Day in the Life - Friday

Day 2 of this 7 day series.  :)

Liam and I woke up at around 7:30 this morning.  I fed him a bottle while I ate a bowl of cereal (I'm talented like that.. ha!).   I'm actually trying to wean him right now and we're doing good with bottles during the day.   We watched the news for a bit until the boys woke up around 8-8:30.  I put coffee on and made them cereal and we all watched cartoons while they ate.  

The older boys have been obsessed lately with the little 99 cent hot wheels cars.  I'm glad a .$99 toy can bring them so much joy, but they're small so they lose them everywhere.  In fact, Brodie lost one in the ocean this past weekend.  Anyway, my point is that they're easy to lose and we spent a good deal of time this morning searching for a car that Rylan somehow lost in OUR (Brandon and I) bed last night.  Every night he comes down and tries to climb in bed with us, and every night we turn him away or I'll go make a bed for him on the couch.  Never fails. lol.    We did find the car though, so all was well with the world again. 

Liam laid down for his morning nap at about 10 and woke up at around 11.  During this time the boys played in their playroom with their cars, and I looked online for some things for Rylan's birthday. 

After Liam woke up at 11, I started lunch and Brandon showed up at around 11:30.  I failed to mention this yesterday since it was an abnormal day for us, but he usually comes home around then for lunch everyday.  I love that we live so close to his work and that he's able to do this-  1) it saves an insane amount of money and 2) it breaks up the monotony of the day for the boys and myself.   After lunch, Brandon headed back to work and we went out back to swim.

I also think I may have finally figured out how to take pictures of people with my new camera.  I've been having to take about 20 photos to get one good one lately - good as in non-blurry.  So annoying, but now they're all turning out halfway decent... at least, not blurry.. which I'm ecstatic about.  :)

I attempted to lay Liam down for nap number 2 around 2pm and he just wasn't having it, so I took him out with me to water my pumpkin and squash plants. 

We also vacuumed the area rugs downstairs.  While I was getting out the vacuum I found a box in the closet from Pottery Barn Kids, and it was Rylan's backpack that I'd ordered a few days before.  Talk about fast shipping... Brandon found it on the porch when he came home from lunch and just stuck it in the closet so Rylan wouldn't see it.   I had his name monogrammed on and it looks so cute, and I was super impressed with the fast turnover.   I may have to talk Brodie into getting a new one.

I took it out to take that picture, but it is actually still in hiding.  He really wants a superhero backpack, so I'm going to try and find a Captain America patch to sew on it before the "big reveal"  ha!

Anyhoo, Brandon came home a bit early from work, around 2:45, and we got the boys dressed (they were all running around half naked from swimming earlier) and we went to Lowe's for a few things.  We ended up buying paint roller sleeves, a gallon of paint for the staircase, some stuff for the weed eater, and a paintbrush.  We also spent some time talking to the guy at the door and window section and left with several brochures.  We'll have to get HOA approval on design, but we're hoping to pick out new doors soon.  You can actually SEE daylight under our doors.  Pretty sure that isn't energy efficient.  ha!
We also swung through the lighting section while we were there just because I'm in the market for a new fixture over the dining table and in the entry.  I look every time we go, which is at least once a week.. so I'm not sure while I look at all anymore, but I was happily surprised to see a bunch of new fixtures hanging.

I love this one because it is similar to those found normally in a chrome finish.  This is the first of this type I've ever seen in a darker finish, which is what we would need to not look completely ridiculous.  I'm not 100% sure it is right for OUR house, but I like it nonetheless.

I found these three fixtures to be really awesome because of the blown glass look and the filament bulbs.  I'm actually considering the 3 light one for over the table, but I held the photo up in the room and I'm not so sure anymore.  It might be a little too camper-esque.

I was really surprised to see this because it reminds me of a Restoration Hardware fixture for about 5 times the money.  Once again, probably not right for our house, but still really cool.

Does it make me completely boring that I think something simple might look best?  I still haven't decided.  We could put the small one in the entry and the large one over the table.

After that we went to Home Depot, but just I ran in while the boys stayed in the car with Brandon, and I picked up another gallon of paint.  Yep, we have colors picked out from all over town, lol.

We then came home and I started dinner while Brandon fed Liam a bottle.  I fixed hamburgers and sauteed squash for on the side.  After dinner I cleaned the kitchen, the boys were sent upstairs to pick up their playroom, and Brandon took Liam out to help water the front yard.

I started painting the walls near the staircase while they were out watering, and finished up while Brandon gave the boys a bath and got them ready for bed.  It looks sooo much better than it did.   This doesn't show too much but you can at least see the color.

I fed the baby and Brandon put the boys to bed in their playroom.  I'm hoping to head to bed within the next hour.  Liam was up a lot last night - I think he's starting to cut his SIXTH tooth, and none of us got very much sleep.  lol.  Hopefully we'll do better tonight.

:)  Courtney