Saturday, August 8, 2009

Gwen is 2!!!

Today was Gwen's 2nd birthday party! I had a ton of fun planning it, and I think it turned out quite well! We had some great friends come to join us in celebrating, but I did not get any pictures of those friends. So thank you to the Claysons, Beth, Hickmans, and Ubertis! Gwen had a great time!

First I have to thank Joan at Bitsy Creations for the wonderful invitations that she did for me! She is super fast and does wonderful work! I love everything she does! She's also a great friend of mine! Those blemishes are not her doing, I smudged out my address so its not on this public website.
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I made the sign myself!
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And I made this one - and the giant 2.
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Can't forget to post the hanging chinese lanterns that Brian complained about every time he hit his head.
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Tiny details -
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Candy galore
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I made the cake, triple layer, vanilla, chocolate, vanilla with an orange buttercream frosting.
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The whole spread.
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Homemade lemonade, grilled cheese and grilled cheese and tomato, cucumber sandwiches, and PB&J for the kids
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Homemade guacamole and store bought wraps (these were my least favorite thing)
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Birthday Girl!
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Excited big Sis!
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Singing, don't blow yet!
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Keep waiting - sorry Brian for the bad picture!
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Yay! Good job! She actually did it all by herself after a few tries.
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Its always a good sign when people eat it!
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We asked for no gifts for the party so we opened the presents after the party!
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How do I play with this dumb thing? She liked it a lot once the plastic was off!
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Now for the big one!
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I love the suspense of little kids opening presents! Its hilarious!
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Is it a good one?
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And its in another stupid box!
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Finally!
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Saturday, August 1, 2009

Apartment Pictures!!!

Finally we got that last shelf up! I kept telling myself to just post some of the pictures and do it in segments, but I really just wanted to do it all at once. I seriously took pictures of everything so hopefully it will be like a little walking tour. Warning: there will be a lot of pictures to follow!

Exterior, that is our garage!
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Welcome!
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Inside of Front door, to the right is the hallway closet!
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Hallway to girls' bathroom, the door on the left is the hallway closet next to the front door
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Girls' Bathroom, Naomi and I argued over this bathroom forever. She wanted pink, I did not, but we compromised on the shower curtain. The majority of the decor is a Naomi original!
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Note the princess stuff. I should have retaken this one because there is a pretty clock on the wall now that just fits perfectly!
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Close up detail of decorative towels.
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Dining area, front door is to the left, the wall with the giant clock will eventually be a WALL of clocks
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Dining area from kitchen
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Laundry room, I love this laundry room!!
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The BEST part! The Kitchen!!! Door leads to the garage
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Garage and naked baby
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Living room which is all open to the kitchen and dining, just the way I like it!
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This is the long awaited shelf, I love it, but still feel like something is missing in this area, any suggestions? I was thinking of maybe a tall plant or giant vase with bamboo or reeds in it?
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Patio, no furniture yet, but I would love some nice asian inspired chairs and a table with a large bamboo plant and red hanging lanterns!
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View, that used to be train tracks, but is now a road that leads into the complex, soon there will be all new landscaping and a sidewalk back here
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Girls room: its a surprise since its not completely finished yet. You see the couch to the left, so if it all connects properly, the girls room is right next to the front door.
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Sneak Peak of girls' room. I painted that! This is going to be the pattern throughout the room.
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Master
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More Master
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Office within Master Bedroom. It seems unfinished to me here too. I am contemplating buying a second table just like this one so that the desk runs the full length of the wall from the bookshelf to the door. Then we will have more working space. This is also before I tied all of the cords below the desk together - I hate stray cords! They are just so ugly!
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Giant walk in closet or Giant mess, Closet is to the left when you walk into the master, there is a hallway there that has the closet and then goes into the master bathroom.
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Oh yeah, I took a picture of the hallway!
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Master Bathroom, this is Brian's choice of colors, he wanted it as dark as it could be.
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Brooklyn Bridge inspired
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Close up detail on towels
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Master Bathtub, the girls and I played in here after we went swimming. We all fit quite nicely!
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And Naomi's new shoes! I love them; they are airwalks! So cute on her!
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And that concludes our tour for today!
Any critiques and/or suggestions are welcome! =o)