Project Week

Have I mentioned that Dusty is off work for 17 days? Yay!!! He spent the first week of his vacation doing Honey-Do’s to get ready for Baby Girl’s arrival. He’s painted, painted, painted, and painted some more. It probably didn’t help that I changed my mind on the kids’ room paint color mid-job… and I think I like the final color. I thought I’d show off some of his handy-work.

Here are some of the painting of the bedroom pics…. the paint was peeling all along the bottom of the wall so that posed a fun “challenge” for Dusty.

 

Mid-way through…. two of the paint colors… the yellowish one was actually a lime green that was way brighter than I expected… not quite the pale green I was going for.

Final color

Our new microwave, installed above the stove…. it gave me some great counter space getting rid of the old one!

New light fixture on the front porch

Painting both the front doors…. this isn’t quite done yet.

Dusty painted this bookcase to put in the kids’ room. I love all the storage for Cayson’s book collection!

I did paint the rocking horse… have to take credit for something. :)

The dresser is a work in progress… waiting on the last coat of paint to dry on the drawers and then it will be ready to fill with clothes!

Dusty put together this underbed storage organizer to hold most of Cayson’s indoor balls… yes, he likes balls a bit.

 

Iron board hanger installed

 

Hat hooks… I did paint this too.

Updated ceiling fan for the kids’ room

 

Of course, Dusty has had a very willing helper who slows speeds the process along.

I’m so happy Dusty has knocked down so many projects on my to-do list! We are much closer to being baby ready now.

And we have a winner!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A winning name, that is!!! We are excited to have 100% decided on a name for a bundle of joy!

Photos courtesy of The name: Taryn Montine. Montine is special to me because it was my dear granny’s middle name!

Photos courtesy of RM Photography – check her out!

Meeting a famous blogger

Dusty was extremely sweet and took me to the Pioneer Woman cookbook signing… if you have never heard of the Pioneer Woman a.k.a. Ree Drummond a.k.a. PW. She has a very popular blog that features Recipes, Confessions, Homeschooling, Home & Garden, and Photography sections. One of the best parts? She’s a fellow Oklahoman! She is starting up a book tour for her recently released cookbook, The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Recipes from an Accidental Country Girl.

Dusty and I arrived at the location an hour and a half before she was to start signing books. The line already stretched out the door of the bookstore! Before long, the line had grown to several hundred people behind me! So crazy! My great friend, Michelle, came to get her chance to meet the Pioneer Woman too and Dusty was sweet enough to hold her a spot in line.

We still had to wait an hour once PW arrived to get to the front…. I think Michelle and I were both giddy and nervous… we could barely talk. Ree did touch my baby belly! I told her I was indeed pregnant which made her laugh and get a little embarrassed due to this post.  She also complimented Dusty for being a wonderful husband and hanging around… by the way, he was a bit excited because as he lingered around the store while we were in line, he got to talk to her famous husband a.k.a. Marlboro Man along with other members of her family/entourage. I think he was a bit star struck as well.

Isn’t she beautiful? She was soooo sweet!

It was an awesome experience and totally worth 2 1/2 hours of standing in line!

Things are as normal…

… as they get in the Jarnagin household.

Homecoming Parade 2009

  I took Cayson to his 3rd SWOSU Homecoming parade Saturday. He was so excited, he could barely nap. He slept less than an hour and woke up telling me, “I did it, Mommy!” As in- I took a nap so it’s time for the parade. I had told him we were going to the parade after his nap… stinker took the shortest nap in history.

He got to see one of his favorite people – Kourtney! 

The bands are one of his favorite parts… he loves jamming to the music.

This handsome serious officer stopped to offer his assistance to us. I was swooning. :)

One of our firefighter clowning friends

Cayson hoarded all his candy… he was so thrilled to get his own candy!

Fall has Fallen

Cayson enjoyed playing in the leaves with Daddy & Uncle Greg yesterday… it was a perfect autumn afternoon!

 

Pink is Precious!

I am constantly oogling baby girl things… so I thought I’d share again some of the adorableness!

I always swooned over these booties when Cayson was an infant… I looked at the cream and brown pairs at a local shoe store and the sales girl busted my bubble by saying she thought they were for girls.

These precious Mary Janes make me giddy! Aren’t they darling?

Maybe shoes are on my mind (imagine that?)! Because I am loving these!

Joy’s Hope on etsy has the cutest flowers & headbands… I love the baby one but I also adore the ones for Momma!

 

If you haven’t guessed, I love crocheted hats and big bows…. I ran across an amazing seller - SweetSavannahBaby on etsy and love just about all her hats!

Here’s the bedding I’m dying to get… I like that it’s not overly girly since baby girl will be sharing a room with Cayson and the greens & blues match perfectly!

I am sure I’ll have more of these posts… I’m enjoying relishing baby girl stuff.

 

Our “Yiddle” Boy

Apparently, Cayson does not want to be a big boy… he prefers to be a “yiddle” (little) boy. If I mention something about his big boy underwear, he corrects me with, “No, yiddle boy underwear.” If someone asks him if he’s a big boy, he responds with, “No, Cays yiddle boy.” It really cracks me up. He is eager to sleep in his big boy bed though… he asks at least once a day. He wants baby to come sleep in his bed so he can sleep in the big bed.

He is very excited for his baby sister to arrive. He likes to talk into my belly button to her… he even holds Minnie Mouse to my belly button so she can talk to baby sister. He told her to come out the other day and wanted me to move my skin so he could see her. Life is hilarious around here… can’t you tell? Last night when I asked him what he wants to name her, he replied with “Jesus.” Hhhmmm…. let me think about that one…

I told Cayson she will probably be here around Christmastime so when Mom asked him what he wants for Christmas, he gleefully replied, “A baby!!!!” Think he’ll change his tune after she makes her grand appearance?

Cayson’s Sunday School lesson was about Zacchius so I went over his take-home paper with him and sang the Zacchius song with him. Later, I asked him who his story was about- who climbed the tree, and he replied with something that resembled the name Zacchius. Isn’t it amazing what they retain? We can still ask him, and he remembers the story.

Last week, we were eating hot dogs at an event at our bank and Cayson pointed to the stop sign and said, “stop sign, 8 sides.” Wow! I asked if he knew what shape it was and he responded with, “Oct-gon” (octagon). Now when we pull up to a stop sign, instead of saying, “stop sign", he points and says, “Oct-gon.” The toddler mind is an amazing thing!

As you can guess, he is constantly coming up with things… I am trying to use this blog to document it because I rarely write in his journal. I know I forget half of the Cayson-isms but I am trying to keep up with them!

Brrrr…Pumpkins!!!!

Saturday afternoon, we kept with tradition and went to pick out pumpkins. We went to P_Bar Farms this year to get them…. it was freezing cold and windy so we made it a quick stop. Cayson was mad because he doesn’t like his winter coat… he kept telling us “Case not like this.” He stated that he wanted a RED coat. Who’s child is this?

So, we didn’t get any decent pictures but I thought I’d share the few we took. 

Cayson picked his own pumpkin… maybe not the prettiest one… but it was his choice!