30 by 30: final verdict

The finals on my 30 by 30 list.

Have 2nd baby.

2013 - Haha! God willing not anytime soon. I'd say closer to my 29th birthday.

2015 - Right on schedule, baby girl is due this September.

2016 – Haddie-Lynn made her debut September 9^th.

Get current with scrapbooking. I'm working on 2010 right now {and by working I mean that's where I stopped right before I had Quinn...}.

2013 - Ummm haven't touched it. I keep trying to get the room cleared so we can paint and organize and I'll have my space again.

2015 - Allison and I were skyping on Thursday nights and then back in February did a marathon weekend. I believe I am now halfway through 2012.

2016 – Allison and I had another scrap weekend and I finished 2012.

Get 2nd holes pierced in my ears. I want to be able to wear the diamond studs the hubs gave me everyday.

2013 - Nope, still chicken.

2015 - Annndddd, still not doing it. Probably should just cross this one off the list.

2016 – Still nope.

Establish a workout routine.

2013 - Doing it! I'm working out 6 days a week following the Bikini Body Mommy Challenge.

2015 - Well I had joined Planet Fitness and was trying to go minimum 3 times per week. I was mildly successful until I got pregnant. Now I'm trying to find the energy to start again.

2016 – Try, try, try again. I have a new fitbit and am logging my food in my fitness pal.

No credit card debt.

2013 - Two of my three cards are clear!

2015 - There's a little something on all three cards…whomp whomp. 

2016 – One card is clear and working on the other two.

Visit five new places.

2013 - Nothing yet, but we are planning on going to Savannah for our anniversary.

2015 - We did end up going to Savannah and we just returned from Beaufort this past weekend.

2016 – Savannah and Beaufort ended up being it.

Read the Bible.

2013 - I'm still following She Reads Truth on and off.

2015 - Fell off the bandwagon completely. 

2016 – Started Bible journaling and really loving it.

Own a beach house or have an awesome rental.

2013 - We are trying a new rental on Isle of Palms this summer. Fingers crossed we'll want to use it again the next year.

2015 - We switched to Hilton Head last summer and we are renting the same condo this summer.

2016 – Going to HHI again this summer but trying a new condo.

Join Junior League.

2013 - Nope.

2015 - Still nope and probably not likely with a baby on the way. 

2016 – Still a goal but more likely in another year or so.

Maintain a size 8 figure {almost there already!}.

2013 - Done! I actually fit into size 6 jeans and size 8 dress pants.

2015 - Before pregnancy I was teetering between an 8 and 10 soooo not the best. Hopefully I can do better after baby comes. 

2016 – Giving myself grace after having my second baby, but working towards eating healthy.

Sew ten projects for me.

2013 - Does pinning ten new projects count? No?

2015 - I'm fairly certain I accomplished this goal. I made a ton of appliqué shirts for myself, a tote bag, and some things for Quinn that I wanted to do. I'm about to sew new bedding and curtains for baby girl's nursery too. 

2016 – I did get to sew all of the nursery bedding/curtains plus a coming home outfit along with some monogramming and applique.

Create the perfect craft room {I feel like this will be an always ongoing project..}.

2013 - Now that I have my card catalog, I've got another piece of the puzzle!

2015 - It's done! Now it just has to be moved, ugh. Current craft room will become the nursery and current guest room will become a new combo room. We've ordered a sleeper sofa, which should be ready end of this month and then the rearranging will begin.

2016 – The craft room was successfully moved and organized and now it’s having some slight tweaks in preparation to be a shared office with the hubs.

Host a fancy dinner party using our wedding china.

2013 - Hmm, not exactly. Christmas Eve dinner we ate off our wedding china, but we also were in our pjs, ha!

2015 - Still not yet BUT we did tons of renovations on the dining room/kitchen area so it's ready for a party now.

2016 – No dinner party, maybe soon.

Read 30 books.

2013 - Yikes, haven't even started this.

2015 - Sigh, no, but I predict the kindle will get some major usage once I'm breastfeeding again. 

2016 – Still haven’t started, but going to work on it.

Find a church we love.

2013 - We started going to St. Paul's. TBD if it's the perfect fit.

2015 - St. Paul's has become a perfect fit and of course I find out today our pastor is being reassigned. Sigh. 

2016 – We love our church and we love our new pastor.

Visit my great-grandfather's grave at Arlington.

2013 - Nope.

2015 - Still nope.

2016 – Nope again. 

Go out on the Sky Walk at the Grande Canyon.

2013 - Nope.

2015 - Still nope. 

2016 – Nope again.

Start a college savings account for Quinn.

2013 - Nope.

2015 - No…hides shamefully. I did try but then I got mad at the bank and closed the account.  

2016 – Done, for both kids.

Have a family portrait taken every year {we already have a session scheduled for this year with my fav girl, Erica!}.

2013 - We had pictures taken in November, so I plan on having them done again this November.

2015 - We have kept this tradition alive! Erica took two family sessions last year plus our baby announcement pics and she'll be doing maternity pics this summer. (Then newborn pics…I'll be keeping her busy for sure.)

2016 – Still going strong with Erica.

Create five family traditions that we repeat yearly.

2013 - This past Christmas I started a tradition of the Christmas Eve box. Everyone received Christmas pjs and there was a movie and hot chocolate included for later.

2015 - the Christmas Eve box is still going strong. We also added Toodles the Elf on a Shelf into the mix. I can't think of any others though.

2016 – Christmas Eve box, Toodles and Sprinkles the Elves, and that’s about it.

Start a prayer journal.

2013 - Nope.

2015 - Kinda bummed I forgot about this one. Must remedy.  

2016 – I started Bible journaling instead.

Start a vegetable garden.

2013 - Nope.

2015 - Uhhh no. We might be getting closer though. We are putting in a pool this spring and hubs has suggested adding some garden boxes. 

2016 – Danny is working on the deck with garden boxes currently.

Visit Yellow Stone.

2013 - Nope.

2015 - Nope. 

2016 – Still nope.

Establish a yearly party {4th of July maybe?}.

2013 - Nope.

2015 - Does Quinn's birthday party count? 

2016 – Giving up on this one.

Bake a cake from scratch.

2013 - Ha! Box mixes forever.

2015 - Still rocking the box mixes and I might be ok with that. 

2016 – I’m just going to be a box mix girl.

Get my concealed weapons permit.

2013 - We have our class scheduled for this October.

2015 - Done! 

2016 – Check.

Catalog our Christmas ornaments.

2013 - Was going to do it this past Christmas, but didn't.

2015 - Still no and I might give myself a pass on this one.

2016 – Still passing on this one.

Learn how to can the vegetables from our garden.

2013 - Nope.

2015 - Got lots of goodies that will help me with the process, but have yet to actually follow through. I'm thinking this one might go more hand in hand with when we actually have a garden. 

2016 – Feeling guilty that I have the stuff but haven’t buckled down to do it.

Learn how to crochet.

2013 - Nope.

2015 - No…and do I really need to add in another craft hobby to my arsenal??

2016 – Think I’m going to pass on this one.

Find my signature drink.

2013 - Nope.

2015 - Nope. 

2016 – And nope.

Final tallies:

Complete – 10

In process – 14

Decided to pass – 6

30 by 30 list update

I created a little 30 by 30 list for myself and my last update was on my 27th birthday, so lets revisit!

• Have 2nd baby.

• 2013 - Haha! God willing not anytime soon. I'd say closer to my 29th birthday.

• 2015 - Right on schedule, baby girl is due this September 

• Get current with scrapbooking. I'm working on 2010 right now {and by working I mean that's where I stopped right before I had Quinn...}.

• 2013 - Ummm haven't touched it. I keep trying to get the room cleared so we can paint and organize and I'll have my space again.

• 2015 - Allison and I were skyping on Thursday nights and then back in February did a marathon weekend. I believe I am now halfway through 2012.  

• Get 2nd holes pierced in my ears. I want to be able to wear the diamond studs the hubs gave me everyday.

• 2013 - Nope, still chicken.

• 2015 - Annndddd, still not doing it. Probably should just cross this one off the list.  

• Establish a workout routine.

• 2013 - Doing it! I'm working out 6 days a week following the Bikini Body Mommy Challenge.
• 2015 - Well I had joined Planet Fitness and was trying to go minimum 3 times per week. I was mildly successful until I got pregnant. Now I'm trying to find the energy to start again.

• No credit card debt.

• 2013 - Two of my three cards are clear!

• 2015 - There's a little something on all three cards…whomp whomp. 

• Visit five new places.

• 2013 - Nothing yet, but we are planning on going to Savannah for our anniversary.

• 2015 - We did end up going to Savannah and we just returned from Beaufort this past weekend.  

• Read the Bible.

• 2013 - I'm still following She Reads Truth on and off.

• 2015 - Fell off the bandwagon completely. 

• Own a beach house or have an awesome rental.

• 2013 - We are trying a new rental on Isle of Palms this summer. Fingers crossed we'll want to use it again the next year.

• 2015 - We switched to Hilton Head last summer and we are renting the same condo this summer.  

• Join Junior League.

• 2013 - Nope.
• 2015 - Still nope and probably not likely with a baby on the way. 

• Maintain a size 8 figure {almost there already!}.

• 2013 - Done! I actually fit into size 6 jeans and size 8 dress pants.

• 2015 - Before pregnancy I was teetering between an 8 and 10 soooo not the best. Hopefully I can do better after baby comes. 

• Sew ten projects for me.

• 2013 - Does pinning ten new projects count? No?

• 2015 - I'm fairly certain I accomplished this goal. I made a ton of appliqué shirts for myself, a tote bag, and some things for Quinn that I wanted to do. I'm about to sew new bedding and curtains for baby girl's nursery too. 

• Create the perfect craft room {I feel like this will be an always ongoing project..}.

• 2013 - Now that I have my card catalog, I've got another piece of the puzzle!

• 2015 - It's done! Now it just has to be moved, ugh. Current craft room will become the nursery and current guest room will become a new combo room. We've ordered a sleeper sofa which should be ready end of this month and then the rearranging will begin.  

• Host a fancy dinner party using our wedding china.

• 2013 - Hmm, not exactly. Christmas Eve dinner we ate off our wedding china, but we also were in our pjs, ha!
• 2015 - Still not yet BUT we did tons of renovations on the dining room/kitchen area so it's ready for a party now. 

• Read 30 books.

• 2013 - Yikes, haven't even started this.

• 2015 - Sigh, no, but I predict the kindle will get some major usage once I'm breastfeeding again. 

• Find a church we love.

• 2013 - We started going to St. Paul's. TBD if it's the perfect fit.

• 2015 - St. Paul's has become a perfect fit and of course I find out today our pastor is being reassigned. Sigh. 

• Visit my great-grandfather's grave at Arlington.

• 2013 - Nope.

• 2015 - Still nope. 

• Go out on the Sky Walk at the Grande Canyon.

• 2013 - Nope.
• 2015 - Still nope. 

• Start a college savings account for Quinn.

• 2013 - Nope.

• 2015 - No…hides shamefully. I did try but then I got mad at the bank and closed the account.  

• Have a family portrait taken every year {we already have a session scheduled for this year with my fav girl, Erica!}.

• 2013 - We had pictures taken in November, so I plan on having them done again this November.

• 2015 - We have kept this tradition alive! Erica took two family sessions last year plus our baby announcement pics and she'll be doing maternity pics this summer. (Then newborn pics…I'll be keeping her busy for sure.)

• Create five family traditions that we repeat yearly.

• 2013 - This past Christmas I started a tradition of the Christmas Eve box. Everyone received Christmas pjs and there was a movie and hot chocolate included for later.
• 2015 - the Christmas Eve box is still going strong. We also added Toodles the Elf on a Shelf into the mix. I can't think of any others though.  

• Start a prayer journal.

• 2013 - Nope.

• 2015 - Kinda bummed I forgot about this one. Must remedy.  

• Start a vegetable garden.

• 2013 - Nope.

• 2015 - Uhhh no. We might be getting closer though. We are putting in a pool this spring and hubs has suggested adding some garden boxes. 

• Visit Yellow Stone.

• 2013 - Nope.

• 2015 - Nope. 

• Establish a yearly party {4th of July maybe?}.

• 2013 - Nope.

• 2015 - Does Quinn's birthday party count? 

• Bake a cake from scratch.

• 2013 - Ha! See comment about box mix above.

• 2015 - Still rocking the box mixes and I might be ok with that. 

• Get my concealed weapons permit.

• 2013 - We have our class scheduled for this October.

• 2015 - Done! 

• Catalog our Christmas ornaments.

• 2013 - Was going to do it this past Christmas, but didn't.

• 2015 - Still no and I might give myself a pass on this one.  

• Learn how to can the vegetables from our garden.

• 2013 - Nope.

• 2015 - Got lots of goodies that will help me with the process, but have yet to actually follow through. I'm thinking this one might go more hand in hand with when we actually have a garden. 

• Learn how to crochet.

• 2013 - Nope.

• 2015 - No…and do I really need to add in another craft hobby to my arsenal??  

• Find my signature drink.

• 2013 - Nope.

• 2015 - Nope. 

Final tallies:

• Complete - 7
• In process - 5
• Uncomplete - 18 (ouch) 

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bathroom remodel: phase one

So when we bought our house I knew the main bathroom was going to need some love and attention. I mean y'all, it was yellow-green baby food color. Ick. We avoided doing anything in there because we knew it was going to be a beast, and a beast it was. 

It all started back in May when I wanted the hubs to paint the guest room. Our house has an intercom system that doesn't work, so hubs has been removing the boxes from the walls and patching the holes. He removed the box in the guest room and thought "might as well do the bathroom one too." That turned into "well if we're going to be patching holes, might as well remove the toothbrush holder/soap dish/toilet paper holder/towel bar that's in the wall", which led to "well we want to remove the mirror and light fixture and make it two mirrors and two lights fixtures", and then "we need to change out the light fixture and fan in the ceiling" and OMG Y'ALL my bathroom was a wreck!

Here's the one before picture I could find on my phone. It ain't pretty. Not only is the wall color atrocious, but the paint job itself was just as bad. One coat with brush strokes everywhere. Ugh. Hubs had to sand the entire bathroom.

Fast forward to last weekend and hubs was finally able to prime everything. Good golly Kilz stinks! It filled up the whole house and gave me a major headache. I don't know how he could stand it actually being in the room and painting. I helped paint the trim and hubs did the rest. God bless him because I stink at it. 

Last night we were able to hang everything up. New mirrors, new light fixtures, new towel bars, new toilet paper holder, and best of all NO MORE BABY FOOD COLORED WALLS!

They grey is perfect…after I went back to Lowe's and had it re-tinted. I picked a shade that was too light and looked white, so we went for one shade darker and I love it. It compliments the blue-grey tile perfectly. 

Bathrooms are expensive though! Everything added up quickly. I found the mirrors at Homegoods for only $40 a piece. Such a steal since everything else I liked seemed to start at $100 a piece.

The bathroom feels much more soothing now with all of the cool tone colors. I plan on hanging some navy curtains as soon as I buy a curtain rod this afternoon. We're taking a break from the remodel for now, but we're definitely not done. 

Phase two includes a new tile floor, a new countertop/cabinet base, and adding a second sink. This second part is going to really add up so we need to save some pennies first. For now, I'm as happy as a clam!

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big boy bed

When we were at the beach this past month, we came to the realization that Quinn was too big for his pack n play. The poor thing couldn't stretch out in it and after waking up from a nap crying, we decided to give a big bed a go. The condo we were staying in happened to have a toddler railing, so we set it up and he did wonderfully. Once we were back home, bubs immediately asked for a big boy bed in his room, ha! It wasn't exactly part of the plan, but we already had furniture for him stored at hubs' parents' house so we went and picked it up. 

While the furniture is in great condition, it wasn't exactly what I envisioned for the big boy room, so bubs had to wait a couple more weeks while I painted the bed. I told him Friday morning it was all ready and he would get to sleep in his big boy bed that night. He was pumped!

He was so excited I could not get him to sit still and smile for a picture. He wanted to check it all out and make sure all of his friends were accounted for.

And of course there had to be some wrestling with daddy to really start off the big boy status. Lots of giggles.

His new quilt came in the mail Saturday evening, so it was washed and added to the bed Sunday morning. He loves his anchor sheets and new blankie, as he calls it. He did so well sleeping in it too! I was worried he would get out of bed on his own about a million times, but he didn't. Not even once! He did so well each night and each nap. I'm very proud of my big boy.

The hubs was finally able to prime our bathroom on Saturday, so Quinn and I headed to the park. It was operation wear him out so he would take a good nap. I'd say we were quite successful.

He loves being able to go down the slides all by himself. He kept shouting, "watch mama!" and it made my day. He also shared his chalk with another little boy (after a bit of coaxing haha).

I was embroidering some shirts when little man woke up and of course he wanted to see what I was doing. It didn't last long though. He sat in my lap for about two minutes and then promptly raced off to watch Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. I could hear him singing the theme song down the hallway. Adorable.

I've started making different appliqué designs and selling the shirts through my Facebook page. So far it's been a lot of fun. The only problem is that I pretty much want to make one of each for myself too ha.

This morning I went to get Quinn ready for daycare and he was still out cold. He had wriggled himself underneath his new quilt and he looked so precious. The hidden bonus to the big boy bed would have to be that he looks so tiny in that big bed. He still looks like my little angel baby.

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I may be a boy mom but...

I may be a boy mom, but I have discovered that I can make a mean bow! A very sweet little girl had her first birthday so I wanted to make her something special. I had already purchased an adorable romper with raspberries on it, so I decided to pull up pinterest and give bow making a try.

I love the color combination of this bow! It's not extremely girly and goes perfectly with the romper. I had so much fun making this one, I went ahead a made a couple more.

They're so bright and cheery! The good thing about not having a little girl is that I won't be tempted to keep these bows all to myself. They're going to make for fun Christmas gifts.

If you're interested in some custom bows be sure to let me know. The above one is a Halloween themed bow for Miss KB. The googlie eyes make it perfectly silly!

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weekend wrap up

On Friday, my work hosted a cook out to celebrate the 4th a little early. There was yummy catered food, picnic tables set up outside, games, a raffle, and a bounce house for the kids. We were invited to bring our families and enjoy the afternoon outside. The hubs was planning on coming, but got stuck in Charleston working. I went and picked up Quinn from daycare and brought him back.

He was being painfully shy that afternoon, so I decided to keep him at my cubicle instead of taking him outside with tons of people. After about half an hour he warmed up to my coworkers and would run back and forth between our desks. We were able to leave at 3 o'clock and play the rest of the afternoon at home.

On Saturday, the hubs wanted to work on the boat so we all just hung around the house. I took Quinn for a wagon ride around the neighborhood. He just loves his new wagon. I have to say I'm pretty jealous of all its bells and whistles. My wagon growing up was just a basic wooden Radio Flyer. This one is by Little Tykes and comes with an umbrella, a soft cooler that hangs on the back, two little flip up seats with seat belts, and six cup holders!

When we pulled back into the driveway the hubs put Quinn in the boat. He thought he was too cool for school.

In fact, he did NOT want to get out of the boat for lunch ha! I could tell from the whining we were quickly approaching nap time though.

I call this the sippy face. I'm on the hunt for the perfect sippy that doesn't make a mess. The one in this picture is a tupperware cup with their sippy lid but just tipping it over lets the liquid pour on out. He's only allowed to use it under supervision. I tried the Playtex straw sippies but milk kept exploding out of the straw everywhere so those were returned. We also have the kid's camelbaks, but milk creeps out of the straws with those too. I'm trying some non-straw sippies next. We'll see.

Sunday morning we went to church and ran a couple errands afterwards. We came home and had lunch and let Quinn run around a bit before nap time. He was playing with his Cozy Truck and the hubs started closing and opening doors. Quinn wanted the side door shut and the tailgate open. The hubs kept doing the opposite and Quinn would run back and forth trying to fix it his way.

I could just not stop laughing! Eventually Quinn caught on to what the hubs was doing and pushed the truck out of his reach. It did tire him out though and he took a 3 hour nap!

After nap time our preacher came over to get to know us a bit better. Quinn took to him immediately. He must have brought him nearly every toy in the living room and he even asked to be held. It was so cute. I wish I had gotten a picture!

After Quinn went to bed, the hubs called me out to take a look at his handy work.

He started this boat project 3 years ago when we bought it. Lucky for us (or rather very unlucky), the first time we ever took the boat out was for 4th of July weekend. We hit a rough wave and the transom went boom. The wood had rotted. Since then, the hubs has pulled apart the boat to the fiberglass shell, completely replaced the wood holding the motor as well as all the decking, put in new carpet, redid the seats (I actually helped with this part and made all new seat cushions with new marine vinyl), and this weekend he put in a new radio, finished a few pieces of carpet, and painted the exposed wood grey to match the carpet.

There is only one small piece of carpet in the front of the boat that needs to be done and we're finished! We were talking about what we should name the boat and I suggested Took Long Enough, ha! We plan on enjoying our toy this weekend for the 4th!



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