Saturday, October 9, 2010
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Aqua and Lime
Ever since Baby B was this little person we hoped and prayed about, I have dreamed of a lime and aqua nursery. Regardless of gender, lime and aqua seemed perfect. For a girl we could throw in a little pink or coral, but now that's not really an issue. Lime and aqua remind me of the coast, which is definitely appealing. :) Awhile back I found the perfect fabric for a baby blanket. Little sea turtle flannel in, you guessed it, limes and aquas! So aqua, lime and turtles it is, with maybe a few surfers thrown in for good beach vibe measure.
Here's the room in all it's currentglory awesomeness blahness.
The chair and dresser are staying, with some refinishing. We will have a twin bed in the room, but the daybed frame is getting replaced by an old iron bed I'm spray painting aqua. Here are the color schemes and turtle fabric.
The lighter lime will go on all four walls. The darker lime will be big 12 inch stripes on one wall. The sea salt (grayed white) and aqua frost are for the dressers. Aqua on the drawers, sea salt everywhere else. The clean white is just in case. Here are better shots of the dressers. They were my mom's and then sisters and now they are getting a make over. Unfortunately some of the knobs are missing so even though I love them, they will have to go. :(
The chalkboard (the one in our announcing Baby B video) is staying in the room along with all the fun baby stuff on the long dresser. Notice this little cutie on the dresser?
What kid doesn't need to start out life with Mini Winnie! And finally here's a pic of our crib. We're just waiting to go pick it up from Walmart! As long as it's sturdy it will be staying. I love how it's reminds me of waves. And it's solid wood and has non-toxic paint. Win, win, win!
So that is the game plan for the room. I also have dreams of creating a sea turtle painting and mobile and framing some awesome Aussie surfer photos my bro is going to take for me! This weekend we will hopefully start tackling sanding and painting the dressers and maybe getting the room painted. I'll take and post pics when things get finished so you can see all the loveliness.
Here's the room in all it's current
The chair and dresser are staying, with some refinishing. We will have a twin bed in the room, but the daybed frame is getting replaced by an old iron bed I'm spray painting aqua. Here are the color schemes and turtle fabric.
The lighter lime will go on all four walls. The darker lime will be big 12 inch stripes on one wall. The sea salt (grayed white) and aqua frost are for the dressers. Aqua on the drawers, sea salt everywhere else. The clean white is just in case. Here are better shots of the dressers. They were my mom's and then sisters and now they are getting a make over. Unfortunately some of the knobs are missing so even though I love them, they will have to go. :(
The chalkboard (the one in our announcing Baby B video) is staying in the room along with all the fun baby stuff on the long dresser. Notice this little cutie on the dresser?
What kid doesn't need to start out life with Mini Winnie! And finally here's a pic of our crib. We're just waiting to go pick it up from Walmart! As long as it's sturdy it will be staying. I love how it's reminds me of waves. And it's solid wood and has non-toxic paint. Win, win, win!
So that is the game plan for the room. I also have dreams of creating a sea turtle painting and mobile and framing some awesome Aussie surfer photos my bro is going to take for me! This weekend we will hopefully start tackling sanding and painting the dressers and maybe getting the room painted. I'll take and post pics when things get finished so you can see all the loveliness.
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Baby Love
Meet Baby B. These sonogram photos were taken on August 24. Baby B weighed roughly the same as a can of pop and we found out we are having a little boy! It was cool to see him moving around. It was also good to see his healthy spine and his little heart beating away! :)
Friday, September 10, 2010
Storage and Sutures
We have a random collection of toys, books and puzzles at our house for our niece and any other kids who come over. We used to have them in a tub and box in what is now turning into the babies room, but I wanted to move them to make room for all things baby. So while visiting my sister in Houston we took a long visit to Ikea and I picked up a handy storage unit. If you've never been to Ikea it is pretty overwhelming, but has some neat stuff. Most furniture comes in boxes and you have to take it home and put it together. Last weekend we tackled our new shelf. It was really easy, especially once we found a rubber mallet. Now our random set of toys and new shelf have a new home in our basement. They actually fit pretty great under all my mom's old vacation pennants.
WARNING: SLIGHTLY GROSS PHOTOS AHEAD!!!!
And now for the stitches. Lola had cruciate surgery on August 19. The doctor went in and used heavy duty string to basically join her two leg bones back together from where her doggie ACL was torn. They closed her leg back with a series of staples and stitches. A few days after she came home one of her staples came out but she seemed to still be healing well. We took her in every other day for a laser treatment to help the wound heal. 10 days after she came home the doctor decided the stitches and staples could come out. The next morning, however, her wound split back open. So back to the vet she went. They only put two "tack stitches" back in her leg so it was pretty nasty and still gapping open. We did some hydrotherapy (running the cold garden hose over the wound) and just made her continue to take it easy. She hasn't been able to run, play, take the stairs or show Jake who's boss. It is looking much better and she is definitely feeling better. Anyways, we're hoping we don't have to go through all that mess again. Though Lola is such a great dog and well worth it.
Lo's wound.....
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