EMW's New Room - Before & After

The smallest room in our house has taken the longest and been the most expensive to re-do -- go figure!    Oliver was able to do a lot of the work himself -- which helped with the costs.  It's so nice to have a handy husband!  Here are some before and after shots:

 Above is a picture of the room from before we bought the house.  As you can see, it's tiny.  Oliver's mom said she about cried thinking of us putting Elizabeth Magee in such a dark room!  But thanks to Pinterest.....we were inspired and saw that it could be adorable.

The first step was to tear out the underneath part of the bed and add drawers for storage...so we wouldn't need to have a chest in the room.  Oliver started the project and we hired a local guy to finish it.  After the drawers were complete, Oliver painted stripes around the bed and painted the room.  Biscuit came and painted the ceiling....

One of Elizabeth Magee's current favorite play games is to have tea and coffee in her room.  It's so much fun having a little girl and I'm so excited thinking about the two new ones who will join our family soon!  My appointment last week revealed the twins are weighing in at 2.9 pounds (Baby A) and 2.7 pounds (Baby B).  Pictures of the nursery to follow shortly!

You's First Snow Day!

 Birmingham got a few inches of snow this afternoon.  Despite the big smile on her face, Elizabeth Magee wasn't a huge fan.  We played outside for about 10 minutes and then she kept saying, "wet" "home"....

The sun actually came out late this afternoon!  I was so excited to see it --- we haven't seen the sunshine in two weeks around here!  Ally and EM did have a little bit of fun throwing cherrios in the snow!  On another note, Elizabeth Magee thinks her name is "you."  When you show her a picture of herself and ask who it is she says, "you."  When she wants to do something she says, "you."  I think this comes from showing her pictures and saying, "there's mama, daddy, and you."  Opps.

January - So Far

 My faithful blog readers (aka my grandmother) has been after me to update her with some pictures of Elizabeth Magee.  January has been blah.  The weather started off nice at the first of the month and has now rained for what feels like two solid weeks.   I think we've been able to walk twice in two weeks.  If you know me......you know that = bad!  But we've done a few special things -- last weekend we took a day trip to Philadelphia to celebrate the soon to arrive Audrey Leigh!

I got a little freaked out when it was time to leave and realized the next time I saw Leigh Allyn she would have Audrey and I would have the twins.  Oliver was a sweetheart to drive me and Elizabeth Magee to the shower -- even though he had a sinus infection -- I'm still feeling good but I cannot sit still for long and driving two hours would have too hard!

 We've hit  up just about every storytime in this city.  The Vestavia Library had a "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" fundraiser two weeks ago.  Elizabeth Magee did NOT like the house (in fact she is still asking if the mouse is "home" -- i.e., his home, not ours!).

We made a little mouse last week and she is rather proud of him.....

In other EM news, she's been sleeping in her big girl bed for almost three weeks!  Yay!  The transition was so much easier than I could have thought.....she cried the first night for 20 minutes and the next day at nap for 10....but since then.....no problems or tears!  We are 75% potty trained --  she hasn't pooped in her diaper in 3 days and stays dry most of the day.  I'm thinking we will move to big girl panties next week!  Those were my two goals with her before the twins arrive - big girl bed and potty trained - so far we are on track to finish both before their big arrival (which is hopefully at least another 6 to 8 weeks away) -- my personal goal is 34 weeks!  Anything after that and I'll be really pleased!

We have almost finished the nursery and just need to hang pictures in EM's big girl room.  After we hang pictures this weekend, I'll post some pictures!