I made that...

David loves to say "I made that." And most of the time, he can take credit for the cool stuff around our house, whether he built it, refinished it, fixed it, in general made it better (Bryar's toddler bed, anyone?).

So, in order to be able to say "I made that!" (and save myself $25) I decided to make the baby one of those cutsie car seat covers you see everywhere. And it turned out pretty well, I think...

I even made it all cotton so it will be more of a sun shade in the upcoming summer instead of a stuffy blanket. The cupcake fabric was a total pregnancy craving type thing, I saw it at the store and couldn't put it back down!

Upcoming projects include a nursing cover ('cause I don't really like trying to maneuver a blanket and a squirmy newborn at the same time, especially in public) and overall dresses for both girls. Still working on the babies cross stitch, too, but I have no delusion that it will be done by May LOL. I also found a cute idea for my friends that are having babies of their own, something that will actually be very useful and I can't wait to make myself one (because I have to practice first ;o)

YAY for paint!

We got it all done! Hooray! Here are the pictures I promised. We painted the TV stand, dresser, and my little nightstand. Also are pictures of the rest of our home, since it was clean at the time.

Snowy March Day...

Woke up to snow this morning, but now it looks like it is melting off. Ugh, I am so ready for warmer weather! Bryar and I need to get out on some walks or something.
The last few weeks have been pretty full, I would say. We have been keeping busy with our projects around the house, work, and school. We used some of our tax money to get a few things for around the house, including paint for the dressers and TV stand, a new rug for the kitchen and a really pretty rug for the living room (because the carpet is REALLY ugly). We bought a new lamp for the living room, which I am very excited about because it always felt so dark in here, like some sort of cave after the sun went down. We even got a new mattress, which was great but now I am to the point where I am just not comfortable period so I may as well sleep on the floor as try to climb up onto that thing. But David loves it and it should last a long time. I have been working on getting the girls room all situated, it is turning out pretty cute (see above pictures). David took our closet doors down and sanded and painted them, they look 100 times better now and we are planning on doing the same to the rest of the doors upstairs. I will post pictures of the rest of the place after we finish all the painting.

Last week while I was driving to school I heard them say they were going to give away a pair of passes to the Alice in Wonderland advance screening. Lucky me that I just happened to pull into the gas station at the right time and be the 97th text. We got to go see the movie on Tuesday, 3 days before it was released, and it was AWESOME!!!!!!!!! I will probably have to go see it again ;o)

As for Bryar, she is doing really well. We bought her a potty chair just to see how it would go over, and the 2nd night we had it she actually used it! She hasn't since, but she seems to think it is a lot of fun to go sit on it. She's growing so fast. Every now and then she'll say please and thank you without a reminder, so I think she might be beginning to understand what that means.

(Roses David got me for Valentines Day. They just kept getting prettier!)

As you can see, she is still very into Spongebob. Grandma Bonnie spoiled her and bought her the PJ's she's wearing in the picture, and she HAD to wear them that night...

Well, I guess that about covers it for now. I have put in my two weeks notice at WalMart and will be taking an extra class in my next module, hopefully my graduation date will move up a little. (fingers crossed!)