House Tour!

So I finally got around to taking some pictures of our new house!

I would have done it sooner but sometimes with a 1 year old it's hard to keep things clean....

I thought I'd do some before and after pictures so you can see the difference

Here's what it looked like from the outside before we moved it from Brooks.

Here's our house on wheels. And yes I do know how red neck that sounds....

Here it is out on the farm!

Hopefully we'll plant some grass next summer...Cooper sure doesn't mind all the dirt though. 

This is the Living Room before...

And this is it after.

 You can't really tell but the ceiling before had a popcorn texture on it. Matt wasn't too fond of it so we scraped it off, retextured, and painted all the ceilings. It was A LOT of work and I may have complained just a smidge during the process. But I really like how they turned out.  And I know it looks a little funny with no picture in the frame, but one day I'll get around to printing our family pictures off.....

This is a dresser that I refinished into an entertainment centre just before we moved in. I love that it hides all our DVDs from Cooper.

This is Cooper's room before. We weren't really crazy about the color...

So we painted it before we moved in.

We also put a new window in and put up most of the trim.

This is what the guest bedroom looked like before. I'm pretty sure they let their kids pick the paint for their rooms....

This room isn't quite organized yet, but I like the color a lot better. So far it's a craft/sewing/guest room that has Cooper's big boy bed in it hence the John Deere bedding.

Cooper's bathroom before.

And after. We really didn't have to do a whole lot with this room.

This is the kitchen before

And after. We put up some new back splash

And we found this great table at the Brick a few weeks before we moved! It's nice to not be so squished around such a small table anymore. 

Here's the computer desk before...

We put the same back splash up here. Just a heads up for anyone doing renos, probably make sure you have enough to finish the job before you start. We ran out 1/2 way through and it was a huge headache to find some more. Oops...

Here's the back entrance/laundry room before.

The previous owners had some very bold color choices.

And after. 

I would have loved to have painted back here, but I was a little sick of paint by the time we got to this room. 

The Master Bedroom before

As you can see to the left of the bathroom doorway is a very large window. 

Before we moved in there was not 1 but 2 of these windows so you could clearly see into the bathroom. 

So the previous owners figured they may as well take the bathroom door off too since it wasn't doing much good anyways. 

We have yet to put a bathroom door up, but luckily I married a very handy man who, after some complaints, fixed our window dilemma.

This is our bedroom now.

See, no more windows!!!

This is the ensuite before

And here it is after a little paint....

And some new tile. 

It was really hard to leave Welling, but we feel so blessed to be able to move on to this new stage in our lives.

4 MONTHS!!

I can't believe it's been 4 months since my last post! We've had so much going on lately so I'll probably have to do a few posts to catch up on it all. I'll use this one to catch up on this sweet little boy that I get to hang out with all day!

One big thing that's happened is WE MOVED! We bought a mobile home and have been spending the last 3 months renovating and moving into it! I'll do another post about that later but Cooper was a big help. 

He also started walking a few months ago and is so much busier! Now we don't have to spend our time outside with him crawling around like this

He's started talking a little more and understanding things too. He says Mama, Dada, Ball, and Shoes. Shoes sounds a lot more like 'Sooz' but its pretty close! If we ask him to get his shoes he knows exactly where they are and will bring them to me. That little boy loves spending time outside especially on his Gator. 

On Canada Day we bought a chair for me to hang out on cause I knew we'd be spending a lot more time outside. If Cooper sees me starting to walk towards it to sit down he makes a beeline for it. I think he likes it just as much as I do. 

He's growing up so fast and I love that he's getting so independent but I miss my baby! I can't believe that in just a few weeks he'll be in nursery! It's hard to not smile when I'm around him. He gets this goofy little grin on his face and it makes trying to discipline him very difficult sometimes ( he's gotten into this habit of shoving his finger up his nose and when I try to tell him to stop he just grins at me and I can't help but laugh! I mean seriously how can he be cute picking his nose!?!)

We had a party for my grandparents 50th wedding anniversary this week and my grandma turned to me and said "How is it that you have the cutest great-grand baby? Oh, I know. You have the cutest husband!" I'm sure she says that to all her granddaughters, but I have to agree with her. I got pretty lucky with these two!

Cooper's 1st Birthday!

Cooper turned 1 yesterday!

I still can't believe it's been a whole year already

*sigh* I could go on and on about how it feels like just yesterday when we were bringing him home from the hospital, but I'm sure any mom out there feels the same way

So I'll just share a few pictures of his John Deere party we had for him out at the farm

His invitations

Cooper's birthday cake Grandma Barb made

Centrepiece for the table

The Mason jars I painted to drink out of

Birthday banner

The birthday boy's chair

The food table

Homemade napkin rings. Have I ever mentioned how much I love my Cricut?

Cooper's smash cake

Daddy helping him open presents

Looking like such a big boy in his new camping chair

Loving his new rocking horse!

This is how Cooper started out eating his cake.....

And this is how he ended up!

It was a long night and somehow I never ended up getting a family picture!

So here's our very first family picture instead.

It's hard to believe he used to be this small! 

A big Thank-You to everyone that helped out for his party!

I didn't end up doing much besides the decorations...

Let's just say Grandmas are a wonderful thing!

And thank you to everyone who came out to help us celebrate Cooper's big day!

Valentine's Day

Happy (late) Valentine's Day!

We had a great Valentine's Day this year!

My boys each got me a dozen roses

Cooper got to play at Grandma and Grandpas while Matt and I went out for dinner

We went to Moxie's for dinner and brought home dessert from Firestone

It was delish!

I didn't get anything for Cooper for Valentine's Day :S

Luckily he got a giant marshmallow sucker from his grandparents

As you can see he thoroughly enjoyed it

Matt surprised me with a sewing machine the day before Valentine's!

A much better present than the Raspberry Miniwheats and gum that I got him...

I love it! I've always wanted to learn to sew!

This week I made some onesies for my friend Neechel's baby Roczen

Just don't look too close because I definitely have some improving to do

I've also started a quilt

It's a lot more work than I thought it would be

I also realized that I don't own an ironing board

No wonder Matt's Sunday shirts are always wrinkly haha

I guess I know what's going on my wish list for Mother's Day

Just to end on a cute note here's some pics of the cutest boy I know

I can't believe he's almost 1!!!

Happy Pre-Valentine's Day!

Ok one day I'll get back in the habit of regular posts

So this is going to be a major catch up

Which means tons of pictures

Lucky you!

First up on the list of course is Cooper!

He is a crawling machine!!!

I 100% regret the day I wished he was crawling

I'm amazed at how fast he moves now

And he can practically climb onto anything

The other day he crawled right across his highchair tray onto the table

Luckily he didn't fall but I've since learned to buckle him in

He loves to jabber too!

Sometimes I think he tries really hard to talk to us because he'll wait for us to ask him something before he jabbers away an answer

I about die every time he smiles cause he now has 4 teeth!

He's also started to scrunch his nose, show his teeth, and breath really fast through his nose all at the same time.

I know it's a weird combination, but unfortunately he inherited it from me of course

I was an odd child

He loves giving Mommy kisses but I'm always worried about those razor sharp teeth of his

I just know one of these days I'm going to get a quick chomp on accident

He loves his sleep!

He's been sleeping through the night for a long time except the odd night here and there when he's sick

He also loves his naps.

He still takes 2 sometimes 3 naps a day depending on when he wakes up so this Momma can't complain!

Now for the promised pictures!

In his Bruins hoodie from Grandma and Grandpa!

It's a good thing it was a Christmas present instead of for his birthday.
Already most of his 12 month clothes are too tight for him!

ORR #4

Waiting for Sunday dinner with his Grandpa and some of his uncles.
He missed his Uncle Wayne!

Trying on Grandpa Russell's birthday present with Torger

Grandpa with all his grandsons. He finally gets his house full of boys!

Cooper playing with Morgan and Tacie. He loves playing with those kids especially now that he can move around!

As for me I've been working of a few projects

I made a goal in January to make more of the things that I see on Pinterest

As many projects as I finish I still have a ton more to do but I love working on little projects!

The dresser before. In my craft room/basement hallway filled with spiders.

The dresser after! It's now sitting empty in my closet....one day I'll get around to filling it with my sweaters

The Valentine's Day craft Morgan helped me with one afternoon

Valentine's treats for Activity Days. Even though being in Primary and Activity Days it super busy I love that I get to use all my Pinterest ideas!

More treats for Activity Days

Ok this isn't really a craft but Pinterest has the best recipes!

Those are homemade Two Bite brownies.

Perfectly portioned

Best invention ever right!?!?

Oh yeah and they're topped with Strawberry Marshmallow icing and Nutella icing!

Not sure who invented Nutella icing but it was probably that 300 lb lady you just saw walking down the street cause that stuff is AMAZING!

Oh and by the way did you notice the sweet dishes those are on?

My mother in law got them for me for Christmas and I just LOVE them!

Here's a close up of our first dinner with them

Matt was so great to get dinner all set out while I was Visiting Teaching!

He even took a close up of the dishes cause he knew I'd want one. He's pretty much the greatest.

Now onto Matt

He's been super busy with work lately

But on Saturdays he's been able to go trucking for his Dad

He loves it and takes Cooper out to the farm to play with Grandma and gives me the day off which I definitely can't complain about :D

This weekend was the dirt bike races in Lethbridge

Even though Matt raced last year since he hadn't ridden since he broke his leg we decided it wasn't going to work this year

He got to go practice on the track on Thursday though and watched both Friday and Saturday

Cooper and I even went for a bit

Excuse the lazy eye. I caught him in the middle of blinking and my phone died as soon as I took this picture so this is the best we got. 

We took my Grandpa with us to watch and he loved it!

He even lasted longer than Cooper and I did!

Seeing as this is a Pre-Valentine's Day post I have to say some gushy stuff now so feel free to stop reading if that's not your thing.

I love my two Valentines so much!

I couldn't ask for a better little boy

Cooper makes me smile and laugh every single day

He's growing up so fast and I'm so proud of how much he's learning

I can't imagine what we'd do without him

It seems like life before Cooper didn't even exist!

I can't believe he's going to be 1 NEXT MONTH!!

He has the cutest little grin and such a fun personality, something I think he got from his dad

Matt is such a great dad

Cooper gets so excited everyday when his Daddy gets home from work

I love seeing those two together

I couldn't ask for a better husband

Matt's always making me laugh!

Ex. Watching the Superbowl together Matt turns to me and says "WOW they're thrower isn't doing so good!"

My reply "Yeah that's their Quarterback...."

In his defence he's not all that into football and I'd probably say something similar if we were watch Rugby but I love when those kinds of things happen

Mostly because he has the confidence to laugh at himself about it which is something I really admire in him

I love how hard of a worker he is so that I can stay at home with our sweet boy

We're so blessed to have such great family around us who are always willing to help out

And an amazing Ward family too!

We love Welling and the people in it

I know our life isn't perfect right now, but I'd say it's pretty close

Happy Valentine's Day!