Nursery Ideas

Right now I am obsessed with having a super cute, stylish, and functional nursery. Since moving into this house 3 years ago, I haven't really taken the time to fully decorate any one room. It's always been decorated "good enough". I am REALLY looking forward to getting started on the nursery. Hopefully we will paint this weekend... that is IF we can find "the perfect nursery grey".

Yes, I said grey and nursery in the same sentence. Grey/Gray has been my favorite color for the past 4 or 5 years (yeah, yeah, kind of like in that Counting Crow's song) and I can't imagine a better "neutral" backdrop for the colorful ideas I have for this nursery. So yes, the walls will be a beautiful medium grey.

As for the other colors, since we are not planning to find out the sex of Baby Page we will be doing a gender neutral nursery in yellows, turquoise/teals, with splashes of orange or pink depending on whether Baby P is a precious baby girl or a bouncing baby boy. Here are some photos of nurseries I love and am drawing inspiration from.

I want yellow bedding similar to this. We'll probably have to have it custom made on Etsy.

LOVE the color scheme in this sweet nursery. I also love the pinwheels and want to incorporate them somehow.

Love the grey walls with the colorful accents.

This is the color grey that I want. I really like the turquoise dresser.

Baby, Baby, Baby

Here's my first of I'm sure many, belly posts:

12 weeks

Our 12 1/2 appointment with Dr. DenHartog

Baby Page :)

2011: The year of the baby

Holy cow do I have a lot of pregnant friends!

Here is a list of my family and friends (off the top of my head) who are currently pregnant or just gave birth this year:

My favorite cousin Jen (she and I are 2 weeks apart in age): Gave birth to Rylan in April.
Liz Myers Gleason: Twin girls due in July.
Lacy Rieger Akkerman: Baby boy due in August
My cousin Tarah: Baby girl due in September.
Megan Hartwig Williams: Baby girl due in late October/Early November.
Maegan Manning McNeely: Baby boy due in October.
Christy Meyer-Litchfield: Baby ? due in November (Update: BABY BOY!!)
Me: Due in December!

And those are just the girls that I'm close to! It seems like everyone is having babies and what a blessing it is to have so many pregnant friends right now. :)

For the past 5 days I've been in Longview visiting my folks, seeing friends, and I also got the honor of co-hosting my dear friend Lacy's baby shower. Lacy and I have been friends since 3rd grade and I love that we can go months without talking and pick up just like we saw each other yesterday. Luckily we're usually in touch a little more than that. Lacy's baby shower was so cute and she was literally showered with gifts - more presents than I've ever seen at one given time! How wonderful to prepare for the arrival of sweet little Camden Drew Akkerman. :)

Here are some pics from this weekend:

Lacy's cake - it was an "All Star" sports theme - so cute!

Pregnant friends!

Daddy caught me laughing - Abby, Jen, and me after dinner.

Me and Baby Rylan. He was so good, except for right here. He got a little fussy because his bottle wasn't coming fast enough. :)

Me and Ms. Abby, my God daughter. She's so funny!

Happy Birthday Kel

Today we went over to Kelli's house to celebrate her birthday with her family and friends. While this might seem morbid to some, it is what Kel would have wanted. She loved bringing people together which is why I am friends with so many different people that seem to only have one thing in common, we all loved Kelli. On the way to Kelli's, C and I stopped and got some pink balloons to release. Upon releasing them this afternoon, they didn't seem to climb very quickly but did drift west. I decided they were going to the mall, which is exactly what Kelli would have wanted to do today. We miss and love you so much friend. Happy Birthday!

Kel and I on her birthday in 2009, last year she was in Venice for her birthday so we didn't get a pic.

Birthday Kelli! :)

Pink balloons in honor of Kelli