purple striped shirt on Amazon which will coordinate perfectly with Hailies dress...

the mice from outer space

Luke had his first grade musical..
so cute..

he even had a speaking part ..

and here he is with his favorite earth mouse..
as we were leaving he said, "Mom you can take a picture of Isabel and I, but you ask her"

oh really...