Saturday, April 30, 2011
Getting ready for Coen
Like I've said before, Carter goes back-and-forth on what he is prepared to give to Coen. He is pretty much 100% on the nursery being Coen's room, but in getting Carter's old clothes ready for lil' bro Carter had a strong opinion.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
$500 for you?
My friend Amy is a contestant in Macy's Million Dollar Makeover and needs your vote. Every time you vote, you are entered to win a $500 gift card to Macy's!!!
Take a minute and vote for Amy!
Take a minute and vote for Amy!
Easter recap
We love our neighborhood's annual Easter Egg Hunt. Carter really got into this year and completely understood the concept. Pick up 12 eggs and put them in the basket. Then, hurry home and see what kind of candy we got!!!
I thought "nesting" was for pregnant women
Apparently nesting is an instinct for all expectant moms regardless of where her baby is coming from. In the past couple of weeks I have:
Painted the nursery a new color
Rearranged the nursery furniture
Replaced the crib bedding with Carter's old bedding that I love so much
I'll be honest.. I've just out-right completely redecorated the nursery. If you saw it before, you know that it was a very nice nursery. I just had an urge and I can only explain it as a nesting instinct. Luckily, my husband went along with it. I decided on a vintage travel theme partially because Coen will already be a world traveler by the time he sleeps in this room and partially because I had just had the vintage travel themed party when I decided to redo the nursery.
One of the final steps was to figure out the widow treatment. We already have blinds, but the window just needed *something*. Of course my mom knew just what it needed.
1 - 1x4
white paint
burlap stands
"Patio bamboo shade"
Luckily, I had everything except the bamboo shade which cost roughly $20.
You could hang it just as it is, but it was a bit too dark for the room so, I brushed a light coat of white/cream paint on the 3' section I planned to use. I then cut the wire at the 3' mark and attached to a 1 x 4 board. (OK, I had my hubby do this, but I instructed him).
It then took the two of us to screw it into the wall and roll it up with the burlap straps as ties. *Sneak peek at the awesome Africa map*
Word of advice, hire this guy to help. No, he doesn't get much done, but he accepts fishes and crackers as payment and his cuteness is worth every crumb!
More photos of the nursery to come
Painted the nursery a new color
Rearranged the nursery furniture
Replaced the crib bedding with Carter's old bedding that I love so much
I'll be honest.. I've just out-right completely redecorated the nursery. If you saw it before, you know that it was a very nice nursery. I just had an urge and I can only explain it as a nesting instinct. Luckily, my husband went along with it. I decided on a vintage travel theme partially because Coen will already be a world traveler by the time he sleeps in this room and partially because I had just had the vintage travel themed party when I decided to redo the nursery.
One of the final steps was to figure out the widow treatment. We already have blinds, but the window just needed *something*. Of course my mom knew just what it needed.
1 - 1x4
white paint
burlap stands
"Patio bamboo shade"
Luckily, I had everything except the bamboo shade which cost roughly $20.
You could hang it just as it is, but it was a bit too dark for the room so, I brushed a light coat of white/cream paint on the 3' section I planned to use. I then cut the wire at the 3' mark and attached to a 1 x 4 board. (OK, I had my hubby do this, but I instructed him).
It then took the two of us to screw it into the wall and roll it up with the burlap straps as ties. *Sneak peek at the awesome Africa map*
Word of advice, hire this guy to help. No, he doesn't get much done, but he accepts fishes and crackers as payment and his cuteness is worth every crumb!
More photos of the nursery to come
Monday, April 18, 2011
Not cool
**EDITED: I failed to make it clear that the door did not just lock on it's own. My sweet little man locked me out!
I stepped outside to BBQ some chicken and when I went to go back inside... locked. What?! I couldn't get Carter to come to the door. I ran to front, but I had locked it as well. Man, I need to get better about leaving doors unlocked and the garage open! OK. HIDE-A-KEY!!!! Nope. The lockbox was empty.
Back to the window in the backyard. 15 minutes of back and forth with Carter and he realized that mommy wanted him to unlock the door and not just turn the knob to open it.
I'm in! Yeah!
Now, if you have the hide-a-key, please return it :)
I stepped outside to BBQ some chicken and when I went to go back inside... locked. What?! I couldn't get Carter to come to the door. I ran to front, but I had locked it as well. Man, I need to get better about leaving doors unlocked and the garage open! OK. HIDE-A-KEY!!!! Nope. The lockbox was empty.
Back to the window in the backyard. 15 minutes of back and forth with Carter and he realized that mommy wanted him to unlock the door and not just turn the knob to open it.
I'm in! Yeah!
Now, if you have the hide-a-key, please return it :)
Saturday, April 16, 2011
A tug on mommy's heart
Whenever the 3 of us sit down to a meal we pray together. Lately, Carter has started saying his own prayer while daddy says one for all of us. It goes something like (in a whisper) "kiki kiki, ummm, kiki um kiki, amen". It is too adorable that he always has his brother on the top of his prayer list!
Nit, come!
So sad! Uncle Nick is in town ever so briefly and stopped by on Thursday to say hi to Carter. Ever since, Carter will randomly call out for "Nit". Sorry that the video is sideways...
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