::12 Months!!::

On Saturday, March 24th, my Lola girl turned 1 year old!! It was honestly a very surreal feeling, but a very happy one too. Since her actual birthday was on a Saturday this year (thank you Leap Year), we got to have her Birthday party that afternoon, and it was SUCH a happy day! I will do a separate post on that later...

So my BABY turned 1! This was an awesome month, probably my favorite. We didn't cut ANY teeth this month, hence why it was my favorite! Lots of happy days and sleep-filled nights, yay!

Here are some highlights from the month:

-- Lola started walking 100% of the time this month. Previously, she was taking lots and lots of steps, but if she would fall, she would crawl. But one day, that changed! When she would fall, she would stand up again and keep walking! And she's never looked back! She has definitely mastered the art of walking...and she is keeping this mama very busy!

--Like I said, no teeth this month, but I can already see the next 2 coming. At least I got a month off!

--She pretty much averaged 13 hour nights this month, going down around 8pm, waking up around 9am. She also continued with her two 1.5 hour naps a day. Mama is very grateful, baby!

-- Words she is consistently saying are: light, hat, dada, Teddy (our dog), duck, dog, woof, moo (when she sees a cow). I'm sure there are more, but that's all I can think of. Still doesn't call me "mama"! :(

--Lola is still a great eater! She loves feeding herself, and is pretty good at it! Although, I have to admit, cleaning up that highchair 3x's a day is getting to be a pain. Oh well...

--We had her 1 year check-up this week complete with 4 shots and a blood draw, yuck! It was pretty awful. Her 1 year stats are:

Weight: 22lbs, 8oz= 75%

Height: 30 1/2"= 90%

Head: 17 3/4"= 50%

The last 2 doctor appointments she has been 90% for weight, so even though she is still a chunk, we can see she is starting to lean out from all that walking!

--Lola is still in size 4 diapers and wearing 12-18 month clothes

Lola, thank you for giving us the best year of our lives! I have loved just about every minute of it. I can't believe we used to do life without you. What did we do with all our free time? You make life so much better, and you make me smile more than I ever have before. Love you with all of our hearts, sweet girl!

Birthday Party post coming up! It was such a wonderful day!!

Bathroom Makeover!

Our house is old. Like, built in the 1950's old. So needless to say, there are some parts of this house that have likely NEVER been updated. Our hall bath was one of those places. We have been dying to remodel it, but weren't looking to spend $5,000+ to do so. So, we found a way to make it LOOK as if we completely remodeled it, but the only thing we tiled was the floor. The rest of the tile was "painted" with a substance called amorpoxy. It's basically a super heavy-duty paint that won't mold and lasts for 10+ years. And it is MUCH cheaper than re-tiling, of course!

Here are the BEFORE pics of the bathroom:

Peach "vintage" tile on floor, countertop, shower walls, and wainscot

White cabinets, old mirror & light fixture

Disgusting, stained original tub!

Cannot believe we even used this tub! Pouring straight bleach on it wouldn't even budge these stains.

And now the AFTER pics:

All tile was painted white

Painted cabinets a taupe color, new mirror & light fixture

Looks like a new tub, but it was just painted!

Another view of shower, and new blue/grey paint color on the walls

New tile looks like carrara marble

We are loving our "new" bathroom!

Lola Walking!

Lola has made some major progress in the walking department since my last post, so I just had to update with a video. She's a full-on walker now!

**Sidenote: don't judge that we are wearing Christmas PJ's in March. They still fit, so we still wear 'em!**