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Painting The Baby Room

When we moved into this house we knew we would eventually have to paint because the paint job here was so horrible. First of all they used that awful builder's grade paint. As soon as you touch it or rub against it, there is a permanent mark. Secondly they did a horrible job of actually paining. There were drip marks, holes in the wall, and uneven paint strokes. We decided to keep the room a tan color and picked out a tan that is a little darker than the current color. Here are the before pictures: If you look closely you can see the horrible paint job. That is not your computer folks, that's what the wall really looks like! Another shot of the uneven paint. Isn't this pretty folks? Here is the bathroom. This is actually where I started painting because I figured I could do this small area on my own.  More blotchy paint. First I sanded the walls since there were so many paint drips from the previous paint job. Then spackled, waited, ...

Athena's Run

We started a family tradition last year to walk for GYN cancers in honor of Katie. This race is called Athena's Run. Here are a few highlights from this year's race: Tillie got her own Katie's Tumornator's shirt! Katie and Wil ran this year...and Katie had a fantastic tutu to wear. I just really like this picture. This is Wil's dad, Ted, with my  mom. Yes Ted has a turquoise goatee just for this race! My mom with Tillie...the grandchild who actually looks like her! Lear family picture. Since my grandparents live in the area now they were able to join us for the race too!  Hester family picture. While everyone else was running we were taking pictures. Yes, we are lazy :) Here comes Katie and Wil! Adorable Tillie and Aunt Katie Katie led the walk with the hope sign. We all followed and led the rest of the groups in the Athena's walk. Jeff had the task of carrying the humongous sign th...

We're Expecting!

So I haven't been posting much lately because it's been a secret! But now the secret is out! :) I absolutely love that all of our immediate family members could take part in our pregnancy announcement! I got this idea one day while thinking about the Brady Bunch and Hollywood Squares. I think it turned out pretty cute! So now that the secret is a secret no longer I can start sharing the pregnancy pictures with you all. We decided to do weekly pictures, which has now turned into by-weekly pictures. Here they are below: So we found out that I was pregnant the week of Jeff's birthday!  This week I went to the beach with some good girlfriends from Sunday School. It was SO difficult trying to keep this a secret from you all!! You can tell from my face that I'm not feeling too great. Basically we found out this week that I can no longer have dairy! One of the very rare side effects of pregnancy is becoming lactose intolerant...and I love ...