Living Room Re-Do: Part II - The FINAL Product

Phew...that was fun (in a strange, had to work harder than expected, way!)

We have had the same living room furniture/decor for basically our entire marriage.  And while I realize that isn't really a big deal, I get antsy and like change (in small forms...no more huge change would be fine with me).  New throw pillows, new picture frames, stuff like that.  But this year, it was finally time to go BIG with the changes to the living room. As a family of 5, we no longer all fit on our one couch, (or at our dining table...but for now the baby is in a high chair, so we make it work) our TV was starting to get fuzzy lines going through the screen (what do you expect from a SWEET 27" old tube tv?), my throw pillows were starting to come apart at the seems...and since I'm such a seamstress I didn't do anything about it, and basically everything was just starting to feel worn out.

So...I changed it all!  YEAH!  We sold, bargain hunted, exchanged, rearranged and bought.  And our living room is now complete.

So I went back to when I had taken pictures of the living room when we first moved here and tried to take the after pictures from the same spot in the room. Unfortunately it's been GLOOMY around here, so the lighting isn't good.  I did my best to do a quick brightening of them with a photo editor, but it's the best I can do.  

So...I give you the transformation!

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After:

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(Not much changed except finally hanging up my new shelf I got for Christmas.)

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(This isn't in the same spot in the room anymore, but this is the new entertainment center...boy did my husband get SPOILED.  He's lucky he found such a ridiculous deal on this stuff.) The lighting is TERRIBLE in this picture, it's a dark hole of a corner.

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(Not much change, still a bit of a catch all for stuff. :P)

A better shot of our sectional that we are LOVING!

And a close up of my crazy pillow that I fell in love with and got.

We're loving it!  The couch is great, although everyone still tends to congregate on top of each other near the chaise lounge part.  The TV is a HUGE improvement from our old one, although even with the size of it the kids still sit right up close.  It just feels nice to have a "big change".

A Break from Working

 We took a little break from working on the living room  to play outside today.  It was definitely much needed.

I tried to take the opportunity to get some 1 year old pictures of Addison (a couple months late)...that went a bit like this:

Catch me if you can!

Hey, what are the neighbors doing?

Not willing to let go of the ball, even when trying to stand up.

So then I remembered how much she loves the trampoline, and thought for SURE I'd get some good ones on there.  No worries, the tramp has a net enclosure and I risked my life and well-being to get on the tramp with the children. 

At first I wasn't so sure I was right about her loving it.

But THEN she started having fun.

Unfortunately "fun" doesn't always equal "good pictures".

(Brielle isn't as close to Addison as the picture looks, she is not about to body slam the baby.)

Staring at the ground laughing

Then Claire was the "monster in the middle".  She took the role very seriously.

But the monster got a little flirtatious. 

Brielle finally stopped long enough for me to get a picture of her.  She's growing up TOO FAST!

SO glad the rain stopped and the sun was out today.  

Definitely helped pass the time and make some kids a little happier.

Now...back to work.

Living Room Re-Do: Part I

Busy.

Sick kids (what's new?)

Rearranging furniture.

Bartering,selling, haggling, buying, exchanging, annoying, happy, excited, waiting.

So much left to do, those design shows that get it done in 30 minutes are obviously not reality. 

Considering painting now?  No...too much work.

Pictures coming...eventually! 

(When we get the last few touches...seriously, this takes longer than I thought!)

Little Curly Sue

You may notice an EXTREME lack of pictures of both Addison and Brielle on the blog lately, and an abundance of pictures of Claire.  The reasons for this are:

1. Brielle has decided she hates having her picture taken. 

2. Addison is crazy...getting pictures of her is HARD. 

3. Claire is OBSESSED with having her picture taken and strikes pose after pose after pose while I click away.

Anywho, I am trying to remedy that a little and am going to make a better effort to get pictures of ALL the kids.  (I still really need to try and get a good 1 year old picture of Addison done...and she's almost 14 months old, oops!)

Anyway, here are some cute pictures of Addison.  Her hair has really started to curl a ton lately (which I'm LOVING) and it makes her even that much cuter, if that's really even possible.  It's especially this way when her hair is nice and clean right after a bath.

 Her eyes are starting to get a little lighter and are looking a little more green lately.  They are definitely not blue like we thought they'd be when she was a newborn, and for a while they've been quite dark.  But just recently we've noticed they seem to be lightening up a tiny.  They're still darker than the other girls for sure.

Oh, and she's obsessed with toothbrushes.

And HERE is a video of Addison getting her hands on a sour candy.