Work In Progress

Sorry for all the posts about our new house lol. I've worked my behind off trying to turn it into our home. I look around and wonder why it doesn't look like I've done a whole lot to it, but yet in reality I've spent so many hours working on this and that. This post is primarily a picture post and it's to show the pictures I've been able to hang so far...should I say my mom has hung for me lol. I do know how to hang pictures, but she has a good eye for where they need to go and getting it on the first try. I tend to put many holes in the wall before getting it where it needs to be. I am no where near done hanging pictures, but I've got a pretty good start....for now. When you first walk in our house you walk into the living room. On the wall where the door is I have a picture hanging and I love this picture being there because it's a good reminder that the Lord knows the plans He has for us, we just simply have to trust and follow Him.

To the right of this picture is another wall that has our closet on it, and it's also the wall the tv is placed. I really need a bigger tv for the living room but like everything else it is going to have to wait. Above my tv are pictures of my nieces.

Again, I need more frames but something is better than nothing. For me personally I have always said I would decorate my house in family pictures instead of "art." I'm not a fan of art from someone I don't really know personally. I do like some art but I would rather my home be 100% personal. I'm going to take some of Maddy's artwork that she has done at school and put in frames and hang it up as well.
I only have one other picture hanging in the living room and it's above Maddy's toy organizer. It's a gift that was given to me when I worked for a local magnet school and I love the colors in it.

Oops, I must have had the camera crooked when I took it. It's an awkward angle because the couch is in the way. Speaking of couch, Maddy has her own little couch that she used to love to sit in.

It fits perfectly in front of the chest that we are using for a coffee table. You can see where Manny chewed on it as a puppy, but oh well lol.

This is Maddy's "home living." She loves playing in there and usually alternates from home living to her bedroom. She has really been acting out "mommy" things with her baby. She loves to pretend to put baby night night. When it's time to eat she has to have baby right beside her. When it's bath time she has to have baby in the tub. She also loves to change baby' diaper. Her baby poops a lot and if she poops she makes me change her lol.

This picture was super hard to get and this is the best I could do. This is the start of the hall. I love this picture of Maddy because of her smile.
I only have one picture in my kitchen/dining area and it's what Maddy made me at school for mother's day.

Last but not least is my bedroom.

 This beautiful picture of Maddy is above my bookcase. Eventually there will be a collage of pictures.

My mom had a really good point. When I first walk in my room you see the above big picture of Maddy. She thought putting this smaller picture here was a great idea because then as I leave the last thing I see is the picture. It may sound silly to some of you, but I loved the idea/thought process.
I actually forgot two pictures that are right beside my hall closet. They are canvas' and I would really like to get two more, but I am waiting for them to be free again. I know the pictures I took are not that great and the walls need some serious color but I am very pleased with how things are coming along. I couldn't have done any of it without the help of my mom and I am so thankful she is so willing to help out. Today we spent about two and a half hours or so trying to put the wall decals back up in Maddy's room. It took forever but between the two of us we got it done and I'm pleased with how it turned out. I still have some pictures to hang, but we ran out of time and nails. On a different note, Manny has really been enjoying being in his new house. It felt like within the first two hours I took him out 20 times. He did use the bathroom every single time, but with me being on production I can't spend my day taking him out all the time. I'm hoping in time he will learn to hold it more and dwindle the amount of times we go outside. He settled down on the couch two times today for about an hour or so.