Invites for little C's 1st

My Sons invites turned out so cute :) Since it was his first birthday I killed myself to get these done along with all the other house projects I am working on. I am crossing my fingers I finish painting the half bath by his birthday Just had to have a new color...whats wrong with me? Don't answer that :)

Washi Tape :) My new obsession

The first circle was altered to not show my sons name, it doesn't really look that crazy :)

Front Facing Car Seat

We went with the Evenflo Symphony 65 e3 All-In-One Convertible Car Seat (Hamilton) at $160 after coupons and ebates cashback from babies r us. 

Ebates is awesome by the way, I already have received $56 back for shopping online and refering a friend. all you need to do is sign up then when you want to shop online go to ebates first and search for the store you want to shop at. Click on the stores shop now button to go to their site and make a purchase. Ebates tracks that you got to lets say gap from clicking on the link from ebates and will reward you if you make a purchase. I like to see who is paying out the most and buy what I need from them. 

So $160 is still a lot of money but I figured I buy most of his clothes cheap at target so I can spend a little more on my big purchases.

It is extremely safe and easy to use. The seat reclines into 3 positions, has the sureLATCH system and easy adjust for height with the slide harness (my favorite part). No more fighting to get the shoulder straps through the seat base.

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He loves it so very much

$5 target shirt

FYI, My little man has 8 teeth and working on the molars! They grow so fast. 

DIY Grip Socks

I recently upgraded little C to bigger socks and found that they were way more slippery than his old ones. Having wood floors made it hard for him to walk around....so I busted out the puff paint.

Do you call it puff paint? My husband has no idea what that is and thinks I made it up. 

I opted for the tulip slick glow in the dark paint. It was slick enough to still be able to get his shoes on but also have just enough grip to be able to walk around.

A simple and easy fix. 

It's coming up!!

This little mans birthday is coming up in the next week and with all our other renovation projects in full swing we are still crazy enough to throw a party. It's his first birthday! We have to do a party..even if the floors aren't all the way finished.

I am trying to lift the burden on myself by making it a late afternoon party and eliminating the need to prepare a meal. I will still have to make snack foods and of course cupcakes and a smash cake but it will be far easier to fit in our schedule.

I have been working on his decorations for some time now and am excited to show everyone the finished project. The hubby and I will have to be multitasking VERY SOON and watch tv while cutting out some of the pieces. I am sure he will be thrilled when I tell him he has to help cut things out :)

Here is a little sneak peak at some of the pieces. I went for a circus theme and simply updated a pack I already have and added a few things here and there.

I took my sons name out of the welcome sign. My husband is still a little unsure of if he feels comfortable having his name on the blog. I am not sure if it matters but am going to refrain from names for now.

My favorite thing right now is the straw flags..which I wasn't planning on having straws, so I may have to add a dish just to be able to use them.

New Hair for Baby and Me

C's hair was getting a bit long and started to naturally form into a Mohawk. I love it but it was time to have his first hair cut! He looks like such a big boy now with his hair cut and all his newborn strawberry blonde is gone and its straight platinum blonde left.

A glimpse at our new hardwood floors

As for me, I decided it was time to give doing my own hair a try. I used Revlon frost and glow and it turned out so AMAZING! I am just itching to do it again. The worst part was doing the back of the head and would suggest asking someone to help out. I decided to do this while my hubby was gone and had no help and it still turned out awesome. At the $10-$15 price tag it far exceeded my expectations.

Baby proofing

It's been a while.... sorry. We have been very busy with large scale projects. While working on staining our kitchen cabinets we decided to also install wood floors all downstairs. While raising our little man it has been very time consuming. The floors derailed my cabinets for a little bit but are now just about done.

Our little man has gotten so big he decided it was time to play with his toys on the entertainment center and to grab the tv corner. After first needing to put on doors to our entertainment center.

Yes it is from Ikea. Sometimes you just have to buy cheap and thank goodness we did because it was so easy 2 years later to go and pick up some doors for it at $15 a piece.

After about 2 mins C figured out how to get the doors open and pulled our dvd player right out of the shelf..again. Then the blue tape went up.

Our next step was getting the mount up on the wall high enough to be out of reach of the little one. This was one ordeal as we had three adults that all had a different way of doing it. In the end It was put up and that is what matters.

We got our mount at Monoprice and at a great price!! it was under $50 dollars out with taxes and shipping for a fulling adjustable 46" mount. They offered great overnight shipping for $9. I would highly recommend them to anyone needing a tv mount.

We have not yet installed the wood floor under the tv

Yes..I may have been watching Glee and Little C's favorite thing is to play with his toys on the entertainment center

It took a little bit to get used to the height but now that I have had a few days I am loving it. I still need to get the cords all worked out but that can wait until after our floors are finished.

I apologize for the horrid pictures my camera battery decided that it no longer wanted to work.....