The Growing Caldwell Family

When we found out we were expecting again, we decided with Sarah Graves being 2 1/2 when the baby comes it would make more sense to move her to a big bed rather than purchase a second crib.  We started looking at some big box furniture stores and the more we looked at the furniture, the more we realized that the quality of the pieces were not that great for the prices.  I came up with the idea to repurpose the furniture that we had in our guest room that had been Aaron's when he was growing up and I think a piece of two had been his Dad's.  We have had this furniture all this time and Aaron would never let me paint it or change anything about it, but finally he relented and agreed I could make it into little girl's room furniture.  Thanks to my sister and Pinterest, I got turned on to the idea of spray painting furniture.  You can read these posts to learn more about how they painted their furniture here and here.   Clearly, the easiest way to refinish...

We had several inches of snow last night, so we are here with a winter wonderland.  In a few years it would be exciting to take her out to play in the snow, but today it is all about keeping her warm and cozy.  Here's the view at our house: Staying snug and warm. Just hanging out.

Although our focus has mostly shifted to baby and all the preparations for her, there are still some things that we are working on around the house. The formal living room has been a work in progress and is almost done. I picked out fabric and a curtain pattern and Mom was generous enough to make them for us. Dad came over on Saturday and used his engineering skills to get them hung. The whole thing was a tedious project for both of them, but they look so beautiful . We are really grateful for all the hard work that went into them! Here are a couple of pictures:

I mentioned that we have been busy working on projects around the house. The big project is one that Dad and Aaron took on for me. They converted some empty attic space off of our master bath into my dream closet. They started this project in February and worked on it on the weekends when they had time. I helped out with painting, but they did all the large work and I am really appreciative to both of them for it. Here are some photos of the space. I don't know which part I am enjoying more, having all the storage space for folded clothes or the pull out shoe racks! We also did some work in Aaron's closet to spiff it up a bit. He now has flooring to match mine, plenty of space for all his things, and his favorite part, a chair to sit down and put his shoes on. We also had new carpet installed in our upstairs. It looks nice, but unless you saw the old, stained up, white carpet, you probably wouldn't notice a huge difference. I'm just glad to be rid of all the stains that...