Bathroom Re-do

My Christmas present this year was a very expensive shower curtain.  Expensive to the point that I could not justify getting it unless it was a present.  But boy, do I ever love it!  It's beautiful.  Now that I have a beautiful shower curtain, I decided it was time to give my bathroom a new look.  I spent 6 weeks deliberating over what color to paint the walls.  I got new towels and accessories and a fancy new shower curtain rod.

I will say that I was a tad disappointed with how the color came out on the walls but it is growing on me.  It is a lot more grey than I was going for.  I wanted a greyish brown and it turned out to be more grey than I intended.

With the new curtain and towels, it looks really nice.  This picture doesn't even come close to what the color actually looks like.  My bathroom is too small to get a decent picture and with the flash going off the color is off.

Greg's brother Scott came to visit last weekend from Omaha.  Meredith had lots of fun playing with her Uncle Reebok as she calls him.  We went to the mall and went on rides and they went skating together. Anna did her usual and hid from him.  She's kind of scared of all people male except her daddy and other kids.  She ended up warming up a bit by the end of the weekend.

That's Anna purposely hiding behind that book.  Like I said, she's a tad shy around any male except Daddy.  

This was shortly before Scott left.  She warmed up a little.  

 And just for fun, this is how I found Anna napping a couple days ago.  I love her!  

Blah Part of Winter

Meredith is loving playing hockey.  We are signing her up for a 3-on-3 team with some of her Mini-Mite buddies that will start once the season is over next month and goes through May.  Today after practice, she stayed and watched the big girls (next level up) scrimmage.  We haven't had too many outdoor practices as of late because the weather keeps messing things up.  Either it's too cold and windy, or it's too warm and rainy.  I"m thinking Tuesday will be a great day for outdoor practice.

She has Pajama Night on Friday at preschool.  She is SOOOOO excited.  It's all she talks about.  It's so much fun to see them get so excited about things:-)

Anna continues to do new things on a daily basis.  Yesterday she finally started to use a fork.  She had her 18 month doctor appointment on Thursday and she weighed in at a whopping (note my sarcasm) 22 lbs., 5 oz. (10-25%) and was 31.5"(75%).  Tall and skinny I guess.  That's exactly how Meredith is too.
She probably has about 20-25 words she uses which the doctor says is great.  She was only expecting 5-8 words.  Meredith had maybe 1 word at this age.

Oh, and I almost forgot...she started giving kisses this week!!!!!  Finally.  Meredith was giving kisses when she was 9 months.  It's funny how kids are so different.

There isn't much else going on right now in the dead of winter.  I really don't have much to talk about.  I have hardly taken any pictures but here are a couple from this weekend.

She's still teething those molars.  They are taking forever to completely come through.  

Look at her cheeks.  

Her mullet is going strong.  She sported some ponies this weekend.  

And here's Mer getting ready to go to hockey practice.