Showing posts with label Nursery Furniture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nursery Furniture. Show all posts

Friday, March 11, 2016

Baby Seal's Nursery Reveal

After lots of debating, planning and creating, Baby Seal's nursery finally came together! Many YouTube videos were watched and lots of blogs were read in the planning process of this nursery. What did we do before Pinterest, by the way?

When I began formulating ideas for his nursery, I knew I wanted to somehow combine Baseball and Mickey/Disney. The baseball idea came from our trip this past summer to Cooperstown for the Baseball Hall of Fame Induction - I found out about my pregnancy the day after we got home, so that held a sentimental reason. Also, if you know me, you know I'm a huge Disney fan, so the combination of the two seemed logical. However, after spending HOURS scouring the internet, I could not find a single item where Mickey and Baseball were combined. I debated on other themes but decided to stick with the original idea. Therefore, I had to make up my own...

I am so excited to share it all with you today!

Nursery Theme: Disney Baseball
Colors: Navy, Lime Green, and Sky Blue


Outside Baby Seal's room is his hospital wreath...now we just need him to make his arrival! :)

Lucky for us, the walls of this room were already painted blue!


Here's a little room overview...the bed/glider on one wall and the dresser on another. Yes, before you ask...the TV is my husband's contribution to the room... We recently upgraded the TV in our bedroom, so naturally (of course), the old TV landed in Brayden's room. :)

 

Brayden's bed and dresser are from a local boutique and manufactured by Baby's Dream.

His bedding came from Carousel Designs - I fell in love with it the moment I saw it online! I decided not to order a crib bumper but instead, a crib rail cover. Also, the stuffed animals/boppy will be removed before he sleeps in the crib. :)


One of my favorite additions to the dresser are these little baseball drawer pulls. I found them at Hobby Lobby and lucky for me - they were half off that week!


I used the Silhouette Studio program to create the baseball Donald, Mickey, and Goofy designs above the crib and I used my Silhouette Cameo machine to cut out the designs.


These three guys were cut out of colored card stock and laid over 12x12 baseball themed scrapbook paper. (Also another Hobby Lobby find.)


The nightstand/bookshelf was a piece of furniture we had on hand and was hand made by Jason's dad many years ago. I love having it as a part of our son's room!


The lamp is also another piece I had on hand, but the baseball lampshade came from Pottery Barn Kids online. 


Brayden's book collection grew significantly after his shower! I can't wait to read these to him!! 


Next to his bookshelf is a little toy basket - this basket was also a gift from the shower.


After lots of debate, I finally decided on solid navy blue curtains for his room. I found these on sale at JCPenney and I love the way they compliment the rest of the colors in his room! 


These two baseball signs were also Hobby Lobby finds. I do love that store oh so much... :)


The glider was another item I spent a LOT of time and debate on - I finally decided to order it through Bed Bath & Beyond online with using a 20% off coupon! I love a good deal! :)


The two blankets on the back of the glider were gifts to Brayden - the bottom light blue blanket was handmade by a friend's mom and the top blanket was monogrammed by a friend of mine! 


Above the glider, I knew I wanted to add squared edged shelves that matched the room furniture. I found these two rectangular shelves in espresso from Target and they fit perfectly in that space!

A friend of mine randomly found the little baseball Mickey stuffed animal on Amazon and sent the link to me - I knew immediately that I had to order it as it was the first "official" Disney item I found that was baseball and Mickey together! (The tag is still in place on his ear!)


The pictures/frames were also gifts from his shower. Notice the Astros plug in the middle frame...I love it!


Back to the dresser - we decided not to go with a separate changing table because we were attempting to conserve space in the room. Instead, we placed a changing table pad on top of the dresser which can be removed once he's out of diapers. 


Above the dresser, I hung a few additional gift items - the baseball with the "B" was a gift from my running buddy Heather and the pictures inside the two frames were gifts from my sister in law Kayla. I purchased two black frames from....Hobby Lobby (gasp how did you know?)....and painted one navy and one lime green. I know it's hard to tell because the camera distorted the colors....but they do match the room! The paint is actually the same exact paint I used on the letters for his name that's on the shelf above the glider. The frames took a ton of coats to get the color I wanted, then I sealed them with a glossy acrylic spray. I love the way they turned out!

Onto his closet!


Again, I watched a ton of YouTube videos on nursery closet organization and that's where most of these ideas came from. (Ignore the bigger items hanging on the left of the closet - that's my maternity clothing and will be removed from his closet as soon as I'm back in regular clothes!)

His diaper/hospital bag is also packed and ready to go! :)


I purchased this shelf and the chevron bins from Walmart. The lime green bins came from the Dollar Tree. (I was super surprised by that find!) <---that a="" br="" by="" find="" fit="" for="" me="" nbsp="" perfect="" really="" score="" shelves="" shocked="" the="" they="" way...and="" were="">


The baskets on the top shelf came from Target and hold diapers/wipes.


His hamper also came from Target and fits perfectly in the corner of his closet.

After months and months of planning, Baby Seal's nursery finally came together and I'm super happy with the results! Thanks for following along - I hope you enjoyed the reveal!

Have a great weekend! :)

Thursday, February 18, 2016

Pregnancy Update: 33 Weeks




How many weeks are you now?
33 weeks, 6 days
 
Baby's size?

Honeydew Melon per the What to Expect app.

Symptoms:
This week, baby hit a growth spurt in a big way. I felt "off" for several days and each time that happens, my bump grows noticeably bigger.

Baby Seal has also been head down since our 3D scan and now I'm feeling his hiccups up high. I also used to be able to feel something small like a foot at the top of my bump and now what I feel is much larger - either his head or his rear end.  I sure hope he hasn't flipped head up. I know there's time for him to turn around again, but that window span is growing (literally) shorter and shorter by the day.

His kicks are also growing noticeably stronger and stronger - it's funny to watch my bump move as he moves! 

The heartburn still comes and goes at times but I've learned to pinpoint the trigger foods. Thankfully, it hasn't been anything I can't live without so far! 

Still no swelling or stretch marks although I check daily for both! 





Cravings?
Cookies and Cream Hershey's Chocolate. YUM.
Also PB&J Sandwiches!


Aversions?
Same old same old - fish.

Sleep:
Sleep has been good! Still waking up once or twice per night to potty - usually just once unless I drink water way too late.

Purchases:
A baby bed mattress and the cutest Mickey Mouse shoes for our maternity pictures last weekend!

What I miss: 
Sleeping on my tummy

What I’m looking forward to:
Our baby shower this weekend! I can't wait to share the pictures with all of you!

Best Moment of the Week:  
So many fun moments took place this weekend - the baby's furniture is up, our maternity photo shoot went well, and I had an amazing maternity massage!!

Here's a sneak peek of the furniture so far:
 



I'll do a full reveal as soon as it's all together.
 
Also, I finished his hospital wreath! 



That's all for now! Another week down, six more to go! Baby Seal will be here before we know it! 

Have a great day!

Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Valentine's Weekend 2016

This past weekend went by so fast, I can't believe it's already Tuesday!

It all began with a maternity massage as soon as I got off work on Friday.


The massage was amazing and reminded me that I definitely need to get a massage more often than once a year or so. The maternity massage was a gift to me from a family member for my birthday last year and I wanted to wait until I was later in my pregnancy to use it so I would really appreciate it more! I'm so glad I did!

On Saturday morning, my dad came over to help Jason with the nursery furniture. 


I love the way the whole room is coming together!


My dogs are CHICKENS! They were so scared of all of the moving pieces and parts, they didn't leave my lap while the whole process was taking place!

On Saturday afternoon, we took our maternity pictures and brought our little girls along with us for a few shots! They dressed the part, of course! 


Madalynn did SO well for the pictures...Pixie, not so much. I'm curious to see what kind of shots she was able to get! 


Our pictures took place out in the middle of nowhere...seriously. You know when you hit the gravel road and keep driving a couple of miles? Yeah, that's where we were! However, we found a few really pretty spots for pictures so I can't wait to see how they turn out!


The girl who took our pictures is someone very special to me....I had her in Wednesday night classes at church for about 8 years of her life. She married my husband's brother-in-law's brother...follow that?...so she's sort of family! Fun times!

We began our Valentine's Day Sunday at church. Special shirts were made for the coffee shop workers and they were adorable! I did help out in the coffee shop (as best I could) and we had a great time!


 My shirt was just a tad different from the others! :)


A few minutes into the service, I left the coffee shop to get something out of the hallway when I overheard someone say there was going to be a proposal on stage! Oh my gosh...what?! We definitely stopped the clean-up process and made a way to see it all take place!


This hasn't happened (at church) in...oh...YEARS...and it was such a wonderful moment! I might have cried.... (pregnancy hormones are a wonderful thing)!


On Sunday night, Jason and I went out for dinner on our last Valentine's Day as a family of two!


First, we exchanged gifts! We both agreed on small items this year, so nothing terribly fancy. I got him an LSU wallet that was on his amazon wish list along with Reese's hearts (his favorite).


He gave me the Sherman Brothers documentary and chocolate (some of it is Cadbury...my FAVORITE)!!


He also said something else is coming in the mail but it hasn't arrived yet.


For dinner, we used the online system with Outback where you select a time and show up a few minutes ahead. It worked out SO well....we arrived about 10 minutes before our time and were seated not long after that!


Our dinner package included cheesecake which we split. It was so good! We also had chocolate covered strawberries back at home (a Valentine's tradition since we started dating) where we ended our evening while watching The Walking Dead. Romantic, I know! :)


It was such a great weekend, it just went by all too fast for me!

How was your weekend? Did you do anything special for Valentine's Day?

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