A little of this, little of that...

These past 2 weeks have been a blur! Rowan is finally starting to get into the swing of things around the Love household. Although, she and Avalynn still fight like sisters :).

 And finally...Craig returns today! He's been gone for 2 long weeks to Boston for training. I hate being home alone and this single mom stuff is for the birds! Not having my mom here to help was tough. We did go spend the weekend with her though...needed a change of pace.

I was able to do a few projects around the house while Craig was gone. Not as much as I wanted because of all the rain we had! I swear it's rained everyday.

I'll have to upload some pictures later. I downloaded Google+ because I take so many pictures with my phone, but just can't get it to work.

I'm Back! and House Makeover

Didn't get many blog posts in before I went on a hiatus. Life just got busy! I have to say, much has happened since October. Here's a quick recap:

• Avalynn turned 2
• Craig switched positions with his company and is now a sales rep :)
• We officially put our house on the market
• I quit my job at the insurance agency
• My parents moved to Richmond Hill
• LoveBugz had its 1 year anniversary
• My little brother was married!
• I started keeping a little girl 4 days a week.
• And in just a few short days, Craig and I will be celebrating our 7 year anniversary!

It has just been non stop over here at the Love house. Now that I'm home full time and only sew during nap and the evenings, that leaves me more time for blogging! It will probably take me a little while to get back into the swing of things. I love reading all of my friends blogs so thanks guys for motivating me :)

I have decided to do a few "tweaks" to the house to make it have more of a cottage feel. You'll probably think I'm crazy with the colors I'm going to go with and if it doesn't look good, I'm blaming my hairdresser who gave me the idea!

House as of right now.

Right now our house is cute but it still has potential to be cute. I made wreaths similar to this to put on all the windows on the front of the house.

I have a bigger wreath withe forsythia in it for my front door. Next, this is were it gets crazy, I've decided to go bold and paint both porch floors black and paint my doors turquoise with a amber blaze like the picture below.



Of course then Craig'll screen in the porch like I've been asking for, for the past 4 years. Have you guys seen the play mat "rugs" on Pinterest? I bought some last night to paint but realized after I opened them these didn't have the border so I'm going to try and "trim" the edges off.

I, of course, can't paint so I think a simple chevron pattern will work for me. Thinking turquoise chevron and then outlined in yellow.

Ok, that's enough house talk for a post. I'm decorating some on the inside as well, but we'll save that for another day :).

Things that make me smile :)

I haven't been the best with updating Avalynn's baby book lately so I decided to document them in my blog so I won't forget these cutesy sayings. Avalynn this is for you ....  :) I'll need something to look back on and smile it when Avalynn's making me pull my hair out!

1. You say "I ready" repeatedly when you suspect we're about to leave the house, or anywhere for that matter. I guess you're afraid of getting left.

2. You wave your arms and say "sorry mama" usually when you've done something mischievous.

3. You have a special hiding spot in the dining room and if you cover your eyes, you magically vanish!

4. You have figured out you can crawl in and out of the tub and if I leave you for one minute I find your naked hiney running down the hallway.

5. As soon as Dad gets home, you immediately say "Bed" and run to our bedroom. You love playing in our bed with Dad.

6. You are starting to make sentences. "I watch George" " I no see Elmo" "Where it at" "I need juice"

7. You are obsessed with Disney movies, especially "Beauty and the Beast" (which just happened to be my favorite). For the past 6 months your favorite cartoon has been "Curious George". Nothing else seems to exsist when he's on tv.

8. I can't tell you this now, but even your fit throwing is cute..ha. You stomp your feet and roll your eyes like a 12 year old! Really? Already?

9. When we tell you to give someone sugar, you immediately start puckering up, even if you have to walk across the room to give the sugar. Those lips stay puckered.

10. Lastly, (because Mommy has a small OCD problem and have to have an even number on my list) you have started saying "love you" when you go to bed. It warms my heart.

Pumpkin Patch and Family Pictures

We met up with cousin Julianna Saturday at the Corn Maize/Pumpkin Patch. The girls had a blast but it was a little difficult trying to get them together to take pictures.

Sweet Cousins

"My Punkin"

I stayed up late Friday making her a pumpkin patch shirt. Love this one!

Not only did we get to pick out pumpkins but we were able to see farm animals as well. Avalynn is obsessed with chickens (bok boks) but she suprisingly was more interested in the house. She even fed him!

After about 2 hours here we had enough and headed home. Why is it that when there is something important to do, things never go our way? Avalynn fell asleep on the way home dispite my best efferts to keep her awake. When making the transfer to her bed, she woke up and played for the next hour in her crib. Which was just "wonderful" since we had family pictures later that evening.

Dana did her best but Avalynn just wasn't having it. Craig finally asked Dana to capture a "real" moment.

 This is what the entire hour of taking pictures was like. Not fun!

Terrible Ones

Whoever said the "twos" are the worst for fits was mistaken. As of lately my sweet Avalynn has been having meltdowns over the smallest incidents. As soon as I put Avalynn down to change clothes or her diaper she starts "ouch, ouch, ouch". Seriously? Then there's the issue of getting dressed. I'm all for my child picking out things for herself, but when she refuses clothes all together and wants to roam the world in a diaper, we have a problem. And that kind of attitude is what we've been dealing with. Throwing fits because she doesn't want to get dressed and saying "ouch" when she finally has clothes on. We've seen a lot more of time out and the "sad" spoon here lately. Hoping this stage passes or we can nip it in the bud. Please tell me this doesn't last long? I'm not sure how much more of my 20 month old's attitude I can take.

And so it begins...

I get amazed every day by technology

Just found the "blogger" app for my phone! Super excited that I cam blog and keep up with my blogs from anywhere! Gotta love technology!

Pretty like Mama

When I decided to start my business and work from home, I thought it was be great, I could spend all day with Avalynn and still make money. Oh my goodness is it harder than I thought. Avalynn is a very busy little girl and is always looking for "fun". Whether that "fun" being coloring on the walls, playing with babies, covering up with Mama's fabric or coloring with lipstick.