A couple of updates..

So we have been hard at work on a couple projects around the house. I am definently starting to feel the pressure to get things done before baby girl makes her debut (or maybe it's just nesting!;) anyways, our biggest project that had been (almost) all the way tackled is the kitchen. The things I wanted changed in here was the laminate floors, old cabinets, a decorative front for the island, and last but not least a DISHWASHER! Jess has gotten to most of it but there's still the finishing touches that need done. I know what a guy!;)

   Here are my new cabinets. Yay!! I just am so in love with them! They are actually a garage sale find. They were an old built in that Jess took apart into cabinets. We scored them for $100. We still need to add some crown moulding up top the upper cabinets, put beadboard and countertops on the lower cabinets. I actually ended up tucking my garbage can out of sight in one of the bottom cabinets and LOVE that it's out of sight. James was a bit disappointed though as he loves throwing all my garbage, and even not garbage, away "for me." ;)

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Here is the decorative end to our island. I just love how it came together. That is chalked up to jesses handy work. He is seriously the best. The chairs I found at a garage sale for $10 for the pair! I would like to make cusions for the seats but am debating back and forth as it is so great that they are wipe able with a 2 year old!

You can also see here a pretty good shot of the new (well old, but new to us) floor. We took up the icky cheapy light colored laminate and just stained the old plank floors underneath! We both loved the results of that too!

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This dishwasher is probably my favorite new feature to the kitchen! Who actually knew they would save so much time?! Not to mention counter space!! She is second hand actually. Picked her up for $200<- happy Mother's Day to me!;)

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This is a shot of the kitchen when we first saw our house... Amazing what a little paint does, right?

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Another little before and after of the cabinets. (Once we get them finished I will post more pics!!)

So far the whole kitchen remodel has been around $400-$450 (including cabinets and dishwasher) I would love to eventually add marble countertops and a new sink but that is probably a ways off.

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Another couple projects on the to-do list are James toddler room and baby girls nursery... Actually we are going to be updating all our bedrooms upstairs. We are refinishing the upstairs floors in about 2 weeks so after that I will get started with the rearranging!

    This is a little taste of James toddler room. We got the walls/woodwork painted. These are some items I've chosen to go in his room. For his bday a little over a month away #tear. We will be getting him a teepee for up here! I just love love love the look of those and dear auntie shell said she would make it so we don't have to spend as much $$. 

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Baby girls room will be light pink, cream, grey, and gold with a hint of parisian elegance. Here is some goodies for her room. You can see the bedding behind the print. 

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I actually did splurge on her bedding from Restoration Hardware. Anyone who knows me knows that that took a lot of thought since I am literally the garage sale queen. (Pretty much everything I own is garage sale/ flee market finds) but omg the bedding was worth the splurge. It was literally the perfect color of pink. I only ended up buying a dust ruffle, bumper pad and sheet because my momma is going to make a grey quilt to go in her crib. We thought that would offset the pink well.

It's hard to tell from the pic but the sheet has little dancing ballerinas!:)

Well that's about it for now. Have a great end of your week!!

It's a..

Its a sweet baby GIRL!! Wow such a crazy feeling. I was in total shock. I thought we had another baby boy for sure. So happy! Bring on the bows, pink, and glitter;)

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Ordered these in a hot second!

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A little bit of nursery inspiration. Pink on pink of corse. I'm thinking of going the route of LIGHT pink,gold,gray,&white.

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A sketch if my sweet boys toddler room. #tears

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And our peonies are blooming outside..YAY!! I serious look SO forward to this ALL year!:) 

Bump update

I thought I'd get on and do a quick baby update now that I'm 17 weeks(today) also that we will find out the gender in 5 DAYS!!!:D I'm bursting at the seams with excitement about that!:)

Here is baby at 13 weeks

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This is Mother's Day at about 16&1/2 weeks. Both my two precious littles

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Here is 17 weeks! Yay

Gender: ??? A couple more days and we'll know!!:)

Weight Gain: 2 lbs

Maternity clothes: yes

Stretch Marks: plenty left over from last time, but no new ones yet.

Belly button in or out: in but flat and ready to POP!

Sleep: for the most part good with some pretty crazy dreams

Movement: more and more:)

Cravings: anything and everything esp spicy!

A little surprise in October

Well..I'm up to my old tricks of not posting very often. I do feel like I have a better excuse this time though! I haven't been feeling the best lately and heres a pic of the culprate below!;) hehe

Little baby blessing number 2!!!!

Little snuggle is due Oct 24. We just turned 10 whole weeks today! Jess and I are both guessing on girl this time around. We had a sono on the 25 and this little was a lot calmer in the womb than James was at this age. It just moved it's sweet little arms. We think baby was trying to wave at James!;) 

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And heres the big brother. He found one of my old Dolly's and was cuddling her. So we just know he's going to be a great big bro!!:)

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Also he's so responsible, helping momma with the dishes here! Love that guy!

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!:)

Changes to the dressing room

I'm back with some updates on my dressing room!:) Some of you may remeber the oh-so-lovely but covered by that awful polka doted, contact paper, type-crazy-stuff (before pics below)...well it finally got it's long overdue makeover this past week! *YAY* 

Here's the finished project below:

It is painted a very pale pink (marzipan pink from Menard's) with mercury glass knobs from good ole Hobby Lobby!!:)

Vanity lamps from a local French type farmers market (Moss Avenue) for 10 bucks

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Love the wood detail on the lower shelf

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{Before&After}

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{After}

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Now for a little more changes:

The Eloise shelf

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This adorable little punch-out tea set from an old Pleasant Company Angelina Ballerina book.

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I also changed out the rod iron full sized bed for this much smaller twin sized princess style bed! I LOVE it much more in this space. So much more room too!! I am picturing a cute tassel garland above the bed.

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That's all folks!:) hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!!

Snow Cream

So if anyone hasent noticed! We have a ton of snow outside here in IL. I have been seeing all these recipes for "snow cream." All seemed to have the same simple ingredients so I gave it a whirl. Man was it GOOD!!  

Snow Cream Recipie:

Alls you need are these few simple items..

About 1 C of milk or cream

1/2 C sugar

Sprinkle of salt

Maybe 1 tbs vanilla

Add fresh clean snow to mixture until ice cream consistency and there you have it!

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Little J sure enjoyed it!

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Thankful for these things on such a chilli day yesterday!!

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Last but not least...my baby boy pushing his "babies" aka stuffed animals around. I love this pic....I want to blow it up to a life sized portrait!:) happy Tuesday y'all!!:)

Hello 2014

Hello 2014, WOW! We have been blessed...I know, everyone reflects over the past year at this time of the new year. So obviously I have been...SO MUCH...this week...James first steps, words, hugs&kisses, birthday...another delightful year of firsts. I'm sad to be leaving that behind but am so excited to look into the Lords plans for our life in this new year!  

     So I thought I'd also share some of what the J Phillips have been up to this Christmas/New Years season. Yesterday we had a big Christmas/New Years party  for some friends and HAD.A.BLAST!!

{Toy Room Chalkboard}

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{Cheers}

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{Food bar before all the goodies filled the jars}

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{Beverage Bar}

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{my man and I at the party}

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Now for something completely random:

Merry Christmas to me! The Anthro carousel clock I was dying to have!! **hearts in my eyes**  yes it actually tells time!:) goes great in the toyroom!:)

Alright so there you have it...one of my NY resolutions is to blog more so I can stop the pic overload when I occasionally post! #hehe Hope everyone had the happiest of holiday seasons!!