A backyard to grow in.
Over the past few weeks you’ve probably seen a few picture in the blog or Instagram that look like this. 
Or this
Or this
And you probably wondered where these pictures were taken. They were taken on our new deck! It was a long process but we now have a beautiful toddler safe deck and beautifully landscaped budget friendly backyard
Over a year ago when we moved into our current home to make room for babies the backyard was in much need of some serious TLC.
As much as I love being outside and digging in the dirt, No really, I’m serious, I would be a farmer if I could live on a farm close to family friends and a grocery store! , I was also very pregnant and could barely walk down the hall let alone clear overgrowth. And on top of that the inside renovations were still very much underway and that was priority with two infants about join our family.
So in the mean time because there was rotting wood and overgrown weeds there was the possibility of snakes in the yard. To not let this become an issue my husband had the yard cleared. Everything pushed to the wooded area in the back and the main part leveled out. 
Winter set in and figuring out life with two babies filled all our time, so the back yard remained untouched.
Spring came and with warmer air and a little rain a soft coating of green covered some of the dirt, the idea of a green backyard was becoming a reality. 
But spring rains came with a vengeance, and all the green was washed away.
And to add to the issues of the back deck, babies who crawl and a deck with an old style railing are not a good mix. The deck was a great small space to spend some time outside taking in the fresh air while the babies were immobile.
But as soon as they got to moving on there own it wasn’t safe to be outside to let them play. It was a crazy hot summer anyway so we spent most of our days at the pool it in the shade at a nearby park. But with fall approaching and the babies birthday just around the corner we knew we wanted to make the investment in the backyard so that we could spend the beautiful fall days in Georgia outside.
And so it began, DEMOLITION.
And the work began, it all happened really quickly.
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
The girls loved watching the work get done
Day 4
It rained
Day 5
It was done!
That was it, in just five days we had a brand new super fun giant playpen! We have used it almost every day since it was finished.
The girls are always trying to get out there.
We even scored this awesome plastic playset for a cant beat price off Craig’s list. The woman we bought it from, had triplets!
A few weeks later it was time to finish the yard. We contacted a few landscape architects and designers but they all wanted an obscene amount of money to do a basic landscaping job. We already had the people to install the yard, we just needed a design. I was pretty confident that I could draw a good looking yard, I did grow up with a dad who was pretty particular about our yard, so I knew basically what needs to go where. I was a little worried about how the sunlight in our yard would work with my design and how future additions may ruin what we do now but I got to drawing anyway. Here’s what I came up with.
It rained a little more and then it finally happened, grass and order appeared in the back yard while I was hard at work at my job.
next year we will add shrubs here or maybe azaleas.
the playset will be arriving soon!
the tree line is no longer a disaster
the gate keeps the toddlers in and the stones keep the dirt out.
past the steps in the side yard will be our garden, We plan to do a stone raised bed and grow a variety of herbs and veggies. We will play weekend warriors one weekend this winter and hopefully plant by early spring.
We even got a sprikler system installed so we can spend more time playing with talia and Jordan and less time moving around hoses!
We love our new deck and out tall trees and our amazing backyard. We are looking forward to plenty of days running around in the yard with kids and friends for years to come.
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Congrats!! It looks amazing!
Wow! I love how the new deck looks! So happy for you guys! And I love that colorful playground! Look like a lot of fun! 😀 <3