Owen's Blue Room

Before I left for Colusa I worked on Owen's big boy room.  He loves it!  He got to peek in as I was working on it over the last couple weeks before we went to Colusa and he was very excited about his new bed in particular.  He calls it the blue room--which is fitting with it's bright blue walls.  :)

I chalkboard painted the closet doors in his new room too.  Owen's current obsession is dinosaurs, so for now it's a dinosaur room.  :)  That's the great thing about chalk...we can change out the theme pretty easily.  :)

We moved over the Owen sign from his nursery and my mom gave us the dresser/changing table.

There were a lot of projects involved in this room--but it made for a super inexpensive transformation.  Joey made the bookshelf our of half of a kitchen cabinet we took out of the kitchen.  I made the curtains by painting blue stripes on white curtains we already had. I made the brown/white bedspread by sewing brown and white fleece from Joanns together.  I painted a frame we already had white and had a printshop print the Winnie the Pooh quote "as soon as i saw you I knew an adventure was going to happen" for $1.50.  And we got the toddler bed on craigslist for $40!  It turned out to be a bright happy room for our happy little guy!

Tennis Training at Age Two :)

Owen got to play tennis with GrandpaLeo while we were in Colusa.  My dad invented a tennis ball on the end of a fishing pole so we didn't have to keep chasing the ball.  Owen is pretty little, but loved getting to "play tennis GrandpaLeo!"

Kathy Comes to Town

We were just spoiled by Kathy visiting for the last ten days.  It was so nice to have her help--I was SO pampered and spoiled!  She made amazing meals--homemade bread, homemade caramel rolls, homemade soup, enchiladas, parfaits etc.  :)  Here are some pictures from her camera for the time she was here.  

Four days old--sleeping like a baby :)

"I drink it!"

Crazy Grandma!

Lots of free time spent like this :)

Coffee with Daddy and Grandma before work

Me and my "baby" who is now officially a little boy

We celebrated Father's Day a day early and went fishing.  Which is fitting because we also went fishing for Mother's Day...

"I go fishing with Daddy!"

"I touch his nose.  I wanna touch his nose!"  Owen loves to hold his baby brother and he really loves touching his ears and nose.  :)

Slip and Slide

It was so hot last weekend that Joey went to run errands for me and came home with a slip and slide!  For Owen apparently but I'm pretty sure he had the most fun.  He set it up on the hill so it was extra fun!  Owen was cautious at first but couldn't get enough after he gave it a try.  :)

Hospital Pictures

Some pictures to remember our time at the hospital.  It was fun to be close to family this time and have them visit us in the hospital.  Unfortunately we didn't get a picture with Aunt K(yrstin) and my mom, but we loved having them visit too.  :)  

Maternity entrance on June 3rd!  Thought I was going to have a baby that day--Levi had other plans.  :)

Owen seeing Levi for the first time--so sweet!

"I'm gonna touch him!  I wanna hold him!" 

"ahhh, I little brother"

Our new little family

Kisses for his little brother

Aunt Erin!

Sleepy daddy and sleepy baby

Anna and Em came to meet the newest cousin!

Colusa

We had fun in Colusa with the cousins the first week we were there.  Memorial day weekend Joey was there most of the weekend so after one of my doctors appts we went to the Sacramento Zoo.  :) 

The boys

Sprinklers!

Listening to Grandpa play the guitar

Bugs!

Isn't a baby kangaroo called a Joey?

The giraffes were so cool!

Shed to Office Conversion!

Last fall I had the idea to take the shed we have in our backyard and convert it to my own office space.  I just thought it would be so fun to have a separate space and the feel of a garden office.  :)  Also, it would free up a bedroom and now with our little Levi we could use the extra room.  :)  It's a win-win!

I love being married to Joey because if I can dream it he pretty much can do it.  If only he had more time!  That's where my favorite father in law comes in...:)  Skills AND a week of "vacation" at our house--what more could I ask for??

Before and during and afters:

Let's get this project started!

Framing for the new window

Working into the night--there's half of my new window!

The workers

The old shed door.  And a new window installed!

Where the new door will go

What are father in laws for if it isn't to spend their vacation helping you with a project?

Tape and texture time.  Jim--can I get you a beer?  I don't want you working too hard.  :)

Framing in the window and soon to be adding a flower box!

One of my projects--laying the floor.  Lesson learned: don't decide to lay laminate flooring when you are 7.5 months pregnant.  Leaning over and a basketball in your belly just don't mix.  ;)

But I did it!  And I did the baseboards myself too!

Months after the start and of course many hours of work later--my new office!

Not too decorated yet, but a great little space to work!  And
don't worry--there is an air conditioner.  :)

I love my new garden office!