Before and After Project - End Tables

These unique beautiful end tables were once actually Ice boxes from back in the day! They were given to us by my mother in law, and at first I didn't see potential in them. I thought for a few days about what I could possible do with them to make them "go" with our little living room. Our living room is not wide enough to have our couch in it with the end tables on the side, so they're actually being used against the wall where the tv is, almost like a home made entertainment center. =)

I removed all the hardware and decided to go with white. I actually really like how they came out! The white with the WhiteClad hardware looks great! We actually get a lot of compliments on these, even though I may have lowered the value on these gems by painting them. Oh well. ;)

Before & After Projects

Since we moved into our own place, we've been working on making it our own, and it's really starting to come together nicely! I will take pictures of our apartment now soon. But for now I thought I'd share a couple of before and afters me and the hubs worked one.

BEFORE

I have been in love with farmhouse picnic style tables for so long now! And now that we got our own place, I searched on Craigslist for days looking for the perfect and inexpensive one and came across this one. I Absolutely fell in love! I loved it so much but I knew I wanted to modernize it a bit. We were blessed to get first dibs on this beautiful set for $95, and when we went to pick it up, the owner lowered it to $80 for us! We are so blessed when it comes to finding nice things for our home and even for ourselves! God knows we can't afford anything pricey!

So, after we picked it up, I worked hard on sanding it down and we got woodstain in Walnut color.

Noah loves Home Depot because of this! ;) 

Sanded it down

 

And TADA!

After!

I absolutely love how it turned out! It looks rustic and unique! We have been enjoying our meals on it ever since and love it! 

Our 2 Year Wedding Anniversary

                                 

    The Mr. And I just celebrated our 2 year wedding anniversary this past Friday! It was such a great day filled with a ton of love and fun! I had a fun DIY surprise for his present. I found this idea on Pinterest and made it my own. The ideas to show him how I love him with all my senses ( sight, sound , touch, smell and taste ) and with each I had a little gift for him. So here's what I did for each: 

1.) Sight 

                       

     I found this old picture of us from my prom. We " tied the knot" as a joke in the after prom activities. 

        What a horrible picture of us. They had us dress as renaissance theme and took our picture lol

2.) Sound 

                     

For sound I told him I love to hear his voice on the phone and I love hearing him play his guitar. But my favorite is enjoying listening to music on our road trips. And I bought him/us a civil wars cd. He loved it.

3.) Touch

                   

 For touch I got him this men's Nivea lotion and wrote, I love being held by you. And made it a coupon for a massage by yours truly whenever he wants.;) 

4.) Smell

                   

    Smell- yum! One of my favorite things about my husband is how good he smells all the time! We both love smelling good so I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to get him a new smelling cologne! I love lucky brand so this was perfect! 

5.) Taste

                    

    This one was easy but since David comes home from work at 7:15 am, it was a little tricky to accomplish and do with a 7 month old baby. I knew I wouldn't have time to get ready, get baby ready, set everything up and cook, so I went to Carrow's and picked us up this delish breakfast. Luckily there was a special and breakfast for the two of us was only $13 !!! 

I loved doing this for my hubby! And he was surprised that I did this all for him and loved that I made all of this while taking care of Noah. 

                                 

                     

This is the beautiful 24k Gold geode necklace that David surprised me with . I absolutely love it! And he told me he actually bought it from Etsy! This guy know his stuff!:) 

He also came home with roses in hand and a lovely card. 

                     

It was a beautiful way to start our day! We had a fun day planned out with Noah of course! We headed south to Long Beach and went to the Aquarium of The Pacific! It was such a fun time! Noah loved it! He was amazed with all the different colors of the fish and he'd scream every time they swam in front of him! He loves water now, so it was no surprise that he would enjoy the day there. It seemed like Noah was the fish whisperer. All the fish would come up to him when he'd tap on the glass which is surprising since they usually swim away when you do that. 

                                    

                                    

                                    

                                                     They gave him a show!

                                    

                                              And wished us a happy anniversary! ;) 

         

                                        

         

                                         

                                         

      I've always wanted to see a lighthouse like this and there was one there outside the aquarium.

                                         

      We left the aquarium to grab lunch. We ended up eating at chilis, why not , we both like it :) 

                                       Than we went back to finish touring the aquarium.

         

                                       

                                       

    Noah fell asleep in daddy's arms while walking around, so we put him in the stroller and he cuddled with his blankie. He didn't sleep too long, just gave us enough time to enjoy the fishes, sit and relax and I got to pump in the restroom thank goodness! 

        

  This is prob one of my favorite pictures and guess who took it?! David!!! What can I say, I've trained him well ;)

       

       

                         

                                         

      

        

                                      

                                      

                                     

     We bought him a couple toys from the giftshop. An octopus and this little pirate guy that whistles.              He absolutely loves it!

       

                                        

          It was such a great day and such a fun way of celebrating our love for one another. I can honestly say we are happy and feel fulfilled with our little guy. We are blessed and I pray that God keeps blessing our marriage and our family! 

Lately...

Lately I haven't been blogging because I've had a fuss ball of a baby. Yep, I had it way too easy the first month with Noah, He'd only cry when he was hungry or needed to be changed but this past week, has been a tough one! He hadn't been sleeping at all during the day and at night he was waking up every hour. It was super tiring and since David works 24 hour shifts I was up every night with him and all day. Needless to say I'm exhausted. I haven't been eating much since I'm so busy and our apartment is a disaster, But even so, after all of this, I'm still the happiest mommy ever! I'm so in love with my Noah, I couldn't have asked for anything else. He is the sweetest thing ever!

I think the problem was constipation. Poor little guy, it's horrible not knowing why you're baby is crying nonstop or why he can't sleep in peace. So yesterday we went for a long walk, he liked the fresh air. Went to the park. Came home and rubbed his belly, pressed his knees to his tummy and that seemed to help soothe things. He got a nice bath this morning and has been sleeping good amounts all day today. =)

His many ways of sleeping.

David's 24 Birthday was yesterday but he had to work. So on Friday we went over to his step sister's place (her birthday was on Friday) and we celebrated with take out from Wood Ranch and cake! I finally got to doing a DIY project for her gift. I had been wanting to decorate a mug like I'd seen on Pinterest, so I looked on her board of quotes to find the perfect one to go on the mug and then I put it in the oven for 30 min. at 350 degrees. I stuffed the mug with shredded paper and put a starbucks gift card in it.

It was a good time! And then today, I had our place full of balloons and I made a special card for him and his mom, stepdad and little sister came over with an amazing dinner (tri-tip, mashed potatoes, baked beans, and cheese cake!) OMG it was soooo good!

Happy 24th baby boy! Love of my Life!

David's little sister with Noah

My mother in law came with gifts not only for the birthday boy but also with an Easter basket for Noah and even a toy for Cosby! How sweet!

His first Easter Basket (froggy basket) and pail, all stuff ready for the beach! 

My Cool kid in his cool new batman shades!  ;)

He even got a sun hat! ;) my cutie. Can you believe he's only 2 months old?!

Tomorrow is Noah's 2month appointment = a butt load of shots. I hope he does good and that it doesn't hurt him too bad.  If only he didn't have to go through this.