Big Weekend

This little guy was baptized this Sunday:

We also had a dove hunt, watched lots of football, and enjoyed friends and family being in town. A longer post is coming soon!

Because It's My Birthday...

and that's how we roll...

War Eagle Weekend

We headed to Auburn to have a little CARM reunion and watch the Tigers play. We all met Friday night for a little mexican. Sadly, these are the only pictures I have of the weekend because ye ole camera died. For those that know me, this is not shocking. But hopefully, Caroline will fill in the blanks.

Tuckers

Osborns

Bobos

I promise Maggie was there and Mitchell came down Saturday. We had a great time catching up, tailgating, and cheering Auburn on to victory. It was sad to see the trees at Toomers dying. The only other pitfall of the weekend was my sunburned back.  

I made these pumpkin cream cheese muffins from Annie-Eats blog. They were great and easy!

In other news, yesterday I had my first tennis match. As in for real USTA approved, doubles match play for a beginners Selma league.  I know, impressive, right?! And we WON! If we win (as in our whole team, not just me) next week, we will go to state. It is so much fun, I feel like I am in high school again, except way slower and more out of shape. oh and more jiggling from different areas. you get it.

So stay tuned for team "Let's Make Some Raquet" updates!

Boston and Baa haa ba as Northern Folks say

For Labor day weekend, we headed up the Eastern coast to Boston and Bar Harbor, Maine. We met Maggie and Mitchell for a little New England getaway. We had a wonderful time...best weather ever!! Highs in the 70's sunny and a slight breeze....We knocked something off James's bucket list...Red Sox/Yankees game at Fenway park. We explored Boston by bike (which by the way I realized I am not very good at) and ate lots of lobster in Maine (well some of us as baby Lee Lewis does not care for it). We rode  the Downeast train, hiked in Acadia National Park, saw a working lighthouse, and ate some more. Can you tell we Osborn's like to eat a lot on vacation? The Lewis' were great travel companions and we will definitely do it again with the baby boys next year!! Here are some highlights:

sadly, the Red Sox lost, but we still had a good time

biking around Boston (before my pants got caught in the chains and were ripped, I told you I was a good bike rider)

 Saturday we trained to Portland Maine, picked up a rental car and drove along the coast. This is suppose to have the BEST Lobster Roll in all of Maine. So we stopped to give it a try....

see that line? well we waited for about 30 minutes and it did not move..so we tried the joint across the street

bc baby Lee Lewis was hungry! (for the record his name is not necessarily Lee Lewis, but I think it has a nice ring to it, so this is what I call him, they are not telling his name until he is born)

we only had to wait 15 minutes here

to eat this deliciousness!!

We continued on to Bar Harbor:

 Sunday was spent hiking and enjoying Acadia National Park: 

contemplating life :)

great view with great friends

lighthouse

lunch at The Jordan Pond House (my sister Jana worked here one summer in college)

view at lunch, perfect weather

popovers=amazing!

presh

over pictures

and my personal favorite, Maggie trying Lobster (notice how happy she was about this!) 

Hope ya'll had a great Labor Day!

Face Lift

My friend Angie put me on this great fundraiser....I love the new look!
 Here are a couple of Lane's latest pictures...

He is really moving now...

he loves to "flap" his arms when he gets excited

"Here I go Mom!"

crawling to me

"I'm here!" This is a funny thing he does...he crawls to the end of the rug and slams his hand down on the hardwood and is so proud of himself (course I am pretty proud too!)

Where's Lane?

There he is!!

Renovation Reveal

I know it has been awhile since I have shown house pictures. It seems I have come up with 100 excuses not to get out my camera: I want to get the window treatments up or I need to clean off the counters or Baby toys are everywhere! etc. etc. (you get the drift) I came to the realization, everything is always a work in progress and so without further adieu--here are after pictures of the kitchen renovation. I am very pleased with how everything turned out. We are really enjoying the space. It is very functional and easy to keep clean! (our old house it seemed no matter how many times I mopped the floor they seemed dingy.) Not the case now!! (disclaimer: I could not get the lighting right, so please excuse some of the image quality)

Remember this:

Now this it the view:

sink area to the right

to the left, love this area, where I drink coffee and have quiet time in the mornings, wall of storage to the left

standing near sink looking left

standing at back windows (used to be dining room)

Some of my favorite aspects:

the beverage center (the architect could not believe I wanted to put a mini fridge right next to the big fridge. He said this is simply not done, so he added the 6 inch cabinet to the right (see the one tiny knob). It is more useful than you would think. I have serving platters there. The beverage refrigerator is awesome because it does not clutter the large one with bottled water, cans, wine... Also, I love the Keurig and the bottle warmer. James is not a coffee drinker, so I love making my one cup a day with ease. 

Pine corner cabinet left to me by my sweet Aunt Meg when she passed away.  She was an amazing lady and is the reason I love to bake. She taught me so much, and I LOVE having it in the kitchen to enjoy while I bake.  Originally it was her grandmother's, my great grandmother's.

peninsula with tons of STORAGE!! walnut top

Keeping it real:

This nifty little storage bin with wheels was purchased at IKEA to hold all of Lane's toys. It is usually somewhere close by.

 The johnny-jump up resides in between the kitchen and the dining room. 

dining room details: chairs purchased at Scott's. Table from an antique store in Birmingham given to me by grandparents as our wedding gift.

another Scott's find that I got recovered

Some other details:

All wall paint/upper cabinets:  Dover White

peninsula color: Antique Pewter

Bar Stools: Restoration Hardware

Painting: previously seen in Lane's room, gift from James

Window Treatments: from sister Jana via Tiffany at Persnickety in Linden, Al

chairs in the kitchen are from Scott's 

cabinets and walnut top peninsula custom made by Nico.

Lighting via Circa Lighting, goodman hanging light (the one linked is the larger one, the one we have is the smaller one)

Sisal in dining room is Veracruz from Acme Flooring in Birmingham

Sink and Faucet: Kohler on sale

Countertops: Carrera Marble

Still to do/purchase:

I would love a runner in front of the sink 

Still working on cabinet organization (but the great thing is that there is plenty of room!)

Maybe a decorative item over the sink area (a fun thing to have in the back of my mind, it will have to be something that really speaks)

James would say, fill the wine storage up, but I think we are good :) 

Randomness

Have ya'll seen Gwyneth Paltrow's blog? I like it...especially the Go section...it has all of her (or a contributors) favorites for a given city. Just so you know, she posts about exercising and she says she works out for about 2 hours a day, makes me feel a little better, that she works HARD to look that great.

We just got a dehydrator. Yesterday we tested it out with apples, pears, and bananas. They were all delicious. I am hoping to get Lane used to snacking on fruits and vegetables when he is old enough (which is still aways away considering he has no teeth). It also came with a jerky gun, which I am very excited about. I will let you know how that goes....

This little guy is sitting up on his own and crawling. Ok, not full out crawling more like a few times and then scooting, but he can get where he wants to go. He loves to sit up and play with toys now, and he gets so proud of himself. He looks like, "hey Mom, do you see me?!"

Below is a picture of James trying to calm him after his shots at the doctor Friday. They did great! (me not so much) He is almost 17 pounds! 

Have ya'll seen The Help? I haven't but heard it was just as good as the book, and can't wait!

That's all I got for today!