Things that have caught my eye Dec 14

I don't know about you but when I'm browsing the internet on my phone or walking through a store and I want to remember something I snap a picture on my oh so handy iPhone so that I can go back to it whenever I want.

Here are a few of the things that have caught my eye lately.

I am LOVING all the Gold and Black everywhere. 

I love it so much that I decided to redo our Master bedroom to use those colors.

The Master is still a work in progress because I am being picky about what I want to go in there.

When I was browsing Target for curtains (which I do frequently whether I need them or not) I saw these gold curtains and snapped a picture because I couldn't decide whether they will fit the space the way I want or not. 

I love all the wood signs everywhere and I really love the look of words burned into the wood.

I am determine to make one someday soon.... I hope.

I LOVE everything about this outfit. 

I loved it so much I pulled what I had in my closet to try to match this for Thanksgiving.

I mostly love the frame, for umm.... EVERYTHING.

But I'm really into the vintagey prints right now too.

Aowyns room is all vintage so this would be so cute in there.

I see Subway signs like this everywhere, but its always places in New York or California and as cute as they are, they are never what I am looking for.

When I saw the Subway sign with all the glory of the South I had to have it, but the nearly $100 price tag made me choke a little.... so I did what any smart shopper/crafty crafter would do.... I took a picture so I can make it at home.

This picture is blurry because I wasn't sure if I was allowed to take pictures... so I quietly hid my phone and took one anyway.... its totally legit, right?

I want a table like this for behind our couch upstairs.

I really really want this table in my living room upstairs. 

I also really want the old apothecary ones that are the rolling carts... these pieces of furniture make my heart pitter patter.

Ahh the beautiful black and gold.

Some more the of the vintage charm goodness.

Our bathroom downstairs is navy blue and yellow and I "love" this for an empty space I have in there... but I'm debating about whether or not a heart that says love in it is appropriate for the bathroom. Maybe? Maybe not?

These beauties are NEEDED in my house.

I want them on my dresser in the master and as many other places as I can put them.

I'm just waiting for the handle sale at Hobby Lobby and they will be mine... oh and the courage to make the 45 minute trip over there with the kids.

I really want this print to go above the piano in the family room.

I really want some library barn pully's to go downstairs too. 

Every time I find them online they are sold out.... so as soon as my luck wins out I will have some of these bad boys in my possession.

This whole space just speaks to me.

There is a wall in our master bedroom where I want to do this. 

I have a feeling that it will take forever to get this to come together... (read that as: stupid Las Vegas and its inability to fulfill my vintage/antique obsession.)

$50 price tag? For that? 

Just wait till I get some burlap, paint and canvas and its on.

That pillow... oh that pillow.

I have a NEED for that Bakery sign in my house.... even though I'm not a big baker, its really just the beauty of the sign that matters right?

This redo!! Wow! I love everything about this space. I love the giant clock and the bench and the center piece and the buffet.... and everything else.

I stood there and looked at this forever debating whether or not I wanted to buy it.

In the end the fact that I had NOWHERE to put it, or even an idea of where I wanted to put it won out and I left it at the store.

I love the house on it. 

I really love the whole sign.

In the past I have just bought things because I loved them and usually ended up with a garage full of pieces that I loved but had no where to put them, so I stopped buying things unless I knew exactly where I wanted to put it.

Again, nowhere to put it, but I still loved it.

This is one of the first things on my list of things to make at the first of the year. 

It will go in the downstairs family room.

Oh the gorgeousness. 

Lets just take a second to gaze upon this beauty....

Need more time?

Man I love this whole piece.

I will be doing this with our desk, sometime in the near future.

This color combo just makes me happy. 

Aowyns room is these colors and I love to just go hang out and look at all the greatness that these colors are.

Oh swoon!!!

I love all the books and the ladder... one day, one day. 

I need this sign to go above the window in my kitchen.

Man, Ive got a lot of projects this year.

This needs no explanation. 

I will own something like this someday.

Its probably the one piece of furniture that I dream about and search for everywhere I go.

Its just perfect.

For a little while I debated on doing something like this as our headboard in the Master, but in the end a tuft headboard won out. Ill post about my headboard hunt soon.

I want one of these so badly... but that requires having the space for one of these.... and that is something we really don't have right now, so for now Ill just dream of the day I can have one of these.

This is what I am going to do with the vanity in my bedroom. I just love it.

I am also doing something kind of like this to the dresser/tv stand in the family room.

I have something kind of like this in our master bedroom. I love the idea of a shelf on the door with the mirror. 

Ill have to post my mirror soon to show ya'll what I did.

What girl doesn't love Tiffany Blue?

Such a cute idea for a jewelry station.

I want one of these mirrored dressers in my house... anywhere in my house will do.

I would really love to have it in my Master, but I won't be picky, I just want to own it.

I'm not huge fan of animal prints, but I do love this outfit.

It screams comfy yet stylish.

I.must.own.

I used this chair as inspiration for my chairs upstairs in our sitting area.

I love the tuft look.

I want to do this to the dresser in Landon and Tayton's room. 

Their room is vintage America, think Route 66 diner type feel.

I think this dressers colors would be perfect in there.

This piece just needs to be in my house so I can love it and look at it everyday.

La sigh! Its just a thing of beauty.

Am I the only one who takes pictures of everything that they love?

I promise I take pictures of my kids and husband too.... really I do.

Peace

A few weeks ago, shortly after we put the kids to bed I hear Aowyn coughing but to me it sounded more like a throw up cough then just a cough. Noah went upstairs to check on her and right before he opened the door I heard her soft sweet tiny voice cry out, "Dada!" It broke my heart. He opened the door and she was standing there with throw up all over her face and in her hair. He took her into the bathroom and put her in the bath where she was crying the whole time. I changed out the sheets on her bed and held her downstairs in my arms, with her cuddled up under her towel. I put some oil on her to help her with her cough and she just layed there so soft and sweet. 

We put her to bed in our bed and Noah asked me if I wanted to lay down with her, just then she walked up behind him and said, "Mama?" So of course I couldn't say no to my sweet girl. I layed in bed with her and she grabbed my hand and held it in hers, she laced her tiny little fingers in mine and I rubbed her hand. She rested her head on mine and fell asleep. After about 5 minutes she sat up and leaned over to me, I grabbed the bowl and my poor baby threw up again. After she was done Noah asked her if she wanted a blessing and she sweetly said, "Yes!" in her adorable baby girl voice. So he gave her a blessing and when he was done, she looked at him, pointed at me and said, "Mama". I have been hurting a lot still since my surgery and she has been trying so hard to take care of me. So Noah gave me a blessing too, which was much needed. He went back over to her to talk to her and she pointed at him and said, "Dada!" And put both of her hands on his head. It was so sweet!

After that she rolled over and reached behind her to grab my hand. I put my hand over her little body and felt her soft sweet breathing making my hand rise up and down. She wrapped her hand in mine again and this time she was rubbing my hand, I nestled my face into her sweet smelling hair and she rubbed her tiny little foot along my leg. It was one of the most beautiful times Ive had as a mom. I really just was enjoying laying there with her, marveling at how I got so lucky to have such a sweet little girl. I felt so bad for her and how sick she was feeling but so blessed at the same time to get to have such a sweet moment with my daughter. It was something that makes motherhood so very special, sometimes we just need to stop and take in the beauty of what is right there in front of us. Such a simple beautiful moment that I am ashamed to say I would have missed had I thought of checking facebook while I lay there in bed with her. 

After a few minutes of just watching her drift off to sleep, I too closed my eyes and just took in how beautiful I felt. I just felt so much peace and thanked Heavenly Father that I was able to be there in that moment, that I was able to be a mom, and that I was able to be there in that bed at that moment creating a beautiful memory with my sweet girl. I always want my children to know I am there for them, I never want them to doubt that or to think that anything is more important to me then they are. I never want them to ever feel anything but love and safety when they are in my arms. I want them to feel at peace and drift off to sleep knowing that nothing in the world can harm them. There are so many things in this world that can distract us and our children from the things that are right and special and sacred. I dont want to miss one moment of there delicatness. I dont want to miss any of the small, sweet details of their lives, they are my babies and I am their mother and those are the most important things in my life (aside from my sweet husband and the gospel of Jesus Christ, its all part of the same thing for me). 

So much can be done and learned when we silence the world and just enjoy the beauty that is right there in front of us. The peace and the comfort and the beauty that is part of Gods natural plan for us. The rest of it falls by the wayside, it doesn't really matter when we just stop and look at the great miracles of life that are right there in front of us, these sacred little miracles of life that are put in our care as parents. They don't need much from us, they just need our love, our support, our safety and our presence.

This little lady is so full so sass and spunk. I just love it!! She is perfect. Im not sure where she got the kissy faces from (probably because we kiss a ton) but now she tells me to do it all the time, it cracks me up. I don't know what I would do with out her and her sweet little spirit, she keeps me grounded and teaches me so much about love and patience, she is going to be a great mommy one day and Im so excited to get to be a part of her life.

Life through the eyes of my phone (part 1)

From the time I got my phone till about 6-7 months ago I had never uploaded any cell phone pictures....

Crazy right!?

I just remembered that I never posted them....

so here is part 1....

Its long.....

enjoy!!!!!!(?)

Landon did great on his first big trip to the dentist.

Braddoc not so much,

dont let his pictures fool you.

He screamed and kicked and hit like a crazy man.

I got punched in the face and my pregnant belly kicked at least twice.

Mommys 27th Birthday cake

Playing in Nana and Pops pool

Bald Tayton.

The first time we used our Alabama Chalk board.

Not just a cake.... but a birthday cake.

Looking back on things I realize that I really should have picked up on all the clues Braddoc gave me that pointed to Autism.

Landon loved to build things.

 Tayton loved to make messes.

Landon played soccer.

For Noahs birthday we went to see Viva Elvis!!!

It was AWESOME!

And we were lucky enough to have Noahs sister come to visit and go with us as well.

Noah LOVES Elvis!!!

We went to Disneyland

Braddoc would never go near the characters.... still wont.

But Landon LOVES them!

Boy Bonding.....?

Pirate Park

Halloween Manicure.

My loot from Aowyns baby shower.

My friend Lindsey made this A-DORABLE owl.

My friend Candice made the dress.

Wendy made the blanket.

Heidi made the pink blanket.

Lindsey W. made the A.

and Lindsey M. made the bow holder.

Heidi and Wendy made the burp clothes.

Aubery made the wipe container.

Landon was coming in from church when Braddoc stepped on Landons untied shoe laces and tripped Landon whose face landed on the edge of the chair.

I thought he needed stiches, Noah didn't.

We did not take him in and did liquid stitches at home, but alas he now has a scar there and no hair grows in that spot..... guess mom's intuition was right, should have stuck with my gut.

He also in the same week was hit with a toy.....

poor guy.

This was the beginning of finding out Tayton had Periodic Phantom Fever Syndrome.

He was so sick for so long and we spent so many days in the ER.

It was so sad.

Braddoc and his best buddy Brynlee.

I passed this stone when I was pregnant with Aowyn.

It was huge!

I knew it was there, I went into the doctor and it was so big they thought they would have to do surgery. But since I was pregnant they could not.

So Noah gave me a blessing, they pumped me full of liquid and I finally THANKFULLY passed it.

Noahs sister sent us a Captain Hook hat for Noah to wear for Halloween.

Of course we all had to try it on.

Landon started drawing people.

Landon was Peter Pan.

Our stake at church participated in a Helping Hands clean up effort.

We cleaned up different areas.

Our group cleared out a very over grown, packed back yard.

Tayton got in a big boy seat.

FINALLY!

He was still facing backwards but at least he was in a big boy seat.

Look at those big eyes.

We had a Halloween party.

Our friend Joaquins costume cracked me up.

Landons kindergarten Halloween Party.

Trick or Treating.

Landons first time wrapping a present on his own.

Landons super long story list.

Tayton learning the art of fight throwing....

Landon went to a laser Tag birthday party for his friend Levi.... Garyn is another one of his friends in the picture

(we miss Levi and Garyn alot)

Does anyone ever have a box of tissue last long in your house?

Is the whole box used for what tissues should be used for?

If so you must tell me your secrets.

Headed to school

So sweet helping his little brother cross the road.

Hiding in the shelves.... mom will never know.

And I wont get in trouble....

Hmmm anyone else ever wonder where little ones get their logic from?

Hahaha what a sight to see.

A shirtless Hook.

wearing moms boots too.

Wehadababy itsagirl.

Headed home in her pink smocked elephant dress.

Can't get much better than that.

Start them young..... raise them right.

Roll Tide!

First check up!

Daddies girl

Big brother loves her so much.

I love the woombies... (thats what she is in.) makes babies sleep so good.

So very tiny.

We were headed out to vote.

Tayton learned how to fold his arms for the prayer.

Daddy and his girl.

And we are done for now....

till part 2.