Nursery

 Gray's fabulous painting he did for the baby.

As soon as I knew I was going to use clouds, I had to order this blabla pillow.

The same girl who made Gray's crib bedding, made this set also. She is amazing. www.makemestudio.blogspot.com The cloud in corner is from a store on etsy called The Butter Flying.

OBSESSED with these prints.

IKEA dresser, new hardware. Cheap, which means I won't feel bad when I'm tired of looking at it in a few years.

I really wanted that tree print for my bumper but the fabric isn't sold in bulk. It's from a small Swedish company that makes the best stuff. The pillows may end up in my bedroom, I love them so much. 

 It's hard to decorate a nursery when you don't know the sex of the baby. I have to admit though, I really wanted this nursery to be plain and simple and not knowing the sex kept me away from too much color. 

Black and white and gray are my favorite colors to decorate with these days (which is why Gray and the new nursery are done in them.) I wanted a soothing room without clutter. I hate clutter. It makes me nuts. I like for everything to have a place to live (OCD).

The painting above the crib was done by Gray. I will have to post a picture of a piece of art we have in our living room that we actually paid for. They are very similar. I didn't know how Gray's was going to turn out, but once we got the nursery put together, we realized we needed something on that wall. Wanting Gray to feel like he contributed, I bought him a large canvas. He LOVES to paint on canvas, something about it is so much more motivating than paper. We had to talk a few times about why we were only using one color of paint before he got started (he typically wants every color we own.) Surprisingly, he didn't complain once about having to paint only with black. He did start to wander before it was officially "done," so we put everything away and revisited it later that night.

1/2 tube acrylic paint and 1 canvas later, I got exactly what I had hoped for. A piece of art made by my favorite artist for his little brother or sister. The best part is that Gray will proudly tell you he painted it for the baby. Man, I love that kid. 

Hope the baby loves the room as much as we do! 

3 weeks and counting...CAN'T WAIT TO MEET YOU BABY!

Happy Valentine's Day (and early birthday!)

May be my favorite picture. To get Gray to look at the camera and smile is nearly impossible!

Total goofball.

"Not sure I want to get too close to that stinky breath."

"Hmmm, not too bad today!"

"Ellie's so sweet!" (Gray actually did say this and says it all of the time!)

I think they are both so sweet.

Not kidding when I say he was looking out the window at the "reindeer."

"They're eating breakfast, Mama!"

Love these two.

Looking guilty of something.

Giving Ellie a little pat on the head. Although it looks like he is being aggressive, he was being gentle.

Classic. Classic Gray, classic Ellie. haha.

Again, smiling and looking at the camera! WOAH.

Happy Valentine's Day! 

Hope you all get to spend it with the one's you love! 

Life has been a little hectic in our house since before Christmas! But things have started to slow down a little (for me and Gray) just in time to get ready for Gray's baby brother or sister. 7 weeks (or less) to go. Hard to believe. Gray is pretty excited to meet him or her. He has really grown up over the last couple of months and the thought of him every being tiny or not talking is a distant memory. But the fact is he will be 2 1/2 in 3 days. TWO AND A HALF! How is that possible? I feel like the luckiest person on earth to have had such a wonderful experience with this little man in his first 2 1/2 years.

He is such a sweet, caring, considerate boy. He is very affectionate, very sensitive, very creative and very smart. Of course, this is his mother talking so it's no surprise I would say such things! :) 

In the last week or 2, Gray has really started using his imagination. It started with marbles. We were sitting at the table eating lunch and he said "Mommy, Gray's (he likes to refer to himself in the third person) picking some fruit." And he proceeded to reach up in the air and pick some fruit and pretend to eat it. Around the same time he was pretending to shave while I was changing his diaper. I asked him what he was doing and he said, "Mmmm, Gray's shaving his face." Duh. We then moved on to marbles, "Mommy, get some marbles with Gray." We both pretend to grab marbles, and put them in our pockets, roll them on the ground, put them on our plates, etc. Next it was feathers. Grabbing feathers, throwing feathers, fanning ourselves off with feathers, washing the feathers in the shower.  And the latest, which is by far my favorite is all about reindeer. Gray pretends to see reindeer outside and talks to them. He wants to "shoot hoops with them," talk about their workdays, what they are eating, if they want to come inside, etc. It's pretty much the funniest, sweetest, most interesting thing to listen too and it will never get old. 

Life is good. 

Hope you have a lovely day! 

xoxo

Basalt

Willa and Gray helped Drew build this massive snowman. It was about a foot high. ;)

"I'm OK, I'm OK!"

This picture cracks me up.

Sweetness.

Loved the river.

Willa has no fear.

Drew needed a little push.

A few weeks ago we were lucky enough to go up to Basalt with our dear friends, Jon, Courtney, Willa and Emerson. Willa and Gray are about a week apart and are in the same class at school, so they had a lot to talk about! 

These pictures are from an afternoon outing in the snow. Willa and Gray had the BEST time. Unfortunately, I only took pictures this one afternoon so I have none of Courtney, myself or sweet, sweet Emerson (whom Gray is completely in love with.)

It was a great long weekend with great friends!

Celebrate Brooke!

This one's for you, TA. Ha.ha.ha.

Hostesses: Me, Alecia, BRIDE BROOKE, Toniann, Joanna

 Brooke's getting married!!!

Brooke and I go way back. We went to NAU together and although we weren't close in Flagstaff, once we both moved to Denver we became really good friends. Needless to say, I was honored to help host a shower for her! Unfortunately (for me) her wedding is 2 weeks after I am due... in Mexico, so I won't be able to make it! :( You better believe I'll be drinking margarita's all day in honor of Brooke and Travis!

 

Love you guys!

 

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Hope you all have a wonderful Christmas! 

I hope the Christmas Countdown brought a smile to your face this year!

Christmas Countdown-1!

1 DAY UNTIL CHRISTMAS!

Hope you all have a wonderful Christmas Eve!

Christmas Countdown-2!

2 DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS!!!

We may be lucky this year. The forecast for Christmas Day is calling for snow (and 20 degrees for our high) !!!! 2-4 inches...not much but we will take it.  I just read that over the past 112 years, Denver has only received snow 14 times on Christmas Day.  It's rare that I "WANT" to wake up to snow, but since I have no where to go this year...BRING IT! Nothing says Christmas like a crackling fire, snowman pancakes, gift opening and SNOW FALLING! 

Christmas Countdown-3!

3 DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS!

Christmas Countdown-4!

4 DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS!!!