another milestone...

Big news in our house.... Will is getting his first tooth! If you look really really closely you might be able to see the white speck on his bottom gum line. I have been feeling something hard in his mouth for a month now and it looks like it is finally coming in. Guess we should start saving now for the tooth fairy :)

What a big boy!

4 years

Happy 4 year anniversary Dave! Thank you for working so hard everyday to provide for Will and I and loving me even when I am not so lovable. You definitely know how to make me laugh and I cannot wait for our son to grow up and be just like you {but handy ;)}. I love you.

August 11, 2007 - Sequoia Restaurant, Georgetown

August 15, 2007 - Honeymoon in Mexico

 
September 2008 - Positano, Italy {hands down the prettiest place on earth}

 December 2008 - Before Work Christmas Party Picture in our Favorite Apartment {thank you self timers}

January 2009 - New York {about to see the Lion King}

August 2009 - Deep Creek Lake

September 2009 - Redskins Game {they lost of course}

 July 2010 - "It's a Boy" picture {it's okay to think I look awful because I do... that is what one looks like {pale and tired} when you have been throwing up for 3 months}

 so lets end on a good note...

Aug 2010 - Deep Creek Lake

Unfortunately, I could not find any pictures of just the two of us from 2011 so I need to remember to take some soon but don't worry we have like 10,000,000,000,000 pictures of Will. Whew :)

kitchen redo- part 2

So I know the below photos are not that different from this post but I still wanted to show you all the new floors! Also, can you guess what else is missing from these photos?

If you guessed the kitchen island you are right! We did a little reconfiguring before the new floors went down and I cannot wait for the finished project. Of course before the final reveal can happen there are a million little/big things to do but at least the big ticket items {floors and appliances} are done... now I just need to convince Dave to let me get the new counter tops :)

I am also going to repaint the walls now that we have the dark floors. The kitchen prep area is grey but the hang out area is a darker grey/brown and I really want to paint all the walls a light grey/cream to tie into the other rooms in our house but I am having trouble finding the right color. Anyone have any suggestions of colors they have used that they like? Also, I just want to keep it real here in case you see the above pictures and want to congratulate me on a clean house... this is what my office currently looks like.

Does anyone want to come clean this for me :) I can pay you in kisses and hugs from a sweet baby boy.

catching up

I know it has been awhile sine I last blogged so I thought I would catch you all up on what has been going on in our crazy house. The wood floors were installed last week and we are in love. They ended up being a little darker then what we had thought they would be but when the light hits them you can see their beautiful grain and I am so happy. Miley is not quite sure what to think of them and would rather sleep on her new bed which is fine by me :) I think we might invest in dog booties which I know sounds ridiculous but would it sound a little bit better if I said it was because she has been slipping on the floors and the purchase would not be due to my insane fear of scratches ;)

We finally got some rain last week here in the DC area and I got to put Will in his new raincoat. I think this whole ordeal traumatized him because he sat like this for 5 minutes before he moved a muscle and I have proof even though it might be blurry. Of course, it could also have been traumatic because of the noises that were coming out of my mouth at the sight of this adorable baby in a raincoat. I need to remember to put him in this whenever I need a good laugh! 

He finally warmed up {a little} when I held him. 

So the whole point of the raincoat wearing traumatic ordeal was to brave a storm and get a rug I have been eyeing for a year now at target. This was literally the night we got the floors installed but I was so excited to finally have an excuse to buy a rug and we had a gift card so Dave could not object.

The light was shinning like crazy but hopefully you get the idea. I love the cream medallions and the taupe color and the $116 dollar price tag {on sale right now} for a 5x7. love love love. Here is the packaging in case you wanna go out and get one which you should!

I of course saved the best pictures for last. Lumbar Liquidators if you would like to use any of the below photos for any future ads please contact me. Will would love to get his college fund started :) Someone thinks the new floors are hilarious.

This is his new thing. He like to fly like superman or at least that is what Dave and I say since Will cannot talk yet and object.

I cannot take this cuteness any longer so this is where the photo shoot ended and I had to snuggle him for 20 minutes :) Please stay little forever!

I will be back tomorrow with phase 2 of the kitchen progress but don't get to excited because at the rate we are going there might be like 20 phases before we finish!

kitchen redo - part 1

When we moved into our townhouse this is what the kitchen looked like.

Three of the four appliances were broken {it was a short sale so the seller was not responsible for any repairs} so the first change we had to make to this room was to replace all of them. We decided to go for stainless steel since we did not have to match to any existing appliances and Dave even let me upgrade to the dishwasher were you don't see any of the controls. It was a happy day! The kitchen also got painted as I mentioned in this post but other then that the room sat like this for awhile. Then back in the spring I decided to host a bridal shower for one of my good friends and that was just the push I needed to start one of the biggest projects in the kitchen... painting the cabinets. There are tons of great tutorials out there for painting cabinets and thanks to Young House Love's blog post on painting their cabinets I felt pretty confident in doing this myself {again, there are A LOT of great blog posts explaining how to do this I just went with the one above because it worked best for me :)}. After a lot of sanding, painting and the addition of new hardware this is the finished result. 

I loved how they turned out and it definitely brightens the room. New floors, counter tops, sink and faucet are still left to be upgraded but after this week I am hoping to cross floors off of the list :) It is amazing how much paint can change a room!

7 months

I cannot believe you are closer to being one then you are to being a newborn. You are growing up so fast! Here are a few things you learned last month so your momma doesn't forget :)

We started sitting you in your highchair for dinner and you love being able to see everything now from up high. Your favorite thing to do it sit here and watch Miley run all over the kitchen. Every time she wags her tail you laugh. You are working on waving but right now it looks more like flailing.

This have a new face that you make all the time. You tuck your bottom lip in and tilt your head and give me this funny face and then smile at me. I think you are going to be funny like your daddy and enjoy entertaining people.

Recently you have started wanting to feed yourself dinner and are obsessed with spoons. If only you could get the right end in your mouth...

and not gag yourself...

but you don't seem to mind and it keeps you occupied so momma can finish making dinner.

You can also really sit now on your own but then you get bored and notice your feet and watching them move is so much more fun then just sitting...then you have to eat them.

You are really into staring at things very intensely and like to study what you are looking at...

and most of the time you go crossed eyed. Maybe you will also need glassed like your daddy :)

You also love jumping in your jumperoo and when mommy holds you on her lap all you want to do it move. Your favorite foods to eat last month were avocados, peaches, sweet potatoes and oatmeal, but you will also eat bananas, squash and apples. You can also now drink "apple juice" out of a sippy cup and feed yourself your bottle. You said your first sound that was a real work {ma ma} and even though I know you are to young to really be calling me "ma ma" I pretend you are talking to me and it makes me smile.

Happy 7 months baby boy!

carpet removal, a birthday and a recipe

I hope you all had a great weekend. It has been extremely hot here on the east coast and I am so ready for fall. A lot of the home stores have already changed their seasonal decor and if it was not so hot I would buy a bunch of fall scented candles and pretend it was already October but that would make our townhouse even hotter so for now I will just dream.

If you have been reading this blog for awhile now you know that we are in the midst of a complete flooring renovation and I am so excited to say that on Saturday our new hardwood arrived. Dave and his dad went to pick it all up and unloaded it to our second floor so it can acclimate to our house. I am hoping that by next week it will all be installed but right now this is what the second floor looks like and I have a feeling it is only going to get worse as the week progresses.

If you know me at all you know how much this is killing me. I like order and cleanliness and right now there is no such thing. The carpet on the 1st and 3rd floors will hopefully be replaced {with new carpet} in 2 weeks so for now Will, Dave and I are camping out on those two levels and avoiding the second floor at all costs. I am a little excited though because this will be a good excuse to have to eat out since the kitchen floor is being demoed as well :)

On Sunday evening we went over to Dave's parents house to celebrate Auntie's birthday. Will loves her so much and is always giving her smiles.

Kay makes a big meal for all of the kids birthdays and this one did not disappoint. Megan loves Asian cuisine and this is her usual request for her birthday dinner and I look forward to it every year. Everything you see was homemade. I am so spoiled to have a mother in law who is such a great cook.

 

Speaking of food I have an easy recipe to share with you all. Now this is no Asian feast recipe as seen above but it was something I made for the first time last week for Dave that he loved it and since it was super easy I thought I would share.

Greek Style Turkey Burgers - Click on the recipe title for ingredients and directions {sorry I am being lazy but no time to type it all out}. They were so yummy! {I omitted the olives though because we are not huge fans.}

 

Will and I are off to Norfolk early tomorrow morning to spend some time with my family. I will be back to blogging by the end of the week :)