Valentine's Day without my Valentines!

This Valentine's Day, I was in Denver with my sweet friend Anneke!  I was sad to not see my two Valentines on February 14th but I got to talk to them a lot and they got to have a candlelit dinner together... :)  And I got to spend good time with Anne! 

Romantic candlelit dinner!  :)

When I got home Sunday night, Aaron surprised me with a perfect Valentine's gift!! He (and my awesome parents!) had worked on Davis's big boy room while I was gone so now it's almost ready!!! I was SO excited. I'm not a huge gifts person, but all this hard work is definitely my love language!! Here is a sneak peak of Davis's soon-to-be bedroom: 

Aaron put together Davis's dresser!

And his bed!

My mom also helped a lot with the bed - she gave us a mattress, the comforter & the sheets!
Since it's hard to find a top sheet for a toddler bed, she bought a twin size sheet & cut it down to fit.  

Using his tools to help!  :)

Checking out the bed he's (hopefully!) going to sleep in in a few months.

And the biggest surprise was that Aaron & my dad put up crown moulding in his new room!!

This was the only room that didn't have it so I was really excited they added it!!

The Big Boy, himself. 

I'm already praying that this isn't what nap & bedtime looks like when he moves into a bed! Oh boy.

I'll be honest though. Aaron made my job look easy-peasy! He took great care of Davis for the week I was gone and had fun doing it... and he managed to set up most of Davis's bedroom.  There are definitely days I can't even manage to get dinner on the table.  I guess I need to step up my game!!  :)

Flooring the attic

Our attic was getting a little (ok, a lot!) cramped and we knew we were going to need to put a lot more up there once we made a guest bedroom into the nursery.  So Aaron and Matt got some more plywood from Home Depot & finished flooring the attic to give us more space.  And I'm so so so happy to have more room up there & to have everything cleared out of the soon-to-be nursery!!  Now I can't wait to get the nursery done!

We finally got the nursery almost cleared out...
(Thanks Kristen & Jessica for your help!)

But this is what the den looked like pre-attic floor!
Thankfully it only looked this terrible for about a day.

This extra space makes me so happy!!

So much more room for our junk  :)

I'm so thankful I have a handy husband & brother-in-law!!  :)

Snow Day!!

This winter has been remarkably warm, but it finally decided to snow yesterday.  :)  It really didn't snow all that much but it was enough to make Greensboro look pretty!  

Harvard Avenue in the snow  :)

Enjoying the snow day with my hubby!  :)  Side note :  Aaron was able to feel Davis moving for the first time last night!!!!

Before & After Pictures!

We finally moved into our house on July 29 and then it took about a week to get all the boxes unpacked & everything hung on the wall where it belongs.  Here are a few pictures of each of the rooms when we first bought the house & how they look now after 2 months of hard work.   :)  It's so nice to finally be living here & enjoying our home together!!

Front of the house: Before

Front of the house: After

Before

After

Backyard:  Before

Backyard:  After

Backyard: After

Backyard: After

Backyard: After

Floorplan:  Before

Floorplan:  After

Living Room: Before

Living Room:  After

Living Room:  Before

Living Room:  After

Living Room:  After

Guest Bedroom #1:  Before

Guest Bedroom #1: Before

Guest Bedroom #1:  After

Guest Bedroom #1: After

Guest Bedroom #1:  After

Guest Bedroom #2/Den: Before

Guest Bedroom #2/Den:  Before

Guest Bedroom #2/Den:  After

Guest Bedroom #2/Den:  After

Guest Bedroom #2/Den: After

Kitchen: Before
(they used it as a utility/laundry room)

Kitchen:  After

Kitchen:  After

Kitchen:  After

Dining Room: Before

Dining Room:  Before
(Obviously part of it was their kitchen)

Dining Room: Before

Dining Room:  After

Dining Room:  After

Guest Bathroom:  Before

Guest Bathroom: After

Guest Bathroom: Before

Guest Bathroom: After

Hallway: Before

Hallway:  After

Master Bedroom:  Before

Master Bedroom:  After

Master Bedroom:  After

Master Bedroom:  After

Laundry Room:  After
(We moved it out of the kitchen & into the master)

Master Bathroom:  After
(We added this bathroom in our bedroom)

Master Bathroom:  After
(We added this bathroom in our bedroom)

Home sweet home  :)

The coolest part about this house-buying and house-renovating process was that Aaron & I were amazed over-and-over at how God orchestrated the timing & the financing of this house perfectly and how we could see God's fingerprints all over this process!  I am also so grateful to my husband for all the hard work he put into our house this summer!!!   Thanks Aaron.  :)  I am so blessed.