Extreme Makeover: Closet Edition!

Our closet looked big enough when we were building our house, BEFORE we put any clothes in it! It has been way too small and unorganized ever since! So, we hit IKEA on their winter sale and decided to rip out our old closet and CoMpLeTlEy redo it! It was a ton of work, and a lot of fun, and in the end it was dEfInItElY worth it!

Stef's side of the closet!

Terry's side of the closet

Believe me. . . the kids were TONS of help! (Sarcasm implied!)

It was a week of messes, and I wondered what we had gotten ourselves into!

What a difference a week makes!

Terry's side of the closet!

Stef's side of the closet!

(And I rElUcTaNtLy have to admit that Terry is a little more handy than I give him credit for! :) Thanks babe, for making my closet wishes come true!

She's so Vain. . .

The other day I told Makaylee that I loved her.
She smiled and said, "Mommy, why do you love me so much?"
I took the opportunity to rattle off a bunch of reasons, "You are so funny, and cute, you are such a good big sister, and daughter, you sing pretty, you are a good dancer, you are such a good girl, you are pretty. . . " and on and on.
After I finished, I took and exaggerated breath and said "Wow, that's a lot of reasons, hu!"
She said, "Yes, but you forgot one!"
"I did? What did I forget?"
She said, "Just that I'm so smart!"
He he he, smart, yes, but I think the one I forgot was VAIN!

18 Months. . . Really?

My sweet baby boy has turned 18 months! I can't believe it! He is such a CuTe LiTtLe pEaNut! He went to his checkup this week and he is 21.25 lbs (3rd %) and 31.1 inches (15th %) the Dr. says he looks great, he's just little, so that I should try to stop worrying about him, sigh. . . (I told him that I would TRY!) I guess it is just hard to accept because Makaylee was always kind of big for her age. He also went to nursery for the first time this week. I was having worse separation anxiety than he was, he didn't even notice when I left and I was the one that was crying not him!