:: Happy Housewives ::

:: I had a great time tonight @ Happy Housewives, we had a MAC make-up artist come and give us tips on how to "update" our looks as we have a tendency to stay the same or get into a rut...ah, you're wrong. Not me. Ha Ha Ha - I think I'm the worst out of the whole bunch of us! ::

:: Here were Kim's tips for me ::
1) Try peachy - balmy type eye shadows
2) Grow in my eyebrows and "give 1996 back it's eyebrows"
3) Use a mineral type foundation - I don't use any (most of the time)
4) Clean my brushes
5) Wash my face prior to bed...I promise I will try to do this one, but I'm so bad at it!

:: I am going to try to grow my eyebrows in a bit...a bit not a lot, but a bit...I will post a picture once I have completed this task! (My Eye & brow are in the collage at the bottom right) ::

:: Thanks for another great HH night girls - It was great! Thanks for organizing and hosting Cami! ::

:: Doorstep Gifts ::

:: Yesterday I received an email to check at my doorstep...and this is what I found, a lovely gift from our old neighbours - How sweet! ::

:: It is a lovely grey zip-up top for our wee babe. Thanks Craig, Jeannie & Magnolia! ::

:: Bowling Bonaza! ::

:: To celebrate our friend Leah's birthday we headed to Willowbrook Lanes to do some good 'ol fashioned bowling....Sweet Sass! ::

:: We had a great time with a fabby group of friends, who knew bowling could be such an entertaining sport! ::

:: Our friend Chris (aka: Mr. Chris or Uncle Cookie) got the highest score for the night...I stopped counting his strikes beyond the first six, yup six! He said it runs in the family, his grandma is apparently an amazing bowler or was in her day...I say he's a closet bowler ;) ::

:: Happy birthday Leah - what a great way to celebrate! ::

:: The Basement ::

:: It's been painted Blue/Grey/Green -- it's a very different colour, in some lights it's very blue, other lights grey and even in some light it's green - but I think it's perfect for the basement! :::: It was actually a mis-tint that we picked up @ Cloverdale paint. It started off the colour on the right side and then ended up the colour on the left side as we added a bucket of cream paint to it to lighten it up and add some creamy-ness :::: The staircase on the way down to the basement....it was sponge-painted on the ceiling - Oh my! Do you see our little helper at the bottom of the stairs??? :: :: The staircase the next day ::
:: The ceiling in the main room - the line you see is not a shadow but the colour before and after :::: I forgot to take whole room shots of the main room prior to painting, so here is the colour of the main room mid-way through painting :: :: This is the main room once we finished painting the ceiling and walls :::: Basement bedroom before painting it :: :: Basement bedroom partially finished painting it :: :: Basement bedroom finished painting :: :: Scrapbookingb nook in basement bedroom prior to painting ::
:: Scrapbooking nook after painting ::

:: Now we just need to nail down trim board in both the bedroom and main room, trim the window in the bedroom, rip out tile in front of fireplace and get carpet throughout the main room and staircase - Not too bad for a weekends work with two little ones hey!?!?! ::

:: Edited to say: We also need to put in new light fixtures in both rooms...and a dimmer switch to make it warmer in there when the ceiling lights are on. I would have liked to have pot lights installed but no can do, so a dimmer switch will have to do! Because I hate the way over-head lights are so bright ::

:: My Weekend ::

:: ...has consisted of picking paint, priming for paint and actually painting paint ::

:: We painted our basement this weekend...it is great. I'm a little scared about the color - a little bold for my taste, however it is the basement and as long as we keep on creating boys, it will need to be repainted in just a few years and we can change the colour then ::

:: Paul loves the colour - any guesses as to what colour it is??? ::

:: I'm off to go to bed, but before that I need to rub Vaseline all over my hands, feet and face and hopefully it works wonders by morning...See ya'll then! ::

:: Waking up Baby Brother ::

:: First you must knock on the door to see if you can come in ::

:: Then you scale the wall of the crib ::
:: I can do it, I can do it! ::
:: View from the inside...Cole's waiting, this is quite the process you know! :::: Oh there you are! ::
:: "He's right here Mama" :::: "It's a party in my crib" :::: "Mama, you should tell him it's dangerous climbing up to my crib like that" :::: "But I'm happy to see ya'll anyway!" ::

:: Talk about talent! ::

:: When you can't colour with your hands but with your feet! Ha Ha!!! ::

:: Before she was born ::

:: When we got the call in the middle of the night that the baby was on it's way, I couldn't sleep so I got up and wrote this little letter to "Baby Hungerford" ~ Babies are such a gift! ::

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Dear Baby Hungerford,

Welcome to the world!

We have waited for your arrival for 9 months and now we get to hold you and see what perfection God made in you.

You are so loved; before you even had eyes, ears and a nose…you were loved. Your Mummy has taken all the necessary measures to ensure that you have grown to be the healthiest you could possibly be, and here you are as perfect as can be!

Mummy and Daddy could not have expected to fall in love so quickly without measure but now you are here; you are the most amazing treasure.

Welcome to the world baby, we can’t wait to know you and to see what plans God has for your life. Take life with all its twists and turns and run with it, you are part of a special plan knit together by God’s own hand.

Welcome to the world Baby
Hungerford ~ You are loved!

All of our hugs and kisses,
Uncle Paul, Aunty Shawna,
Cousin Jacob & Cousin Cole

***

Isn't she beautiful!

:: Victoria's First Hour ::

:: I didn't get too many photo's - however, here are the few that I did get from Victoria's first hour. She is a delightful little bundle. I was so wound up last night once we returned home I could barely sleep....okay, I slept well but not deep, I just kept on re-living her arrival ::

:: I'm an Auntie! ::

:: I am finally the Auntie to a very beautiful baby girl! ::

:: Victoria Patricia-Jane Hungerford ::

...made her appearance into the world at 7:48 pm, weighing in at 6 lbs 14 oz and 20" in length ::

:: Jennifer did an amazing job of birthing Victoria -- I think she even surprised herself at how well she did and how smoothly it went - Great job Jen! :: :: Congratulations Michael & Jennifer...

God's richest blessings on your sweet family ::

:: FYI : Jennifer's middle name is Victoria, hence the first name...Jennifer's Mom's name (My MIL) is Patricia and Michael's Mom's name is Jane, isn't that great, they were able to incorporate all three Mom's names - that is such an honour ::