The Painted Kitchen & Living Room

My lovely green kitchen

We painted the wall the beige/yellow so there would be a differentiation between the kitchen and the arch.

We did the same thing on the other side of the kitchen, it's a lot easier to change colors in a corner.

My lovely green arch.

My other lovely green arch. 

It's interesting how different lighting will affect the way a color looks. 

My awesome inset. From these pictures it looks like I used 3 different colors but the beige/yellow are all the same color. 

Random August Cuteness

This one's for you, Reed! :)

Peter climbed into this all by himself but did do it quite right... He's got both legs through one leg hole. It was all well and good until he was ready to get out and couldn't.

   

Peter loves shoes because he knows that when we ask him, "Where are your shoes?" it means that he gets to go outside and Peter LOVES outside.

Peter's first experience with sidewalk chalk. He had fun.

  

I bought this rug the other day and the first thing that Peter did when I laid it out was he came and laid down on it. I was even able to get this picture by asking him to lay down on the rug.

The newest, bestest way to play peek-a-boo.

 

Enjoying the intense monsoon rain.

Modeling the Christmas PJs I just finished and playing in his new pool.

Caught in the act of doing something cute.

He realized I was taking pictures and wanted to... I'm not sure...

    

He then decided that under my shirt was the best place for that book. 

  

27 Weeks Pregnant

Today I am 27 weeks 3 days pregnant. It's been a while since I've taken a picture and I thought it was about time. Random thought: I have this shirt in red and it was/is my favorite shirt to wear and I just happened to find the exact same shirt in black at the thrift store! I was really excited. 

Here I am barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen...

Here I am at 27 weeks pregnant with Peter. Again barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen...

You'll notice that I'm in the same spot for both pictures, but the picture taken today is a more green than before. :) 

I've determined that I'm one of those crazy women that actually enjoys being pregnant. I really don't get that sick during the first trimester (I feel a little nauseous with out actually getting sick) and I get my energy back fairly quickly during the second trimester. Now that the third trimester is creeping up on me I'm feeling great. I did have some joint pain in my hips and knees but I've been going to the chiropractor once a week and now my joints haven't really been bothering me. 

A few weeks ago I was stopped in Walmart by a cute little old man who told me that Peter was a beautiful baby and since I made such good looking kids I should have a dozen of them. This still makes me laugh. I was joking with Andrew about this the other night and I said that since I have such easy pregnancies and Peter was/is such a good baby (a good eater and sleeper) and we make cute babies, how would you feel about having a dozen kids? His response was, "I don't think I can afford twelve kids." He did say that the bonus of having 12 kids is that the oldest will probably be 24 when the last one comes and by then there's tons of other kids around to help with the younger kids. My main objection to having 12 kids is being pregnant and nursing for SO long, 9 years of being pregnant and 12 years of nursing. So I guess I'm saying who knows how many kids we'll end up having. :)

Sneak Peek

We painted our living room and hallway honey beige and I'm slowly working on putting the decor back up. So here's a sneak peek of how it looks.

The primary reason we painted is because we had the nasty flat white paint that the builders use because it's cheap and our walls were filthy with no real way to clean them. Plus I've never really lived somewhere where I've been able to experiment with colors on the walls.


I should also say thanks to Amanda and Autumn for inspiring/pushing me to get it done.