Bibbity, Bobbity, Boo!

 Every time I drive up to our new home I have to pinch myself to make sure I haven't become part of a Disney movie!  I'm pretty sure we're in a construction fairytale...I mean 11 weeks and here we are!  11 weeks, it still sounds crazy!

Drew has been working from sun-up to sun-down, and is even building in his sleep!

Our driveway was poured today.  Drew 'N Crew worked in the ridiculous heat and 125% humidity yesterday getting the form finished for our 6am pour time. 

Now the landscaping fun can begin!  Thankfully my green-thumbed Mama is coming down in a few weeks to be my project manager (and to steal all my Andrew kisses!)

This was our last bathroom to be tiled.  The reflection from my flash shows the metallic marbling in the tile.  Also in this bathroom will be pendant lighting, the metal vanity Rick and Drew built with a butcher block top, and a black glass vessel sink.  This is my kinda bathroom, FLASHY!

 The Man Cave has it's first coat of color.

The cypress planks for our floors came in yesterday....

 and today they were able to start installing it! 

Drew and his dad made a flying trip back to Ikea last night to scoop up a few more light fixtures and cabinet hardware.  As well as Poppy and Willie's red kitchen Ikea cabinets and butcher block counter tops for the "fishin' camp" in Bay St. Louis. :)  Hopefully BP won't be raining on our fishing parade when it's finished.

This weekend come rain or oil sheen we'll be enjoying a much needed break on the white sand beaches of Destin.  Ahhhhh!  I can hear the waves already.  

Like a Fish to Water

Mmm, Mmm love some summer time!  Especially Sunday afternoons spent in Poppy and Willie's pool.  (I wish Paw Paw Larry & Maw T were still here with their pool!...I'm not bitter...I swear!) Andrew is taking swimming lessons next month so we've been practicing our kicks, doggie paddle, and of course working on our tans.  :)

Just keep swimming, Just keep swimming...

Catchin' some rays...

Wet kisses!

Sweet innocence...

Doh! Little Stinker!

Week 9 & 10

The weather was quite inclement last week, raining almost every afternoon.  We did a little furniture shopping at the Z Gallery and ordered our couches!  Yay!

I finally made it out to the house to take some pictures yesterday.  Our walls are painted, the doors are all hung, some of our light fixtures are hung, the cabinets have their first coat of paint, and the tile has been installed.

This is the accent wall in my library, the color is called Nervy Hue.  On this wall will be my open backed book shelves- which means the color will only be seen in a few spots. :)

The sheet-rock guys did such a good job on the groin vault we decided to paint the ceiling and then we're going to do venetian plaster with a silver metallic accent.  The technique is called Starry Night.

Drew's pot rack.

Check out our sa-weet fan!

Our outdoor fans came in without blades. :(

These cabinets came out of an old house in downtown Baton Rouge.

This coming week the drive way will be formed and poured, the floors will be finished, and the heating and air will be trimmed out.  It's really coming together and the schedule says we should be in by June 15th!!  Whoop, whoop!  I'm so proud of my boo, Drew!  He's done an amazing job. 

The Week's End

Man, it has been a very busy last few weeks!  Between work, t-ball, our house, and other businesses we are a non-stop family!

We ended the week with a little t-ball practice.

Then we headed over to our favorite neighborhood for AJ's 1st Birthday!

He was ready to wear his new green polo! :)

Yummy, Cake!!

Next, we moseyed on over to the Wackitt's household for a crawfish boil.  

Mmmm...Be jealous Mom & Dad.

Best Friends

We are so ready to be permanently back among our friends, there's nothing like passing a good time with the people we love.

Friends are relatives you make for yourself.  ~Eustache Deschamps

Heee's Baaaack!

Our most favorite little boy finally made it home for the summer!  Man are we excited, it's just not the same without him around! 

Of course we played the "My Favorite" game and here's the latest:

His favorite color is still red, yellow, and black.
His favorite game is Super Mario.
His favorite song is Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
His favorite food is bass and catfish.
His favorite drink is Chocolate Milk, Kool-Aid, and Root Beer.
His favorite candy is Fun-Dip.
His favorite animal is a Lion.

As far as new sayings go, we were on our way to get a "stuffed" snow ball, I was explaining to him that a stuffed snowball is stuffed with ice cream and apparently he didn't quite believe me because he said "Are you jokin' kiddin' me, right now?!" 

The newest thing Andrew is doing is playing T-Ball!  And so far he seems to really like it.  On our way to practice Friday he asked how many "learning" t-ball games he was going to have.  I told him about 10, then he asked how many "real" t-ball games he would have.  I told him about 10 as well and he says, "Well actually (he says that a lot too!) I think I should have about 50 "real" t-ball games, because I love it so much!" :)

It's pretty hilarious to watch:  the kids wear their gloves on their head, run to 3rd base instead of 1st, and take water breaks randomly!

 His Nike Cleats, "that help me run fast!"

Getting some pointers from Coach Sonny

The Stance

Wardrobe Malfunction! :)

Go Mets!!

 

Looking for ANTS...

Silly Billy

 Headlock!

The cutest face of all...

More ball pictures to come!

Stupid Happy

When Drew and I first met, during my 2nd semester at LSU, I had just discovered Nora Jones' music and she was pretty much all I listened to for the longest time.  Every time she went on tour, which was very rare in itself, she never came any where near Baton Rouge. Eventually, I quit checking Ticketmaster for tour dates and became content to buy her albums as she released them.

Almost 9 years later (!), Santa Drew got me tickets to the Nora Jones concert in Mobile, AL and a nights stay at at My Victorian Bed & Breakfast for Christmas!  

My Victorian Bed & Breakfast was built in 1899!

Mardi Gras Motif

Mobile loves Mardi Gras and the locals will tell you, 

"New Orleans can say what they want but Mardi Gras originated here!"

Jim and Naomi bought the house in 2005 and turn it into a B&B.  Jim is an artist/graphic designer and Naomi sells vintage wedding dresses dating all the way back to the 1920's, at Victorian Lace.  They were quite an interesting and talented couple and they did all of the restoration and painting themselves!

The foyer

Rockwell, he's a permanent resident that Jim and Naomi found at a shelter. :)

The Saenger Theater in Mobile was built in 1927.

I'm sure we've all been to concerts where the sound is terrible and it can really ruin the whole experience of hearing your favorite artist perform live, but not here!  This building was built for amazing performances, the acoustics were incredible.  If I closed my eyes Nora sounded just like she does singing through my iPod headphones.  Patrons aren't aloud to use the flash on their cameras inside so my pictures of the concert are all a blur of lights. :(

During intermission Drew asked me, "Well what do you think?"  I just sat there....until finally I said, "At this very moment I'm stupid happy." 

"Huh?"  

"You know, stupid happy.  So happy you can't think of a word to describe it so all you can do grin a goofy grin!"  

Of course he gives me the "Your crazy" look (I'll try to get a picture of it one day) and laughs at me, "Well I guess that's what I was shooting for-Stupid happy works."

Breakfast is served at 8:30 sharp every morning at the B&B.  I don't think there's anything better than waking up to the smells of bacon and coffee!  But the real treat was the bananas foster french toast, A-mazin'!  After breakfast we took a tour of the Oakleigh Garden District.  The homes were absolutely beautiful!

The South is truly a different world, from the architecture, to the people, to the way of life- I love living here and I couldn't imagine raising my children anywhere else in the world.