Andrews New Chapter in Life

When we learned we were having a boy 6 years ago we started thinking about all things he would do. Chris & I both thought he would play sports, especially t-ball and move into baseball but Andrew had a different idea. He wanted to play soccer.

I was completely fine with this decision as I don't agree with some of the things with our t-ball league. For example, he would be playing coach pitch this year instead of t-ball. I personally think he/and alot of other kids his age could use another year of t-ball before coach pitch. My husband on the other hand was not sure of soccer. He always wanted him to play ball, but does agree with me that he should have another year of t-ball.

My husband had to miss Andrews 1st soccer game, he watched it on video (thanks to my wonderful sister in law...Aunt Fifi...The FiDesigns... for recording). He was able to see Andrew score his first goal ever and it happen to be the first goal of the game also. He was very proud of him but I still don't think he really understood the excitement until this past Saturday. Andrew scored 2 goals Saturday and Chris was really getting into it. Andrew is #13 on the yellow team. Here is the video of his 1st goal Saturday.

Yes...my baby has his victory dance down pat. I am so proud of him and hope he continues to really enjoy whatever sport he plays in the future. Mom and Dad will be there cheering him on along with his cheering section...his first game he had 13 people there. It was crazy.

My Rocking Redo

I have been on a kick of wanting to redo things. We have a small room in the house that we never really decorated. It is called a "Living Room" on the house plans and we hardly ever use it. We always use the "Family Room" instead. So it was kinda ignored. I did have a wing back chair & matching ottoman in their along with a table my aunt had let us borrow until we decide what to do.

I have a vision of a "Shabby Chic/Black&White" Office. Does this make any sense? lol I didn't want to spend a lot of money on new furniture so I started searching Craig's List and Local Sales Network...and I was able to find a old rocking chair. I fell in love with the style of legs. I knew she had potential. I warned my husband when we went to pick it up. I said "Now this chair does not look like much". His response when he got back in the truck was "that is the ugliest chair I have ever seen". Granted it did look bad. Here is what it looked like when we made it home....

See the detail on the legs...that is what I feel in love with. I was so excited to get to "work" so I started that night. Boy was I in for a surprise. HA! This is the 2nd layer of upholstery....

And this is the 3rd...

And this is the 4th...

I have never pulled some many tacks and straight pins before. I would guess over 200 in that chair.

So after this was finished we had to rebuild the seat part, fill in a lot of holes with wood filler, sand that down, clean off all the dust, spray with Killz...and I was able to paint it. Yeah!!! Then was the reupholstery. I had no clue what to do on that so that is where my mother in law took over.

I purchased all of the material and the cushion from "Hancock's Fabric". I went with a 100% cotton fabric. The cushion was $16.99 and the fabric was $7.99 yd and we used 1.5 yards.

Here is what she looks like now....

I am loving how it looks!! Whenever we get the room finished I will post more pics. I have another "redo" item that I am putting the finishing touches on that goes in the room.