The Bathroom

You should know,  it's one thing to buy a few things to hang on the wall.  It's another thing all together to know how to arrange them.  With another opinion and after they had sat on the floor for a few weeks with Audrey reminding me daily that I needed to decorate her room.  I finally got these babies hung. They look beautiful.  

 This bathroom has been a nightmare.  It was Red.  A little too bold for me, and it made the bathroom so dark.  When Paul's parents were here we started peeling the paint off the walls because it was coming off in huge chunks.  I figured It was a win because it would allow us to start fresh.  Luckily we were able to finish half the bathroom while Paul's Parents were here.  The other half has had me sitting up here for hours alone chipping paint off in the middle of the night.  To be honest Paul has done his fair share too.  I just have more time at home.  I'm happy to report that I'm getting closer.  

I've been really pushing for this bathroom to get finished.  Maybe because I feel like it's the one thing holding me back from moving on to the next step in my life.  

We've decided that we want to adopt.  We're working to start an adoption profile on adoption.com.  I'm not going to say much about it, except for that I feel really good about it.  It's the first thing in a really long time that I have felt good about.  Why is the bathroom holding me back?  I keep thinking that having open light switches and plugs might not look very good to someone coming to do a home study.  I'm hoping to finish this week and then schedule the home study for next week.  

Wish me luck as I move into something new, and something that is a little scary for me.  It's mostly scary because I feel like every attempt I've made at having another child has yielded nothing but more pain in my heart, and a reminder every month that I currently can't have children.  This brings me renewed hope, but I'm moving cautiously as to avoid any let downs.  This time I'm relying on my faith and the spirit to move me.  We'll see what happens.  

My Silly Sassy Daughter

Every morning we check on Audrey's flowers to see how they're growing.  Every morning she's a little disappointed that they haven't grown flowers yet.  Some day soon little one.  I'm actually pretty impressed by their size.

She also loves taking pictures of her accomplishments.  We ran into a rather large ant while we were in the backyard today.  As soon as she noticed it she was on top of me.  We're used to seeing little ants. She insisted that this one was out to get her.  

 I've been meaning to check the lighting in our play room so that I can use it to take pictures from time to time.  It looks like it's going to be a good spot.  Check out those eyes!  And of course if you know Audrey, you have to have a little bit of silly and sassy too.  

This Little Girl

She hasn't been able to stop talking about her little brother.  I went to get her up from a nap and the first thing out of her mouth was, "baby brother!".  For the last year she's been telling me that she wants a baby sister so I asked her why she was talking about a brother.  She said they were both in heaven and then proceeded to tell me, "Mom you're going need two car seats".  

I'm not sure about the car seat thing, but I hope she knows more than I do.  

My little ray of sunshine.  

A Few of Her Favorite Things

Audrey's been wanting to go star gazing for a long time.  I mentioned it to her once and now she asks me about it all the time.  Unfortunately every weekend it has rained over the last two months. When I get the chance, my plan is to take her out far enough that she can see more than two.  I hope we can find a good spot.  I also want to buy some of those plastic glow in the dark stars and stick them to her ceiling like constellations.  

Today is another rainy day.  We've had a lot of those.  Perfect day for preschool.

 I attempted to explain to her that there's more out there than just the Moon, Stars, and Sun.  It might take a while to sink in.  Either way, she really enjoyed drawing her own Solar System.  If I was a more ambitious Mom I would make her one of those ones with Styrofoam balls.  Maybe someday I'll be that awesome.  She would love painting them. 

 The wall of Audrey projects.  She loves sticking a paper up here when we have finished, and it reminds her what we've learned about.  

Crazy Hair

We've been doing a lot of outside work lately.  We took a tree and a half out which was all Paul.  I won't take an ounce of credit.  He's awesome.  I trimmed back all the bushes and one of our other trees. We have plenty of trees to go around, even after taking the one out. We had more limbs than we knew what to do with.  While we're working in the yard, Audrey likes to run around and pretend like she's Elsa.  She likes doing what I call the snow dance.  Lots of ballet moves mixed in with crazy hand gestures.  The irony is that it's so hot and humid that she's sweating like crazy while she's screaming. "Look Mom it's snowing". I try to act surprised.  The neighbors probably think we're crazy. The good kind of crazy right?  I love how curly her hair gets, even if she spends just 10 minutes outside.  She always tells me, "My hairs a little crazy Mom."  I think it's cute.  Of course she needs a bath after it's all over.  

(pretending her blanket is a beautiful snow dress.  Yes she is still in her pj's)

Learning New Things

My Aunt came into town last month. I loved talking with her and her friend Chris.  They have been Mothers a lot longer than I have, which means they know a lot more than I do.  Every morning Audrey would come out of her room and they would read and play with her. It was like having my Mom around.  

I was talking about preschool one day, and they started talking about teaching their children. Annmarie's friend told me that she home schooled all of her children till college. She said she never went by a curriculum she just watched her children to find out their interests and she would teach them about those things.  Inspiration.

That was easy enough for me.  Audrey is interested in so many things.  She loves all things that have to do with flowers, the Moon, Stars, and Sky.  She loves to paint, and to sing, and I'm sure the list will continue to grow as I try to feed her love of learning new things.  

Today we learned about flowers and what it takes for them to grow.  We also learned about the parts of the flower, i.e.: leaves, stem, roots, petals, and the seed.  She got to plant her own flowers and water them.  It was so awesome to play on her interests and watch her excitement.  Everyday she wants to check on her flowers to see how they are growing and to see if they need water.  Maybe we'll try vegetables next time.  

Thank you dear Auntie for visiting and sharing your wisdom. I have thoroughly enjoyed discovering new things with this little girl. 

(Pay no attention to the door frame sitting on my back porch.  Lol.  Paul just replaced our back door.  Good times. Good times.)

 I inherited this beautiful Hibiscus plant from the previous owners of the house.  It makes me happy just to look at it.  Audrey has added this one to her watering rounds.  

 I have no idea what Paul is doing here. He's just handsome.  The End.  

Audrey's Room Repaint

 Yay!  I can't describe the happiness it brings me to have this done.  It was kind of a nightmare to finish the touch ups.  The last people didn't tape their lovely paint job, so after we painted the whole thing I had to touch up the ceiling and the moldings.  My shoulder has never been so sore as the day after I did the ceiling on this room.  That said, I'm so grateful that it is done.  It looks so beautiful.  

Sadly my camera is a 50 mm prime lens which makes it difficult to get a a shot of the whole room.