January happenings

Hello all. Long time no blog. January has been a pretty humdrum month for us in the Cefalo home. It started off with a very boring New Years. Jake had to work both day's so we pretty much went to bed early on New Years Eve and I spent the day alone. I did make a fun meal and we did a small celebration around 8:30 before we went to bed but it was really not that eventful.

Nathan has been a real good helper. He is learning so much right now. One of my favorite things to do with him over the past month is cook. He gets so excited to help. Especially if he knows it is a treat. I took a few pictures of him last week as he "helped" me make some brownies.

As you can see from the pictures above Nate got a hair cut. Its was long overdue. I have to admit I love his hair long. I get sad every time we cut it. He looks cute either way but I still get a little sad when I see pictures of him with his long hair.

Such a poser


Ta da! Hey good lookin.

As for the rest of the month we have been working of a few projects. Slowly but surely we are getting the house together. We decided that we wouldn't start on any house projects until after we closed. That means even though we have lived here for almost 2 months we have only started projects in the last 3 weeks.

Jake did a wonderful job painting the ceiling.

My sister Melanie came with her kids for a couple of days and she helped with the painting. I am pretty happy with how the room looks now. It feels much cleaner and brighter.

There is still a lot of work to do. We will be painting the molding and door white and we need to replace all of the ivory electrical plates. That should be done later this week. Right now the room is looking pretty bare but we have some grand plans.

I want to find some pillow covers similar to these. Probably a little more yellow.

I don't really know how things are coming together but I really like this pillow as well. We will see.
I love these chairs and I am hoping I can get a couple for a little more seating.

Jake and I are also determined to get one of these as soon as we can possibly afford it.

We will have to see what happens. There are a lot of wants but we need to make sure we can afford so for now I am pretty happy with how things are. Next we will move onto Nathan's and our room. During the summer we hope to tackle the kitchen.

We are so thankful that we were lucky enough to get this house. There is a lot of work we will need to do to make it our own but we are enjoying the adventure right now.