Kitchen time

So Brian has been remodeling the kitchen slowly but surely, and all we had left were the walls.... so to help move the process along I secretly started peeling the wallpaper in the kitchen, so there were major holes everywhere... finally we both couldn't handle it anymore and we spent the whole weekend peeling paper- OH MY GOSH!!!!!!!! that was terrible and time-intensive. Like 30 years of wallpaper and paint on those walls. Then after that we had to plaster, sand, plaster, sand, etc. and prime and paint that bad boy. I never knew how many times you could dust and sweep in one day. I'm still dusting constantly and it's been a week since we sanded. But oh my gosh it was worth it to not have to look at the holes on my wall anymore. Hooray! Thanks hunny for all your hard work... here's the before and after:

Finally back to Seaside!

Every summer, Brian goes out to Pensacola for research, and I always want to go too because I am obsessed with this place called Seaside, which is nearby. Every summer before this one, he has had a roommate... so this summer no guy is bunking with him yet, so I jumped on the chance for a free vacation.
The summer before I met Brian, my friend Robyn invited me to go out with her and some of her friends to waitress there. It was one of the best summers of my life. It was bunches of fun- living on the beach, meeting lots of new people, and making a lot of money... but living quarters were just a little too tight. Imagine 6 hormonal girls living in a studio apartment! Going back with your husband is 800 gazillion times better. It was so fun to spend a few days there- lie on the beach, ride bikes, eat good food, and just spend time as a family. It is one of the most peaceful places... I could live there forever. We also went to Destin, Pensacola, and Gulf Shores, Alabama too. (We went all the way out there to eat at one of Brian's favorite places, Lamberts. Well worth the drive!) It was a blast, and I am counting down the days until I can convince Brian to take me there again!
Oh and a little 9 month update:
-Julia is afraid of EVERYONE but mom and dad. She'll cry if anyone even talks to her! What a baby.
-got super sick, had a temperature, and started barfing her brains out one afternoon.
-still not crawling... satisfied with the "army crawl" for now.
-pulled herself up on the bed for the first time
-fell off the bed for the first time
-hit and bit me, shakes her head "no no" at me all day long... whoever says this stuff is taught is way wrong. She totally came out that way.
-LOVES the water! She is now obsessed with it. She loves playing in the water, and doesn't even care when it drenches her face. She'd play in the bath, the ocean, the pool, all day long if I let her.
-is our little comedian. She loves to make us laugh. I just can't get enough of her... the end.