It's a good thing....

I don't know if it's because it's was just winter and I was in the house so much more, but my design mind is on OVERDRIVE.

I would love to take our kitchen from this:

To something like this:

Oh, how I love this island!  Makes so much more sense than the square one I have now.

house beautiful

and  the subway tile.... LOVE IT!

house beautiful

Doesn't this just feel so FRESH?

Southern Living

And our Laundry/Mud Room from this....

into:

Ahh, so organized:

Garden Web

Clean and bright

Better Homes and Gardens

or maybe hidden behind doors

Southern Living

Mmmm, but I do like this one:

that I found in this book:

Oh my, and this one

from the fall 2009 issue of :

And of course I wouldn't want to leave out our dining room.

So I'd like to take this room:

And give it a little board and batten detail like this:

as seen in the fall/winter 2009 issue of this:

by BH and G

Maybe, just maybe 2 out of 3 of these redo's will happen.....

soon.

and yes, my fingers are crossed.

15 months... at 16 months

Smiley went in for her 15 month appointment last Wednesday. And yes, like always, we were a month behind and she was 16 months when we went in ☺.

And now, for all of you finding it hard to sleep at night because you don't know her "stats" your wait is over.

Smiley:
Height: 32 1/2 " ~ placing her at 90%
Weight: 21 lbs 8oz ~ 25%
and
her head: 48 cm ~ throwing her into the 90th percentile.

She is:
Happy
Smiley
Busy
Stubborn
Loud
Loving♥


She likes:
Dancing
Singing
Playing outside
Reading books
Playing with her babies
Eating cookies

She:

Can say many words ~ MaMa, Dada, ball, baby, book, bus, no no, Zo Zo (for Zoie our dog) go, one, two, three, bye bye, more, snack and many more.

Sits down on the floor and quietly smiles at us when we say family prayers.

Did her first summersault last night then proceeded to do 3 more.

She loves sneaking in to the cabinets or Action's room and helping herself to whatever she can find.

Loves listening to her sister sing her favorite song ~Party in the USA by Miley Cyrus.

Hopefully you can all sleep well tonight now that you have all the details! If you want more of Smiley, you can see more by visiting these past posts :

6 months

9 months

12 months