Whew, Where has the time gone?

I know I say this all the time, but now I understand what my parents always meant about time flying faster and faster as we get older. So, seriously, where has the time gone? I've not updated the blog in a month!! Bad Mommy. We've been busy around here, but we haven't done anything "blog-worthy", I guess? I have to admit that I've been T.E.R.R.I.B.L.E. about having my camera handy to capture some Stewart fun!

However, I'll make an attempt to re-cap the last month, and certainly Madeline has been a trooper. In fact, she probably knows every furniture store's layout by now, and she could probably navigate the fabric stores pretty well too. When we are not working on the house, we're just taking advantage of Eric being home and doing "normal" family stuff since June and July are going to be filled with many weeks of Mama and Madeline alone time. So what have we been doing?

We've been working on making our house more homey and filling some spaces with some much needed new furniture and accessories --- ceiling fans, light fixtures, a couple of new chairs and tables in the den, a new kitchen table & chairs, and new dining room chairs to match the dining room furniture being passed onto me from my mom's side of the family. I finally have a game plan for some panels to capture the warmth I'm looking for in the den. Speaking of our new house, we've become acquainted with a couple of our neighbors, so we are looking forward to fostering those new friendships.

Kitchen

Den chairs

Dining room chairs

Our screened in porch construction is complete! Woo hoo! The loud noise was really disturbing to Madeline's nap which made for some LONG afternoons! Next up is to find some furniture to make it complete. Right now, we are making do with our outdoor patio furniture until we find just the right dining set & conversation set. However, the evenings are just perfect on our new porch!

Mother's Day was pretty fantastic although we did nothing terribly special. It was just nice to spend the day with my husband and Madeline. We went to church, had lunch out with another family, napped, went on a walk, and enjoyed our family time. It was simple, sweet, and perfect. I'm a lucky Mama and wife! Oh, and PS, Madeline has fantastic taste in accessories...this Mama was quite surprised to find this sitting on the kitchen table on Mother's Day morning.

Finally, Eric and I had a little business mixed with pleasure getaway to Hilton Head while sweet Madeline spent the weekend with Ms. Shannon and her daughter, Kara. Madeline loved having a "big sister" for the weekend, and of course, Ms. Shannon is a constant in Madeline's life since she works at the gym nursery. Madeline received a wonderful report even though there was some "sisterly" rivalry between Kara and Madeline. As much as these two girls love each other, I suspect they managed to push each other's buttons over the weekend. It was wonderful to get away from Mama duties for a weekend, and Eric was able to enjoy himself quite a bit even though he was "on business".

A month-in-a-post-catch-up on us...as I mentioned, not terribly "blog-worthy", but nevertheless, it's just us doing our day-to-day thing.