Making Room for Baby #3!

Having a baby, for us, means going through some type of construction. When I was pregnant with Clayton, Patrick switched our oil heat to a gas/heat pump combination. He also took out a huge closet in the main bathroom to install a laundry closet. This way I didn't have to go out to our breezeway to do laundry.

When I was pregnant with Maecie, we enclosed the breezeway and what we called the "man room" off to the side of it, to extend our living room and create a new master bedroom suite. This was a large project, but has been one of my favorite renovations.

This time, we played closet switcheroo. Clayton and Maecie would be switching rooms so the girls could share the larger room. The closet in the small room is going to be used in our kitchen renovation (which we hope to complete by the end of the year),so we needed to close it off. The closet from the larger room backed up to the small room and was walled off and moved to the smaller room. And the shower/bathroom in the large room needed to change to a half bath/closet. It's all complicated to explain, but was a necessity. It also gave us a chance to update that end of the house. I have to say that I am extremely pleased with the results.

Here are pictures of their rooms:

Clayton's Room, complete with loft bed and sports theme.

The Girl's Room, complete with play kitchen, and dress up areas!

I really love the way they have turned out. Just love that my husband is hand enough to make all of this work for such a limited budget! I'm blessed to have such a great family!

Lost....

Every house has one. Heck, probably every car, room, and purse has one! It's the Land of the Lost Items!

You know, the place where all of those lost things go. You know they are around there somewhere, but just can't seem to find them. How many times have you lost your keys, chapstick, or an earring in your purse? Or your remote control at home? Or how many times have you lost just one shoe? Hello?! You didn't just wear one the last time you went out. I know these items are around the house. But where the HECK are they?!

I wish I knew where the Land of the Lost Items were at my house. Then I could find Maecie's shoe (yes, just one shoe), my black pair of sunglasses, my new scoop and measuring spoons (that are still in their package, just purchased from Pampered Chef!), and even my book. I have looked everywhere for these items and can't seem to find them! It's starting to make me go crazy since I know they exist and are around here somewhere....but where??

Where is your Land of the Lost Items at your house? Maybe it will give me some idea to where my items are...

P.S. Just after I wrote this, I found the scoop and measuring spoons in the couch cushion. Unfortunately, none of the other items were there.