a glimpse into the nursery.

I think I mentioned last week that I would try to get some good pictures of Bitty Girl’s room to share with you all. I know a lot of you have already seen some pictures up on Facebook of the room, but a lot of you also don’t have Facebook or maybe just haven’t seen it. Anyway, here are a few pictures. Take a gander:

 
the dresser is by far my favorite aspect of the room.

 
obviously we need a mattress still. the afghan was mine as a baby. also, there’s no real theme to the room, besides “stuff I don’t hate”, but a few little birdies found their way inside.

 
just one of the corners beside her crib

 
some bunnies found their way in, too.

 

a lot of the things in her room used to belong to me, or others. the red rocker {infamous for benjamin’s monthly pictures} was mine as a child. the fox in the 2nd picture was my mom’s, which she gave to me. the blue hat was benjamin’s. and the little dress was mine.

{the tray that the fox and hat are on is a baking sheet that I painted, by the way…}

Anyway, it’s really not a huge space and I wanted to keep it sort of simple. My Mother-in-Law sewed the curtains and the crib skirt for us. Most of the other things, I did by hand or had help doing {such as the dresser – Dad insisted on painting the drawers for me}. We honestly haven’t spent a lot of money on decorating her room, which is my favorite part of all, ha!

So, there you have it. A small glimpse into Bitty Girl’s room. Now we just need Bitty Girl…

Show Us Your Life: Collections

Over at Kelly's Korner, the Show Us Your Life for this week is Collections. I don't collect much, besides photos, laundry, hugs&kisses... but I do collect "I Love Lucy" memorabilia.



I own and have seen every episode. My kitchen is Lucy-themed {or working toward it}. The 3 framed pictures are on the wall between the kitchen and the living room. They are photos from 3 different episodes. The bottom heart-framed picture is a frame my friend Brandyn bought me in Orlando, and the picture is of my mother and me ... years ago. Okay maybe only three years.

Anyway, the top right is a doll my mom got me for I think Valentine's Day when my husband and I lived in Memphis. The middle is a pocket book, and inside that is a matching wallet. And the last frame is a magazine cutout with a quote from Lucille Ball.

I have many other Lucy memorabilia around the house as well. Tote bags, books... and Lucy has also inspired many other things that I own, such as my polka-dotted aprons, and my polka-dotted wallet.

Anyway, that's what I collect! Go over to Kelly's blog and share what you collect, too!

Our Early Valentine's Day

Since Sundays are always rather busy for us, especially this upcoming one (Valentine's Day), we went ahead and celebrated Valentine's Day today! I really am glad we did. At the beginning of the week I was disappointed because I had nothing planned (I had no reason to! I was certain we wouldn't have time for any of it!) for Valentine's Day. Then Ladies' Bible Class was cancelled because of the weather, and well... I do love to bake and decorate. In fact, a lot of our household decorations is in red. I have TONS of scrapbooking paper. I got creative and whipped up some quick and easy decorations for our dining room to make this special for Benjamin. I told my mom on the phone (Have I mentioned that we talk every day? I love her. She is my best friend, besides Hubby) that I liked Valentine's Day because I could decorate all girly and get away with it!

Though really I don't think Valentine's Day is all girly. I love Valentine's Day. I know there are a lot of people who for whatever reason hate Valentine's Day. I'd write about why I love it, but I think my friend Peyton said it best in his Valentine's Day Blog post.

Anyway, I did take pictures of all of our stuff, of course. I wanted to share a few things with you.


Bad picture, but here was the setup. This was in the afternoon. In the morning, our Valentine's gifts were waiting for us. We cleaned that up after Ben went down for a nap.


My cupcakes. They really did not turn out the way I wanted. My icing wasn't thick enough. I experimented with a homemade buttercream recipe, which tasted okay, it was just really runny. Trial and error, I guess...


It's a good thing I guess that I kept all these decorations from our wedding shower! Oh and the heart ramekin... I think that was given to me a couple years ago, bought from Target?


Benjamin fingerpainted two hearts. This is one of them.


The picture in the background always hangs in our dining room. It was a nice touch though for the occasion!


I made heart-shaped ice. The red food coloring wasn't the best idea... But I still think they were really cute and I am glad I did them!


Pretty, huh?


Benjamin eating his Valentine's cupcake. We took the icing off beforehand, though. Waaaay too sugary for him. Nearly too sugary for me, too!


Coca Cola glass courtesy McDonald's.


Another shot of my heart ice. Note To Self: Red Food Coloring WILL stain your cabinets!

I hope you all had a wonderful Saturday, and I hope you all are able to spend time with your loved ones tomorrow for Valentine's Day, but most importantly your loved One, as tomorrow is also the Lord's day!

Decoration and Schedules!

When we moved into this house back at the end of November, I was too pregnant to even think about decorating. Earlier this year, I just didn't have the energy. And now, finally, I am starting to think about decorating. Starting with the Guest Bedroom, which is a blank slate at the moment. I have always considered myself fairly creative (up for debate, I suppose!), so this blank slate excites me! Hopefully in the next few weeks/months I will be able to keep you posted on how the transformation goes. It may take some time, but we're going to do what we can.

Here's what I'm starting out with:




We have decided that the Hope Chest, against the wall there, will be moved. It was the last thing my grandfather was able to make for me before he passed away two years ago.


The bed was my OTHER grandfather's while he was in college, and he made the dresser for me.

I'm excited. That's a lot of blank wallspace just waiting for some wonderful paint!

Other than that, I wanted to share our system for getting things done around here. Granted, we don't always stick to this because things come up, such as yesterday (when Ben was SUCH a pill). But so far it has seemed to work nicely.



I am a list/schedule kind of person. Although I am no expert, I appreciate organization. Anyway, that's what we do! And for most things, Ben can sit a few feet away and be fine. Such as with laundry and tidying up.

Do you have a system that works for you?