Eat your hearts out...PART 2 :)))

This is Brielle's closet. It has always been well a problem! We have a bin on the floor for undies, and a bin for socks! Then on the other side of the closet I have one of those hanging organizers for all her PJ's. Why not in a dresser? I hate them!.. She now has one but my kids rooms are not large!...and by not large I mean SMALL. Soooo for space sake I prefer closet organization!...This is how it started..


With no REAL linen closet I have resorted to putting extra sheets in each closet. That is what is on the shelf. Then I had this epiphany the other day. Why not put "cubbies" in her closet!...Especially for the boys because all I have is a changing table for storage and Dawson's clothes must go somewhere.




So the idea was put to the test! I started with Brielle's closet and took down the two rods! (There is a full length rod on the other side of the closet!) Then I measured out how I wanted them.


This project was actually a little harder than the laundry room for many reasons but I now feel confident in doing the boys room. Now I just need the motivation. THIS CLOSET EXHAUSTED ME!....


I put up support beams because lets face it...I'm sure I will catch my kids climbing on these shelves at some point!....Attached everything to studs and each other...



Here they are finished..time to caulk and paint!...The fun part!!!:))))



I love to paint!....anything and everything!...Sooo therapeutic to me!!



Put PJ's on the bottom. Socks in the little cubbie and underwear in another. Tights in one and bathing suits in another. The extra linens way up high ;) and Brielle filled the rest with her "treasures." I have not decided if I will get rid of the entire dresser and fill the rest of the cubbies but for now we are loving the organization....BIG SMILE :) With the boys I will go further down to the floor since I will have all their clothes in there and there are two ;) ENJOY!! (PS pics taken with iPhone..sorry for the quality)

Sweet Baby Sofia Rose Stefan.......

My sweet new niece, Sofia.......She was so big she had to come C-section!...I think 9lb 4oz but this pregnant brain is not that great at remembering things lately ;) It is soooo strange to see a STEFAN..with color!!....

I do not know about you but to me this baby is all STEFAN...:)

My kids just love her!...Look at those fat cheeks!

Sooo sweet!!....

I don't think I took enough pics!!..:)

Look at that sweet profile...love>

Ohhh....I wanna keep her forever!!...I want her to be mine!..I love this baby sooo much already!..

Eat your hearts out.................

I don't know what it is about pregnancy but it makes me want to organize!...I hate, hate HATE clutter!...I like everything to have a place and everything to be in its place. After being in our house for nearly 5 years I finally came to the conclusion I need to create more room for dirty clothes.! With working and being pregnant I find that I just do not get to the laundry as often as I would like or should. And if it does get washed it often sits in a basket until it is used again!...I know terrible!!
In our laundry room, we had the coat closet from the hallway built into the laundry room instead of having an actual closet. Great idea but with the gigantic winter coats hanging there year round it left no room for dirty clothes! Or clean for the matter :)
As embarrassed as I am look at the laundry disaster you would not get the full joy unless you saw a before!...Ughhh...I had major anxiety about going in the laundry at all!...My solution!??!?!?!?!?
Floor to ceiling shelves!!!...Eliminate the winter coats...now hung downstairs and build shelves large enough to hold 2 laundry baskets on each shelf!...Making a total of 10, yes 10 laundry baskets!!!!........YAAAAAAAA
It actually went easier than expected and I love, LOVE IT. Painted it all to match and of course had to buy some new laundry baskets so they all matched ;) I have never had laundry hampers in the kids rooms. I hate them! Instead the kids have always brought their dirty clothes from the day and thrown them in the ONE basket. Now with all the clothes we accumulate it was just not working!
Even more exciting....my kids are now separating their own clothes from lights and darks! Progress! So we have towels in the bottom two baskets, kids clothes on the next shelf, Mom and Dad clothes on the next shelf up, then clean clothes on the next two shelves!...NOW I NEVER HAVE TO FOLD AGAIN....well if I don't want to that is!!....SOOOOO HAPPY!

This shelving project has spun me on an organization binge...built cubbies in Brielle's closet (pics to come) and now plan on doing the boys closet!...Maybe next week :)

Random Dawson Pics....

This is what happens when you try to lick the sour cream off your plate!!!.....

Play hard....sleep really hard!

I may have posted this before....I think on Facebook but I love it!...

He really wanted to color!!!

This is what I came home from work to find!...Hilarious!!...

Sickey's..................

I did it! I spoke too soon! I made the mistake of saying my kids have been healthy for a few months. WRONG. The flu has it hard!..Dawson started on Friday..still sick. Now Brielle is running a fever and complaining of a tummy ache!..It was been a long weekend...Whoooo

Soccer Girl..........

Brielle is down to one last game in AYSO soccer! On Saturday she got her TROPHY!.....This has made her life! It is all she has talked about since receiving it. She has been looking forward to this trophy all season long.
It is a pretty nice trophy! The ones we used to get as kids had a plastic gold look. Not cute!

It's a.....................

Cannot miss those boy parts!!!...

Notice the hand coming down to the parts :)

Cute Profile!...

Sucking his thumb!!!

Again with the thumb!!...

Arms...!!!

Profile again...with hand nearing mouth!!!...

Ahhh...cute big FEET.....

Profile and leg...

Weird 3D ultrasound...Spiderman BABY..:)

Scary...Looks like his is ready to fight! :) Head looks huge!...Must be my boy!!..:)