Nursery Decor

Normally when I'm on etsy, I'm on the lookout for fun new bows for Elizabeth. However, Friday afternoon I was browsing for a different reason... David's nursery! Ever since we got his room put together, I've been hunting for the right artwork to hang in his room. Well, Friday afternoon I found it!

Most of the sports stuff I've found just haven't been what Alan and I wanted... Until I found Shawn St.Peter Photography on etsy. I immediately saw several prints that I would use in a heartbeat (way more than we actually needed). I knew that this was something I couldn't wait to show Alan, so as soon as he got home (and after we ate dinner), I pulled up the site on our computer. And Alan actually agreed with me! I think it was one of the easiest decisions we made regarding David's room!

I don't want to spoil the surprise on what photos we're putting in David's nursery, but I did want to include one of the pictures that definitely made it onto the top of our list!

http://www.etsy.com/listing/98447521/back-to-school-sale-vintage-baseball-bat

So, if any of you are looking to decorate a boy's room with anything related to sports, I highly recommend checking out Shawn's etsy shop!

*These opinions are my own based off what I've seen from the etsy store, however, I am receiving an additional 8x10 at no cost with my order for this referral.*

David's Nursery Reveal... Part One

Well, this is going to be a two part reveal... We've gotten all of the "big" stuff in David's room, but now we're just trying to find the finishing touches. We bought some wall plaques at Hobby Lobby, but they don't really fit in with the bedding, so it's back to square one!

Crib and rocker

Dresser

Changing table (still needs a changing pad)

Crib bedding

Dresser top (the ball, glove, and
helmet were Alan's from when
he was growing up!)

David's going home outfit!
You can't see it, but there are little
animals embroidered on the outfit.

Sneak Peek...

Here is just a quick sneak peek of our Little Man's bedding and (my favorite part) his lamp!! There is definitely baseball in the quilt/bumper, you just can't see it. :) We looked all over for a strictly baseball bedding set, but couldn't find one that I liked, so we went with this one instead. And I absolutely LOVE it, as well! Can't wait for David to arrive so he can use it.

Nursery!!

Well, with my parents, grandparents, Granny, and aunt coming down in 2 weeks, I figured it was time to get cracking on the nursery. Granted, all the baby stuff had been organized for weeks, but the room was still a wreck, full of boxes of stuff that I had brought from Texarkana to sort through. So this weekend was a cleaning weekend. (On a side note, we also got finished organizing and cleaning 3/4 of our office, but that definitely isn't as interesting as the nursery... haha) Alan put the glider together, I organized the closet and books, AND I went through the MANY boxes and decided what to keep out, what to put in storage, and what to give to Goodwill. I wish I had taken before pictures, because it was bad, but you'll just have to live with the afters. 


The room is still missing a few key items, but those will come with time. My sister is painting something to go above the changing table (she also painted the ABC's above Elizabeth's crib!), and we won't have that for a while, seeing as she is at OSU and we're in Texas... We're also waiting to save some money before we order Elizabeth's dresser! :)


Without further ado, I'm going to inundate you with pictures. Enjoy!

Looking in from the hallway! The glider is at an angle to allow 

entrance into the closet.

Changing table (with some clothes on it).

Where the dresser will go.

Doll bed from my old room. And all the dolls/animals were mine,

 too. I spent about 45 minutes cleaning the top two dolls faces, arms, 

and legs. Let me just say that I LOVE Mr. Clean magic erasers!!

Elizabeth's Easter dress! So cute!

Close up of the detail. Now I just need a cute bow!

One of my all time favorite outfits! One of the 

only things we found at the Mistletoe Fair.

Closet! A lot more clothes than the last time...

In the corner is the shelf Alan built, full of toys, 

towels, blankets, etc.

The  books that I've bought over the years have a new home!

Elizabeth's books in a cart my MIL had painted. Too cute!!

Hope you enjoyed the tour of Elizabeth's nursery! All we're waiting on now is a little girl to occupy it. :)

27 weeks (a little late..)

Pregnancy Highlights

How far along? 27 weeks and 4 days


Baby's size? I'm going to skip this unless I've got an update from an ultrasound. Since she's consistently measuring small, I'd rather not post the "estimates."


Gender? Still a baby GIRL!!


Weight Gain? I haven't been on the scale since 26 weeks, and won't be back on the scale until around 29 weeks. :)


Maternity clothes? Still a mixture of maternity and regular


Stretch marks? Nope


Belly button in or out? Still in, but slowly getting more shallow


Sleeping? Pretty decent. I wake up several times, but almost always fall back asleep


Foods I'm loving? Chick-fil-a, On the Border, Port Wine cheese with wheat thins


Foods I'm hating? None for now


Movement? Yes! 




Best moment this week? Heading to my parents house early and then Alan getting here on Saturday with my two fur babies.


Symptoms? Heartburn, frequent potty breaks, and the occasional nausea after I eat too much (she's crowding my stomach and therefore I eat small, frequent meals)


What I miss? Nothing really, unless you count sleeping on my stomach


What I'm looking forward to? Christmas time!! I love to watch other people open up presents!!


Weekly Wisdom: nothing new on this front...


Milestones: I'm in the 3rd trimester!!! And as of today, only 87 days until Elizabeth's due date 


Emotions: Nothing crazy here lately, either.

27 weeks at my parents house!

As some of you might know, my sister is an AMAZING artist! In fact, that's what she's going to school for right now. Well, when she got home, she mentioned that she was really wanting to paint, which was awesome, because I was hoping to get her to do the artwork for Elizabeth's room. Needless to say, in the past couple of days, she's done 3 paintings for above Elizabeth's changing table. As soon as she's put the finishing touches on them, I'm going to show them off. I can't believe what a great job she has done!!! She is also going to do a large painting for above the crib. The larger painting most likely won't be done before I leave to head back home, but I can't wait to put it in the room. The inspiration for the large painting was something I saw at Target, which is...


                                


I know that our bedding doesn't have any owls in it, but I thought it was too cute! Somehow she's going to tie in the flowers on our bedding with the owls. I can't wait to see how it turns out!


Stay tuned for pictures of the first three paintings... gonna keep you in suspense on what they're about. :)

Nursery and SHOPPING!!

This past weekend was great! Alan and I got to go to Texarkana to see my parents and my sweet sister! I'm so glad she got to come down from OSU the same weekend we were down! Alan and I stay in the guest bedroom now and when we went there to put up our stuff, my parents and sister followed us. I thought it was a little odd, but I really didn't think much of it... until I turned on the light. The bed was covered with the most ADORABLE clothes (and a super cute and soft Taggie blanket) for Elizabeth!! I could bore you with pictures of all the clothes, so I'll just post a couple of my favorite.

Sweet smocked sleeper

Smocked Dress (Adorable!!!)

How cute is this!? (Can you tell my mom LOVES smocked outfits??)

Cute dress for next winter!

On Saturday, mom and I went shopping! We didn't buy much, except for some stocking stuffers for me and Alan (all cute clothes for Elizabeth... haha), but I do HAVE to tell you about my new favorite store in Texarkana. For this gals still living there, it is called Peas and Carrots* and is located in Summerhill Square. We didn't look at any of the boy things, but the girl clothes and accessories were just about some of the cutest I have EVER seen! If I was rich, I would've bought out the whole store. I also found what I want for Elizabeth's going home outfit, but we're just waiting on a new shipment so we can get the right size. I highly recommend stopping in this store if you are pregnant or have a young child!! I will be returning over Thanksgiving to stock up on some more clothes. (*They did not ask me to write this, I just really loved the shop!!!)

When we got back home Sunday evening, Alan decided to paint a fourth (and final) coat on the ceiling of Elizabeth's room. The color the previous owners has the ceilings is kind of a grayish color, that we aren't too fond of, so we're (and by "we're", I mean "Alan") is slowly going to paint the rest of the ceilings white. After that was complete, we moved the dresser into the room and called it a night.

Last night, Alan assembled the crib! I spent the day washing and drying all of the crib accessories in order to be ready to make the bed (I know we still have 5 months... I'm just a little excited!!) The assembly didn't take long, so in order to keep from boring you, I'll just show some pictures. :)

Painting the room last week

This is Alan's "are you really photographing this?" look

Almost done!

Putting in the last screw!!!

 Completed (and moved) bed!!

A closer look at the bedding

Closet full of clothes and some diapers!!

Close up of the clothes

I've organized the clothes by size! And each size has a different color coat hanger (OCD, I know...). My only question, which is a stupid question, is about varying clothing sizes. Some clothes have age ranges (i.e. 0-3 months) and some just have a particular month (3 months). I put the 3 months with the 0-3 months, and so on, but am I doing it right? Haha.

Ok... this post is getting really long so I'm going to cut it off now. I can't believe I've posted twice in two days! It must be a record.

Life lately!

So a little back story for you... Growing up, I had this friend that I met when I was 3 years old at Ms. Dixie's School of dance. We quickly became great friends and this continued on throughout high school and on into college. She was in my wedding and she was one of the first people I called when we started telling people that we were expecting. Unfortunately for me (and lucky for her), she is ALL the way in Montana working on her PhD right now. I haven't seen her in a while so, Amy G., you'd better be down for Thanksgiving AND Christmas this year! =) Needless to say, I went to my mailbox and I had the biggest surprise today! The CUTEST little outfit for Baby E (name to be announced tomorrow after our gender confirmation ultrasound!). Now, I don't really want to think about college yet... be still my heart... but if she wants to go to Montana State one day, she will have already had an introduction into their school spirit. :)

Thanks so much Amy G (a link to her cute blog)! Can't wait to see it on the little one! I'll be sure and take a picture of her in it and send it to you!

In other news, I had my second appointment with my OB yesterday. It went great! She found Baby E's heartbeat right away and it was in the 150s. Can't wait till tomorrow so we can see her on the screen and confirm that she is, in fact, a girl.

I told myself that I wasn't going to post any pictures of the bedding until we had the room set up, but I can't resist posting the picture from Pot.tery Ba.rn's website. Our crib isn't white, but the scheme of the room is definitely what we're going for. We picked up a sample of yellow paint over the weekend to test (we're notorious for painting a room and then deciding we hate the color, so we decided to play it safe this time), and it matches perfectly! Now we just need to go back and get the full gallon so Alan can get started! Without further ado, here it is...

What do you guys think? And if you hate it, don't tell me, please. Haha. 

Stay tuned for the name reveal for Baby E and a potential reveal of a new hairstyle. I'm debating on whether or not to cut my hair... It's been two years since I've had more than a trim and I'm more than ready for a change! I just don't know if I can go through with it.