look at that face. sadie is getting bigger and more fun day by day. Jackie, does this picture remind you of someone?

i have been a busy little bee this week. out of the blue i was blessed with three PAID days off. it just so happen that all of the children i take care of were sick or going on vacation all at the same time. since i had so much free time i was able to sand all of my kitchen cabinets on tuesday, and paint them on wednesday. i have been amazed with how much i have gotten done this week. somehow i managed to turn a big job into something that has seemed very small and easy to do. i'm happy to say that my kitchen will be in semi-operating order today. semi because i decided that while i'm on a roll i'm going to paint my kitchen walls this weekend. the mental picture of my remodel is coming together nicely, and it's going to look really nice when it's complete.

more d.i. hook ups...look for these in the remodel of my bedroom. coming soon!

last weekend our cousins Lisa, Lana, and O'Bray were visiting A.Z, and we had a great time with them. of course there was a party for us to go to in scottsdale. a friend of the family had his 40th birthday at a hotel. hubby and i were both invited but a.j. wasn't up to going but said i should go have fun with the fam. my hubby is so awesome! we had a blast dancing the night away, and Lana is so much fun. she has a style that is her own and i love it. she is a dancing machine! always good times with my two favorite cousins.

i am almost ready to reveal my kitchen and bedroom. i didn't have much time to work on anything this weekend but i finished sanding my kitchen cabinets today. my plan is to paint them tomorrow. we are going to paint our room over the 4th of july holiday and we have everything to make our bedroom complete. i am so excited!

picture of the day and d.i. hook ups

our little sunshine

we went to d.i. last week and got hooked up with all kinds of stuff. most of these items are for the remodel of our bedroom. i plan to shaggy both chairs. the rocking chair will go in sadie's room, and can you believe that we paid only $15.00 for the rocking chair and $10.00 for the other. the $10.00 chair is old as dirt but it's going to look fab in our new room.

i have something really cute in mind for this lamp so stay tuned! ($7.00)

we plan to add some paint to these frames. some are perfect as is but they will make our room come together nicely. ($1.00 - $2.00 each)

kitchen and bedroom facelift

hubby and i decided that we need to finish our kitchen, and that our bedroom needs a new look.

we are going to paint our kitchen cabinets dark gray/almost black but not really black. we thought dark gray would go well with the indian slate floors we have in our kitchen. we talked about painting the kitchen a different color (since it's a pink-ish color now). but we want to see how the cabinets look first, do a couple of color test on the kitchen wall, then decide. i will post before and after pictures late but here is a picture of what our cabinets might look like.

when it comes to our bedroom, we don't have a ton of space to work with (since our master bedroom is a playroom for sadie and daycare kids) but it is still going to be fabulous! this remodel is what i'm most excited about. here are idea pictures of our colors and theme.

jazz it up part.2

i jazzed up this white t-shirt today.

before

after

it took me 20-25 minutes to make this shirt. i used left over pieces of fabric i have, and i paid only $3.00 for the white t-shirt at target. this shirt reminds me of something you would find in the kids department at neiman marcus. more to come soon!

three day weekend

since we had a three day weekend, sadie and i flew to california friday night. our trip was so much fun, it was exhausting! we spent most of our visit with my two sisters but we also made time to visit other family members. since hubby was so busy working last week he stayed home so he could get some rest.

saturday: our first stop...the alley (a huge shopping network in downtown L.A).you can find any and everything at the alley, all for a low, low price.

so-coo (our brotha from the "mother land.") and max

i love this picture of mia and sadie. it's too bad it's out of focus.

Downtown L.A

The Walt Disney Building

Sunday: we went to visit my mother and grandmother. it was a great day! my mom cooked lunch for us and Alex (sadie's awesome uncle) got sadie crafts to do while we were visiting her grandparents. he got her stuff for finger painting, wax crayons, and play-doh. this was sadie's first experience with all of these things, and she LOVED every single second of it. we had so much fun watching her explore and experience something new.

mia and alex helping sadie

Monday: we all had breakfast together and hung out. sadie is so in love with her aunts mia & max and her uncle alex. you can see that they love her as much as she loves them. it's kinda sad and funny all at the same time but when my sisters are around, sadie is so excited to see them that she forgets about me, and she is kinda mean to me at times. now that she is old enough to express her feelings. she is good at letting me know when i'm getting in the way when it comes to her personal time with her aunts and uncle. she is a little stinker! but most importantly aj and i know that our little girl is loved, and that we have good and supportive people around her.
when we returned home sadie and i were pleased to see a happy and rested daddy/hubby. sadie was so wired from our weekend that at 9:00 p.m she thought it was still time to shop. she took this shopping bag that is bigger then she is and put it on like at purse while she walked around the house as if she was in a hurry...so funny.
little shopper in training!