Jaina's Big Girl Room

Jaina's room is finalllllly finished.

It only took me seven months, lol. Only because we all know her furniture didn't arrive until December and I got caught up in school and I realized how much painting is a pain in my butt! Plus I have no decorating skills so whatever! Anyways it's complete and I'm happy with the final product. So as you can see there is NO more dirty nasty carpet in her room. It's now replace with awesome hard wood floors.

After we finished our living room and hallway we had decided to re-carpet all the bedrooms at a later date but Jaina somehow got ahold of some red lipstick (ok I gave it to her without thinking) and she smeared it all over her carpet and we couldn't get it out. On top of all the pee stains, drink stains, and whatever else that steeped into it. So I got fed up and demanded hardwood floors in her room, Lol not really but you get the idea. While we were in Houston Justin put them in and I loved them! Thanks hunny! I painted her room a light purple (not sure if you can tell in the photo) but it came out really pretty. I repositioned her dresser (which was her great-granny's) to the other side of the wall. And set up her tea table up that she got from my parents for Christmas and her recliner from my uncle. I plan on hanging some framed photos on the blank wall above the bear, maybe something with a poppy color. I left her original curtains up that my mom made for her nursery. I was going to go with a darker purple color but since her borders are white I thought I would leave them but who knows I may change my mind.

Her closet has been a really big issue for sometime now. I hate sliding doors and with her closet being so small I could never opened it up far enough to get stuff in there so we took the doors down and I planned on her just going with out doors. But she had a huge toy box in there and that created an even worse problem because she would get inside the toy box and throw everything out on to the floor. (which I had mentioned in another post) So I threw out the toy box, bought her plastic containers, categorized all her toys into the boxes, organized all her clothes and shelves and she still was throwing everything out of the closet and yanking down her clothes. And yes, I know she's a child and she is going to have a messy room BUT she's 2! And that's uncalled for! So in order to fix that problem I made Justin go out and buy these fan doors, which I like because you can open both sides and see the whole closet BUT there was one problem. When Justin was putting the doors on he realized the carpenters that built our house built her closet on a slant and the doors wont shut all the way! Uhh.. I just told him to leave them as is and we can deal with it later! Here is her cute little desk and mirror we got her. It's all different light colors and has big butterfly's, bees and bugs on it.

The desk opens up, which she's already figured out how to hide things in it.lol

The desk also came with a cute little bench that has a big butterfly on the side. She's been playing with her furniture since it arrived and it already has makers stains and stickers stuck on it, lol This is the big bee on the side. Isn't it cute!

This is her bench/book case. As you can see she has a ton of books in it already. She loves to pull all the books out and scatter them around her room, lol

This the other side of her room.

I bought her bed from a co-worker. It was a brown wood bed when I first got it and I painted it white. I found her bedding at Target which surprised me how well it went with her room.

The shelf above her bed is filled with goodies. I wasn't for sure what else to put over her bed so I just left the shelf. I have some framed photod of her, a bunny from her great-granny that passed away, her birth certificate and her favorite piggy bank.

This little shelf also came with her set. I think it's adorable but I'm unsure of what to put on it because I know whatever I do put on it will be taken off in two minutes flat so I'll just let her put what ever she wants to on it.

This is the side of her little shelf. Cute as a bug!

And I have her little white cross hanging in her room that I got for her nursery that says, 'Child of God". And that's it! Tomorrow I will be picking her up from my parents and I'm excited for her to see her room all finished. Hopefully she is going to like it!

Animal House

What else do you blog about when your child is gone and there's nothing else to blog about? How about about all your animals, lol As you may already know about our dog Dixi we also have some other pets I'd like to share with you. I will start from oldest to youngest. This is MY cat Phoenix. I got him when I was going to junior college seven years ago. I lived in the 'dorm' apartments and we were not allowed to have animals but my roommate and I wanted to get one anyways so we looked in the Sunday paper and found this cute little old couple who had free kittens. So we drove over and picked him up. I always wanted a cat named Phoenix, ever since I heard the song '21 flavors' by Alana Davis. So that's how he got his name He lived with us until the apartment manager found out and then he got booted to my parents house. Since then he has moved with me everywhere that I've lived, Temple, Dallas, Houston, Salado. He is solid grey and Justin says he is the weirdest cat he's ever seen. He has looks that can kill and will defiantly beat you down in a starring contest. He loves being out doors, loves cat treats and only wants to be petted when HE wants you to pet him. But he is my 'protector' and I love him every much. We've been through alot! (he was there for me even before I met Justin!)

Sam was my favorite 'son'. I got him when I was living in Dallas from a co-worker. I thought Phoenix needed a playmate while I was in school and boy was I right. They became best friends! They never left each others side. Sam was very loving, onry, playful and very fat! He moved with us to Temple when we lived in our old rent house in town. I was about six months pregnant and woke up to Justin saying 'oh no' and when I looked out side I was that our next door neighbor had run over him when he backed out of his drive way. We buried him in the back yard of our rent house and put a little cross made out of sticks on his grave, lol The saddest part of the whole deal was that Phoenix looked like he had just lost his best friends (which he did) and laid on top of his grave in the back yard for weeks until we moved :(nI still think about my 'Sammy Boy'

But to replace my lost Sammy I came home one day from work and Justin said ' I have a surprise for you' and I heard a little meow and it was Jake! Justin got him from a couple who had kittens and swore to him that Jake was a boy. But when I went to have Jake nurtured I actually had to get "HER" spayed. Yes, it was a very embarrassing ordeal, lol! Jake was a very fun loving playful kitten who was always by my side until.......I brought Jaina home from the hospital. She was SO jealous of her which I found very odd. She would climb in her crib, swing and even try to get in my face while I was holding her. I had to put a stop to that very quickly and she do not like that. So now we are barley friends. She stays outside 90% of the time and does not like to be touched and is very skittish. I think if she could run away she probably would, lol.

And for our third cat ( the cat without a real name) I tried naming her Molly when we first got her and Justin said no, so she really doesn't have a name at all. When he was working for the fire department in Graham I begged him to get a cat and since he is a cat lover we headed to the city animal shelter and picked her since she looked so playful until we got home with her. I'll just say that me and that cat DON'T get along. She's not nice and she bites! But she loves Justin so I tend to just stay away from her as far as I can! lol

And as I said before I'm sure yall all know about our Fox Terrier, Dixi. Justin is NOT a dog lover at all and I begged him for months to let me get a dog. I am a big dog kinda person but Justin said the only way we could have one is if we got a low maintenance dog and that she is. She is about a year old now but still going strong. And let me tell ya she can be a very bad girl sometimes! Jaina and Dixi are BEST friends and seriously fight like brother and sister. Dixi really loves her and misses her when she is gone. Justin and Dixi have recently buddied up with each other and now I'm starting to think she is more his dog then mine. He has trained her how to sit, stay, lay down, go outside and get back inside! And as you can see from this picture, she always has a look on her face like she's up to something.

And our last pet Henrietta. Get it? Hen-rietta lol. She lays an egg every day for us and there every good and very organic. She eats mostly grains and sometimes left overs that I feed her. Shes not as smart as our other chicken Sophie that we use tohave. She would let me paint her toe nails and she knew commands. But Henrietta will do as long as she's making eggs! And I will add this, Jaina is NOT a chicken lover and screams and runs inside every time she is out of her cage. I guess Jaina will have the same phobia as my mom does! lol

Thanks for stopping by our Animal house!

This week's Randoms

Sunday my sister and I left Houston to come back home. I had to leave Jaina with my parents this week because I have a very busy week with school and a couple of meetings and our babysitter is out of town.

When we were packing up the car she kept asking me where I was going so I had to divert were with a gift.

I told her to sit with Mimi at the table and paint her new Minnie mouse picture. I gave her a big kiss and told her I would see her in a couple days.

Hoping this sneaky plan would work with out a big melt down I snuck away and made it home.

But a couple hours after I got home my mom called and said she was running a fever of 101 but wasn't having any other symptoms.

I couldn't figure out what was going on except this weekend she didn't use her sippy cup at all and was drinking out of a normal cup and i thought that was great because she needs to start drinking out of a cup like a big girl but I got to thinking that maybe she was dehydrated. So I told my mom to go to the store buy some pedialigt and a new sippy cup and see if that helps.

She called back and said she was drinking a ton but still had fever.

Then she asked if she could be cutting her 2 year molars. But I had know idea, I actually thought she had all her teeth already, lol.

So I asked around and to my surprise babies do get 2 year molars around 2 1/2.

But we're still not sure if that's what is going on.

Today She said her fever has gone down a little and she is playing normal so if she's still having problems by Thursday I defiantly will be taking her in to see the doctor.

On a funny note my sister travels everywhere with her two dogs and they have rode with me the last two trips I've made to my parents. Jaina loves it because they get to ride right next to her. She has a Boston Terrier and a French Bulldog. Her Boston terrier sleeps with his tongue out and is just the funniest thing to see. lolAnd while I was in Houston I found Jaina's Easter dress. It's a gingham dress. I thought it would go perfect since I wore a gingham dress for Easter when I was two too!

I also got this dress at JC Penny for 3 bucks! My uncle had a 10 off coupon and the dress was on sale which meant I saved over 17.00 dollars on a brand new dress! The lady at the counter said "Oh wow you cant even go to a garage sale and buy something that cheap" lol. We also have a Kmart in Killen. Its one of the only ones left in Texas. I hardly ever go there but I do go every once in a while to see what I can 'find'. And I happened to stumble across these adorable little sandals for Jaina.

And these I just HAD to buy for her as well. Arnt these cute! They will go perfect with her cute little gingham dress for Easter.

These will be her first little pair of wedge shoes. She has cuter shoes then her momma, Ha! And I'm excited to announce that Dancing with the Stars is back on tv. I LOVE DWTS. There are so many good acts this time around and I'm not sure who I'm going to 'vote' for but I do know I do really like Kristi Alley.

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Alyssa Rose

Isn't she just so beautiful and precious?

I think so!

She seems like she is going to be an easy baby.

She seems very calm and quiet.

I think she favors her half brother Jake alot.

She's so tiny, I can hardly remember Jaina being that small. Time flys so fast and makes me realize that my baby really isn't a baby anymore.

Jaina didn't react the way I thought she would...... she seemed just a tad bit jealous!

She gave my sister the evil eye and didn't really want a whole lot to do with the baby and once she saw Mimi holding the new baby she wanted Mimi to hold her!

I think she was kinda glad it was her cousin and not her new sister. Lol

Proud Mimi with her third grand baby

Alyssa with her Mimi and Paw paw

And her proud parents

She's here!

This morning my mom and niece headed to the hospital since my sister's water had broke.

We hung around the house this morning until we got a call from my mom saying she was dilated to a 5.

So we decided to go ahead to the hospital but Jaina didn't want to go because she was entertaining my sisters dogs pretty well, lol.

Jaina and PawPaw walking into Clear Lake Hospital ready see a baby.
But still no baby:(

We took turns visiting with my sister and rotating taking care of Jaina out in the waiting room.

My sister was obviously ready to have baby A after being in labor for over 24 hours.

We brainstormed some ideas to hurry along the process so I took the plunge and massaged her pressure points on her feet but it didn't really work :(

My sister was getting a little restless so we headed downstairs to sit with my parents.

Jaina was acting a little wild so my dad, niece and I decided to take her over to the mall and walk around with her.

We finally got a call around 3:30 saying she was dilated to a 9 1/2

So we rushed back.

While we were waiting we took Jaina back to see the babies in the nursery and she loved them!

Finally at 4:30p.m. baby Alyssa Rose Wall made her appearance into this world! Looking beautiful and weighting in at 7 1/2 pounds!

Yawning big for mommy!

Jaina still wasn't allowed to go see the baby because they don't allow children in labor and delivery so we will go see her tomorrow in post partum were she will get to finally meet her new cousin.

But Jaina did get to see her through the nursery window.

And didn't want to leave!

She wanted to see more of baby but I told her she would have to wait until tomorrow!

Happy Birthday Baby Alyssa!

No baby yet

It has been a pretty looooong day.

This morning I met my sister Stephanie at my uncle's house so she could ride with Jaina and I to Houston. My other sister Jennifer was suppose to go into the hospital early in the morning to start her induction but so many other girls came in to the hospital to have their babies that they sent her home since she wasn't in actual labor.

That was the same exact thing that happened to me! So I know how she feels

My sister Steph and I decided wait at my uncles until Jennifer called us to let us know she was checked into the hospital.

Finally at 2:30 (5 1/2 hours) later she called and said she got in!

So off to Houston we went. We got to my parents house, unloaded and the off to the hospital were we met my sister, parents and friends.

She was dilated to a 1 so we new it was going to be a while.

(Here are the 3 Jones' sisters) We decided to play a guessing game.

We wrote all our guesses on paper of when the baby would arrive and how much it will weight. But of course we all lost because we are still waiting on baby A!

Daddy-to-be took our picture for us. Our childhood next door neighbor Rachel was there along with our childhood friend Krystal.

Paw Paw and Mimi had to take turns watching Jaina while we were up visiting with my sister.

They don't allow little children in the room or even on the same floor! By 9:30 we were all getting hungry so we all headed to Buffalo Wild Wings for a bite to eat. Ater eating we came back to the hospital and there still was no baby and she was still at a 1 so she sent us all home and told us to all come back in the morning.

But the good news is they broke her water this morning so we will be holding a baby sometime today!

Nothing Much

We don't have much going on this week except Jaina and I will be heading to Houston on Thursday because my sister is going to be induced and we will be meeting baby Aylssa.

Other then that Jaina has been back at the babysitters while I go to school and daddy goes to work.

I also have been sewing up a storm with my new machine in my spare time.

I LOVE it!

Its SO easy. I haven't had one problem. It's a really heavy machine and I like that!

My projects will hopefully be avaiable to all you gals having babies soon.

They are SUPER cute!

And tonight I was thumbing through some old albums trying to find a certain picture and came across this one.

Hahaha!

This brings back so many memories with Justin when we first started dating.

When he first got hired on at Grahman Fire Department he thought he was going to be this big bachlor and "live" on a house boat. Lol

You guys have no idea what kinda shape this thing was in when he first got it. The first time I went and stayed with him on his boat I asked where I could take a shower He handed me a bar of soap and showed me the lake and said "its all yours" lol

We actually got in the lake and took a bath.lol

But he managed to paint it blue, fix the shower and toliet so it wasnt that bad.....well until winter then he decided he didn't want to live like a bachlor anymore.

But we did have some GREAT times out on PK Lake.

I actually kinda miss it :(