Monthly Archives: September 2017

9/23/17

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Whew!!! Happy Saturday!!!

Tatum had a super full awesome day of playing with her friends!! Dance class was a total bust again, we didn’t even get in the door before the sob-fest started. So no more of that! If anyone is looking for dancewear I have a full set of 4T plus tap and ballet shoes in a toddler size 9 to sell you on the cheap! *sigh*

After that we met up with her friend Claire and her parents at Park In Play. I love that place, and Tatum adores just running wild and crazy in there! They played super well together, and then they were so cute together at lunch too! Claire was Tater’s very first friend at her new school and she really loves playing with her!

After nap Layla came over while her mom had her bridal portraits done and those two played HARD for hours while the men watched football. 🙂 They had an absolute blast!!!

Of course getting Tatum wound down to go to sleep was a challenge, but hopefully she’ll sleep late tomorrow! Lol! I don’t really have any plans besides emptying the bottom cabinets and the pantry in the kitchen in prep for the tile so who knows what we’ll get up to?!?

Wyatt and I took a selfie at Park In Play…. I don’t think he’s as in to the selfies as Tatum was! 😜

9/20/17

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Let’s see, biggest news first… apparently the Pars Planitis is flaring back up again.  I’m really disappointed/discouraged because it’s only been a month since I got cleared after an entire month on hardcore steroids.  So I have another month of hardcore steroids to look forward to.  =(  The good news is they don’t know why I’m having problems with this as all my blood tests came back negative, so at least it’s not something BAD, but it seems to like to pop up when I really NEED my vision to be clear and not have a splitting migraine for days on end.  Oh well, back to the sweat fest that is steroids….  =(

The home reno project is coming along.  The fireplace is looking AWESOME, I can’t wait to post pics of it with the crown molding we’re currently doing up top.  Once this thing is painted and the stone is put it it’s going to look freaking amazing.  Wade is a serious genius.  The tile was supposed to be delivered today, but apparently the delivery guy decided to stack one pallet of it on top of the other, took a corner too fast, and the top pallet came crashing off of it and was completely destroyed.  Then they had to go get another pallet to replace that from another store…. THEN they apparently put all three pallets in the back room of the store and forgot to deliver it.  *sigh*  Ugh.  So SUPPOSEDLY the tile will get delivered tomorrow, but we’ll see.  We’re still on track to start install on Monday the 25th, and my next couple days will be clearing out all the stuff in the pantry, hall closet, and the stuff in the hutch and island so we can move all this furniture out of here.  Seriously, it’s like moving.  I hate moving. =/

I did manage to convince Wade that since we were moving the stove out of the kitchen ANYWAY to tile underneath it that I needed a new stove.  =)  I went out and bought a beaut today and I can’t wait for it to be delivered!  =P

The kiddos are doing great!  Tatum is doing AWESOME with her potty training.  The second we took the pressure off and decided we didn’t care and she could go at her own pace was the second she started being stellar at it!  She even asked to go to the potty tonight out at a restaurant and we had our first #2 away from the house/school.  Woot!!!  We may get her out of pull-ups yet!

We’re still struggling through the formula thing with Wyatt but it’s getting better and he’s still growing so I’m trying not to obsess over it as much as I have been.  My SIL says “Watch the baby, not the oz” and our pediatrician says the same.  That’s tough for me, but I’m trying!  Maybe he just has a better metabolism than the average baby?  =)

Some pictures to round out my post!  Enjoy!

OH! I almost forgot, made this “Inside Out Stuffed Pepper” recipe last night and it was super simple and VERY good!  I added Italian Seasonings to mine and a little extra tomato sauce, but it was Hanchar Fam approved, even by Tatum!!!

9/17/17

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It’s crunch time y’all!! We’re on a mission to get this fireplace mostly finished in the next couple days as we still have to clear out/move all the furniture in the main living areas, the island out of the kitchen, clear out the pantry and hall closet, take down all the pictures on the walls, and rip up all the baseboards throughout. Whew!! Tile starts Monday the 25th and should take about a week!

I’m ready to be done with this project. I am so over carpet. 😂

9/7/17

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So somewhere along the line the home remodel project of replacing the carpet in the main areas with wood-look tile has now turned into all that PLUS a complete fireplace renovation.  LOL!

Wade is going to completely revamp the mantle, add wood trim and stone to the bottom, and shiplap (yes, I’m a shiplap lover) to the top.  We’ll also add custom built-ins to that funny little indent to the left of the fireplace!  Really looking forward to our “new” living areas!

So for comparison, here’s some “before” pictures of the house! Some of the walls are kind of plain as we’ve already started to remove pictures and furniture in prep for the tile work in a couple weeks. =)

9/4/17 Labor Day

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I haven’t posted much lately, but all this weekend we’ve been in the throes of potty training and while the first day went relatively well, the last couple days have been meh… I swear this kid will never get potty trained, she just doesn’t seem to care when she goes on herself. It’s the total opposite of the way I thought she would be. I guess I’m just going to send her to school tomorrow with extra clothes and see what happens! Man, toddlers are tough!!!

We saw lots of friends this weekend! Cory, Emily, Landon, and Logan came over today and the kids had a blast!!! Yesterday we saw Claire and her family at their house, and Saturday morning we met some new friends at our neighborhood park!

We also put Tatum’s dollhouse together on Sunday, what a crazy cool gigantic toy that is!! She loves it!

Looking forward to some time with just Wyatt home tomorrow! 😜 I still need to get over to Lonestar, Stacie and I had a GREAT first month there especially considering it was only open half the month! I’m hoping the momentum continues!

Some pics from this weekend: