My Baseball Baby....

Early in May, Gage's baseball team played in a tournament, and they all got to "go pink" with their jerseys, and honor someone with their jerseys. Though the jerseys were pink, it could be any type of cancer or any childhood illness b/c the jerseys were for Strikes Against Cancer, as well as a Scottish Rite benefit tournament. Anywhoooo....we were very excited to honor our very own Darnin with Gage's jersey.

Such a sweet boy!

....aaaaaand, with baseball being his LIFE these days---he was in need of a room makeover. {Can I get an AMEN? I was soooooo sick of the camo room. He loved it, but it was NOT my cup-o-tea!}

We had a lot of fun making the baseball room, and Gage was so excited to have a "new room."

Photobomb, courtesy of Daddy! Gotta love 'em.

Now, will all of this baseball going on in our lives....we can't fail to mention Gage's #1 fan:

 {Pics from April & May, 2014, primarily.  Spring 2014 baseball season}

Gage's New Dresser

So, he's still loving the camo and the camo room. {I'm still not loving it, but he does, so that's what really matters. In the future son, I better hear from your mouth: "My parents were so cool when I was a kid, that they let me have a camo painted room. No, really, the whoooole room was painted camo. It was the coolest thing I've ever seen. My parents rock....especially my mom."}

Any way....he still wants the bunk beds, and he needed better clothing storage. So, he got a new dresser. It seems so....so.....grown up!

He loves it.
Looks good in there I think---and there you have it.

:)

Playroom: In Progress.

So, the upstairs playroom.
OMG.
2 before pics:

And the---"at least things are somewhat organized now" pictures:

I clearly STILL have my work cut out for me, but hey, I'm making progress, right????

We need some real decor, and a theme, don't you think?

Hello, Camo.

So, I've mentioned previously how busy I was....painting CAMO.
Here's the finished product.
And yes, I hate camo, and the child loves it.
Whatever. It's his room.
And I don't intend to repaint it for 10 years...or more.
I'm just saying....

(if you are wondering what's hanging down between the beds---it's a camo netting straight from the army/navy store. Gage loves it.)





His name...that's been in his nursery since before he was born, and then in his rooms ever since...


And the room is only complete with his little handprint...because right now, he's 5, and it's perfect.


Neeless to say, he loves it.

A bit more painting...

We've done a bit more painting around here.



And, we've got a bit more to do, but it's fun.
We love how just a little bit of paint can make such an impact. Good times.

UPDATED: Christmas Decor!

We had many, many, many decorations here at the Casa de Lainey-Paney!

Talked to Mom the other night. She didn't get to see our house for Christmas this year, so just for Mamasita, here are some of our decoration pictures! {per her request} I know that I already posted this...but it's updated with some lovelies that my son made & gave to us. Hello....the most priceless gifts of all!

The pantry-door art gallery....






The window near the entry way...which I have to say---didn't photograph well.
Oh well.


In Gage's room....


Even our fish, Teddy, is getting a little decor (near the bowl)...


In the kitchen....









The staircase...




And...the TREE!!!!!! Hubby always picks a rather LARGE tree, so it's hard to get it all fully photographed the way I wanted...but that's okay.
We LOVE our tree!!!

One of the ornaments on the tree (one of the many!)... look very closely!!!


Some wonderful hand-made goodies, made by Gage....




Hubby & Gage decorated this gingerbread house. We LOVE it!






And SOMEONE is ready for Christmas!
Who's ready for Christmas!????


And then we just had fun being super-silly for the camera...



I had the best of intentions for doing MORE decorating around here...putting another tree up in the playroom upstairs....That didn't happen. And Christmas is right around the corner. I think there are quite a few holiday decorations that just haven't made it out of their boxes this year. And you know what? That's okay.