The Pink Aisle... it was like a magnet

We were at Walmart, getting a gift for one of Zachariah's friends, who happens to be a girl.

Brian came looking for me and he had Selah Grace with him. All of a sudden we heard shrieking.

Selah Grace's eyes were as big as saucers! She had found.... BARBIES!!!

My pumpkin with a pumpkin

The stomach bug attacked me this weekend. One minute I was hanging with the family and the next minute... well, it was just bad.

Sadly, we had tickets for the big Tech game this weekend down by the state fair. We were able to sell them, but what a bummer!

Then I sent Brian off hunting instead, hoping he'd stay well, but not long after he left, I was calling him begging him to come back home. Apparently I overestimated my ability to take care of a little toddler while spending half my time in the bathroom.

Anyways, I think the worst is over. And lucky Brian got away scot free!



Last week, I scheduled two doctor appts for today right during Selah Grace's naptime and Zachariah's pick-up time. Where is my brain? I didn't even realize my mishap until this morning.

Thankfully a friend said she could get Zac. But I have to bring SG to my appts. UGH. Hopefully they can still hear Leroy's heartbeat during the screaming.

On a good note, we will get confirmation that this is a boy. Maybe that will spur us on to find a real name for him.



So, here are some pics of Selah Grace. My mom got her this little kufi hat for her birthday and I really love it. I want one in every color!

The virus hits again! And some dreaming....

Well, Zac got hit again last night with this silly virus. He seemed upset at first that he would miss his soccer game, but then curled up on the couch in his little soccer uniform and watched the redbox movie I got him.

He looked so small and sweet and innocent.

But I suppose as a mom, your kids will always kind of look that way. Like the mom in I'll Love You Forever, but not as creepy. Because as much as I can cry while reading that book, she does have some serious letting-go issues.



And then this morning, I was totally enveloped in my quiet time on our patio with my Snuggie and my bible. PERFECT weather for it!

Only to have Zachariah find me to tell me that Selah Grace was awake.

Only to go in there and find vomit everywhere.

And, you know, there are some really really gross parts of parenting. Cleaning up chunky vomit being one of them.



All that said, I'm bleaching once again. SG's room stinks like bleach and vomit and a lit match. Because I thought the match would take care of the stink, but instead it all blended together.


During this tiny little quiet moment while Zac lays on the couch and SG sleeps in her bed and the washer and dryer and dishwasher are all running and Brian's plane flies home and I wait to start my own vomiting... I am dreaming about when we move back to our house and the cool things I plan to build.

First in Zac's room:
From what Zac and I have decided, he is going to have one camo wall, a rock climbing wall, and a zipline. He will also have part of the wall that is chalkboard paint. I am SO excited for him and he loves all the ideas. Oh, and he wants a swinging-door gate on his doorway just like his friend Ethan - to keep the babies out.

But I have yet to decide between these 2 beds. One has storage, and one has room for a friend to spend the night. Since we have a small house, storage would be great. But I loved having a trundle when I was growing up for friends to sleep. I like the storage bed for the simplicity and the fact that there are no rails to crash into while zip-lining.

I have the plans for both of these beds and they look fairly easy to build. Just need to decide which. :)

Also if I want his bed to be black or a wood stain.

Zac trundle bed



Zac storage bed



In the nursery, with SG and Leroy, we will probably only have room for the 2 cribs. We will put a storage unit in the closet for all their stuff. I am planning to build some pretty built-in shelves on one wall, around a large window. But I'm going to build some other things first, so I know what I'm doing. And I have a really super cute idea for the other walls. :)


We will need a new dining table - not just because I have burned my child's name into it, but also because it only has 4 chairs and we need 5 - and I found the PERFECT one. I've searched for this exact table in stores in the past and never found it for any kind of realistic price. NOW I can build it!!!

Isn't it fabulous?!!

We have a very narrow dining room, so now I can make it just the width that we need. I don't know about the benches, but my favorite wood-building-plans girl doesn't have a good plan for parsons chairs yet. Hopefully by the time I make this, she will some chair plans. Those chairs are from Pottery Barn I'm sure, but I'd love to have them! Unfortunately I cannot weave, so I don't see that happening.

I kind of also like this one with the board running underneath, but I have heard the chairs sometimes don't push in all the way with this design.

If I do have to do the benches, I thought this was a great idea for the entryway to make use of the bench when we didn't need it. We plan to have Moses push back a wall in the entry anyways, and this would fit perfectly and go really well with our "style." I can just picture our coat rack next to it carrying 3 little backpacks. :)

Last but not least (since it's actually one of the first things I need to build!), the high chairs for the babies! High chairs typically frustrate me. Having them in my daycare, I know how they are to clean. Plus they are bulky and, again, we have a really small house. Right now, we have a little one that fits on a chair, but I really wanted matching ones for the little kids when we moved back home.

I love the simplicity of these and I plan to paint them black. With really glossy paint that is easy to clean. I heard they are SUPER easy to build!

I have a folder of pictures for the two bedrooms where our kids will be. It's so fun to plan it all. :)

That's all. Now, what to feed the little people for lunch that has the possibility of ending back up on my carpet?

decisions decisions

So much to decide right now. Wishing we could fast forward a bit to see the future.


It's times like this where feel completely 100% dependent on God. Because we feel clueless and a bit lost!

Zachariah continues to cry in the mornings about school. This morning faking a tummyache to stay home (now that he has realized that's how it works).

We are praying about the right thing to do for our little guy. He has so much going on and carries so much on his heart for such a sweet little boy. We can't say enough how much we love him and would do anything for him.


Trying - in the midst of things - to consider this a little storm during which we can all be reminded of dependence on God and complete trust in Him.

Disinfecting

We had a stomach virus around here - nasty!!

But, can I just give a BIG shout out to my AWESOME son, who made it to the toilet (or almost) each time? Ohmygoodness - THANK YOU ZACHARIAH!!!!!

Today, it smells like bleach, lysol, and laundry detergent around here. And it's very happy because ZZ got to stay home from school for 2 days. I'll admit - I love having him around! :)

Weekend

I do have a picture of the burned table, but it's on my phone. It's pretty funny. And thankfully I'm married to the coolest guy EVER with a great sense of humor, and he just burst out laughing. Anyways, I'll post the pic later!

I also have pics of all the stuff I want to buy from my Saturday trip to Canton with some girlfriends. I have all sorts of decorating ideas, now. Bummer that a lot of the booths won't let you take pictures anymore. I needed them to remember what to come back and buy. (you know... with all my extra spending money.... haha)

On Sunday, SG was acting funny. So she stayed home with daddy, and I got to take my little man to church with me. Nothing like a packed church and a new CD debut from the choir... POWERFUL!! Seriously - our choir rocks. Then, since it was just ZZ, I let him play on the church playground for a while. Then, we decided to head to walmart because he had some duplicate gifts we needed to exchange. I didn't get home to eat lunch until 3.

So, basically, Daddy was in charge most of the weekend. Which meant we had grilled dove for most meals. And the place was spotless. And no one complained about that.

She's a keeper

So... I got this bedazzler last weekend.

And I was SUPER excited. I mean, who could use a bedazzler more than ME?!

And I couldn't wait to use it!!! And I did!!! I bedazzled her hairbow!!! And it turned out so cute!!! So I couldn't wait to use it again!!!

And so I got a little black onesie.

And I painstakingly laid out each of the 10 letters in Selah Grace's name onto the onesie. (I know there's probably a better way, but I had to get this first big project done!)

And I heated up my bedazzlering tool.

And for a solid hour, I carefully heated up each little rhinestone as it melted into the shirt and spelled out her name oh so sparkly.

IT TURNED OUT SO CUTE!!!!



Then....

I lifted up the shirt and realized that parchment paper isn't as good of an idea as I read somewhere online.

Turns out, now the back of her shirt says her name backwards.


Oh, and bedazzling on the kitchen table was not one of my better ideas.


On a good note, Selah Grace now has a very very permanent seat at the table!

(Brian doesn't know yet... Hi Honey!!)

What better to fix it then to burn everyone else's name at their spot?