Splash of Color

It is weird to see color on the walls because our whole house is neutral and we haven't painted anything yet. I think the color looks good in the nursery. It is Sherwin Williams "hazel". Kind of a darker mint color. The more I look at it, the more I like it.

The furniture is being delivered at 7 am tomorrow morning. I can't wait to see the room once we put furniture in it. Have to buy a mattress for the crib, then I can get it all put together. Here is a before and after picture. We are having someone come and paint some murals on the top portion of the wall in the upcoming months.

Red, White and Boom!

The title was chosen for the 4th of July, and my ever larger growing belly.....hehe!

I took my 26 week belly pictures last Wednesday and then never posted it. Better late than never I guess, and a new one will be here in only a few short days. I'm still feeling really good, but have had the urge to pee a lot more over the last week. There have a been a few nights that she's kept me from falling asleep cause she is doing somersaults in my belly. It's weird to see her shift from one side to the other, but reassuring that she's moving a lot.

Hope everyone had a great 4th of July weekend. Mine was once again very busy. My sister and Nick came to town. We went and saw Wall-E on Thursday night, very cute. On the 4th we got up and had breakfast at the club, it was a dreary, rainy holiday. Had to do some stuff in Cincinnati on Saturday, then, since i'm super wife, I drove up to Dayton to meet my husband at our friends Shaun and Alison's 4th of July party. It was a long, and tiring day. Finished up by lunch and seeing Hancock with our friend Mike on Sunday, then Matt's family all came to our house to grill out last night. Whew, exhausting to even write it all out really.

Today is painting day. I have to go tape off the room and trim the edges. If i'm really frisky i'll go ahead and paint without Matt, but we'll see. I'll be sure to take a before and after picture. Since the furniture is in, I want to get it painted so it's all done and they can get everything set up in that room. Hopefully i'll have pics to post tomorrow.

Hope your Monday is sunny and cheerful!

Monday Blues

Trying to keep the blues away after a super busy weekend. We had our housewarming party on Saturday. It was fabulous. Quite a few people we don't get to see very often made the trek down to West Chester for the evening. We had a ton of yummy food, and good friends. Can't ask for much more.

After being on my feet all day cooking and cleaning Saturday, doing a wedding Sunday really had me beat. It was an outdoor wedding, and we nearly blew away, but the rain held off and it turned out great. Needless to say, my feet were throbbing last night and my wonderful husband gave me a much needed foot massage.

It's kind of a dreary and cool Monday. I finally sat down with all my lists and baby recommendations and at least registered online. I did the baby registry through amazon. They have a lot more options than just doing Babies R Us, so it made sense to take advantage of the opportunity. http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/baby/35D06HBNMSHQ7. If you see anything i'm missing or should reconsider, please let me know!

Hallelujah

I am singing some crazy songs of excitement today. I got the crib bedding. I am so in love with it. It is much more pastel or girly than anything I've liked or envisioned us getting. It is sweet, yet classy and beautiful. The lady at the store let me put it in the crib we bought so I could see how it looked.....Magnificent...Perfect! The pink, yellow, blue, orange color look awesome against the cinnamon wood. The crib sheet is pale yellow velour, an there is a tan corduroy piping across the bumper-with yellow ties.

I also bought this adorable wood sign to hang. It is a quote from one of my favorite oldies songs by the Archies. My mom has an awesome idea, from something we saw in homearama, to do a bakery/sweet shop motif on the wall. It would be her little cupcake store:) Makes me smile just thinking about the "sweet" innocence behind it all.

I'm finally feeling giddy. I thought we'd never find the perfect thing for Baby B's room, and I believe it happened. Yipee!!!!!

Crib-....CHECK!

We finally have something to check off the list. The crib set was ordered today. We ended up getting the Stanley, Young America Serenity crib. We decided on the Cinnamon color, shown above. I originally wanted the honey color, but we decided the darker looks better with more bedding options and will be a bit more functional in case it is used for a boys room down the road. We did the crib, dresser, changing table, and nightstand. I think it will be about 6 weeks, I can't wait!!! (We were going to do the munire majestic, but comparing the two side by side, the Stanley was a sturdier, better quality furniture.)

I am going back to the store on Thursday to see the bedding set I loved last weekend. They are getting it back in the store from homearama Wednesday. They are willing to sell it for a 10% discount if I decide I still like it. The set was custom made bedding, done by Pine Creek Bedding. It is much more pastel than I normally like, but the swatches were really pretty and i'm anxious to see it in person again later this week.

It would be quite a feat if we got both the crib and bedding checked off the list this week. I'll keep you posted!

Almost 25 weeks

Seriously, where did this belly come from. I swear in the last 2 days, my stomach has nearly doubled. Even Matt looked at me last night and said, your stomach looks huge today. I think she had a growing spurt overnight.

For some reason I am not feeling very well today. I am really nauseous and feel like i'm going to be sick. I hope it is only a bug and passes quickly.

Went to homearama in Cincinnati yesterday. Saw a bedding set that I really liked. My mom is coming down this afternoon to check the place out. Fingers crossed that maybe i'll actually find something I love! I am getting anxious to be doing anything to the nursery, so i'd like to make some decisions.

My new thing to be overwhelmed with is picking out a stroller and car seat. There are WAY too many things to consider. I'm trying to take it all one thing at a time, but this is so much harder than my wedding registry. I have my first shower the first week of August, I can't procrastinate too long on this one.

House Updates

I've been promising pictures forever, figured I'd finally get my tush moving and take some. The house isn't tip top shape right now, but it is really coming together. We aren't planning on painting at this time- we are content with neutral. We will do the nursery, but that is our only plan for now. With 5 bedrooms and a finished basement, many of the rooms are empty, so I didn't take a ton of pictures. The movie room is a bit ghetto, will be some time before we purchase a projector and screen.Please excuse the odds and ends of stuff sitting around.
Enjoy our home sweet home!