Hives!

****Warning****
Baby booty crack up ahead!

Well, Grace is up to her crazy antics once again! This morning she woke up covered in hives! It was pretty alarming when I took her jammies off and found a swollen, hot, hive covered back and booty. I called my mom immediately (love having a mom that's a nurse!) and sent her pictures of the poor baby. I gave her some benadryl and we started our day. I called the doctor to get an appointment. By the time we made it to the doc the original set of hives had cleared up, but new ones were popping up every few minutes. He isn't 100% sure of what caused them, maybe allergic reaction to her iron vitamin (because she's anemic...this girl is giving our insurance a run for their money this month!) or caused by a virus...although she has no other symptoms of being sick. Sure hope this clears up before our road trip coming up!

Party Pants

Brace yourselves, I made pants. I know. You're thinking, why Lori, I didn't know you could sew. Well, I can't...yet! My super cool and uber talented friend Yvette gave me an awesome step by step tutorial this morning (while our 4 unruly children dominated my house). I had some fabric laying around and whipped up some party pants for Grace in my spare time! Party Pants (n); pants with wild designs that make you want to party when you have them on. I am envisioning these with a cute applique shirt with a big G on the front out of the same material. We'll see how that goes!

And here's the party girl now!

Maybe one day this little party animal will get some fun pants too!

Crafty Week

Something came over me last week and I went nuts doing crafts! Here are most of my projects...

These are clothespins that I decoupaged craft paper onto to make an art clothesline for the playroom...stole this idea from a cute etsy store.



I found two barstools on craigslist for $5 and painted them gold (the paint was more than the stools!)



I painted my laundry room...it's hard to tell, but it's a bright turquoise green. I also painted the cabinet black and added a few accessories...still working on the finishing touches.



I saw this idea a ton while I was teaching, but Karson re-inspired me to do this one...rain gutter bookshelves! The whole project cost less that $15 and I did it all myself. Just get the guys at Lowe's to cut the gutter in the sizes that you want. One piece of gutter made 3 shelves 3 foot each.

I spray painted the toys baskets in Grace's room to add more color (they were white before) and then I attached fabric to the back wall of the shelves for even more color. I used liquid starch to attach the fabric... it peels right off if you get tired of it and all you do is wash the fabric and it's good as new!

Closer view of my "mod circles" fabric that I found on etsy.

Projects still on the to-do list....

paint the other stool

make pillows for the playroom from a fun Michael Miller fabric

make a burlap curtain for my kitchen

make a burlap runner for my dining table

spray paint a mirror and two lamps

there may be more later!!

Amazing Wedding

I know I've talked before about Micah's Aunt and Uncle's house in Alabama, but this weekend we were able to attend one of his cousin's weddings there! My pictures don't do it justice, but it was the most gorgeous wedding I've been to. Thanks Lauren for allowing us to be a part of your beautiful day!


The guests sat in the yard in white chairs and the wedding party was on the front porch. There was a string quartet under the tree to the left of the house. Lauren and her flower girls rode in a vintage car (pictured to the left also) behind the crowd and came down the center aisle. We parked in the pasture to the right. Annalee had the job of passing out the rice and favors. Lauren's husband is a dentist, so their favors were toothbrushes!



We had wonderful seats in the shade (thanks Terry and Jodie!) This was good, because I didn't even think of putting sunscreen on the girls!


The reception was at the back of the house. They had a blue grass band playing on the back porch. I didn't get a picture of the pool, but it was so pretty too.

They even built a special gazebo just for her wedding cake!

Me and Rachel with the gorgeous bride!

Our attempt at a family picture. Not too many of those around these days...hard to get everyone to cooperate at the same time! And yes, I chopped my hair off.....in Alabama, by a stranger (I was desperate!). She had a mind of her own with those scissors...wasn't supposed to be THAT short, but it will grow, right!

Grace's second plane ride. She did amazing on the trip. She stayed up past 10pm Friday and Saturday night (bedtime is usually 6:30) and she hardly fussed at all!

And again, our lifesaver for Annalee's in-flight entertainment!

Grace also rode forward facing for the first time on our trip, but isn't doing it permanently yet on a regular basis...still under 2olbs right now.