Home Tour

Yesterday, Joanna slept the almost entire day.  Growth spurt perhaps?  And Vivian was obsessed watching youtube videos of people making things out of play-dough.  I was a terrible Mom allowing her to watch her 'peppa' aka Kindle all day long.  So while the kids were doing their own things, I got to cleaning.  

We had our new couch delivered yesterday for the kitchen area.  Word of advice, never purchase large furniture off the internet.  We ordered a different couch (Broyhill) back in April, not long after moving into our new house, from Sofas and Sectionals and that was a big mess.  When larger furniture is purchased, they send it to a shipping company to have delivered to your home.  Well, they delivered our couch to a company called Speedy Pack.  When they came to deliver our couch, a piece of the sectional was missing and another piece was damaged.  We refused delivery until they were able to find the missing piece and repair the other piece.  This was after waiting 8 weeks to be delivered.  Fast forward 2 more weeks and they found the missing piece and repaired the couch.  When they came back to deliver the couch, they only had 1 piece of the sectional.  They thought the rest had already been delivered to the house.  The piece they were delivering was the piece that was damaged that hadn't been repaired yet.  We refused delivery again and cancelled our order.  FYI, the customer service at Sofas and Sectionals is terrible.  B is still waiting for them to refund all of his money.  They only refunded him half.  A credit dispute will be happening next week if he doesn't receive the rest.

B went ahead and ordered a different couch from a different online company, Furniture Cart.  We received the couch in 3 weeks after purchasing, but the company they are contracted with, Ward Trucking, only delivers by a full size 18 wheeler.  What kind of residential neighborhood can get an 18 wheeler through?  Well, B had to rent a Uhaul and meet the delivery guys at Lowe's Home Improvement store to pick it up and we moved it into the house.  Lesson learned...never purchase large furniture off the internet!

I LOVE our house!  It has the best flow and perfect for our family.  The girls have plenty of room and mama has her dream kitchen.  We'll eventually change the counter tops out for something a little lighter, but that won't happen to way down the road.  The house was a spec home for the new neighborhood and was built six years ago, but only had one owner.  That guy only lived in it for four months until moving again for his job.  This house is practically brand new.  We I couldn't be more happier!

Guest Bedroom (Pottery Barn Bedding)

Guest Bathroom (Shower Curtain, Bath Mats and Towels from Marshalls)

Front Door Entry

Dining Room

Master Bedroom (Bedding)

Master Bathroom 

Living Room (Leather Couch/Chair, Coffee Table/Side Table, Entertainment Table by Thomasville  , Lamp from Pottery Barn,  Karastan Rug)

Love The Double Sided Fireplace

Linen Runner, Candle Holders From Home Goods 

Kitchen

Karastan Runners

Where We Spend Our Meals (Candle Holder from Pottery Barn)

Kitchen Sink Window

Kids Area ( Couch, Karastan Rug)

Where we spend 80% of our time, the back patio

time

Crib, Crib Bedding That Was Vivian's,  Tassel Garland

Dresser, Hello Sign (Color: Cotton Candy),  Mother Daughter Print

Trying To Encourage Vivian To Brush Her Teeth...Get A Sticker and The End Of The Month She'll Get A Prize.

Playroom

Kitchen, Vivian's Chair

Sisters Print, Frames From Home Goods

DIY ABC Wall Letters, Circo Fabric Drawers

Life Lately

We have been busy bee's around here since closing on our house on April 2nd.  With moving, cleaning, decorating, getting Vivian use to her new home and everything else, we are finally starting to slow down a bit.  

So happy the inside of the house is almost done.  Brian just has to work on getting the yard together.

Miss Vivian even has her own shelf in the pantry.  She can grab her snacks anytime she wants something.

My Mom and niece came over for a week after a few days we moved in to help paint the upstairs...aka, the girls area.  3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms were completed in 2 days.  The first day was a slow start, only tackled Vivian's room and half of her bathroom.  Day 2 we knocked out Joanna's room, bathroom and their playroom.  We even had a little set back when my Mom accidentally painted the top of the trim the wrong paint color and we had already taken the ceiling tape off.  Slight delay, but my Mom knocked it out!  She also finished making these alphabet letters which took a little time.  I think they turned out great!  I also love the paint colors I chose.  

The girls room and bathrooms, I decided on Behr paint color Pewter Vase.  For the paint color in the playroom, we did Behr's Silver Setting.  That color was actually our bedroom color at the other house.

  

After all the painting was done, we managed to get to the beach a few times.  Audrey couldn't come all this way and not go to the beach!

We also went to the Cole Bros Circus.  This was both Vivian's and Audrey's first circus.  Vivian was interested at first, but as the show went on, she wanted to walk up and down the aisles and hang on the back of people's chairs.  

After they returned home, we've been hanging outside as much as possible.  The weather has been wacky.  Cold one day and warm the next.

Now that we are settling down, its time to prepare for Miss Joanna Grace's arrival.  I managed to wash some of Vivian's baby clothes and a few other things to have ready.  We picked her crib up yesterday and her dresser will arrive Monday, which B's parents will get for us since its in Myrtle Beach and we had to rent a truck to get the crib.  We just need to put the crib together.  So ready to have her room finished. Can't believe we will be a family of 5, with Mr. Brody included, next month!  I'm a little scared and excited at the same time :)