I'm baaaaaaaacccckkkk!

 Heeeyyyy everybody!!! I've missed you. I wish I could say I was back for good on the regular, but to be honest I had to force this time into my schedule. But the good news is that I was able to make some time and I have the most fun stuff to share with you. In the midst of my full-time job, my part-time Zumba instructor gig, and being a momma I managed to sneak in some DIY home projects! (with the help of the hubby, of course) So, Noah turned 6 months old last month and we hadn't even gotten her a highchair yet. Yikes, we're bad parents, but I decided to look around for some good deals because we really didn't want to drop $100 on a highchair, and I found a wooden Eddie Bauer one on craiglist for $30 like this one....

I arranged to go get it and the lady texted me and said "Oh by the way....it's in bad shape"---so I decided to give her $20 and refinish it myself! It took some good sanding, priming, painting and sealing but I ended up with a dang cute highchair for my little monster. Here it is after the first coat of paint...

I went with a shade called "avocado" I've been wanting to add some pop of color into our house lately and this was the first step! Here is the finished project....

Hmmmmmmm, I don't know about you but I think it's still missing something.....

The little monster herself, and of course we had to christen it with a bowl of cereal, as seen below...

My friend, London, had an old wooden highchair in storage that she decided to refinish along with me....she had some pretty cool detailing on hers and deciding we should hand paint it different colors, here it is in the 'work in progress' stage:

The hubby decided to tackle a pretty big project, too. He decided we would try DIY wainscoting in our billiard room. It turned out to be a lot bigger project than we expected, and we were lucky that our brother-in-law had a free weekend to come and help. Here it is after the wood work had been put up and puttied...the walls were originally a burnt Sienna color and we decided to go with a gray called London Fog...

Notice Noah in the exersaucer giving us moral support while we were hard at work! We had Alan Jackson Pandora station on and she was bouncing around and dancing for us while we painted! Here is the finished product!

I think it turned out really classy! Now we're on the hunt for some fun wall art to add some funk and color to the room! 

Here's my little monster in her exersaucer, she LOVES bouncing in it....she's rocking her new do which is the round tuft of long hair on top of her head up in a rubberband with a bow....I couldn't stomach the comb-over anymore, the top hair was SO long and brown and the hair she has growing in is blondest blonde she was starting to look like a skunk!

Here she is giving a serious look-she didn't feel too well, but I think it's a funny picture, it looks like she's about to say: "Oh no you dih-unt!"

I know what you're thinking, and yes, that is an "I <3 Vampires" tank top. It was a gag gift from my mom one Christmas and I only wear it when I'm lounging around...I had it on while I was painting the highchair because I didn't care if it got ruined.....it was just peerrrffect that my neighbor I hadn't met yet came over and introduced herself to me while I was wearing it. Mortified. I did my best Southern Belle and flung my hand across my chest and said "Oh my how wonderful to meet you!!!!" all the while covering up the vampire slogan and silently hoping she hadn't seen it yet.....she probably went home and told her husband not to let their kids trick or treat here next year, haha!