Did You Forget?

Are you up earlier than you need to be? Did you make it to the early service at church? Are you wondering why the wrong show is on television?

Guess you forgot to set your clock back an hour then! Better go around the house and make sure all your clocks are set for the correct time. Not sure what the correct time is? You can go here to see the Offical US Time. While you are changing clocks don’t forget to check your watches and the clocks in your car.

Oh…and as the wife of a firefighter, I should probably remind you to also change out the batteries in your smoke detectors.

Another Project

Since Little Monkette still hasn’t arrived, last night I decided to work on her room some more. Maybe she knows that it is not quite done yet and is waiting on us to get everything done! My mom had found some fun vinyl dots that we could use for the walls. I wasn’t sure how well they would match or if I would really like them but I decided to put them up and go from there. They come off (supposedly) pretty easily if I didn’t like them.

I just put them up kind of randomly around the wall. This wall is the same wall that her door is on and is next to her changing table/dresser. At first I was thinking we might need more dots but I like it. I did mess up on one or two of the dots but you can’t tell in the picture and it still looks cute!

Dots Wall

If you missed any of the other posts on Little Monkette’s room, you can check them out here.
Beginning paint and room set up
Hairclip Ribbon Hanger
The New Rug

A New Rug

Yesterday, Little Monkey, Amy and I went to do some shoppping. (I needed to get my shoes for my sister-in-law’s upcoming wedding.) We were also looking for inspiration for more things for Little Monkette’s room. I was hoping to find a nice rug for her room too.

We found some at Target that we liked but they were quite expensive and more money than I really want to spend. We went over to Tuesday Morning and found a cute rug for just $19.99! We decided to go ahead and get it (after we checked the return policy) and see what we think. Here is a picture of the rug in her room:

Rug for her room

What do you think? I figured we’d put it in there for a bit and see how we feel about it. I think it goes well and adds some other colors into her room.

A Work In Progress

We spent some time over Labor Day weekend working on Little Monkette’s room. It was a disaster area before we started and seeing that she could show up anytime, we decided that we better get to work! Big Monkey’s mom came over for the weekend to help out. We spent Saturday getting everything out of her room that did not belong. We made piles of stuff to give away and stuff to try and sell. GrandMom and Little Monkey also got the closet painted. We washed most of her clothes that are sized newborn to six months and sorted the rest. Her clothes are now in boxes by size in her closet and the smallest stuff is in her dresser.

Sunday GrandMom and Big Monkey painted her bedroom. Before the day was over, her room was painted, the crib was down from the attic and put together and her room is starting to look like a little girl belongs in there! We are not done yet (there is NOTHING on the walls!) and we need to fix the current “white line” border. I really wanted to put a ribbon there and found something that would be perfect and fits but Big Monkey is not keen on the idea AT ALL. We tried looking for a border but had no success there either. We think the current plan is to just fill in the “white line” with white paint. In the pictures it looks okay, but in real life, there are some issues where paint got into it and where it is not crisp.

Looking into her room from the door towards her closet.

I also got some wooden letters that spell out her name and have painted them the brown color that is on the bottom part of her walls. I will use the pink color to put polka dots onto the letters and then we will hang them with some brown and pink ribbon that Little Monkey picked out. I also have an old wooden sign that I’m thinking I will paint brown and either get some vinyl lettering or find someone who can paint nice letters on it (maybe a saying like “Always kiss me goodnight” or something). I also picked up a mirror for $2 that I had originally thought we would use in her room. Since we ended up going with different colors, I’m thinking about painting the mirror with the brown and pink so we can still use it in her room. I am also still thinking about getting some other kinds of vinyl wall decorations to use, but I haven’t decided yet. My mom had picked up some fun circles that we could use, but I haven’t tried them out yet to see how well they match the colors on the walls.

Overall her room is coming together and just awaiting the finishing details and her arrival! (Sorry the pictures appear to be of not great quality…I’m not sure what happened!)

Her Crib and Swing (The cover was in the wash and Little Monkey's Baby was swinging.)

Changing Table/Dresser

Where Have I Been?

You might be wondering why I haven’t posted over the past couple of days. It was a VERY busy weekend around here!

Friday night I went to a bridal shower for my sister-in-law.
Saturday was my mother-in-law’s birthday and we all got together.
Sunday was church and then my baby shower.
Monday started Little Monkey’s swimming lessons and we had a bridesmaid get together that night. (We made jewelry for the wedding. So fun and everyone’s is different but similar.)

The bride took all of our jewelry to hold onto but I did get a picture of what I made. I can’t wait to see it with the dress on!

My jewelry for the wedding.

I would like to say that things are settling down  and getting back to normal, but I don’t know that that is the case! I will be doing some sewing for some orders we have and we are working on getting the little one’s room ready for her arrival!

Injured Again!

I think it is just what boys do. Play hard and get hurt. Or just do something silly/stupid and get hurt. Last night Little Monkey was at it again. You may recall this post from last year where he got scraped up.

Yesterday the boys did some handy work around the house. Big Monkey, with Little Monkey’s expert help, replaced the laundry facuet with a new one. The old one was leaky and we already pay enough for our golden water, so we needed to get this fixed. Here is a look at Little Monkey helping out:

Little Monkey doing the hard work!

After they finished that work, they decided to wash both cars! Little Monkey changed into his swimsuit and helped Big Monkey clean the cars…for a few minutes anyway. Then he really just wanted to play in the bubbles and play with his toys. I was hanging out watching them and things were almost done. Big Monkey was drying the truck off and I was on the phone with Little Monkey’s GrandMom. Little Monkey had managed to climb up into the back of Big Monkey’s truck. (I’m not even sure how this was possible as the tailgate was up, but he apparently made it over the tailgate and into the back.)

All of a sudden, we hear this loud noise and I see Little Monkey’s hands on the ground and then he was crying. Big Monkey went and grabbed him. What appears to have happened was that he was in the bed of the truck and opened the tailgate and fell out. He did catch himself a little bit with his hands but still managed to get some road rash on his forehead and nose. He also had a little bit of a bloody nose. I think he looked/looks worse than this photo implies. He was fine after just a few minutes and even went swimming. He appears to be okay, aside from his scrapes. He noticed them in the mirror and asked what was wrong with his face and I explained it was from when he fell. Oh the joys of having a boy!

Scraped up forehead and nose

Happy Anniversary!

Today I have been married to Big Monkey for six years!

Sometimes it seems like it has been longer (and I don’t mean that in a bad way) and sometimes it seems like it was very recent that we got married. A lot has happened in six years…we moved twice, quit some jobs, had Little Monkey, are awaiting our little girl’s arrival…and of course those are just a few of the larger scale items. I’m sure the next six years (and hopefully many more) will include plenty of more great experiences. Hopefully we will not move too many more times though!

Our Wedding Day

I love you Big Monkey. I can’t wait for many more years together. I hope you like my surprise today…hopefully you will think it was cool and not embarrassing or dumb.

Progress???

Baby Girl's Room

Doesn’t this look like progress? We got Little Monkey’s room all settled, but now Baby Girl’s room is a wreck! I’ve got some of that stuff listed on Craigslist and am hoping to sell it! Some of it is stuff that we are keeping for Baby Girl. Yeah…it’s a mess. Oh wait, is that not enough mess for you??

Our Room!

This was what my room looked like yesterday and most of last night. Thankfully it doesn’t look like that anymore. Big Monkey moved the bed, flipped the mattress, vacuummed under the bed, cleaned out the junk from under the bed and put window tinting on our window. I washed the sheets and mattress cover and today I will wash the comforter. I appreciate the work he did, as it was needed but it seems as if he is on a war path to get as many things done in as little days as possible. Oh well, at least things are getting done!

Little Monkey’s New Room

Over the past week, Amy has moved her stuff out of her room and so we spent most of Wednesday working on getting Little Monkey’s stuff into his new room. At first he was very confused about why Mimi’s bed and drawers weren’t in there but then he started helping move stuff in and got excited about his room. It was quite a production getting things moved around but it happened. Little Monkey has bunk beds…and well the way his old room, new room and hallway all line up, we had to take one end off of both the top and bottom bunk to get them out of one room and into the next.

I also finished going through his closet, where I found three boxes of clothes that don’t fit him yet (size 3T stuff) and four boxes of clothes that are too small for him! (Along with plenty of toys for our baby girl (She still needs a blog name) and some clothes for her too.) Her room is now a HUGE mess of stuff we are keeping for her, stuff we need to sell and stuff we need to give away.

I think Little Monkey’s favorite part of his new room is his computer area. We used to keep his computer out in the living room, where he could use it while we watched tv or worked on our own computers. Unfortunately for him (or maybe fortunately) we could really use the space his computer was in for storage. We gave him a new tv (the one Amy used in her room) and put it on his desk. He now has a little computer corner in his room. He has gone in there and turned in on to play many times already. I think having it out in the open makes him remember that it is there more and so he is playing it a lot.

Computer Corner

Here you can see his bunk beds and there is a large bookshelf back behind there that is filled with books and toys (He’s also housing some of our books!). In between his beds and the bookshelf he has his little lego table with his extra legos on the bottom shelf of the bookshelf. You can also see his car carpet in front of his bed.

Bunk Beds

And here is Little Monkey’s closet! Thanks to clearing out those boxes of clothes that are too small, he has lots of space in his new closet. All his shirts are hanging up and the rest of his clothes are in those cubbies for now. I would like to find him a dresser that will fit in his closet that he will be able to use on his own. Until that happens, we’ll see how the cubbies work out.

Closet

We even got all of Little Monkey’s pictures hung up on the walls too. I think he is happy with his new room. It is bigger (or at least seems it) than his old room and he is enjoying having his computer out to play on. We’ll see what he thinks once his old room turns into the nursery!

Side By Side

Over the weekend, we went to help our friends get some stuff moved into their new house. They had actually moved most of the big stuff the day before but we were not able to help that day. (Apparently everyone else who said they could help, changed their minds so they had no help on the big moving day.) After some discussion, we headed over to help them get the rest of the stuff moved and try and unpack some stuff too. We even showed up with some beer, such a nice housewarming gift, I suppose.

We got to the new house just as the moving truck was pulling in. The boys got started moving stuff; Little Monkey even wanted to help take stuff out of the truck and find a place for it. After some work, the boys had everything out of the truck and we had unpacked a handful of boxes inside. The boys ended up putting a fridge back into the moving truck and driving it to our house. Big Monkey made a deal with the other dad for their fridge. They brought their old fridge with them because it hadn’t sold yet and they did not need it in the new house. We will now be selling our fridge and giving them the proceeds of the sale. Big Monkey is very pleased with the new to us fridge. It is a side by side fridge and actually seems to have more space than we did before (I’m not sure how that is possible though.). It also has ice and water in the door, probably the biggest reason that Big Monkey wanted it!

Once the boys got the fridge moved into our house and returned the moving truck, they came back. In the meantime, I had been at the house with three kids. The kids were pretty good but a little crazy. Thankfully I managed to rig up the VCR to play a video for them. It seemed everyone was mostly settled in and so we headed back home. I spent a good portion of the rest of the night working on the two fridges. I cleaned out the new one and then started moving all the stuff over from our old one. I also ended up tossing quite a bit of stuff that had probably been in there just a little bit too long. Once I was done, the new fridge still looked rather empty (except for the door which has all our condiments and such). Big Monkey got the new fridge situated to the right spot and moved the other one out of the way. I took pictures of it and have listed it on Craigslist in hopes of getting it sold soon so we can get the money to our friends.

I’m sure we will enjoy the new fridge for a long time to come. I KNOW Big Monkey is going to LOVE the water and ice in the door part. And it means we can get rid of our Brita pitcher that sits on the counter (and that Big Monkey says we-meaning Amy and me-often forget to refill). I will be glad to not have to hear about how we forgot to refill the pitcher since he will now have access to the water in the door whenever he wants it!

The New Fridge

Looks kinda empty...and I went shopping!