Berg's in the Big Blue House

I've been dying to paint our house since we moved in. For one thing, it needed cocking. But it was also hideously beige. The house color was beige, the trim was beige, it was just too blah.  You wouldn't even notice the brick on our house because it blended in with the beige. I'd been wanting to do a dark blue with white trim. I had found these faux wood garage doors on Pinterest and wanted to attempt painting our garage and front door to create a Pinterest worthy look, but with 2 littles I didn't think I'd have time so I asked several painters if they could create the look for me. I finally found one company who knew someone who could create the look I was going for. It turned out BEAUTIFUL!

We used Reid painting for the house and Rhonda Wood for the doors! She's fabulous 503-997-9271

Colors: sherwin Williams cyberspace house color and spare white trim color

Before

During

After

 

Front door before

Front door after

 Garage doors during. To get the faux wood effect, you start by painting the doors orange. Allow to dry, then brush a stain over the top. Our neighbors just loved us during the process. Hahaha

But the orange was worth it!

Back of the house before

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Broden 9 months

I know, I skipped 8 months, but Broden man had his second double ear infection, a stomach virus, and we were leaving for Hawaii so I skipped 8 months... but that about summed up 8 months.

9 months has been very fun! Broden can army crawl/inch worm all over and best of all can get back to sitting all on his own. He loves to stand and take steps holding our hands. Broden loves trying lots of table food and especially loves berries and peas. Self feeding has been great! When Rilynn was his age, I made my own baby food (organic of course!) and spoon fed her 3 times a day. But nobody has time for that with a three and a half year old running around. Now that Broden is on the move, him and Rilynn are having lots of fun "playing together". She really is the best big sister even if she bosses him around most of the time. 

Teeth: 0

Words: mama! And baba (for bottle) Travis was convinced it was just sounds until every time I came in the room and Broden yelled mama and clapped his hands! 

Note the leg over the side of the dockatot.

It is so funny to hear people's opinions on who Broden looks like. I think he looks a lot like his sister. But I've heard it all from he looks just like my baby pictures to he looks just like Travis. I think he's definitely got my skin coloring, and since Travis and I have the same color eyes he has both of our eyes.