Where was I?

Okay so the Kim and Tess team are back in effect ya'll!

It's been so long I'm not sure where to begin. Christmas came and went and we had a great time. It was just the relaxed cozy type of Christmas I was hoping for, where we all ate too much, went for walks and played with the boy. Who is now a year old! We had a big bash, Elvis theme since he was born on Elvis birthday and also because Elvis is super cool. And, in case you were wondering red velvet cake makes for interesting photos. The boy looked like he had been chopping up bodies with splotches of red cake all over him!

Also, I got a sewing machine for Christmas! I ordered all kinds of fun fabric and I keep checking the front door to see if my cute fabric has arrived yet. I'm feeling all kinds of inspired just thinking of all the cute little appliqué things I can but on my boy's plain shirts. A car! A truck! An Apple! Or hey a Shark!   Then I see shirts like this and this and I think of my friends with their cute little girls and how I must make them some  shirts too. Oh man hurry up and get here already fabric! The only catch is trying to figure out how to sew. That should be interesting, I don't have a lot of patience with following exact instructions and measuring and pinning and whew man I just want to make stuff! So to be continued with my sewing adventures.

And then Kim and her family came to visit where her little girl fell in love with this bad boy. I do have to admit it's pretty awesome. It kind of has a doctor office feel but man do the kids love it. So yeah back to the visit, it was all kid all the time. But we did manage to head out to an art and wine fair and feel like adults.

We are settling in nicely in our house and I'm feeling inspired to start decorating too. I have a list that is miles long on all the things I want to paint, change and buy. I think we need to start with the boy's room but it's going to be a big job. It's a dark color so its going to take coats and coats of paint just to get it back to white. So I keep putting it off. But looking at sites like this  inspire me to get crackin! I kind of love the idea of brightly colored vintage furniture and pictures with white walls but then there are these babies how could we not get those? And then I click over to Dwell and love the colors (click on for baby) and the look and man, I just need one idea not forty. I love the internet I really do but sometimes the cuteness can kill a girl!