my week

The last week has been so incredibly busy, overwhelming, fun, sad, and I’m so exhausted… my brain hurts.

To start everything off, my family welcomed a new baby into the world, Christian Philip Scott. He is 6lbs, 7oz, and 20in of pure adorableness and I was so grateful to be present during his birth (more to come on that later). However, bringing a new baby into the family has only made me realize how fast mine is growing up. Elle is getting so big and my favorite thing to do right now is just to watch her figure stuff out. She’s learning how to use all of her toys and seems to understand everything we say to her. She’s been saying “all done” or “ahhhh dddn” for a few weeks now, but this week she has incorporated throwing her hands up in the air when she says it and it might be one of the cutest things I have ever witnessed. When she wants to be picked up, she whines, which is probably my least favorite noise in the world (even though John says I do it all the time), so I’ve been trying to get her to say, “up please” and I’ve only heard it a few times, but I have a feeling this is going to back fire on me. When she says “up please”, do I have to pick her up every time? Don’t get me wrong, I love holding my baby and the only real time this is an inconvenience is when I’m getting ready for work. All she wants to do is play with my make-up……which is really cute, but she is messy.

Now that spring is in the air (barely), that means its time for home renovation. First project… our foyer and half bathroom. This area has been the least favorite part of my house, but because it’s an area we don’t spend time in, it was not a priority on our list of things to do. Between the floral wall paper, fake pebble linoleum, and our front door with yellow sidelights, I can gladly say it’s all gone! Now we are just staring at a torn up area……that is awaiting new finishes. Staring at the area for almost 2 years has given me a lot of time to think about what I want (or so I thought). I was determined on a pedestal sink, I LOVE LOVE LOVE them and when we tore out the old vanity we found out all the pipes were in the wrong spot for a pedestal sink. I was devastated. We had a plumber come out and quote it and that was going to put us $600 in the hole. So…..John contemplated doing it, but when we got married and bought our house he said I will fix anything, but I’m not an electrician (I learned that the hard way) and I’m not a plumber…………CRAP! I looked at vanities and hated them all, so our decision…. And I’m SO HAPPY about it… converting an old antique dresser into a vanity. We have one at home, it turned out to be the PERFECT size. I’m so grateful that the pedestal sink didn’t work out because this idea is so much cooler. We are really excited to finish this bathroom and it ended up saving us a ton of money! Being on a budget really forces the creative juices to flow and so far, it has only worked out in our favor. Same thing with our front door… did you know how expensive one is? That was a whole other issue….. it was an old wood door that needed to be replaced immediately. Well, to get a NICE door with 2 sidelights, you’re looking at $2000 @ minimum. Well, that wasn’t in our budget either, so we agreed on a plain door and we were going to order a vintage screen door to give our entry way a “wow” factor (if that’s what you want to call it). I was completely happy with that idea until one day we walked into Home Depot and there it was… our front door staring at us in the face! It was marked way down because someone had custom ordered it and then returned it. We stared at it and left…. And then 3 days later we were still talking about how perfect the door was and we went back and to our surprise it was still there. Meant. To. be. We bought it and it’s in our garage and I’m just waiting for some warmer weather so we can install it. I can’t wait!

And last, but definitely not least… the sad part of my week. Some of my best friends (3 in particular) are going through some really difficult times in their lives right now and my heart goes out to them. I wish I could snap my fingers and take all their sadness and worries away, but I can’t. I listen and try to give the best advice possible, but that’s really hard to do because if you haven’t experienced the same thing, do you really know what they’re going through? I love all 3 of them and none of them deserve anything that’s going on right now. Why does bad stuff happen to good people? I think that’s the most frustrating thing about the whole situation… not one of them has done anything to deserve what is going on in their life yet when it rains it pours. On the upside, they are the toughest people I know and I'm positive they will come out of all of this stronger. Until then I will be there for them when they need me. And I may not always have the perfect thing to say to make them feel better, I’m definitely listening and wishing I could make it better.