House- Before and Afters! Finally!

I am FINALLY getting around to posting pictures of the house. Mainly because it is just now in shape to take pictures of! I had such a sweet baby shower yesterday which also served as a great way to get everyone over to see the house. We are SO much closer than we were in January and it feels SO good. We are going to take a few nights and finally focus on getting ready for baby! Like, pack some bags, get the bassinet ready...just in case! I hate being unprepared so these bags could sit for the next 3 weeks but thats worth it to me! Anyways this post will be about the house and total picture overload but then when I get a second wind Ill post about my shower. Our sweet Owen was spoiled and it was so great spending time with family and friends!

Here is the family Room before....
Family Room After...

We painted all the trim a white, painted the walls a beige and painted the fire place the color of the walls. I love how the fire place turned out.

I love hanging pictures this way. SO much easier then figuring out spacing and hanging on the walls.
Kitchen Before...

Kitchen After....
The kitchen really did turn out so pretty. Right now- Jeremy and Dan are working on our counter tops. Our garage is filled with concrete but they look so good. I cannot wait to get them on!

Master Bedroom....
I dont really have any before pictures....it was just a big empty room. We havent painted in here and not quite sure when we will. That is very low on the priority list but maybe one day.


One of my favorite rooms is the master bathroom. I love a good bath and this is perfect! Its so nice and roomy!
Master bath before...

Master Bath After...
My mom spray painted this vanity and it turned out beautifully!! It looks BRAND new! The green carpet had to go too!

I loved this little project. Jars from Hobby lobby- $4 then 50% off. Knobs were $4 and 50% too. Jeremy screwed holes in the top and look how cute! Now I just need to fill them!


Kids bathroom before...

Kids bath after...

sprayed the vanity dark gray
This bathroom was my moms project- she literally did this bathroom in 2 days. She works as fast as the people on those DIY shows!
A friend of mine is using this fabric for the bedding for her little girls room- as soon as I saw it- I fell in love. Its adorable!
Hannah painted this elephant- it was the inspiration for the gray and yellow!
Hannah's Room....Its really pink but she's only a little girl once, right? :)

I absolutely LOVE this pinterest idea. Rain Gutter bookshelves. SO Easy and SOOO cheap!! Hannah loves picking out books and sitting in her chair.


Downstairs bathroom- I dont have a before but it had a wallpaper border and the vanity was a dark brown. We painted it black and changed the mirror and lighting.


Here is the entry way before... we put all new hardwood in the entry, kitchen and dining room. It turned out amazing!

and after...

love these door knobs we found at hobby lobby!

Living Room before...this is now Hannah's playroom- and we LOVE having the space- so does she!

this isnt the best after...we've added blinds, and a curtain rod with cute little clips to hang all of Hannah's school work. It is usually a mess but worth it!


Dining Room before...


Dining room after...

We are still trying to find decorations for the dining room but its not really a room we use but nice to have!

Here is the deck- we spend alot of time out here on nice days. Hannah usually eats her dinner on the deck and we blow alot of bubbles out here!



And here is the front. I took this picture this morning and its not the prettiest morning so it looks gloomy but we have done a few things. Jeremy is working very hard on the yard....its a huge project, they never took care of it. We also painted the front door black and removed some odd looking landscaping. It does look much better!!


So there is most of the house. Owen's room is coming along and my craft room is really just a room with craft things everywhere. We will work on it this summer when we have more time. The basement is in great shape so we just added our old family room furniture and made the guest bedroom cute enough for visitors! Its really coming along and we are REALLY happy here!!

35 weeks!

Here we are another week later- its literally flying by. I know I say that every week but it really is. We have been consumed with the house and a very busy toddler to even notice where the days go. Usually we just fall into bed and I dont even remember getting in! I couldnt be more thankful for how awesome Hannah is sleeping right now. That child loves her bed! Now- our mornings may be hard (thats actually an understatement!!) and our evenings are quite challenging as well but when she does crash- she crashes! She is sleeping 12 hours every night and when I go to get her out of bed to get ready for school she cries because she doesnt want to get up. Yesterday morning I even had to dress her and put her back in her crib. Poor girl!!
But anyways- here we are- 4 weeks away from our sweet little Owen and we cannot wait! I am going through a million lists between house projects that need finishing and what to pack for the hospital. I have this weird feeling he is going to come on his own and I wont be prepared. So starting next week we are going to focus on really getting ready for baby! We saw him this morning at another ultrasound and I swear he looks like Hannah! This wasnt the high tech 3d one but when she scanned over his face it just caught me off guard and I looked right at Jeremy and was like ohmygosh- its Hannah! Of course, not sure thats the case but it could be! We got the cutest picture of his lips, nose and cheeks, and they look chubby!
One more week and we get to see how much he weighs. Im excited about that!
All is well though- just getting alot more uncomfortable as the days go on. Right now I feel like I did 300 lunges. My legs and hips are so sore I can barely walk. Thankfully the end is in SIGHT!!

You may not be able to make this out but the dark spot in the square are his precious lips! I love his cheeks!

The house is actually making so much progress. I am having a sweet little "sprinkle" on Sunday thrown by some very sweet people! And we decided to do it at my house because it was the perfect opportunity to get everyone over to see it! And it gave us a deadline too! My mom and I work for deadlines. If we didnt have a deadline we'd never get anything done! She is on spring break this week so she has been a machine! Painting the front door, painting the kids bathroom, making curtains, you name it. I dont know how she does it! Jeremy and Dan poured the concrete for the counter tops last night so I am hoping those will be ready by Saturday. They will be so neat! I cant wait to see them. Its definitely all coming together. I hate to say it but since we have worked on this house since Jan 27th we are SOOOO Beyond ready for it to be done. Not that we think it will be 100% done before May 8th but all the major things will be done. We are ready to enjoy our weekends and not spend every waking moment working on something. Im pretty sure Jeremy never wants to see another cordless drill again!

Easter Weekend!

We had such a nice weekend this weekend- we always have so much fun getting together for holidays. We enjoy lots of great company and lots of great food! Hannah wasnt quite sure what to think about her Easter basket at first but then she really got into it. We were eating animal crackers and blowing bubbles at 9:00 in the morning. She loved it! Then she laid down for an early nap which was actually perfect to make it to my parents house for the Easter festivities. Everyone was there which makes it even better! We had such a nice meal and enjoyed everyones company. We had a great time watching Hannah search for eggs- she loved it too! I was so excited to see how into it she was. They had an Easter egg hunt on Friday at school so she knew what to expect! Overall it was just a nice beautiful weekend. Filled with family and lots of quality time together. We even made it out to dinner with Matt and Lindsay on Saturday night and Hannah was on her best behavior. I was so impressed! This is probably picture overload but I swear I havent taken pictures of this girl in ages! She doesnt sit still long enough anymore and physically I cant chase her around right now. My sister knows my love of pictures so she is awesome in helping me get some pics of Hannah. We got some cute ones :) I LOVED her Easter dress. Of course I had to add a monogram- why not?!? These are in no particular order- I dont have the energy to sort through them all. We just put Hannah down and Im not far behind her! (yes its only 6:45!) Entertaining 12 people is hard work!


One of my favorites. I just look at her and Im so thankful she is all mine!
Hannah loves Brinkley!
She also had her fair share of jellybeans!

wearing my dads shoes :)






She loved hunting for Eggs!
She was tired of her dress and being a little lady!



Going back through her eggs!
Her favorite bars!
still waking up! (told you they werent in any order!)
Sweet little girl coming downstairs!
Happy Easter Hannah! Next year there will be a blue basket right next to hers :)
Easter 2011- Can you believe it?!?

34 weeks & our little guys name :)

Yesterday we got to see our sweet little guy on an ultrasound and they confirmed he is still a boy- Jeremy is so proud :) And that he loves to keep his arms up in front of his face. We could barely get a look at his face at all. But he looks great, did all the things he was suppose to and now we get to go back every week for an ultrasound. I sure am happy to do that! Things are just flying by. We have 4.5 weeks left! I have one month left of work and then show time! Its all really sinking in. Last weekend we had friends over for the UK/UL game and there was a six week old baby there and Hannah LOVED him. Now maybe she loved him because he wasnt sticking around forever but she couldnt get enough of him. She wanted to pet his little head, and had to hold him in her lap. She kept saying, "yap, yap" until we let her have him in her lap. She was very sweet with him. I hope she is just as sweet with her brother!
Im still feeling the same...I was pretty happy with my weight gain so far. I know you really pack on the pounds at the end so Im hoping to keep it under control. Although lately I have found that if I eat a big lunch I am not interested in dinner. Poor Jeremy- most nights we have sandwiches. I usually pass on dinner and dont feel like cooking at all either!
We have decided on a name- we've actually had the name picked out forever but on our list of 8 million things to do we just never made it official. I made it official the other night by monogramming his initials onto a bib. Everything he owns will have his name on it :)

Here I am at 34 weeks...hanging in there! And below is a picture of his chubby little hand! I love it!

Our sweet little boy will be
Owen Craig Adkins.
Owen is a family name from Jeremy's side of the family, its actually Jeremy's middle name. And Craig is my dad's name. I think its the perfect way to tie in both sides of the family. I think Owen is the sweetest name and not too common but common enough. We already love him so much!

4 years ago (yesterday)

4 years ago yesterday my dad was diagnosed with Stage 3 throat cancer. Imagine that news on April Fools day?!? I am so beyond thankful and grateful that 4 years later he is here with us today. I know others dont always win the battle. And a battle it is. Over the last 4 years he has battled with so many side effects from the treatment- lets just say he barely eats anymore. His main source of nutrition is through Ensure supplement drinks. He has pretty much lost of all of his salivary glands, so he deals with a dry mouth constantly. Could you imagine not being able to make your own saliva? Since radiation was right around his jaw he has lots of bone problems in his mouth. Thats just to name a few. His whole life changed and so did ours. But Im so thankful that 4 years out he is cancer free and all his scans have come back clear. We've had lots of ups and downs over the last 4 years with such a devastating disease. Everyone knows someone with cancer- its just not so rare anymore. I thank God each day that my dad is here to watch my kids grow up and watch me be a mother. There is nothing that makes me happier than my family. We continue to pray that his cancer never shows back up!

This weekend was productive and fun! We didnt spend the entire weekend working on the house which was so nice! We worked on getting some things done on Friday and Saturday morning then we cleaned up and had some friends over for the UK/UL Final Four match up. It was so fun to finally have friends over to our house that we have worked so hard on. We still have some big projects in the works but it just felt so good! UK will be heading to the final Championship game- as a UL fan I am very happy to see a team from KY in the final game. However, I will not be burning couches or turning cars over in celebration!!
Sunday Jeremys mom, sister and neices and nephews came into town. We took the kids to Gattiland and wore them out :) Hannah was exhausted! Both Saturday and Sunday night she was telling US that she was ready for bed. My sweet little sleeper!! Today she is heading back to Owensboro for a few days to spend with Jeremys family. I know she will have a blast and will enjoy lots of quality cousin time!! Im going to miss my little nugget but we plan on getting some things done around the house that are a little harder with a two year old and maybe a date! We havent had one of those in ages!