The Glass House of Nicolerene

a little love tune...

 Its just in my head today.... 

Treasures...

 

Some of my treasures from my neighbors... 

It's so exciting to come across such wonderful things...

 

Have a great Thursday!!!!

Nicole

 

 

Flashback...

 

May 30, 2002

 

 

The day my son...my first child was born.

Kyle Allen

May 30th, 2002

7 pounds 8 ounces

My dearest Kyle... this was one of the 4 most amazing days of my life. I was young... just 20 years old and my life was changed forever. I have a million better pictures from the day my boy came into this world but this picture is a special one. Kyle was born with a skull fracture and had to go to the NICU at another hospital in Savannah. Kyle left just hours after he was born in a neonatal ambulance and I had to stay behind until I was released the following morning so that I could go be with him. Hardest night ever!!! When I was discharged the next morning I left the hospital with this picture. No baby.. Just this polaroid that the nurse took for me before Kyle had left. An experience that no mother should have to go through. 

In the end, Kyles head healed up just fine and he has never had another issue with it. He has grown up to be my amazing son. When I got pregnant with Kyle I wanted all boys and now he is a big brother to 3 little sisters and I would not change it for anything. He is my boy. My one and only and I love it.

I love my baby boy. 

I love you forever Kyle!!!!

 

XOXOXOXOXOXOXO

Mama

 

_{* I am late with my Flashback post. I know, but I warned you that my commitment to Friday's would only set me up for failure. There was good reason though. I spent the day doing chores and getting ready for my bestest cousin in the world and her friend to come home for the weekend from college. Once they got here we had to hang out and spend some time together. Better late then never!!! Have a great weekend!!!}

Ella's first love day...

My pretty little baby on her first Valentines day. 

(mostly her opening her little love day gift)

 

 

I hope every one had a sweetheart of a day!!!

xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Nicole

To my valentines...

My Dearest,

Kyle, Austin, Chesney & Ella

 

Happy Valentines to my 4 amazing, wonderful loves.

I love you more every day. I have been truly blessed to be your mother. 

I love you!!!!

 

Forever & Always,

Mama

 

 

Some unexpected new things and a giant mess...

Take a deep breath and let it out, and here I go...

 

Okay so...

It has been a crazy, busy, messy, exciting and frustrating past few days and I am feeling very excited and overwhelmed. It all started Friday evening when I spoke with my Mom and she let me know that she had come across an amazing find on some couches. ( I have been needing / wanting new couches for a very long time but could not find any that I liked or I could find something and it was way out of this Mama's budget ) So my mom bought these couches super duper cheap and I had no idea what they looked like but it was one of those its now or miss the deal kind of things. She was pretty sure I would love them and knew that if I did not, she could re sell them and make some money on them. We were finally able to go with her Sat evening to go and get them and I really did like them. I would have not bought them at the store for full price but I liked them and for the price I loved them. EXCITED!!! We manage to get them home in one trip... { thanks to my awesome husband and nephew } Sunday morning we get up all ready to get the new stuff in place and go about the day and everything comes to a screeching halt. Oh yea... we have a couch and chair and now we have a couch and love seat... um how is this going to work... FRUSTRATION!!! Well moving the new couches in and moving the old ones to the play room and moving that couch to my sisters was not going to be that easy... no, its turned into me having to re arrange my entire house. We moved the piano to the living room and the huge tv cabinet to the play room, the kids now have the good tv that was still in my closet from x-mas and their tv is going to the garage but is still in my play room too. MESS!!! Then every way we thought the new couch and love seat could go, did not look good. We came to an arrangement that should work for now. (We are looking at bigger houses now that Ella is getting closer to needing her own room, so we know its only short term and that soon we will have more space ) The issue with all this is that moving all of this around means that THIS no longer can go THERE and THAT can't go THERE anymore and now I need to empty THIS out and well I can get rid of THAT but where does THIS go now and that leads to cleaning out this cabinet to make room for this and that leads to that and OH MY GOD WHAT HAVE I STARTED, happened. 

I got to a point last night that I felt I was making progress and I knew today I would really get somewhere with all of this. 

I thought WRONG!!!!

BECAUSE TODAY I FOUND THE DEAL OF A LIFETIME!!!!!

Somehow, and I really do not know how... I ended up on craigslist this morning. ( It may have been because I was being tortured by dealing with car insurance and I must have thought craigslist would make me feel better) Well guess what... IT DID. EXCITED!!! 

I found this...

 

And it's now MINE!!!!!! 

Yes I know I already have a piano... but... I don't have this piano and this is the one I have been dreaming of and wanting and whining about for a long long time and it only cost.....

$50.00

And she works... 

So I am very excited and I still have so much to do including figuring out how to get this piano home. I have to finish putting my house back together and I have a million things to sell and donate and that overwhelms me (my garage is full ) and I have a bunch of gift projects I am in the middle of for Valentines for the kids and I have to make Valentine cupcakes and and get their little Valentine treat box together and keep up with life and horrible things like car ins and we are going up to Jacksonville for the weekend so that means packing and packing and packing and and and and and the list goes on and on and on...

Its hard to imagine that last week I was on schedule and doing okay and I had no idea what was about to hit me. But I am happy with my new things even if it brings craziness to my house. The kids are all doing great. Austin is going to be in a play at school. I am very excited about that and proud of her!!! She loves performing at home so I think this will be a great experience for her. So before I know it, this wave of crazy will be over and I will be on to the next round... family camping trip next month... I think so!!! 

 

And now its time for this Mama to get some sleep... 

Goodnight all and I hope your having a great week!!!

Nicole

Oh ya... one more thing... In all of this my husband started back to school this week and we are all so proud and excited for him!!! 

 

 

 

A thank you note...

 

To the kind and wonderful Talia Christine!!!

Talia has been so kind to put a link up on her blog to share The Glass House with her readers. She is giving me a wonderful opportunity and I am very grateful to her for this. 

Talia's blog is the first blog that I ever read and I want to share it with you. Its a wonderful life story about a girl from Texas that falls in love, gets married and moves around the world to New Zealand to start her family. Follow her through her adventures as a new mother to her beautiful daughter Audrey. I think she has amazing style and I am so jealous of her sewing abilities. 

You can check it out here.

 

                       

 

Hope everyone had a great Wednesday!!!

Nicole