check out this great giveaway!

My mom sent me the link to this giveaway the other day, and it is a great one, especially since we are in need of a car seat like this soon! :) the giveaway is for a Britax car seat that retails for over $300!! anyways, check it out here at www.gograhamgo.com.

I'm still alive...

Ok, wow, I knew it had been awhile since I last blogged, but didn't realize its been THAT long...sheesh! well I just thought I would stop by and update those of you who are still reading this blog lol...Well I haven't been blogging lately for a reason. we have been super busy because we have started the foster parenting process! YAY! we are super excited. Most of you already know this, but oh well. So we have our first home visit on Tuesday and start classes in October. We have gotten almost everything we need except for a convertible car seat for a toddler and maybe some sippy cups and kids dishes, but thats about it...We also need to paint the bedroom and get it set up w/the toddler bed and crib we have(the crib was $10 and the toddler bed was free) love deals like that...anyways, really excited,and really busy...otherwise, nothing else is new, just finishing up some projects around the house and getting things ready for kiddos! :) Hopefully it won't be as long till the next time I blog. :)

Addicted to Sewing lately...

So I think Blogger might have been thinking someone was trying to break into my blog when I just signed in since its been so long since I've been here...so it's possible they will sign me out any time...(just kidding of course) anyways, so we went to a baby shower today for my sister in law who is due with our new neice in about 3 weeks or so...I had been thinking about a gift, and of course, I can't do the simple thing and go buy something nice off a registry...I decide to get in way too deep into some sewing projects a week before the shower or so...and what started out as making bibs and burp cloths then became bibs, burp cloths and a blanket, then into bibs, burp cloths, a blanket, and a diaper case....well you get the idea, but lets just say I decided to not stop there either...lol...if you have a diaper case you need a travel wipe case, and if you have a cute travel wipe case, why not have a cute home wipe case...LOL...and I had also planned on making baby shoes, but those didn't happen right now...key words "right now"...gotta stop somewhere...So to say the least, I have been busy, but its been fun, and addicting...I love sewing now, and especially baby stuff with such cute fabrics! :) So here are the pictures...

This is the final basket(before I wrapped it up) there are 2 small baskes inside the big basket that can be used for storage in the baby's room...

blanket with soft minky dot fabric on the back side...

set of 8 burp cloths...

set of 4 bibs...

diaper case...

travel wipe case...

home wipe case...

My Husband Rocks Birthday Bash!!

My husband rocks at my wonderful, amazing sister in law Katy's blog is celebrating their first birthday. Go visit her and enter the great giveaways!!

Finally, pictures!!

Ok, I am alive lol it has been so crazy around here, and I apologize for promising pictures and then taking forever...but here they are!! We are loving the carpet and all the new changes we have made. Oh and please excuse all the spots or weird things in the pictures...its my camera...grrr...

These are the beautiful peonies that Tom cut outside for me :) Just had to add a picture of them!

Up close picture of the carpet and railing, and this was taken over the weekend before the carpet was in downstairs thats why you still see bare floors in the bottom of the picture lol
Going down the hallway from our bedroom to our bathroom....
Our bedroom...
Another of our bedroom...this was also taken before the door was back on...
end table in our bedroom...
Stairway from the foyer...where that panelling is, used to be the doorway into the middle room, wow how things have changed! 
Here is what the foyer looks like now, carpet and laminte flooring by the front door...
We were finally able to hang up some decorations we got from a family friend for CHRISTMAS! seriously, its about time...lol...these are hung in the foyer....
our name doile that we got as a wedding gift, hanging in the foyer as well...
This says "Live by faith, one day at a time" got that on clearance at a craft store...also hanging in the foyer...
This is from the middle room into the living room(Hi Tom) disregard the spots...grrr...
Our new ceiling fan...
One side of the middle room/sitting room, and yes thats a coffee table with no top lol...I am going to paint it, it has a lot cool detail to it and we got it at a garage sale for $5, and we are going to put cool tile in the top or something...oh and that desk, has really cool handles on it and stuff, got that on freecycle, also going to paint that too...
Another Christmas gift decoration...
Bigger overview of the middle room/sitting room...
Our buffet thing we got from Tom's parents, we love this thing!...also the cross in the middle we got for $1.50 at hobby lobby in their Christmas clearance because it was a stocking holder and the hook was broken, but Tom ground the hook off, and wa-la! :) I have a beautiful quilt that was also a Christmas gift that will hang above here when we get something made to hold it up there...
Another(brighter) view...
the other side of the same room...
new stairway to the basement, and those are bookshelves that will have shelves in the eventually...
My new closet :)
Another Christmas gift decoration...love it!
looking up the basement stairs....
looking up, just from further down...
looking down the stairs....
This shows the first set of stairs before the landing, and also the cute baskets I also got for Christmas, love it all so much!!...

There ya have it...finally! lol...whatcha think? I love it, and hope you all do as well!! 

Exhausted

It has been a really long time since I last blogged, but like I said awhile back, we've been super busy with finishing up the house...and right now I barely know what day it is, I'm exhausted, and can seriously barely move...and yet I still have a bunch of cleaning, laundry and then helping Tom move furniture tonight, all for carpet tomorrow, but thats just the upstairs, then this weekend we will move the downstairs furniture for carpet downstairs on Monday...and then I am taking a BREAK!! lol Well sorta, our summers are always so busy....anyways...sorry to rattle on. I am not complaining, I am so grateful that we can get all this stuff done, and feel beyond blessed that after wanting carpet for 3 years or so, we are getting it...I need to write a post on paitence=good deals sometime lol another day...

Anyways, I will post all sorts of pictures after the carpet is in...nothing else is really new right now....so until next week...hope you guys have a great weekend!!

NEW BALANCE shoes giveaway, check it out!!

I love shoes, and I really like New Balance tennis shoes! over at Peanut Butter and Smelly's Dad's blog, there are some great giveaways to enter, this being one of them...and man oh man are there TONS of ways to enter...so go over to their blog by clicking on the blog title.. :)