New Furniture and Random Pictures

When I met Todd 13+ years ago, he had this leather couch. It was such a nice couch. Then when we got married, we got tons of duplicate gifts from Dillards. We returned them all and used the $$ to get these two leather recliners. I am a horrible decorator and they never matched, but they were really comfortable at one time.

I also slept many many many hours on that couch while pregnant - and also spent many pregnant nauseous hours there.

After 8+ years with kids, it was all completely and totally destroyed. It had recently gotten much worse because Henry likes to walk across the top of it.

We finally had a little extra money saved up, so we went to IKEA and bought chairs and a sofa with washable slipcovers. They aren't as comfortable as our old stuff, but they definitely are a better fit for our family at this point. We are very happy with them.

Oh, and a little story that must be written down for posterity. While Todd strapped the 3 huge furniture boxes in the back of his truck, I took the boys out to the car to get them all buckled in. We were going to follow him back down Hwy 121 to our house. When Todd pulls out in front of me, he has the tie-downs only around the very bottom of these tall boxes. I picture us hitting 75mph on the highway and boxes tumbling out of the back. Eek! So I called him as we were driving through the parking lot, and he pulled over to the curb. I pulled up right behind him and hopped out - leaving my car running. We stood between the car and the truck and reconfigured the tie-downs into a giant X across the back of his truck to give more support to the boxes. We really weren't out there over 2 minutes. When I turned around....Leo had let himself out of his seat and gotten Henry out of his seat. Leo was sitting in the front seat pretending to drive, and Henry was crouched over the gear shift "helping" him. AGAIN, the car was RUNNING and Todd and I were standing between the car and the truck. OMG! Yes, screaming and banishment to his room was involved!

Old Stuff:


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Notice the head grease and hair product stains on the chairs! So lovely.


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New Stuff:

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And here are a few random kid shots:


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Sitting on the IKEA box.

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In my pajamas.

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