Our latest issue....

Things around the Tyler household are going well, but there are always things that go on that weigh heavy on our heart. The latest issue being our 20 month old pulling her hair OUT. It started about 3 weeks ago when we moved and Mrs. Dorothy got FOUR new kids(12 total and one adult) in one week. Add to this that I started back to work around this time as well. She pulls her hair out mainly when she is frustrated or tired. This past week she is almost bawled on top and it breaks my heart to see her take out her frustration on this way. She is also not going to her Sunday school class with ease anymore and that upsets me to see her screaming when I drop her off. But their are some teachers who love her in the baby room and they come down to take care of her until she settles down(Thank you Glovers' and Lee Ann!). Jake was just moved to the 2 year old class so I assuming she is just not used to him not being there. This may not seem like a big deal, but to me it is HUGE. For that reason I am having a hard time being back at work. They are in good hands, but of course we as moms think and know that no one can do it better than us. SO please pray for us as we continue this transition. I am at a new school this year that is in town and only 3-4 minutes from home and the work load is more, but I absolutely love who I am working with so that the good part about it!

This picture was taken about 3 1/2 weeks ago.....excuse the messiness but you can see she had a lot of hair on her head.
Below are pictures I took this morning before church. I pulled a few strands from the crown of her head in order to put a bow in it. And my M-I-L thought this hair absence was due to her pulling bows out of her hair. She has been pulling bows out of her hair since she was old enough to crawl! It isn't that. She is just having some aggravation issues I suppose:(

But they both still looked as cute as ever and Landry was all dolled up in an outfit I found for her at the Kool Kids consignment sale at the Civic Center this weekend. Have a great week!

We are planning on attending the Auburn-LaTech game this upcoming weekend. We have decided to leave Landry Grace with our parents and just take Jake. Looking forward to that and if you are going to be there please let us know! We would love to connect!

Pics of the house-FINALLY!

Sorry it has been too long since I have posted! We still don't have our phone line connected and therefore don't have Internet. I only have my iPhone to make comments and check blogs, so I'm sorry if I haven't been faithful lately about reading all of my favorites....it just takes too long to check everyones blog on my phone. Currently I am at my parent's house and downloading pictures since I can't wait any longer:). I have tried to put these pictures in order, but mom's laptop won't let me move them...so they are NOT in order and I did put a before picture of the kitchen and den built-ins for those of you who need a refresher picture.
This is our living room....without any decorations put up, that will come later.

Here is a picture of our lot to the left of the house...Matt has a little "man cave" in the back if you can see it. It is behind a tree in this picture. To the left of this picture is a rope swing that crosses the creek. We LOVE this lot! It is on 0.97 acre...lots of room to explore and play

Jake's airplane room....everything turned out SOOOOO cute. Thanks GG! Just need a few things for the walls...in due to time!

Landry Grace's room....we didn't buy anything but a toy box and some panels I found on sale at Fabulous Fabric. She will get a big girl bed in about a year, so we figured there was no point in buying anything new. Oh! I forgot she is getting a new dresser set..it should be in in about 4 more weeks. Yes, I will move the diaper genie away from the toy box.....nothing is in its place!

Our carport and side of the house

Newly renovated kitchen...love it! The counter tops turned out great!! and Cissy did a great job on the back splash! Excuse the minor mess....we are still settling in.

Built-ins in den minus Matt's TV...we are waiting for the stand to come in...don't ask. Not sure what it is with men and their TV's....he would say the same thing about me and kid's clothes. We also added the new french doors to the room.

Front of the house again...I just love it.

Before built-ins and old color on the walls

Old kitchen

I would love to write more and talk about all that has been going on, but this took forever to upload and I want to go play with my babies. So bye for now! Hope you've enjoyed the pictures

Moving Day is HERE!

Well the day has arrived! We are moving into our "new to us" house today. It is hard to believe we have come full circle in one short year. This move is our THIRD in that time......first a move to my parent's house last August, then to our current house in October, and now into a house we hope to fill with faith, love, and laughter. Looking forward to the many memories we will make in this home. Gotta start loading up the boxes and promise to post pictures relatively soon!!!

Picture Time Again

Amidst all the headaches of redoing a house, I decided last week to have the babies pictures taken:).....nice. I have used Sherry Owens in the past and she did our Christmas cards last year. She is super reasonable and very easy to work with. Plus QUICK! I had their pictures taken yesterday morning and it was more than comical to see my children at a photo shoot. I have YET to get a picture of my children with both of them smiling.....be ware that when I do get a "perfect" picture, there will be a wall size copy of it in my house. SERIOUSLY! Yet yesterday was not to be the perfect picture moment. LGT did not wake up until almost 8 and the pictures were scheduled for 8:30. She screamed pretty much the entire session. I really couldn't believe Sherry got as many as she did without Landry sobbing! All in all I was pleased....thought I would share my story with you. If you feel so led, you can view the proofs at Sherry's website. Enter your e-mail and the password is suzanne.

The house is coming along. The granite was installed today and the den built-ins are coming tomorrow. Matt is taking Friday off so hopefully we will get all of our stuff moved between now and Friday. Will post pictures soon.

Some New House Pics

I really have nothing new to post...sorry! We have been busy getting the house ready and are now starting to pack our current home into boxes. The rain delayed us this weekend, which is good because the counter tops and built-ins in the living room have yet to be installed. Plus, the guy who bought the house from us did not have a tenant for this month, so he is letting us rent an extra week from him. PLUS, we may have our lot sold out in Creek's Edge. 2 couples are wanting it sooooo hopefully there will be a good outcome there. Below are some current pictures of the house in progress. All the painting is done! That was a major undertaking but Matt's buddy Lance graciously gave up the last 4 weekends and drove over from Shreveport to help us finish.....we owe him SO much!

Below is LGT's room with her new toy box.
Our master....love the blue I picked out! It looks really good and we have a brown and cream comforter that Matt surprised me with( yes, I had picked it out but he went back and got it).

Den....both sets of french doors will be replaced this week. One of them had water damage so we just decided to replace both of them. To the far right will be the new built-ins.

The kitchen with a few new things added to them. Starting to really like the color after all! Crown molding will be added this week. SCROLL DOWN and look at the before pictures of the kitchen! I love the outcome!

Jake's room

We have already taken down Jake's crib and converted it to his big boy bed. I am still playing around with where to put the bed. We tried every wall...it's a small room and I think he will get the most space with the bed where it is currently. He also has a dresser and hutch to put in the room so we'll see. We had to go and get a new box spring and mattress and his new bedding(thanks SOOOO much GG!!) has been ordered and hopefully will be here by week's end....but until we move in he will be sleeping with us as his he has no bed. Hopefully this will be a smooth transition when we move into the house, but I am not thinking it will be.............

That is it for now.

Moving Day is Approaching!

The big day is coming this Friday when we will move in our "new to us" home. I cannot begin to tell you how excited and fortunate we consider ourselves to move into such a great neighborhood and house with SPACE! Since Landry was born in Dec. of 07, we have literally been so cramped and continued to downsize from our house in Benton to my parent's house in Ruston, then to a 1086 sq foot home for 10 months. So this 4 bedroom, 2 bath, 2200 sq ft house is the Taj Mahal as far as I am concerned! I think this makes us appreciate our new home all the more as we prepare to move. Mind you there is A LOT of work to do between now and then, but it's coming together. The pics below are of the new kitchen cabinets. I am not crazy of the color as I thought there was going to be a darker glaze, but instead it is a clear glaze....but the granite counter tops and back splash, along with the pulls and knobs on the cabinets will hopefully pull my attention off of the color. Also, I am now realizing just how dirty the brick pavers are, so tomorrow I am scrubbing them with acid and then we are going to reseal them.....yes, I talked to Cissy before I committed to this! The pics are from my phone so they aren't great but you get the idea. All of the rooms are finished with the exception of the master. It will get one more coat of paint next Saturday. The carpets will be shampooed this week and hopefully the counter tops as well. Back splash will more than likely be done next week but that is no biggy. I am tired.......enjoy!

Cabinets minus one door, a fridge, dishwasher, stove, and microwave....oh, and crown molding and pulls and knobs

Another view
Pantry and china cabinet minus several things: bottom doors on china cabinet and another set of doors on the far end....of course we will put glass in the doors if you had any doubt. The pantry was added and it has an odd angle but at least we now have one.

Playing with daddy at Aunt Lou's house today.

And last but not least is Landry's new ride. She has been desperately trying to ride Jake's tractor and he goes for her throat every time she goes near it. My ears would ring from the sound they made screaming at each other, sooooooo I told Jake I was going to get HER a tractor and he said NO, she needs a TINKERBELL. Well, it just so happened they had a Tinkerbell 4 wheeler. Perfect! So here she is with her new toy. Now if only she could work it without momma pushing the button. Oh well!

New pics to come. Have a great week!

Before Pictures of the House

Thought I would give those of you interested a mini tour of our house! These pictures were taken several weeks ago before the cabinets in the kitchen and built-ins in the living room were torn down. We are making process but painting the whole house (ourselves!!) and it just takes time. We have to be OUT of our house(it's no longer ours but we are renting it currently) by August 1, so the countdown is on. I'll try to explain as I go:

The kitchen cabinets and china cabinet to the left in this picture are no longer. They are all being custom built along with granite countertops and tumbled marble backsplash. The island in the bottom of this picture is no longer and we are having a built-in buffet made to the immediate left of this pic

Better view of the kitchen and you can see how dated the house is. The previous owners replaced all the flooring in the house and we love their choices, but more updating is needed. We are also having to put new lighting in both the kitchen and living room.
Love the formal dining room. Only thing we are painting in here is the crown molding(is the bottom part called crown molding? Excuse my ignorance!)

The built-ins in the living room....totally torn out and we are replacing them. Also painting the room a deep khaki color and painting the crown, baseboards and CHAIR RAIL a shade of white: makes a HUGE difference! Matt finished this room and the kitchen last weekend.

Landry Grace's room. Will be a light pink and the chair rail will be painted white...don't you love the plantation shutters??? Each room has 2 closets and that is SO nice!Jake's room...will be painted a mocha color with the chair rail painted white along with the trim, closet doors, etc.

Front living room...to be painted the same color as the formal dining room which is directly across from it.
Alternate view of the kitchen....can't begin to tell you the difference the paint has made! Took down the window treatments and will replace them AS SOON AS MATT TELLS ME I CAN(hint hint honey:)). The built-in buffet will be to the far right.

Hope you enjoyed this! I didn't post pics of the master bedroom or Matt's office. Nor did I post a good shot of the main living room. We are also replacing both sets of french doors in that room. Hopefully it'll turn out NICE;)!!