Nursery Inspiration Board

I was going to add more stuff to my inspiration board for the baby's room but I didn't feel like it. I figured I could just link to extra stuff that isn't in the image below. Ok, let's get started on where I'm getting everything and what I'm doing...



1. Wildflower Honey by Behr
2. Silver Screen by Behr

Both colors will be used on the main wall as stripes. Then the rest of the walls will be in the Silver Screen. You can view both colors on Behr's website by clicking Find Your Color in the drop down menu and simply entering the names, if you wanted.

A. Sunvik Crib by IKEA - $119.00
I really wanted a simple white crib. Really, all white furniture and obviously from IKEA. Last time around when we had Gracie, my parents got us the crib but it was several hundred dollars and she used it for about 2 years and then she was out of it and I just think spending that much money is such a waste when they aren't in for that long anyway. It does eventually convert to a full size bed, but only the headboard is needed, everything else just ends up in the trash. So, to me it's just not worth it. She's been in a twin sized bed since she was 2 1/2.

B. Brimnes 3 drawer chest by IKEA - $99.00
I definitely wanted a dresser that I could use later in life as baby grows and this works just fine. Plus I also wanted to be able to put a changing pad on the dresser and avoid having to use a changing table since there isn't any room for said changing table. This works perfectly.

C. Accent Slipper Chair / Gray Chevron by Target - $110.00
This is the one thing that I'm unsure about. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love this chair but when it comes time to breastfeed I know I'll want a chair with arms. I'll want to be as comfortable as possible. The price is great and I love the pattern and the style. Anyone know someone who adds arms to chairs? Wishful thinking. I'm going to be on the hunt for the perfect chair matched with the perfect price so hopefully I can find something like this but WITH arms. Sigh.

D. Custom Made Crib Bedding by Wise Fingers @ Etsy - $265.00
This is where I'm going to splurge a little. I fell in love with the custom bedding idea a long time ago even before I was pregnant. It's the one thing I want to spend money on and damn it, I'm going to! The patterns in the image above are what I'm shooting for, in which order for which pieces I'm unsure about at this point. I'll be getting the crib sheet, crib skirt and crib bumper. Loves it!

E. Cardboard Elephant head - $13.00
It's pretty well known if you've been reading my blog for awhile or know me at all that I'm a tad obsessed with Elephants. When I found these Elephant cardboard heads I think I squealed. It's that serious. They come in a few different sizes. I'm going with the smallest one, which is 6w x 6h x 6d. It's perfect for our tiny little baby's room. I'm in love!

F. Nursery Art by WiseOwl Prints & DaphneGraphics
These are just a couple of the art pieces from Etsy that I'm currently hoping to get. I have a bunch of other free printables with elephants already saved to my computer.

G. Chevron Elephant Pillow - $20.99
More Elephants. No surprises there! When I saw this pillow I instantly fell in love and knew it was the one. Isn't it so cute?

Other things I want to add not in the inspiration board: Elephant Crib Quilt, Yellow Chevron Valence, Elephant Mobile, Diaper Caddy, Expedition Travel System - Merlin.

That's it for now. Feel free to check everything out and tell me what you think! Thanks for reading. :)

We made it!

It's official! We made it to the 2nd trimester and I gotta say that ever since I hit it I've felt so much better. I finally have some energy, no more morning sickness & I finally felt good enough to go get my eyebrows waxed. Talk about relief! It has been two months since I last got them cleaned up and let me tell you, I'm so glad it's taken care of now.

With the 2nd trimester now in my grasp, I have lots of things to look forward to in the coming weeks and months. We are planning a Gender Reveal Party, which I'm really looking forward to. We decided that on the day of the sonogram that only Paul & I will be going and we will have the tech put the gender reveal image in an envelope without telling us what the gender is. Then we will head to Publix and ask the bakery to look and see what we are having and to make a cake that on the inside will either have pink or blue icing, depending on girl or boy of course. Then we will send out of our invites for the party and then reveal on party day at the end what the inside of the cake tells us. I'm going to be doing a Bee theme, which I know is pretty common for Gender Reveal Party's but our last name starts with a B, so it really fits. My lovely mother will be hosting the party at her home and creating the invites and some decor for us. I'm pretty excited!

I'm hoping for a March party, since the end of Feb should be when we find out. As far as the nursery, I made a inspiration board, which I'm still tweeking. So, I'll have that ready for my next update. Hopefully later this week! :)

Working on the new Nursery

First, I should explain that there is a small room off of our bedroom that was originally going to be redone as a bathroom, but nearly two years ago when we were in the process of doing my bedroom, the bathroom sort of fell to the waste sides. We completely gutted it, there isn't a toilet or a sink (or even a place for a sink). All we currently have in there is a washer/dryer combo and a bunch of junk that didn't have a home elsewhere in the house. Basically, it's become a storage room. It's not that big at all, a whopping 5x12 sized room. But with my designer brain always working, I'd always envisioned (loooong before we were even pregnant with baby #2) creating a small (tiny) nursery in there. This is the door in my bedroom that leads to the room.



My dad, who is usually the genius creator behind all of my projects drew up a floor plan after taking measurements and we got this. Yes, this image is upside down, no you aren't going crazy. I did that because this is the actual layout of the room as you enter. On the right side of the room we will be building a closet that will have an accordion door for the washer/dryer combo, so we can still have a place for laundry. You know how easy it will be to just throw dirty baby clothes right from baby to the washer with it all being in one room?! AMAZING.

(click image to see a larger size)


All of the walls in there right now are awful and will be studded out with 2x3's and then covered in sheet rock. We'll be adding brand new molding around the entire room, a new window sill, brand new flooring as well as brand new furniture for baby (all from IKEA of course) as well as running new electrical outlets and putting in a new light. Dad says we should have the entire room built in no more than 2 to 3 weeks. Then I paint!

I'm doing a yellow & gray color scheme with elephants (durr) as my theme. You know how much I love elephants! Just click the elephants tag on the sidebar, if you aren't aware. I have so many DIY projects in mind for decor it's unreal! I can't wait to get started on everything in a couple weeks. I'll of course keep everyone updated on our progress as we go.

PS. Keep voting on baby gender in the sidebar! :)

They're having a baby...

and it's just ONE baby! Thank heavens! Haha. As much as it would of been cool to experience twins, in reality, I enjoy sleep. I know if we did have twins my personal time would literally disappear. But, regardless, I'm happy! Now I'm excited for the next step in finding out what Baby #2 is! With that said, I thought it would be fun to post a poll on the sidebar asking all of you, what do you think Baby #2 will be? A boy or a girl? Feel free to vote!

Here is the first picture of our new bundle of joy to be here in July!


I'm so happy & excited! I'm looking forward to breast feeding this time and everything I tried to rush through the first time. I'm going to totally enjoy this pregnancy and cherish every moment, every second. I'm in such a happy place right now. :)

Happy New Year!

First, I hope everyone had a great and safe New Year, as well as a great Holiday season! Ours was especially special because right after Thanksgiving we found out I'm pregnant!! I honestly didn't believe it when the test showed two pink lines, so I freaked out and called my dr and made an appointment. After impatiently waiting for the weekend to speed by, the time finally came and I went to the dr who confirmed I was expecting! I cried and cried, I was so happy! I made sure to contact everyone in my family and inform them of the news & everyone is also just as excited as we are.

I'm due in late July. Unless the news we are waiting to hear about on Tuesday changes that due date. I took a fertility drug, since it took us nearly 3 years to get pregnant, and that increases my chances for twins to 80%, plus the fact that twins are strong on both sides of my family & I was also a twin (my twin brother died before I was born) so the chances of it being twins is very high! We would be happy with just one baby but two would be loved just the same! I have my monthly checkup on Monday and my sonogram on Tuesday. I gotta tell ya, I'm super excited! I couldn't wait for the holidays to end and the new year to start so that these appointment dates would get here. As long as there is one boy in my belly, I'll be one happy momma! I'd love to have one of each of my own. Although, Jordan is special too, it would be the world to me to be able to have a boy of my own, so it's pretty clear we are on team blue this time!!

Anyway, with that said, we will be remodeling a room off of my bedroom, that was going to be a bathroom, but will now be turned into a small nursery. So, in the coming months I'll have lots of posts about the new babies room and also lots of baby posts! I'm also going to be having a gender reveal party to find out the sex of the baby in March or April. Lots of stuff to look forward too! :)