2 Blessed to be distressed?!?!

It's true. I am too blessed to be distressed. However, I have been really stressed out lately. I haven't posted in almost TWO weeks!  What have I been up to? Well, I've been super busy at work. I haven't had break times when I normally make grocery lists, plan out my evenings, etc... I haven't had lunch breaks where I can run errands so that I don't have to do them after work. Enough complaining! The point is, I need to take a break and and focus on the important things in my life.

The reason that I chose2 Blessed to be [di]stressed as a name is because God has blessed me with 2 little angels, Kennedy and Logan. Speaking of those two little girls, here's a couple pictures of them tonight. I can't believe how fast Logan is growing. She is getting her first tooth! AND she is WALKING in her walker. Let me rephrase that - - - she is RUNNING in her walker. Kennedy runs down the hallway and Logan squeals and runs after her. It is so much fun to be their parents!

In furniture news, I finally finished my client's china hutch. I am super excited to post pictures. This has been one of my favorite projects so far! I painted this French Provincial china cabinet a candy apple red, then used a heavy black glaze over the top.




I tried forever to get this rotated, but it just won't work. :(

I am working on a French Provincial desk tonight. I hope to have pictures soon.

We're through Monday, on to Tuesday now! Have a great week!

Happy Valentine's Day!

I had a great Valentine's Day! I hope all of you did too. My day didn't start out great, because I woke up with a migraine. I did end up going to work and started feeling a little better throughout the day. Chaz and I bought ourselves a new backsplash for our kitchen. That was our Valentine's gift to each other. Here's a preview of the new glass tiles. The electric plates are not on yet, but it's almost finished. I'm loving it! It changes the entire look of the kitchen.

Even though I didn't get to spend the day with my girls, I know they had a good Valentine's Day. Logan and Kennedy spent the day at their Nonna's. Kennedy also got to attend her cousin Xander's Valentine's party at school. She had a great time. I'm so glad she was able to go. While she was at the party, Logan got some extra special time with her Nonna. My girls are so loved by everyone in their lives. I am so blessed that they have 4 grandparents, 7 great-grandparents, and many other aunts/uncles, and cousins that love them so much.

When I got home from work, I got a chance to spend some time with my little Valentine's.

I'm one lucky Mama and wife.
I've got to do a few things for work before morning, so more tomorrow.

A day in the life of ...

I've seen several bloggers blog about a day in the life of themselves. They always seem to have a ton of interesting things to say and do. I am going to blog about a day in the life of the Allen family. Not promising, excited. Definitely busy though!

Let's just jump right in!

7:00 a.m.: Logan's talking, so I look in her cradle and see that she is awake. I go make her a bottle, grab her, and get back into bed to feed her. We both fall back asleep. 

Around 7:30, Kennedy wakes up and comes to get into bed with us. We play with Logan for a while and get out of bed. I didn't feel like cooking breakfast, so Chaz went to Sonic and got us some breakfast burritos. After I picked up the house and did a load of laundry, Kennedy, Logan, and I went to play for a while. I took these pics of the girls while we were playing.

After we got finished playing, I uploaded a book to Kennedy's Leapfrog Tag. We read Tangled.  Kennedy asked if she could watch Pirates of the Carribean for the 20th time, and of course, I said yes. :)

I did more cleaning, called my mom, and did more laundry and put it away. After all that, I heated up leftovers for lunch. Kennedy and I worked on writing a princess storybook after lunch. Her favorite princess is Aurora. Chaz put Logan down for a nap. While she was sleeping I was painting a french provincial china cabinet. It is going to be so pretty when it's finished. Logan woke up, and shortly after that I had a client come pick up her white with cream glazed french provincial dresser.

After she left I painted on the china cabinet for a while longer.  I put on a chuck roast for a few hours, planning on making stew for dinner. I love stew on a cold wintery day.  Kennedy and I went to my mom's and I jumped in the tanning bed for a little bit. A girl has got to get a little color every now and then. We left there and headed to Wal-Mart. I needed to pick up carrots for the stew that I was going to make for dinner.  When I got home, my roast was ready to shred. I shredded that, added the other ingredients to my stew and voila! Stew was ready in about an hour. Chaz, Kennedy, and I ate dinner while Logan shrieked at us the entire time. Half of the time she was shrieking happily, the other half was in pain. Poor girl is teething. I just wish those little teeth would pop through the skin and stop bothering her!

After dinner, Chaz's mom and dad came by. They had been on a cruise to Jamaica, Grand Cayman, and Cozumel for 7 days. They really missed the girls, but had a good time. They saw the girls and visited with us for a while and then headed home. Chaz put Logan to sleep and I tucked Kennedy in. I went to Jack's and got gas (because I know that I will NOT want to get out in the morning).  I'm back home, relaxing and blogging. Whew! What a day.

I also painted this desk yesterday. I've been a busy little bee. Can't wait to paint more and have more pictures for everyone to see.

Hope everyone had a great weekend and has a good upcoming week. It's snowing outside and I just read that some schools are closed tomorrow. I guess the weekend isn't over for some. Unfortunately I will have to head in to work in the morning. G'nite y'all!

10 Things to Smile About

I am linking up with Emmy Mom and Dear Baby Boutique to share my 10 things to smile about!



Here we go!

1. It's Friday! Bring on the weekend! The weekend means more time with our girls! This weekend we are going to make Valentine's. Super excited!

2. I'm almost done with two or three more pieces of furniture. Cannot wait to post pics!!

3. My little business is growing so fast. At first I was a little discouraged, but now have more projects than I can keep up with!

4. I have a DVR FULL of my favorite shows. Parenthood, 2 episodes of Grey's, Modern Family, you get the point.

5. I am going to have a date night with my handsome hubby next weekend! Woohoo!

6. Miss Logan is almost sitting up all by herself. She can sit for almost a minute or so then falls. She loves her walker too. I think that girl might skip crawling!

7. Chaz and I have been sticking to our workouts and are beginning to see some results! Yay!

8. My mom watched the girls for me Wednesday. I came home to dinner ready and laundry all done and folded. Great way to kick off the weekend. No laundry!

9. L'oreal leGooss lip gloss in watermelon crush. It's awesome! And cheap!

10. Target. I'm going there on my lunch break. Love.Target.

I've been moving a little slow. Sorry for the lack of updates. I haven't had much time to devote to painting furniture or this blog. I'm hoping that will change soon! I will have a few pics of freshly painted furniture to post this weekend. Cross my heart. 

I'm going to keep it short and sweet and ALMOST "Wordless Wednesday".

Love that smile!

Sisters!

Our "mini-me's"

Have a Happy Thursday and Friday!

{Happy 6 months baby Logan}

My baby is 6 months old today. Where has time gone? I used to hear people say that all the time and always thought they were crazy. Time always passed so slowly. Not anymore! This little girl has accomplished so much in her six months with us. God truly blessed us with a beautiful and perfect baby when he gave us Logan Ann.

From the first day she was born, Logan was a beautiful baby in every way. She didn’t cry much and was such a peaceful little angel. Let’s not forget to mention how cute she really is. She has a beautiful skin tone, just like her daddy. She has a dark complexion and big brown eyes. She has such a wonderful little personality too. I love it!

I always wondered how I could even love another baby after having Kennedy. Well, it’s possible! Logan has brought so much joy into our lives.

Lately she has been trying to sit up on her own and also learning to crawl. She doesn’t have it mastered, but I bet she will soon! Her eyes are always glued on Kennedy and you can tell she wants to get moving! I can’t wait to see what the next six months will bring with our girls!

Happy 6 month Birthday Miss Logan. Momma loves you.



Looking at mommy. Sweetest thing.



I realize that I am biased, but this baby is gorgeous! :)

Newborn  baby girl. xoxo

Look at this 6 month old baby girl now!

Happy Birthday to my love!

Today is my handsome hubby, Chaz's 27th birthday. I'm all about lists, as you probably already know~so I'm going to list the top 10 things about my hubby in celebration of his birthday. There are many,many more than 10 great things about him, but hey, I don't have all day. ;-)

10. Chaz has a heart of gold. He would give anything he has to help someone out and cares about others' feelings. Such an admirable trait.

9. He is the best daddy to my girls. He is truly present in their lives and the smiles on their faces when they see him is proof.

8. He is truly a great friend. He doesn't gossip or blow things out of proportion. He listens and sees things from other's perspective first.

7. He is honest.

6. He helps out around the house. I'm lucky because I know a lot of men don't help cook etc...

5. He's not too hard on the eyes! He is super handsome. :)

4. He is such a hard worker and succeeds everywhere he goes-home, work, etc..all around guy!

3. Chaz is seriously the funniest person I know. He makes me laugh non stop. He jokes around with Kennedy and I can see his personality in her. Uh-oh. :) only kidding.

2. He is humble. He has so much going for him and he is such a humble guy. How did I get do lucky?!

1. He loves God. He has taught me so much and for that, I love him.

Okay~for his birthday Kennedy and I made him a peanut butter chocolate ganache cake. Recipe courtesy of the Diva Dish. Take a look here:

http://thediva-dish.com/uncategorized/chocolate-peanut-butter-ganache-birthday-cake/

Here's our cake building progression!
This girl is serious about cake baking!!

Happy Friday!