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Who doesn't love DIY projects?!

Sorry, I forgot to take a "before" picture when it was still all intact.

This is what it looked like after I took out the metal leaf looking thing out of that open space, and I sprayed the oak color over with this reddish primer.

Here we see it's new hue, a beautiful mahogany color!

And the finished product, with a beautiful fabric insert complete with some cool buttons.

Here's a close-up of the fabric - I love how it accents the color of the headboard and it also matches our comforter on our bed! It's only held in by some cardboard and some tacks on the back, so it's easy to change the fabric any old time I want to!

I love it!!

Daddy's Girl

Please don't mind the blurriness - my camera has issues

Sewing projects of the past re-visited

Long ago before Aftyn came into this world, Reed and I bought a nice bed set from one of the stores at the mall that was going out of business. We spent a nice chunk of change and so were loathe to spend more money on matching pillows and the like. So instead I went to our closest fabric store and purchased a pillow with some lovely upholstery fabric to cover it in that matched our new comforter. It will match our headboard which we will also someday put together when we get all the right things and we will cover it in the rest of the upholstery fabric so it will all match. Lovely right?!

Here is Aftyn modeling our new "bolster pillow" which will now grace our bed. It was a fairly quick project, going together in the time Aftyn takes a nap. Yay!

And Our Big Thanks Goes Out To:

This Guy!

Thanks for making your big entrance last 2 whole months. Could you send your buddy along sometime soon?

Meet Alysa

Yes, that really is this Barbie look-alike's name. My twin sister gave her to me for Christmas when I was a teenager. Who wouldn't like a barbie doll named for them for Christmas, I ask you?

Except see, there are a lot of differences between my namesake and me.

She has much better looking legs, owns more short skirts and hats and purses, and wears more dramatic and daring clothes than I ever would.

She has calf-length hair! I'm not sure I would EVER want to grow my hair that long.

I'm glad that I am not in any way shape or form like my barbie.

I'm not sure I could keep up with such high high standards of living.

Or that I would be happy doing so.

"Ba-ba"

We are at that fun stage where we are searching for the perfect sippy cup to replace Aftyn's bottle for her milk. We haven't as of yet been able to find that oh so elusive "perfect" sippy for her. We've only tried 2 cups, so I guess there are still quite a few options out there.

Tonight as Aftyn started to feel tired, she told me what she wanted. "Ba-ba". And so the search began. She is in the habit of placing her bottle anywhere she finishes it which can sometimes be hard to find. It doesn't help that we only have one. So a few times a week when not easily seen, we go looking for her bottle. I generally wander around, calling "ba-ba" so Aftyn knows I'm not slacking off, just walking away from her needs. If I don't let it be known why I'm walking away from her, fantastic fits have been known to happen.

As we were searching with me calling out "Ba-ba", Aftyn followed suit probably a total of 4-5 times which in and of itself was quite endearing and totally new for her. We looked in all the rooms and in the last room I quickly scanned the room not seeing what we were looking for. I turned around, only to see Aftyn bending down, reaching for that special something that was her hearts desire!

This has never happened before, and I really didn't think Aftyn even connected what I was saying for what we were looking for. Who knew 1 year olds really ARE that smart?!

By the way if you have any sippy cup suggestions we are open to hearing them!

And thanks for enduring my illustrations of the whole event. I thought I would heed my sisters suggestion to me earlier about illustrating my own stories. And I would suggest to all - use markers, not crayons. :)