~Katelyne And Her Purple Room!~

Katelyne has had the worst allergies this past week. Her biggest struggle with them is a nagging cough. And cough. And cough. And cough. She fell asleep last night at about 8:30 only to wake up at 10 and cough so hard she barfed all over her bed and Woobie. (Yes, barfing on the bed is bad. Barfing on Woobie is just abominable). So, I stripped her bed and she climbed in with Eric and I. Yup, just Eric, me and our little starfish...

After a sleepless night of being up with a coughing starfish... I finally decided to stop counting how many times the fan blades spin in a minute and got out of bed at 5:30am and started to paint her room. Eric had left me long before this point and was sound asleep on the couch. This was our plan all along to paint today, I just started a little earlier than originally planned!

We did "Swiss Coffee" on the top and "Butterfly Flutter By" on the bottom. Both picked by Katelyne.
Daddy was ever so kind as to cut, curse at and hang a chair moulding...

Since we put her credenza in the closet to free up floor space, we painted and put the chair moulding in there as well to finish it off...

Literally at about 2:30 we were finished and put it all back together! She picked this lamp and shade...

I used my old Hope Chest (that holds her dress-up things) with some pillows so she has a place to sit and read...

Her bed and new bedding she picked...

The quilt is a lavender and white check, andwe paired it with this fairy duvet cover she LOVED! It is from pottery Barn Kids and was uber expensive... that is, it was! I did not want to pay 80$ for it and waited so long to do so, that by the time I went back to get it, it was only 30$... Woot!

We hung a coat rack for her bags and things...And here is where we use her closet to the fullest. The 3 hole hanging thingie in the middle is for when she starts school. This way she can have her 3 days worth of outfits all ready to go! (She only has school 3 days a week)

As I type, Katelyne is sound asleep in her new room. She told Eric and I "thank you" several times today without prompting... I think she likes it!

*I kind of have the jealousies.......*

~Hey Mom! Look At This Platform I Can Climb!~

Ty-ler (name): To throw everything, to eat everything, to point and grunt constantly and will climb anything that stands still long enough.

Example (sentence): Tyler! Get off of that! You will fall and crack your head open!

Tyler decided to climb the planter bed surround yesterday. When he was busted by camera clicking Mom, he turned with a very innocent look.....

And almost instantly, turned to RUN the length of it!

Katelyne thought it was funny that he was "frweek-in you out Mommy!"

*deep, cleansing breath and release*

~Three's Company (& Decorating!)~

I am woman... nope.

I am Mom, therefore I can accomplish anything, with helpers!

For Katelyne's 4th birthday *shudder, twitch*, she decided that she wanted her bedroom redecorated. She has apparently, at 4, outgrown the pink and has matured to more sophisticated colors such as, pur-pole.

When we put her nursery together all those 4 years ago, Eric and I lovingly (with curse words) put up the coordinating boarder that went with her bedding. Because I enjoyed the boarder so much, I searched high and low for bedding for her full size bed so we could leave it up! Katelyne has other plans for her room.

This weekend, we are going to paint her room, a lovely shade of lavender called "Butterfly Flutter-By".... you are feeling Disney-ish already aren't you? Today the kids and I headed over to our neighborhood Cresco - that is after all, what the commercial tells us to do - and rented a "Wall Paper Steamer Offer Thingie". I have to double check my receipt, but I am almost positive that is its name.

And in less than an hour, all of my baby nursery visions were in a pile in a bag. The entire room was a cool 100 degrees thanks to the steamer thingie and I was exhausted steaming the boarder all the while holding Ty off so he would not scorch his precious face...
Surprisingly, I am not sad. Sometimes I look at my kids and I think "Gosh, where did the time go???", but I am not sad about it. I am interested in watching them grow and become their own little person. Katelyne now knows that her favorite color is purple, 6 months ago she did not know that - and 6 months from now it could change again... Yup, times, they are a changin' and my babes, they are a growin'... it's not so bad.

~BOY, OH BOY~

Back in July of 2008, Eric and I found out we were expecting again. It was a wonderful time. We found out the day before Katelyne's birthday party and everything around us was falling into place.

In December of that same year, we found out we were having a boy. While we were over-the-moon with that news, we had no idea what would come next....

I began to decorate and found this decal for his room...

I now know the complete meaning of the term "appropriate description".

About an hour ago the kids and I were playing out back. Katelyne wanted help making "hopscotch" and I, naturally obliged. Tyler went on a safari... to the garden... that I had just finished watering... *sigh*

He tried to steal the sprinkler, and fell... in the mud. And spent 15 minutes running from me...

~Off Topic - Sex and the City~

I have never understood this phenomenon... I guess being middle aged, having oodles of money to shop, boyfriends half my age and man problems could be fun, but it is just not for me (or is it.....)

In my card making business, my SIL is my biggest customer quantity wise... until now! I just finished a custom order of 8 cards for my new Biggest Customer! SHe plans on sending these cards out to her closest girlfriends after their girls night out tonight to see SATC! What a fantastic idea... it sure sparked my creativity as I was incapable of making any of the cards even slightly similar.... damn OCD.

Here they are, enjoy! I am off to complete an order from my favorite SIL - yes, yes, they will help her to regain her title as "Paper Festivites Best Customer Who Makes the Mostest Adorable Babies"... after my babies anyway...

Tell me what you think!

In case you were looking: http://www.etsy.com/shop/paperfestivities

;-)

~Food~

For as long as I can remember, I have always loved food. My biggest fight with food has been that I want to eat it all - with no inhibitions. I want to shove it in as fast as I can, make a mess, lick it off of my fingers, scrape it off the bottom of the plate and enjoy every morsel...

I am 31. *shudder* If I do this, people will stare. They will point and you can bet your sticky buns they will laugh. So, to avoid embarrassment for my family I refrain. I eat like a civilized person, I use a napkin, I leave a little food on the plate and I chew with my mouth closed.

In the effort to find a happy medium, I live through my kids....

I love pasta.... and ummmm, yeah, I took a lick.

~2:38 am~

Katelyne: *whispering* Mommy?
Me: What Katelyne?
Katelyne: "Can you come sleep with me? Plllleeeeeaaasssseee?
Me: Not tonight, let's go back to bed...
Katelyne: But I really want you to sleep with me!!!!! *No longer whispering*
Me: It is time for bed Katelyne.
Katelyne: But you sleep with Daddy everynight!!!! It's not fair!
Me: Sorry Sweets, time for bed.... good night.

Should I have said "Good Morning"?