Fresh Start Sunday

Blessed are all who fear the LORD,
who walk in his ways.
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You will eat the fruit of your labor;
blessings and prosperity will be yours.
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Psalm 128:1-2 (NIV)

Favorite Picture of the Week

(Notice the princess shoes,
those are key to being a good baseball player!)

Sweet Little Collection

Back in January, I shared with you a few prints that I ordered from Studio Mela, one of my favorite Etsy shops!

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I recently added a few prints to our collection:

Hopefully very soon I'll work up the nerve to start putting holes in our newly painted walls, and then I can share with you my plans for pulling all of these together!

Before & After : My Dollhouse

When I was young, my dad built me a dollhouse. I can still remember opening Christmas gifts in our living room, when the whole family moved into the kitchen for snacks and a little gift-opening break. When we returned back to the living room, there it was waiting for me!

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My parents held onto the dollhouse all these years, and the last few it's been in our basement collecting dust, and probably providing a home for some spiders. It was finally time to get it all cleaned up and ready for Claire to use.
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Here's the before, complete with some '80's country wallpaper...And the after...First up was giving the entire dollhouse a fresh coat of paint. Benjamin Moore Dove White on the interior and Behr Paris White (actually looks like pink) on the exterior. Next, I used scrap booking paper to wallpaper each of the rooms. And finally I sewed curtains for each of the rooms. While sewing the teeny-tiny curtains, I remember thinking to myself, "this is how my child will know I love her, I'm hand sewing curtains for her dollhouse!" Then I had to remind myself that she's 2.5 and the curtains are totally irrelevant to her!
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Here's a few of the rooms...bathroom & baby's roomgirl's room & master bedroomliving roomWe filled the rooms with Fisher Price dollhouse toys. Someday if she decides that she wants to set it up as "real" dollhouse she can, but for now these are just fine (and unbreakable!)The first time we showed it to Claire, with arms way open wide she exclaimed "oh, wow!" So I'll take it we did alright!
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Holy smokes, this is blog post #400!
I sure am addicted to blogging love to blog!

Monday's 10 Things

Here's what I'm most thankful for, right now!

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1. Warmer weather is returning again.
2. A wide open week ahead!
3. A little ice cream social with neighbors on a Sunday night.
4. Watching how two year olds play together.
Best friends, fight, fun, steal, best friends again!
5. Another room is almost completely set up in our new house,
and I'm loving how it's turning out.
6. Two get-togethers last week with a good friend and her son.
7. Watching as Claire fell asleep all snuggled up on Eric last night.
8. Seeing how tiny Claire looks in her new big girl bed.
9. Strong allergy medicine. 'Tis the season!
10. How hard Eric works at his job, especially when some weeks are much less enjoyable than others.
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What are you most thankful for today?

Fresh Start Sunday

HE KNOWS MY NAME
Tommy Walker
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I have a Maker
He formed my heart
Before even time began
My life was in his hands
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I have a Father
He calls me His own
He'll never leave me
No matter where I go
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He knows my name
He knows my every thought
He sees each tear that falls
And He hears me when I call

Favorite Picture of the Week

She's so Betty Draper
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Tutu.
Over top of a dress.
With an apron.
Pink socks.
And jewel slides.
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She makes cooking very fashionable!