Tuesday, July 31, 2012

catching up and some nursery cuteness...

Ok, so a little over a month has gone by with no new post. Oops!
 One of my friends mentioned the fact that I haven't updated in a while. So, here goes a month of updates!


34 weeks {July 13th}! Wow! I am definitely feeling large and in charge! There is no denying there's a big growing baby in there! These days, my favorite thing is when baby Cole gets the hiccups! He gets them at least twice every day. It's so fun and I can't wait to see him with his cute hiccups in person in just a few short weeks!




Maternity shoot at 35 weeks. We had the pleasure of hanging out with our good friends Todd and Dianne Personett as they captured this fun time in our lives. They are the sweetest husband and wife photography duo. Check out the entire photo shoot here.


Cutest diaper cake I've ever seen! Homemade with love by one of my sweet friends and co-workers! I hated to take this apart, but glad that hubs captured the cuteness before it was demolished. 



One of the first things that I did in the nursery was to order this monogram from Etsy and paint this stripe on the largest wall. I absolutely love how it turned out! 


I have placed these cute chevron plaques on one of the other walls. I found four wooden plaques in the garage (no idea where they came from)! Decided to paint them white, tape them off in a chevron pattern and paint them my favorite colors to coordinate with my nursery theme. Printed some gender reveal pictures to transform them into picture frames.


On the top ledge of the book shelves, I decided to add a personalized picture frame I made out of scrapbook paper of his name and a canvas with a scripture painted on it.

 

Ahhhhh! Just love this rug, found on Overstock.com. I pinned this rug on one of my Pinterest boards months ago and hubs found it for a great price. I was so excited when it finally arrived and now I can add all of the other items to complete this room!



I am really into yard sales these days. I look forward to friday nights when I can search the internet to find yard sales around my area. Saturday mornings involve a 6:30am wake-up call, coffee in hand, and a map of my morning route- in search of great deals! My first time out was a success! Baby items galore! I found these cute clothes and this Combi bouncer {found here for $69} ALL for just 10 bucks! 


First onesie that mama has embellished for sweet baby boy! Don't look too closely, it's a little jacked up around the edges. Haha!


Love this freebie! I saw this ladder at my sweet friend, Emily Knotts' house {check her out here} and told her I had been looking for something like that for the nursery. She was very excited to give it to baby cole as a baby gift! All I did was add a little water to some white paint and did a quick brush over the entire ladder to give it a shabby chic look! Perfect place for all of baby Babb's blankies!



I learned how to sew an envelope cover {so easy!} and have been going crazy with covering pillows!


Best gift ever! My BFF Jessica {check her out here} came over today and gave me this handmade crib mobile in my favorite pattern...you guessed it. CHEVRON! :) I absolutely love it and it completes the room perfectly!







Baby Cole is so blessed to have his Nana and her amazing sewing skills. Here is his "couture" nursery bedding! hehe! Isn't it beautiful?!


This was a fun project! I found this inexpensive lamp at Target and gave it a nice face lift with some CHEAP {$2.00} fabric from Ikea.


The swivel/glider that I found on SALE at Buy Buy Baby! I am guilty of sitting here for a few moments every night, looking around and imagining what life will be like with our little boy! :)


I heart organization and baby clothes!! Why not combine the two?! Found these baby clothes Size-It Organizers. Love!


Cutest night light ever! Put this on the changing table for some extra low lighting during night-time changes.


The finished product. Done. Done. Done. And ready for baby Cole!



 And the bags are packed....