Lil Valentine

 This was my lil valentine!

 (sadly I didn't get any pictures with my big valentine)

 I love this Kid!!! ♥

Presley and I made a trip to Joanns for some fabric for baby blankets. While there I found this little wind up chick while we were waiting in the checkout line. I thought it was so cute, and so did Presley! Let me tell you, that was possibly the best $1 I've ever spent.

 It's so cute to see Presley's reaction to it hopping around on the floor. She loves it!

February fun

 Someone has turned into a little diva already! She baffles me sometimes with the things that she does. I know she didn't learn them from me, so it's got to just be a part of her personality. She is a funny little girl and loves to entertain. She also has a an additude and can do fake crying and angry fits really well. She is so much fun though and I love being able to spend my days with her!

Sometimes she can be the sweetest little thing too. She will sneak up behind me and hug my back, or try to tickle me. I love it when she comes over to me and puts her arms out and says "Mama!". She give me some good snuggles now too!

 At church she has become very VERY difficult to keep happy. We would spend most of the time out in the hallways. So finally one sunday I decided we would go visit the nursery. They let her stay in there and play since she was only a couple of weeks from being 18 months. She loved being in there and didn't care one bit when I left. (I was kind of sad because I always hear how kids are sad and don't want their parents to leave them, lol) She has loved it 2 weeks in a row now, so we will see if it continues.

 Of course we have to throw in another picture of Bunny! This thing goes everywhere and has to get washed quite frequently now. Presley loves her so much!

More videos of miss thang

Here is a video of Presley with her precious Bunny :)

And then this is her just hanging out talking

January fun with Presley

 I love her cute lil head! And her piggy tails!

 lots of time spent in the backyard....

 riding on mommy's back

 she loves popcorn!                                     crying about something really important I'm sure

 dancing with her sunglasses on

stealing mommy's drink

 Such a happy girl! I love her so much!

Videos of my growing girl

Presley LOVES to read! She has some books that are favorites and she has the pictures and everything memorized. This is one of her favorite books. I ask her where the tounge is in the end and she flips through and finds the page with it :)

Then we have my crazy little diva that loves to entertain ♥

Refinishing our Bathroom Cabinets / Stair Banister

When we bought this house we weren't exactly in love with the color of the cabinets/cupboards in the house. After 9 months of looking at these old worn cabinets we decided to try to change them up. I did a lot of researching on the internet and Pinterest and finally decided on what product I wanted to try. I also found a very helpful tutorial here.

It ended up being a little more time consuming than I thought it would be. I had hoped that I could cut the time in between coats, but I found out it just won't work if you do.

There is some prep time as well which wasn't exactly fun. (removing all front pieces, cleaning all the dirt and oils off, sanding, wiping off, taping off the bathroom walls/floor/counters etc.)

Here is the finished bathroom though!! It was all worth it! There is a 100% improvement from the old cabinets!

And here are some before and after pictures of it so you can see how much better it looks!

After being SOOOOO happy with the results in our bathroom, we decided to tackle the stair banister as well......

I thought it would be much easier than the bathroom since we didn't have to take anything apart or worry about flipping things over to both sides. BUT I didn't take into account the fact that each spindle on the stinking thing had little grooves and very hard to reach spots. And we also had to be very careful and not spill anything on the carpet.

We did get it done though, and of course we are very happy with the end result here as well!

Before

After!!

 I was SO happy to get the stairs done! My finger nails were all broken and sore from trying to fit in all of the little spaces. We took about 5 seconds to admire it before Josh stated how he couldn't wait to do the kitchen cabinets!! UGH!! I need a break!!