Happy Haubs: May 2011

May 23, 2011

Front Door 2.0

In high school I was able to take a trip with my family to Ireland where I FELL IN LOVE with their colorful doors. I decided when I had a house I would paint the door a cheery color.

So... in the spirit of cheerfulness we went with my favorite color of green. I'll warn you... it's awfully cheery! For now we're letting it marinate a bit and if we decide it's too much we'll tone it down. Either way, it's much better than the drab blue/grey it was before.

What do you guys think? Keep it or tone it down?

Before:

After:

Wax on Wax off

Damon's finally old enough to help wash the cars! Best part is... he loves it as much as we do!

A Little Sprucing Up

I heard once that your home should rise up to greet you.

Well... I have a great home (that I love) but there is one tinsy problem... it is a sea of tan. We're talking tan floors, walls, ceilings... the works.

So, with a small budget and small window of available time we decided to do a few sprucing up projects that would make our house rise up to greet everyone that visits it.

We started with the entry way.

Before:

After:

It's nothing huge but it certainly makes me smile when I come through the front door! The best part is.... that fun color on the wall is fabric. Yep, fabric just liquid starched right on to the wall. When you get sick of it you peel it off and slap up something new.

Water table fun for everyone!

May 9, 2011

30 Weeks

While pregnant with Damon I was so good at measuring the outreach of my belly through pictures. Somehow this time I've been slacking in that department. Anyhow, here's what I look like at 30 weeks with baby boy Haub number 2 in my belly. Only 10 weeks to go :)

If the shoe fits...

We were at my Dad's for dinner the other ight and Damon decided he was ready to go. We told him he had to get shoes on first... so he followed orders.

Splish Splash

Thanks Grandma and Grandpa for my water table!

It's a swimming pool too right?

Don't worry, dad caught me before I made my new toy come crashing to the ground.

Caught in the act!

Toward the end of the party festivities we realized that we'd 'miss placed' Cooper. Turns out, he'd managed to locate treats in his cousin Kayden's diaper bag. I'm fairly certain he'd eaten most of the container by the time we found him.

Happy Birthday Damon

Wow time flew... Damon turned 2!

As cheesy as it sounds... it really feels like he was born yesterday. I remember bringing him home from the hospital and repeatedly telling Darren... 'um, he's ours!' I thought it would never sink in that this beautiful boy was ours to keep and now we've already spent two amazing years with him.

Damon is such a crack up and we could not be blessed with a more amazing kid. We love everything about him! His little face in the picture below sums it all up... you just can't help but love him to pieces!

We threw a full blown Elmo inspired Sesame Street birthday bash!

We served Damon's favorite foods for lunch. Chicken, Grapes, Cantalope, Water Melon, Chips, Trees (Broccoli) and Pink Juice.

Dessert came in the form of Cookie Monster, Big Bird, Elmo, or Oscar cupcakes.

But what do you feed a birthday boy that doesn't like cupcakes? A birthday donut of course!

It looks like Damon has inherited a little too much of my OCD... he couldn't handle eating it with his hands because it was much to messy...

... so he requested a fork.

Turns out if a cupcake looks like cookie monster it not only tastes good but you can eat it with your hands. Looks like we didn't need to do the donut trick after all. Either way, we had a happy birthday boy!

Poker Night w/the Guys

Look what I can do...

We went out to eat and Damon devoured his ice cream cone (just the cone, not the ice cream)... I'm sure you can imagine how un-messy that was.

What do ya know... this spoon looks like a funny version of me.

This new discovery provided endless entertainment for Damon and everyone sitting at the table.

Billiards Anyone...?

One of Darren's best friends came to visit this past week and he had a birthday. In my book you can't have a birthday with out cupcakes! He loves pool and I love making silly cupcakes so this is what came of it.