Happy 2nd Birthday Mallory!

Last Sunday we celebrated my niece, Mallory's 2nd birthday!

Here are a few of the pictures from her "Tea for Two...Two for Tea" party.

You think she is excited about being 2?!?

The menu includes this adorable teapot cake, cupcakes, pumpkin bread, fruit and some delicious chicken salad sandwiches!

She was such a ham while eating her cupcake...definitely put on a show!

She enjoyed it much better than last year when she had an ear infection and was completely uninterested in having her party...

Modeling her new swimsuit!

She loved her new dressup clothes!

Meyer Men...minus Neal

Look at the mischief in those eyes---I think she's going to be a handful for her parents (and her new baby brother or sister)!!

Yes, that means I get to be an Aunt again in July!! Woo hoo!

New House

We may have officially lost our minds this time

OR

maybe we are finally getting smarter.

Who knows?!?

You can be the judge of that over the next year while we renovate this gem...

Yep, you guessed it---we bought the beauty pictured above.

And if you think the outside is nice wait until you see the inside...

(Please pick up on the sarcasm---we are well aware that this house is terribly ugly)

I mean really, how could you resist the monkey on the front door!

Living Room

Looking from Kitchen to Living Room

Kitchen

Classy, huh?!?

Now we move on to the hallway.

Water heater closet

And on to the bathroom...

Don't you just want to come take a shower at our house?!?

Master Bedroom

Poorly sheetrocked and painted navy from the ceilings to the floor...

Guest bedroom AKA previous little girl's art project

Garage

Shop/Garage

Future Laundry Room...use your imagination!

Future bathroom...

The vines add character....right??

Man Cave, Office, Storage, etc.

Nice size back yard

Oh and I forgot to mention, we have to move in

60 days from closing!!

No big deal right?!?

We welcome all help....ahem, I mean free help!

Porch Addition

I have been feeling pretty 'blah' about blogging lately but oh well...

I will go ahead and post about our back porch addition as promised a while back.

Here is the best before picture I could find. No...we don't normally have that much of a mess in our back yard---we were heavily trimming the pecan trees so millions of little trees wouldn't pop back up in our flower beds come spring!

They probably will anyways...
Framed up
Slow progress...
Nathan acting like he was working...
After lots of caulk, fresh paint and tedious porch railing painting it is finally finished!
I enjoyed it much better when it was decorated for Christmas!!Unfortunately this dreary, cold weather has given me no decorating inspiration so it looks pretty sad right now...

In the midst of the last project, I got motivated to finish a project that was long overdue.
Painting the front door.
(It wasn't quite this bad but it wasn't pretty---this is after some sanding & lots of paint peeling)
What do you think about the new color?
Well, that's all for now...maybe I will post something more exciting in the next few days!

Oh and to end on a high note...
He just melts my heart!! Isn't he precious?!?