Spring has Sprung

My New Room

After reading my friend Sarah's blog about the cool things that she is sewing for her girls I realized that I really am such a lover of fabric. That being said, I don't sew.  Not. At. All.  One day when the kids are bigger I am sure I will get to it but for now I will just admire Sarah's projects from afar.

Recently, I found some fabric that was just my style and went perfect in my bedroom .  My friend Julie, who just happened to be staying with us for a few months, turned them into pillows for our bed.  In about a two day period we painted my whole bedroom and made pillows for my bed.  This room went from a catch all place that we didn't like being in to a warm, comfortable, relaxing space that everyone likes to be in now.

Of course I didn't think to do true before and after pictures.  I found this one on my phone that shows the color of the wall (that I hated) and our old bedding (that I did like but was worn out) and some of the random things leaning against the wall plus furniture that I didn't like before we painted (i actually like our furniture now that we have a new wall color).  Also notice the adorable girls.

 The picture above is in the midst of our painting.

 The pic below is the finished walls.  Ignore the mess please.

 The blue and white pillows that Julie made.  The material cost five dollars and we just tore apart old pillows for the stuffing.

We even had some leftover fabric that we put on top of our old dresser. 

Julie and Telia taking a break from painting.

Looking Back at Cai's 1st Christmas

Halloween 2012

I don't think I ever blogged about our Halloween this year.  Caius was 8.5 months old for his first Halloween.  Our neighbor and friend, Lauren made our costumes with the help of her mother.  The girls are M & M's and Caius was a M & M Fun Size Bag.  We had a blast trick or treating in our neighborhood with our friends.  It was cold so Caius went in early and hung out with my parents.

Picture Credit goes to my Dad, Terry Faith.

First Trip to See the Horses

Last May Caius got to take his first trip to Churchill Downs to watch the horses.  He went twice the week of the Kentucky Derby...lucky guy.  To be honest, he didn't really watch much but he was indeed there and we took a couple of pictures to document it.

Cai's First Easter

Looking Back-Sibling Love

His sisters loved him from the moment they met him for the first time. Ruby and Telia get a good look at their brother in the hospital last February.

Telia Turns 3!

At the beginning of November we celebrated Telia Abigail turning 3 years old. We had a great time with about 10 of her friends at her Minnie Mouse themed party.

Lots of sweet little girls 

We ate Minnie Mouse cupcakes and played pin the bow on Minnie Mouse. The girls played outside and all over the house.  It was great to shower Telia with attention this day.

Dressing Up

 We got to go to a few events this fall where the girls got to dress up.  At my friend Hollie's fall party they decided to dress up as Brave (actually Merida is the characters name) and a pumpkin.  I love these pictures

Farmyard Party

Ruby turned 5 years old in September and when I asked her what she wanted to do for her birthday she said she wanted to go to the farm.  My mom has a friend who actually has a farm with animals which is what she was referring to but I figured hey, lets just run with this idea.  So, we had a farmyard party.  We had a lot of fun and a lot of people.  Here are some pictures of that Friday night.

We had fun with the food.  

Below you will see Chicken Feed, Pig Tails, Straw and Wagon Wheels

 I think this cake was really cute and really easy.  Actually, icing an eggless cake was not easy but since they were supposed to be in the farmyard I figured it was ok if it was messy.

 The Dessert Table

 I put farm animals throughout the house for decorations

 It was really hot until the sun went down but the kids didn't care and played in our backyard the whole time.  

So thankful to have a backyard and a fence

 This is seriously not even all the kids that were there.  We are missing a couple of kids and lots of babies. 

 Instead of a pinata we filled balloons with one piece of candy and then made a little pointer that the kids used to pop the balloons.  They loved it and I think the parents did too since the kids only got like 2 pieces of candy.

 Me and my sweet friend Kristyn with Anna and Ella

 Caius with his Aunt Heather

 In the side of our yard we have a dog run...perfect for pony races.  Brian ran the races with two kids at a time.  They had a blast and did not even care who won.

 On your mark...

 Gift opening time got a little crazy...we had to do some crowd control