Christmas

 

Wes with his lightning McQueen winter hat from Grandma and Grandmpa Wilkins.

At the hotel where Todd works for Christmas dinner and gift exchange.

Todd took the boys on a ride in the lift and they thought it was great.

Christmas was great this year!  After opening presents we headed to the hotel where Todd has been working for a fantastic Christmas dinner and then a gift exchange.  Afterward Todd showed me around the job.  We came home in the afternoon and relaxed and then finally had some cinnamon waffles for dinner (since we woke up too late for breakfast). 

Wes, Ty and I are off to Missouri tomorrow to get ready for Shanell's wedding! 

Shanell, SNOW, and other cuteness.

 Shanell came to visit me for a week!  It was so GREAT to have her here after not seeing her for so long.  We mainly worked on wedding stuff, but we also took some time to see the church sites in Palmyra (just 30 minutes from us) and see some other things here around Rochester. 

 Outside a homemade candy shop on park avenue (Grandma's is better)

Wes and I in the sacred Grove

 It started snowing the day she got here, and hasn't really stopped since!

 Wes and Ty today just hanging out.

Ty at 8 weeks!

Gingerbread house

A couple weeks ago we got together with Amy & Nate, and Stacy & Kyle to decorate our gingerbread houses.  This was my first time making gingerbread and I've got to say that the smell of it baking was enough to make me want to do it every year!

After we got home we added some coconut all around the base to look like snow (but I didn't take any more pics). 

We ran out of Necco wafers...so Wes improvised!

Happy Birthday Wes!

 

Wes turns 3 today!  

He started the day off by making his birthday cake (he LOVES to help me in the kitchen).

Then, he headed over to play with his cousin Ryan, and Stacy and Amy.  

Later, they came back so Wes could get his SNOW clothes on so they could go outside and play!

In just a couple hours we are going to go to the airport and pick up Aunt Shanell!

Then after a dinner of chicken tenders, oven fries, and broccoli, everyone is coming over for cake and ice-cream!

Today...and other days too.

Wes at the Trunk or Treat in Marshfield.  He went as a Robot and was walking around all night saying "code blue, need more candy!"

Lake Ontario

4 weeks

So, I had a baby, and then 2.5 weeks latter I moved to New York.  It was CRAZY, and really set back my recovery, but I'm starting to feel better again so oh well.  We should be here for about 6 months while Todd works on a hotel in Rochester and so far we really love it.  Everything is so close and our apartment is nice and located right next to a park which Wes thinks is fantastic. 

He's got personality...that's for sure!

Ty Doyle Hart

Ty arrived Wednesday morning at 7:49 via a scheduled c-section.  We are so happy he is here and a part of our family!

 

 

 

Wes meeting Ty for the first time.

 

With cousin Byron Bolton.

Home from the hospital (wahoo!)

From storage room to baby room!

For the first two years of us living here our "spare bedroom" was used as a storage room.  It was filled with buckets of food that was a make shift guest bed with an air mattress on top.  I also kept my elliptical machine and other random workout equipment in there.  I also kept all of my craft stuff in there.  It was a DISASTER.

When I found out we were expecting I knew I had to get busy transforming it into a nursery.  I started by finding a place for all of those buckets of food (not an easy task for an extremely exhausted first trimester prego).  Once that was done I went to work rearranging closet space to fit my craft stuff, and measured out our bedroom to find that the elliptical machine would fit perfectly.  By the time we went to find out if it was a boy or a girl the room was a blank canvas.

As we were leaving the doctor's office I decided on a paint color and Todd started painting that weekend!  The crib we got for free (Wes never had a crib:( ) from Josh and Jamie so we decided to paint it black and Todd had that done super quick too.  Next I set to work making the bedding.  I'd still like to make a couple extra sheets but other than that it is done. 

This is a picture of the quilt before I bound it in the green fabric.  It's all done now, I just haven't taken another picture!

I had my mom cut this tree out of vinyl to put beside the crib.  It took a few hours to get it all put together but I LOVE how it turned out!

Finally, I designed and sewed a simple valence.

We also got a dresser from my mom that we are in the process of painting black to go on the other side of the room.  

ON a completely random note.  I had Todd build me some new shelves for our bathroom.  They turned out just like I wanted them too, and now we have some extra storage space in there!

Todd sure has done a lot around here lately! 

Summer time!!!

Todd has been working out of town the last couple weeks so Wes and I have been trying to stay BUSY.  My cousin Laura is in town so we have gotten together, along with Jamie and Mathew, a couple of times to go to the Willard Pool and the Rutledge-Wilson Farm Park in Springfield.  Everyone had a blast, and here are a few pictures to prove it!

When I told Wes we were going to a "farm" he insisted on wearing his boots.  His play shoes happened to be wet anyway (he threw them in the pool at my parents) so I said sure!  He got a lot of comments on them :)

Half way done!

For those of you who didn't know, we're having a baby BOY in October!!!! 

We are extremely excited to be adding another member to our family. 

I'm not as excited about my expanding waist line and weight gain.  

I'm starting to run out of clothes that fit!

We have no idea what we're going to name him yet so any suggestions are welcome!

Garage sale finds.

A few weekends ago I decided to try and hit up a few garage sales to see what type of things I could find.  It wasn't a very good day as far as weather goes but I did come home with a few good things. 

Like this lovely jar that I snagged for $1.

I have it in my bathroom and stuck a candle inside.  If anyone else has any good ideas about what I should use it for please let me know!

I also snagged this little vase for $0.10

I love the color, and it looks great in the guest bathroom.

I also got 2 mirrors for $5.  

I originally thought I would paint this one silver and use it in the guest bathroom but now I'm not so sure.  The mirror is pretty old and has spots all over it.  I think it would look out of place with a new coat of paint.  I love it how it is, I just don't know where to put it.

(p.s. don't say anything about my appearance...at least I got a lot done today :)

This is the other mirror.  

I love it too, but I'm not sure where to put it.

 Lastly, I've had this frame forever but I could use some ideas about what to do with it too.  

Do you see a recurring theme here?  

I'm not such a great decorator :(