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Still Kickin..

admin — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 00:31:00 +0000

Hey All. I’m still alive in case you were wondering if I had fallen off the face of the earth. I have been traveling the past week and a half for work, which leaves little time for home improvements or blogging about them!

Baby vB is still kickin’ too- literally. {He/She is doing somersaults and back flips as we speak.} Only 4 days left until our ultrasound to see how the baby is doing and to find out if it’s a BOY or GIRL! I am really excited to see the baby in general. We haven’t had an ultrasound since week 4 and that was just to confirm the pregnancy.

Have no fear.. there will definitely be a post on Tuesday to let you guys know if we will be buying pink or blue for the next 5 months.

In the meantime I am going to leave you with this super cute photo of my bro and his 2 sons {travers and gus}.

Talk to you on Tuesday!!

Introducing….

admin — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 01:06:56 +0000

William Augustus Edwards

Born June 14, 2010 at 10:41am

8 lbs 2 oz and 18.1″ long

Mr. vB and I are so excited to welcome our newest nephew to the family. We were anxiously awaiting his arrival this morning along with CeeCee, Honey, Mammama, and Pop in the waiting room. The above photo was taken about 30 mins after he was born and he is the spitting image of his Big Bro Travers.

Here is the happy family after Travers met his little brother for the first time. Nothing like a little Chic-fil-a to say, “Welcome to the World lil’ bro- want a waffle fry?”

Mom, Dad, and “Gus” are doing great and are expected to come home later in the week!

Congrats Marty and Travers!! We love you!!

Home Sweet Home!!

admin — Thu, 27 May 2010 02:34:04 +0000

Well I am quite happy to announce that my Mums and Daddio moved back into their house today!

I popped down to Newport News after work just so I could see it for myself! Can you believe its been almost a full year since the freak house fire? (for the full story click here)

I know it has been a long stressful year for them both, that is why I am so happy that things are FINALLY getting back to normal for them!

Welcome Home Edwards Family, Welcome Home!!

{Interior photos to follow shortly..that is once all 200 boxes are unpacked. No pressure Mums!}

Happy Mother’s Day!

admin — Sun, 09 May 2010 01:52:49 +0000

I spent an early Mother’s Day with my Mums and sis in law Marty today. What fabulous women and mothers both these ladies are!

We started at our favorite restaurant in Newport News for a little lunch.

{sorry for the blurriness- the IPhone camera was not on its best behavior}

What did you expect? Something fancy?!?

Us Edwards’ gals love us some Hot Dog King. Best Grilled Foot Long this side of the Mississippi.

Here’s a shot of my lunch.

You can call me plain-jane when it comes to my dog- it’s okay. I like to see myself as a hot dog connoisseur. No need for all the extra toppers, unless I know it’s not a high quality dog. In that case it helps hide the imperfections.

{you guys didn’t know I had such a scientific side to me, nor that I had such a love for hot-dogs did ya?}

After we devoured every delicious bite, we then headed over to check out my parents ALMOST finished house!! I debated taking a few photos, but I want to wait until they are all moved in. Then we’ll do the big reveal. Can you believe though that on June 15th it will have been one full year since the explosion. To my parents I know it has felt like an eternity. I will be so happy when they are back at home and I know they will be too.

Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there! Enjoy your day! YOU DESERVE IT!

Babysitting vB Style

admin — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 12:19:26 +0000

I thought this might amuse you guys. Mr. vB and I stepped up yesterday to help out our sick sister in law. Her hubby was out of town and she had the 24 hr stomach bug. We came to the rescue and whisked away Maddy (age 3) and Philip (age 8 months) to spend the day, and possibly the night, with Aunt TT and Uncle DD.

I had left the kids under Mr. vB’s supervision while I jumped in the shower. This is how I found them when I got out.

I stopped long enough to take their photo and then jumped in bed with them. I mean if your auntie and uncle can’t spoil you with a day in bed watching cartoons, who can?

Looking Good!

admin — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 00:50:44 +0000

I forgot to mention that I stopped by my Parent’s New-Old house the weekend before last while I was in Newport News checking in on my Daddio. The house is looking really good and the contractor is telling them he will turn the keys over sometime in early May! All that is left to do is install the kitchen cabinets and granite, repair and re-sand the hardwood floors, install carpet, install all the plumbing fixtures, and hang wall paper! WHOO-HOO! I know my parents are beside themselves with anticipation of being back in their own house with their own things again!

Here are some before and almost after photos for you guys.

The Foyer

My BedroomThe Upstairs Hall

The Back Stairs

The Kitchen

And The Exterior

Looking good, eh?!

My Daddio…

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:00:40 +0000

What a week! Sorry I have been missing in action.. My daddio got quite sick earlier in the week and it threw us all for a loop. He is doing much better, but is still in the hospital.

Daddio is an avid bootsandtotty reader so I thought this post might brighten his day.

{LOVE YOU DADDIO- Feel Better!!}

On that note, thought we could all use something to smile about…

Here is my new front door accessory until it is time to break out my dragon fly for summer!

It was a Home Goods Steal and Deal for $1.39!!!!

Happy Friday!

House Update..

admin — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:01:28 +0000

Wanted to give you guys the update on my parent’s house.

{for any new readers, my parent’s experienced a terrible house fire back in June. No one was hurt, thankfully, but the entire house was destroyed. You can check out the progress of the house here.}

Things are coming along slowly but surely. They are currently working on replacing the roof section by section… hence all the tarps.

Here’s a close up of the windows in one of the front bedrooms.

Look closely through them and you can see blue sky on the other side! They must have been working on that section the day my mums took the photos.

And the Garage has also being rebuilt.

I think the best part is that my Mums still hung a xmas wreath on the front door. That makes me smile. You can burn their house down, but you can’t take away their spirit!

My parents are doing well and are trucking right along with making final decisions on things like the new interior finishes, the kitchen cabinets, and the sound-system. I asked my dad if he was going to get one of those big remotes that controlled everything in the house, from the lights, to the speakers, to the toilet flushing. {Just like that remote Ozzy Osbourne used on his horrible reality show Meet the Osbournes. He never could figure out which button did what. And Yes, I am admitting that I use to watch that show.} But the house still has quite a ways to go. New electircal, HVAC, plumbing, windows, you get my drift. I think at this point they are just hoping to get back in the house before the start of summer!

HomeMade Gift #1

admin — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:42:58 +0000

Remember how I was “tooting my own horn” about some homemade gifts I had created? I can finally share them with you!

So Gift #1 was something that had caught my eye in a recent issue of Martha Stewart Home.

I immediately thought this would be a great gift for my Mums. Her mother, Mary Stuart Ransone aka Granny, was an amazing cook and made everything from scratch. I had casually asked my mom if she had any old recipes of Granny’s that I could borrow. I think she knew I was up to something, but obliged my request and found several recipe’s for me that Granny had handwritten.

PERFECT!

Next step was to acquire some Color Fast Printer Fabric and a white apron.

I scanned each recipe and then printed it on the fabric paper. After the ink dried, I removed the paper backer and ran the fabric through some cold water. I then laid out each piece of fabric to air dry.

Once dry, I trimmed the edges around each recipe and use my iron to create a finished edge.

“Martha” suggested just putting the recipe directly on the apron, but I thought it needed a little more pizazz. I found this great fabric at a local quilting store that screamed Vintage to me. My plan was to sew each recipe to the vintage fabric and then the fabric to the apron.

One on , one to go!

WOO-HOO!! I did it! I was stressing that I was going to mess something up halfway through. {Disclaimer- my sewing skills are R-O-U-G-H and I tend to jump in head first without thinking it all out.} But I did it!

I also thought it would be a cute touch to add the same fabric to the strap around the neck.

Here’s a close up detail…

And here it is all folded up ready to wrap up for my Mums! Pretty cute isn’t it?

My Mums loved it and I couldn’t be happier!

’twas the night before Christmas…

admin — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:42:58 +0000

and all through the Edwards house, not a creature was stirring, except for the 2 yr old running around in the cutest smocked outfit ever.

My brother and his wife hosted Mr. vB and myself for xmas this year, along with my parents, and Mr. vB’s brother, his wife and their kids. {Unfortunately the other vB’s came down with a horrible respiratory virus just days before xmas and they all had to stay quarantined. Don’t worry- we sent them food and presents!} We normally celebrate Christmas at my parents house in Newport News, but since their house is still under construction from the fire, we decided to switch things up this year! Thanks so much to Travers and Marty for hosting us! We had such a great time and your new house was the perfect spot to celebrate Christmas.

Christmas Eve

At least he wasn’t putting the crayon in his mouth!

Baby T was quite excited about his new name puzzle from Cece and Honey.

Honey read Twas the night Before Xmas and then it was time for bed!

Next was the fun part! Putting together Santa’s gifts for Baby Travers.

Everyone was in on the fun!

Christmas Day

After a yummy breakfast we opened our Christmas Stockings.

Then we moved all the presents downstairs and tried to get Baby T to come see what Santa had brought.

He seemed to be in a bit of shock when he saw it all!

Santa was very good to me this year and he apparently read my blog post about my dining room face-lift. My mums has offered to help me sew new dining room drapes and recover the new dining room chair seats. I’ve got an idea of what I want- now I just need to find it. No sweat-right?!

Hope everyone enjoys the last days of 2009! 2010 is going to be here before we know it!!