Why must my children grow so quickly?!!?

Took both kiddos to the doctor today for P$'s 18 month check up and C$'s 2 month check up. Thank goodness Farns was off work to help me wrangle those two during the visit!!

I was in charge of her:

and he was in charge of him:

I'm not sure who had the cuter kid??

The scariest part of the visit was when our fabulous Dr. told me that P$ is ready for potty training?!?!?! Say what?? Just because she's ready most certainly does not mean that this mama is ready! Not at all sure how to handle that one. Advice?? Prayers?? Free laundry service?

It was a great day, ending with some extra cuddling for C$ since he had so many immunizations (and he's a boy, so he doesn't handle them quite as well as my tough girl). I kinda like that I'm so needed.

Recovering Dining Chairs Extravaganza!

Wow! Almost a year ago was my last post...oops. Since then we've celebrated Peyton's first birthday and she's now 18 months old!

and had a new baby boy: Carter Douglas Farnsworth | 03.22.12 | 8lbs 10oz | 21.5"

This post is not about them. :( It's actually about my latest project. I recently sold my bar height dining table for $100 and purchased an old 1930's table from Salvation Army for $95 and decided to redo the cushions on the chairs. It was so super easy to do, took Farns and I about 2 hours start to finish. Here's a picture montage of us redoing the chairs. Enjoy!

Step 1: Take seat off of chair 

Step 2: Cut foam (I got 2" regular density because you could feel the screws throw the old chair pad) into the shape of the seat 

Step 3: Put foam underneath seat on the fabric you've chosen (I had to piece together the foam since our seats were huge!) 

Step 4: Wrap the fabric, pulling really tight and using a cheapo staple gun to staple into place. This worked best with another person pulling the fabric tight so the other person could staple it down. I put about 200 staples in each chair, but it's secure! 

Step 5: Do the corners last, just fold the fabric over so it looks intentional and not wrinkled. 

Step 6: Scotch Guard that sucker like crazy! We did several coats since we have white in our fabric and we have two chicklets under 18 months. 

Step 7: After you're super sure the Scotch Guard has dried, screw the seats back on! 

 TADA!