Jordan

Rays sister Kerry had a baby boy on Friday April 22nd. Jordan Richard 2lbs, 14oz. He is having all the NICU scary times a parent dreads and we are praying for more good days then bad!

Here is a picture Kerry sent us today, first time Mommy got to hold him!

Master Bath

His & Hers

Before:

We did Maple wood with Espresso Finish
Quartz counters in "Lagoon" and brushed nickel door pulls and Moen faucet in Eva. The light fixtures are Minka Lavery (saw them at a house we rented in Nashville and knew I had to have them).

Yay! With all the vendors these last 18 months I am DONE with people I don't know spending time in my house. Let's review all the projects and money out the door....
Hardwood floors on first floor
New Windows, new gutters
White trim on first floor and white doors added
Jill painted second floor trim and doors, never ending basement project, exterior of house wood work and shingle repair, then full house painted. Did I also mention that we both got new cars, me in 2015 and Ray this year. Unfortunately with this last snow storm dumping 23.2 inches our money tree snapped and is gone. Good bye house projects, I won't miss you while gardening all summer long and perfecting my CO tan.
(Light bulbs need clear bulbs but you work with what you have on hand)

Lights: Minka Lavery

Sink: American Standard Square Sink

Eva Sink by Moen

what does a SAHM do?

I'm preparing some material for PERHAPS an upcoming MOPS meeting (they have a Mom share her thoughts/feels/or a devotional) to start the meeting. Needed a place to jot it all down...

What is MY definition of a stay at home mom? 

To me it means I wake up, do a daily devotional and beg God for understanding for things I can’t understand

It is having my house clean, kids fed with healthy choices, games played. Children bathed nightly and read to before bed.

A marathon runner, athlete, arms of steel. A avid reader, movie attender, expert gardener and house renovator.

My reality;

Asking God for forgiveness as I lay in bed at night with lots on my mind and having forgotten yet again to look up and start a devotional

My house is clean, I agree. Just don’t check any wood surface as a year plus of dust might be visible.

My mother once asked me to FaceTime her and show her the vegetables in my fridge, well played Mom well played

Our parenting philosophy is if we can’t remember the last time the boys bathed then tonight is bath night

We are suppose to read 3 books provided by Ms. Lee, our olds sons kindergarten teacher. We wait until Thursday night and have Connor read the shortest easiest story once.

In my early 20’s I did run 2 marathons so technically I am a marathon runner. I recently ran to my sons school its about .80 miles. I walked the whole way home, on the sidewalk, not the bike trail as I was worried I’d pass out and not be found.

I read comments on Facebook and instagram, and blogs :)

Every movie I’ve seen in the last 3 years was rated G

I have 8 seedlings that I’ve been watering and have by the window for about a month now, nothing has sprouted, their is a 97% chance I skrewed this up and nothing is coming, but I keep watering for that 3% chance.

Things that were not in my definition of a SAHM (stay at home mom) but I get great joy from;

• Hunting for worms with Ryan, its amazing just how many worms we find considering we hunt daily and but them in a bug cage to roast themselves alive
• cooking and baking; when you are home a million hours a day you have time to meal plan, go to the store or stores and make something amazing
• hanging out 20 minutes before and 20 minutes after school to catch up with my new made Kindergarten parent friends
• PTA is fun. had never been to a meeting before in my life but now I’m the president. If you call me please address me as madam president
• MOPS (mothers of preschoolers), yea its an actual thing, an international thing actually. Coming to the near end of my time as a preschool mom I often listen to newer Moms stories and can’t remember how I handled those difficult days (probably because I was in a sleep deprived comma)
• Rocking out to Pop music with my kids and video taping it so one day we can upload it to youtube and be on the ellen show

Sawyer

We watched the sweetest 8 month old in the country this week- Sawyer. She slept through the nights and didn't mind traveling to all our busy events. Made the baby fever even more real. Speaking of fever I think I have strep (again). Going to the doctor today to find out for sure. Bring on the meds.

I would say I was 100% obsessed with her followed closely by Ryan. He even woke up at 5:30 in the morning when she woke up and he said "don't worry mom, I'll take care of her, you go back to sleep".