Brooke School Pictures

These are the pictures Brooke had done at school on October 1st. Here's the class picture. Brooke is the second one in on the right.

This one is my favorite:

Proud big sister

I'm not sure if I've mentioned this on here before or not, but Paige is the best big sister that anyone could ever ask for. She LOVES her little sister so much, she really has exceeded our expectations. I kept waiting for the jealousy to start, but she has shown no signs of that. She just adores Brooke. We call her "our" baby and Paige likes to help out as much as she can. In the car the other day Brooke was fussing and Paige tells her "it's ok Brooke, I'm right here". It truly makes my heart melt the things she says. If Brooke is asleep in my arms she'll come over and give her "quiet kisses". I've been trying to capture these moments on video, but I'm usually holding Brooke or by the time I get to the camera I've missed it. Here's a good one of Paige going over to Brooke on her own and holding her hand:

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Bathroom wallpaper

We started pulling down the badly peeling, ugly wallpaper in  the master bathroom a few months ago. It ended up being a bigger challenge than we initially thought and was put on the back burner while other projects like the family room remodel were completed.

I finally started devoting an hour here and there taking down small sections at a time which made it more manageable. We eventually still want to do a big remodel and update the fixtures, but I think this makes it a lot more liveable until then.

Here are some before and after pictures:


See the peeling paper above the shower? That's how it looked when we bought the house!



Work in progress...


AFTER - All wallpaper is GONE and we painted it light brown.: