Deanna and Jesse sitting in a tree, K-I-SS-I-N-G. First comes friendship, then comes kissing, THEN comes proposal. Wow. What an ending. They totally edited the first hour to look like Jesse was a total numnut at Deanna’s parents house. The dad would ask a question and Jesse would sit there with a nervous face and then they would cut to the next scene. Ummm…hello…can we at least hear how he answered. We got the point that he was nervous and checked his personality at the door…but come on, give us a fair shot at how the day really went.
The Jeremy segment…kinda awkward, kinda sad, kinda…well…awkward. Especially his crouched down move after he left the house. You think he is bawling his eyes out but he is just crouched down acting like he is crying. It’s a little word I like to call “CLOSURE”. So did the “Men tell all” episode happen before or after he talked to her again in Malibu? Because he asked her the same questions there as he did in that episode. Weird, don’t get that whole segment. Buzz kill during three terrific hours.
So yeah, not much to say but that I am genuinely happy for them, I feel terrible for Jason. That was very shocking and he is top shelf sweetness, so a broken heart is so terrible to hand anyone. Who knows, maybe he will be the next Bachelor. The show has totally redeemed itself. It was really really decent this season. (can’t say as much for Matt/Shane…or I mean Matt and Monkey…just can’t get into them)
Moving on.
Thank you for all your wonderful comments from my last post. I need to respond to a few of you, especially those that really opened up or commented for the first time. Thank you.
I wanted to give you a little eye candy on this fine Tuesday afternoon. On Sunday morning while Ryan and I were getting our coffee I came back into the living room to a couch full of the most scrumptious little people in the world. You can see everyone is in the early…EARLY…morning stupor. My heart smiled. This is my FAMILY. It never gets old and it never stops amazing me. Three years ago I lived in an apartment with a roommate. Now I own a home, married with two children. BLINK!
Sorry for the grainy shots. It was dark in there and I didn’t want to bother with the external flash.
Do you love the new pillows I FINALLY finished. My poor sewing machine is lonely in the closet. Such a pain to set it up and tear it down between naps. This is the fabulous IKEA material I got many moons ago for the dining room curtains and to recover a bench. LOVE IT. Totally ties the two rooms together.
Hey sweet cheeks, going my way?
Chloe looks like a little elf when her ears poke through her hair. I wonder if smiling is her favorite? Apparently, not that morning.
This dollar store foam puzzle has become her obsession. To the point I am ready to hide it. I can’t decide if it is the best dollar I ever spent or the worst because she pesters you all day to put it together and take it apart a million times. She is finally starting to talk this last week (outside of her 10 words she has said for months). The puzzle has Disney princesses on it. She calls Cinderella “rella” and if you can imagine a bunch of marbles in her mouth, then you would clearly hear the word Air-el for Aerial. I wouldn’t have gotten it if her chubby little pointer finger wasn’t violently poking the Aerial piece. Now I get how parents can understand their kids but nobody else can.
Hey Bennett, did you eat a doorknob for breakfast. It is official. This is the worst possible angle to photograph your children at. His zipper is all jacked up and it looks like an alien is popping out of his chest to eat all his chins. At least that is the image that pops into my mind, you?
Fourth of July was pretty low key. We are in the process of painting our house on the outside. I know..I just love to sit around and do nothing! So we have converted the hideous early 90’s hunter green trim and cedar shakes into a wonderful sorta mushroom brown. We bought shutters and painted and hung those. SOOOOOO much better. My little home is turning into the cottage I have in my head. In another year it should be just about magazine worthy. I love my house, I LOVE IT!
We worked all afternoon on the porch so we had some neighbors over to grill out and watch the fireworks from our front porch. Who knew when we bought it that we could see the city’s fireworks off our porch….five dollar view.
UNFORTUNATELY…it was a very hazy day so they shot them really low in the sky so we barely saw an edge of a firework. How sad.
As boys would be boys, our neighbor brought over a stash of fireworks to light on our lawn. We were THOSE neighbors. Instantly, Ryan and the other guys turned into 12 year olds shooting them at each other and having contests. I don’t get it.
FIRE + STUPIDITY = BURNS
Nobody got seriously hurt but there was some contact with flesh and fire.
I had to lay down the mommy hammer once they started shooting the firecrackers into the sewer drains so it sounded like a cannon was going off. Do you think the guys would have been the ones comforting the waking crying children?
Lastly in this fascinating post of randomness. We are apparently Nest Farmers. I mean our ferns seem to attract every egg laying bird in the county. We pull one of these nests out of our ferns every 1-2 weeks. Anyone interested in purchasing a real live nest?
That’s all I got.
“I wonder if smiling’s her favorite?” BEST quote from this post. I love it!!!!!
ZoZo has a puzzle like that, I think it’s Winnie the Pooh. BARFtastic. But she too loves it. I get bored, let’s move on to ‘get dressed with elmo’ instead - at least that book is interactive. comb the hair, zip the sweater…ok, i need to stop. i have no kids. why am I talking?
Oh my… my husband pulled out a nest from on top of our back porch light (for the THIRD time, those determined birds!) and the eggs fell out… half-developed baby birdies lay slaughtered on my deck. Your little egg picture brings back nightmare memories. So sad.
I just want to nibble on Bennett! He is such a little doll, Kelly. Chloe is cute, per usual.
I’ve been waiting for this post allllll day! When Deanna didn’t pick Jason I nearly threw my wine at the tv when I realized my wine was just too good to waste. I have to admit at the reunion show following the finale I was totally hooked on her and Jesse. They just GLOW around each other.
I think I have Chloe’s daze every morning. Love your kids - they are always way too cute. I once told Chrissy that if I didn’t produce kids as beautiful as yours i’m selling them to the circus.
I love the way the kids look on the couch together. Bennett is such a looker. Love your pillows too Kel they turned out great! Need to get one of those puzzles for Luce
I totally know what you mean when you see your kids and think, “Wow, I MADE these little people!”. Especially when just a few years ago my life was completely different. I usually get that feeling when my 20 month old son is running his matchbox cars over the giggling body of my 5 month old son. What could be better?
I loved your previous post. I felt challenged to make a few small, but significant, changes in my life. I finally updated my boys’ journals with some heartfelt messages and dug a little deeper within myself for my own family blog.
You kids are so cute. I love how much they look like each other.
I like random posts. I really liked Bachelorette last night too. I really liked Jason though. But am happy to see Deanna happy (as though I know here personally! Geesh!) and finally able to tell Jesse she Loves him! That was so sweet!
You’re kids are just adorable! And I think I LOVE your house too! I love the porch, so purdy!
i LOVE that pic with your two sweet kiddos hanging out on the couch in the a.m.! i can’t wait til cooper gets here and he and noah can start to bond.
looks like you are all doing fabulously! give lynne a hug for me if you see her soon…and tell her to put up some belly pics on facebook–i need to see the belly! 
hola sista!
So bummed she picked Jesse!
At first, I was like “hey, those pillows look familiar?” Duh Julie…that is the fabric I bought for you and then kept for myself. Did I tell you the curtains came out SO PERFECT and I got 2 pillows from the leftover material and covered a little bench with the teeth looking fabric. So, I’m glad you didn’t need it. It fits great in my little home.
I love your house too! I SO WANT a cottage style/huge porch home. Maybe one day….
I definitely see a little Ryan in Bennett.
I AM SO GLAD SHE PICKED JESSE!!!! They are so cute together and I think they will truly be together forever. It was so funny when he was almost was going to hurl when picking out a ring. (I think Jesse totally had the better ring. Jason’s might have been bigger, but totally hideous. ROUND DIAMONDS=YUCK!…no offense to anyone with round diamonds.)
Poor hometown Jason (whop WASHINGTON)…Maybe he will be the next Bachelor??
So disappointed in how the portrayed Jesse at D’s parents.
Umm…the thing with Jeremy was so taped right after the last rose ceremony. Not after D’s hometown time. He was so wearing the same outfit. Plus, D was in a ground floor room that night, and then the next morning (proposal morning) she was in a top floor room. They cannot fool me!!
I gotta say… I was really surprised she picked Jesse, but after they showed all the back footage, I see where I went wrong. I was so blinded by my adoration of Jason, I missed it. They look truly in love and I am really happy for them. I didn’t watch last season with the British guy, but it sounded really weird when he called her ‘Monkey’ with his accent. Whatever works for them…
Morning faces are the cutest. I like Bennett’s little jammies. He is getting cuter every time I see him. (Incidently, Pat accidentally called him Bentley when he saw his picture…I laughed and promptly told him never to do that again.) I can’t wait to hear Chloe’s raspy little words! You must love it! :o) Can’t wait to see your new trim…it sounds great!
Bridget has those same fishie jammies from Old Navy. They are her favorites. She asks for “shishies” at bedtime almost every night.
Love the pics!
ok nikki’s comment almost made me spit cuz she really did say that, or something very close to it.
and onto a very ‘about your kids’ comment: they DO realy need to stop growing. chloe looks about 17.
Those are some seriously cute kids. Ohmygoodness!
Your house is so freaking fantastic. I have house envy. (Love the fabric- Ikea has some kick ass material right now.)
Just had to come out of hiding and say how much I love your website.. I don’t even remember how I stumbled across it. Your family is truly beautiful inside and out, and you have the most funnest outlook on life… that’s what we all need when everything else seems so dismal.
Is that a baby ripple afghan I spy in the last post? (On the crib) Looks like someone made that for your kids and I SO love it! The colors are great
God Bless your family and keep up the wonderful witty outlook on life.. I look forward to reading your posts when they come along!
Love the pillows, they sparked my interested right away!
And the kids on the couch aren’t too bad either : )
it always makes me feel better when someone else’s child my own child’s age still has a binky! i would get rid of it, but it would make my life even harder at not the simplest point i have been at so far. plus i am training my second child to love hers as well.
Ha! Ha! I’m laughing at the fireworks comments. The highlight of our year on teacher exchange in England was when my husband spotted fireworks for sale at the super market. You can’t buy them here in Aus. All his 12 year old pyromaniac dreams come true! Did I mention he is 40… He couldn’t believe his luck.
Loving the jigsaw stuff too. I feel the same way about My Little Pony DVD’s - can’t decide if I love them or loath them.
Have a happy day Kellie.
Jude x
I so knew Jesse would make it! So perfect together. Lets just hope it lasts. I don’t think I feel bad for Jeremy because after being on TV and being that good looking he is going to have no problem finding him a woman. By the way, great pictures and the dollar store rocks!
Mkay… hand over the pillows & no one will get schmakk’d. Seriously! Etsy, girl!!!!!
Oh and the babes are babe-a-licious as ALWAYS!
Love those kids.
Let me just say that I LOVED Jason. What a sweet, handsome guy. I just knew she was going to pick him….Boy, was I wrong.