Happy Birthday Ian!

Happy birthday to our son! Here's his first year in pictures:

Birthday:

1 month:

2 months:

3 months:

4 months:

5 months:

6 months:

7 months:

8 months:

9 months:

10 months:

11 months:

1 year!!:

Holy cow! How did that happen!

This year has brought a lot of change, a lot of joy, and a lot of tears. We wouldn't trade it for anything! Ian, we love you so much!!!

Bedroom Makeover

For as long as I've lived in our house, I've HATED our bedroom. Troy painted it a really dark blue back when he was a bachelor, and while it was great for him at the time, I always felt claustrophobic in the man cave that was our bedroom. We finally sucked it up and spent a weekend painting. It's a bit tricky to do this with a baby, but we tag-teamed it and painted like crazy during nap time.
Here is the before (I always forget to take before pictures until we've already torn the room apart, but believe me, it was ugly!!):





























And here is the after:




























We just used the left over paint from our living room and bought some new curtains. Plain, yes, but I absolutely love it! I actually enjoy being in our room now.

We've literally painted almost every square inch of our house in the last year and a half, including ALL of the dark wood trim that took 3 coats each. The only thing left is our master bedroom...we'll see when that happens!