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Wallace House Updates: May

Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Our May (and maybe a little of our April haha) went a little something like this...

A few days at the park with the amazing (much cooler than usual!) weather we've been having.


Lunch dates with my parents'.


An 18th birthday celebration for Baby Davis!


^I spy Jack being like "hurry up and blow the candles out so we can eat that cake."

A partial master bedroom reno. BEFORE --->


And AFTER:


Basically I love it. Those nightstands are the first pieces of real furniture to be added to our master. This room has definitely been neglected since we bought our house as almost nobody sees it besides us. That makes it pretty low on the priority list. But I was getting pretty sick of the piles and PILES of stuff on our single nightstand (and not having a nightstand on my side of the bed!) and then these went on sale at Target so I snatched them. And then I just had to finish them off with decor & lights and it has seriously made a huge difference in our bedroom. It feels so much more cozy and homey. We still need to replace the blue blinds, add a bench to the end of the bed, find a headboard and buy a dresser and an arm chair. All in good time.

I think we maybe have received more packages in April & May than in the last two years. I don't even know why it seems like I've been buying something online every other day. Maybe because of all the baby girl stuff? And maternity dresses? And we've been on a bit of a workout kick lately and ordered a workout bench, weights, a pull-up bar...and more. hahahha


Time spent with BFFs.


Lots of messes made.


Baby Girl's (& mama's!) very first quilt finished! Obsessed is an understatement.


Good long afternoon naps after long days in the sun and out & about.


Car shenanigans. Like when our van started making an awful sound and the alternator had to be replaced. Yuck.


Goodbye's to BFFs. This is Elder Dorff, Jack's missionary BFF. The missionaries for our church have lived with my parents' off & on over the last year or so and while they are all great some of them just really click with Jack (and everyone else). Jack has had a few missionary BFF's and Elder Dorff was on the top of his missionary BFF list. He was transferred to another area and Jack will definitely be missing him!


A trip to the zoo with Jack's cousin Hayden's preschool class. Daddy happened to have this week off work so he got to come with us which was so. much. fun!


How adorable are these little cousins?


Many trips to Carter's. I can't stop shopping for baby clothes! But I've been trying to be smart about it and not buy too many clothes in the same size. So I now have a wardrobe for basically newborn-12 months haha! Okay, not her entire wardrobe but at least a few pieces in every size! Good thing Carter's has their lego/toy tables to keep these boys entertained because I could spend hours in that store.


Afternoons spent watching the Little League-ers practice. You should have seen how excited Jack was when a ball was hit over the fence and he got to go retrieve it and throw it back.


A day at the splash pad with many more anticipated splash pad days this summer!


Lots of zzz's because the boys are exhausting and I'm in my third trimester.



Giddiness over this cuteness and the fact that we made that.


Creepy stalkers taking and sending us pictures like this.


I'm only halfway kidding. We were stopping at Starbucks after an appointment with my OB and my brother was at work at Chili's across the street. He saw us walking by and (fast-thinker!) snapped this picture and sent it to me. I was only a little creeped out when it popped up on my phone two seconds later haha. I also felt a little celebrity-ish which was cool.

54th birthday celebrations for Daddy-O.


Lots of snuggles & books (mostly Peek A Who over and over again because it's Phillip's favorite ever).


And this is totally random and so old and not at all April/May related but I came across this picture the other day and A) I miss my long(er) hair and B) I miss being skinny and C) I really should wear my glasses more often because I paid for them and I never use them when I really do need them while driving hahaha


Wallace House Updates

Thursday, April 30, 2015

Life around here lately? Mundane. #joke
Life is never mundane with two little ones running around! I love [almost] every minute of it! The boys give me more than my necessary daily dose of laughter and they definitely keep me on my toes!

I think (I *think!*) I am finally back to a regular blogging schedule. Seems like we had one crazy thing after another. An extra unexpected busy "season" for Daddy at work (which included some travel ugh!), an unexpected wave of third trimester exhaustion, and then two sad, feverish little boys for almost a full week.


^I realize that is the same boy (ha!) but I didn't take any pictures of sick little Jack. He wasn't as bad as poor little Phillip! Luckily, both boys are better and that wave of exhaustion has weaned a bit. Daddy is still busy busy busy but that is also soon coming to a close. So between now and baby's arrival (when more craziness is sure to ensue!) I promise to try to be more regular here!

Onward...

Home Depot car carts for the win! Twenty minutes in Home Depot in a car cart and their whole day is made.


Upon attempting to exit the bathroom...

Jack: Stop! Not come out. This is the train tracks. There's a train coming. You'll get squished! Red light, mom!


I sat there for at least seven minutes waiting for that dang train to pass down the hallway. My brother & sister both pointed out that I should have counted the cars but I did not. #fail
If I had to guess, I'd say it had at least 100 cars and was moving so very slowly!


Have I ever introduced you to this cute pup? He actually just turned 12 years old a couple weeks ago so he's certainly not really a pup. But he's the sweetest (most disobedient) thing you will ever meet. Oh, and his name is Strider.


Trips to Target make them happy. 


I think Jack likes Target as much as I do which is a lot. During what was supposed to be nap time the other afternoon I could hear Jack playing in his room. When I let him out an hour later the room had been torn apart but I had to laugh when he told me he had been shopping at Target. Apparently he didn't have a cart to put all his purchases in which is why everything ended up all over the floor? You can't be mad at this cute face anyway.


Bath time + bath crayons = two very happy boys. And a little Phillip who acts like we starve him and stuffs those crayons down his throat as fast as he can.


Since we're in a drought over here Jack is pretty unfamiliar with rain. We recently bought him a Dusty (from Planes!) umbrella while in Kansas because all his cousins had umbrellas and he really wanted one too! He's been so anxious to use it and finally rain was predicted one day so I told him he could use it then. Turns out when we actually left the house it wasn't raining anymore but he had been so looking forward to using that umbrella that I let him anyway haha. One happy camper.


When your two year old has a hysterical emotional break down because you are going to the store at 9pm without him and leaving him home with daddy (kid loves to go to the store!) you take selfies (photo + video) while you are out and send them to him...I'll spare you the videos ;)


Our little rain gutter library that we put up is one of the best DIY projects we've (ahem, I've) ever done. The boys LOVE choosing books and sitting on the poufs to read. It's the sweetest.


Too cool for school.


What happens when your brother won't let you wear his baseball hat:


Now that we are expecting a girl people have been warning me about girl drama. But lemme tell you something: boys can be dramatic, too.

Okay. Ready for one of the saddest things to ever happen to me? I opened my iPhone notes one day to update my shopping list and...


WHAT!!! Is anyone else like me and their whole life is in their iPhone notes? My jaw dropped and my heart about shattered into a million pieces. The night before this I had emptied my gmail inbox (which I've never before done!) and apparently iPhone notes is linked to your gmail account? So deleting all my emails deleted all my notes in my phone! HOLY oh my goodness I was so freaked out. Seriously, all my lists (and I'm a serious list-maker...I have a LOT!) and so many important notes were just GONE. AHH! Luckily I hadn't emptied my gmail trash and so I had to sort through 3,000+ emails to retrieve all my notes eek! I did get most of them back (I think!) but I will never ever make the mistake of emptying my mail ever again aye!

And on that happy note...until next time friends!

xoxo

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