Have to Start Somewhere

Well, ladies and gentleman, here is my first DIY project that is complete:

                                                                             Before:

This has been an eye sore since we got it 6 years ago. Yes, it is that old. I have wanted a nicer one for a while but it is not high on the list right now. So, in the meantime this is what I did with it:

After:

What do you think? I am thinking of painting the handles back to black. Black or silver?

A New Obsession

Yes, I do! It is becoming a little ridiculous and I am starting to put myself on restrictions. 

I just had not idea about this world of DIY (do-it-yourself) projects. Well, I knew about them but 

not the blog world of DIY. WOW!! Let me just say ...WOW! There are just thousands of them (well, it seems like that). Don't worry I have not personally looked at that many but I will tell you that I have bookmarked 40+ already.  So, I have a list going of what I would love to do and it is growing by the day. 

I started my first tonight and messed up so I have to roll with it and try again. It isn't a big deal and I will show it to you this weekend when I can finish it. It is a very small project but hey, 

I gotta start somewhere, right?

So, I will be posting whenever I do something new or find a new look for something I already have. Granted I will be copying other people but I figure since they are putting up on their blogs they don't mind us trying to do it too. 

11 Months!

Well, our little man is one month from a year! Hard to believe that it is that close. I am just wondering why he is not sleeping through the night yet. WHY??? Besides the sleeping issue he is a wonderful baby. He is loving that it is getting nicer out so that we can be outside. It has been nice for us all to get out and just enjoy the weather. Here are some pics form the last month:

First time in the sandbox..he wasn't sure what to do, but he got into it after a few minutes.
I just had to make sure he wasn't eating it. 

This was his first swing ride. I knew he would love it and it was more than I expected. 

He was having the time of his life!

Some New Things:

~ He is laughing and babbling a lot now. Loves to say "mama, dada, and yaya."

~ He is signing "all done"..we are working on "more" and "please."

~ He still continues to refuse to crawl. 

~ He still has no teeth--I expect them any day now. 

~ He is my little cuddly man and loves to sit with mommy and daddy. 

~ He likes to stand and hang on to things and is starting to cruise around furniture.

~ He is starting to get upset about not getting around..he wants to walk everywhere; this is

not very fun for me since I have to hold his hands all of the time. 

~ He loves to eat and still makes his "mmmmm" sounds while eating. 

~ He seems to eat whatever we put in-front of him, which is a nice change from his sissy.

~ Whenever Matt is holding him everyone says how much he looks like him.

I know he is doing a lot more but I am a little tired right now and don't feel much like thinking too much about it. I will have a much better list at his 1 year!