Freeze time

I kind of want to freeze time right now. I am loving the stages my kids are in and I'm getting nervous about them getting any bigger. I'm still amazed looking at my 2 1/2 yr old thinking - you used to be so little. Now she is mischevious and getting so smart.

Carly

• Is in love with buses. We're driving in the car and whenever she sees a bus she yells "IS A BUS!!!" Then she tells me what color it is. And when we see a truck, she usually says "Daddy's truck." 
• Likes to count. Without fail she leaves out #s 3 & 4. So it's usually "One, two, five, six, eight, nine…." A combo of any given # 1-9, but never including 3 & 4.
• Eats oatmeal for breakfast every morning without fail. The morning starts with "Mama?" "Yes, Carly?" "I'm hungry." "Ok, what do you want to eat?" "OATMEAL!" with a very big smile.
• Loves ranch. Lately when I've asked her what she wants to eat for lunch, her reply is "Ranch." Of course with a little smile.
• Gets excited when she sees animals. The typical animal we see on the go is dogs. The few times that people have let her pet the dog, results in Carly giggling/being a little shy and ultimately touching the dog's back with her pointer finger. I guess that's how she pets dogs.
• Loves her baby brother. She interacts with him by kissing him - especially his hands, hugging him and sitting on him. Perhaps she thinks he will move when she sits on him? The funny thing is that he rarely gets upset, probably because he weighs almost as much as her.

Benson

• Crawls all over the house these days. Yesterday I was vacuuming and he was following me. He was a little upset - partly because I was out of view and partly because as I kept moving, the vacuum cord kept moving further away from him.
• Loves cords. He's always finding our power cords. Baby proofing I don't recall doing with Carly, so now I need to figure out what to do….
• Can sit up on his own. We lowered his crib a couple days ago because he started sitting up in his bed - making me a bit nervous. 
• Gets his thumb stuck in his binky. Then he chews on his binky thumb.
• Is always teething? I am looking forward to the never-ending drooling stage to be over. Everything ends up drooly/wet. He's always attacking anything he can get his hands on, but he especially likes to bite/lick/eat my face and shoulder. 
• Licks himself in the mirror. He gets mad when he tries to crawl into the mirror and just can't make it further. 
• Loves bananas, pears, applesauce and sweet potatoes. So far any other veggies have to be mixed with sweet potatoes for him to eat them. 

Sunday before last

Yesterday we went to Owen Beach. It was gorgeous. I'm not used to taking pics in such a bright sun, so I'm still learning. Don't judge :)

Family visit

It was so fun to see my family this weekend. And of course Carly & Benson loved all the extra attention. My only mixed feelings stem from the fact that I'm used to being Carly's best friend and she absolutely adores Grandma & Grandpa, so it was hard for me to be only 2nd or 3rd best :( I guess that's how it goes when all your Grandmas & Grandpas are so fun!

King Platform Bed

We made our bed in 1 day. This is just the base of the bed - we still are planning to make a headboard. April has turned out to be quite busy with birthday events, family visiting and Morgan has been taking an implant course. We probably won't get to that project until next month. So here's part 1 of our finished bed! I love how our room is turning out so far.

I made the sunburst mirror above our bed and we painted our room gray. For some reason I have just been in love with the gray color scheme I've seen online. It's coming along! (Fun fact: My make-up mirror on the dresser belonged to my Grandmother.)

April projects

My husband is amazing. We decided we wanted a King sized bed in our room, so after searching online for plans and not finding what we were looking for, Morgan designed our bed. We put together our shopping list & cut list and got to work. We have some great neighbors with a table saw - we definitely couldn't have cut our 4x4 without them :)

 My sanding station. Fancy! I know :)

Morgan designed the bed so that we could use bolts to hold it together. We wanted a bed that we could take apart and put back together. So here it is. We did 2x10's for the sides & head and a 2x12 for the baseboard. We're planning to add a headboard later.

 Benson is just cheering us on as we go!

 (And drooling away!)

 Morgan's drilling station.

 I did all the pre-stain conditioning & staining. (Life lesson learned: Try really hard not to get stain on your skin. Otherwise it will take days to get rid of.)

 Morgan put in these little "shelves" to hold some 2x4 braces.

Here is a project that I did ALL on my own. Ok technically Morgan cut the wood. I did sanding, staining, chalk painting, and some more sanding for the antique look. I am very pleased with the outcome.

Close up of the corner.