Baby Mack's Room! {the debut}

I am really proud of the nursery we've made for Mack. I did not want to invest a lot of money into a full bedding set like we had for Rhyan because I've found out that I just dont use it. But i like for stuff to match, so I had a delimma. I couldnt find stuff that went well together (bedskirt, curtains and changing table cover) so I ended up doing the only thing I could think to do... the UNTHINKABLE!... I made it myself.

You should 1st off know that I am very open about the fact that i'm NOT creative nor am I "crafty". I hate scrapbooking with a passion (which is why i love that i'm able to keep up with this blog and turn it into a book!) and pretty much think its worth the money to pay for already done projects. I just couldnt find anything that suited me this time!

So off to hobby lobby I went in search of 2 things: 1. Fabric and 2. Wall art.

I also decided a while ago that I wanted to decorate his room in "Ford" like stuff (aka: old truck's and antique ford pics). While at hobby lobby, I found these great truck picture frames and instantly LOVED them! There's one on each side of the bay window...I also loved this wooden car and knew the perfect place for it!

And finally, I found these cool letters that made a great way to decorate his room with his name!

(ps. in this pic there is a bumper pad that a sweet friend GAVE me... but its a pain in the toosh taking the mattress in and out w/ it in there so i've removed it since this pic... plus, sids hazard and all... I think we may just go without permanently.)

But I couldnt find any "Ford" items. Everything was Chevrolet, which doesnt really go seeing as how our last name IS Ford :-)

And then I remembered something: My Uncle Bobby has an old Ford truck that he's taken fabulous care of over the years. I knew then that it would be even more special if I could get some good pics of his truck, frame them and use it as the Ford art work i had been wanting!

So, you have to live and learn, youknow... I love this collection but I think i want to redo a couple of the pics so that I can have a little better lighting (with less glare) and possibly zoomed in a little less on the front of the truck. But overall, i'm loving this! The pics and the frames cost about $35 total! Not bad!

And as shown in proof above, I did sew Mack's curtains, bedskirt AND changing table cover :-) They are NOT perfect and I wouldnt want an inspection from a seamstress, but overall, they work. And the material cost me about $50 (well, my checkbook says otherwise but thats only b/c i bought WAY too much fabric... $50 worth would have easily have been enough!)

We also wanted to re-use the dry sink that Jeff''s grandfather made for a changing table (we did this with Rhyan as well, until she outgrew it). But we needed a chest of drawers for his clothes... so we refinished one that his grandfather had also made and I think it turned out beautifully!

Lastly, my cousin, Lindy, gave me this frame for an ultrasound back at Christmas. I put Mack's 12 week ultrasound in it because we couldnt get a profile pic from his 20 week (boo). Along with a cross our Pastor and his wife gave us, I think it makes a great way to come into his room!

Hope you enjoyed the tour! I have ONE collage frame I'm still on the hunt for that matches one that Rhyan has in her room for his newborn pics, but thats just going to have to wait. I'm pretty sure he's not going to notice ;-)

Rhyans Big Girl Room

Jeff has worked so hard over the last week to empty out our guest bedroom, move all of the furniture to the bonus room, empty our the closet in her "new" room and paint it! By the way, in the process of cleaning out the closet, he took it upon himself to take my wedding dress to the cleaners and have it cleaned and preserved. Are y'all jealous that my husband was totally showing off how awesome he is?!

Let me 1st say that I had to pick a paint color in about 5 minutes at home depot. I prefer Ralph Lauren paints normally but they dont carry it anymore so I browsed through the Martha Stewart paint and was automatically drawn to one called Garden Shed. It is a light greenish color and exactly what I had in mind for her room! I wanted her room to be like a garden :-) Soothing and calming and with little bits of color. I'm thrilled that it turned out so well given our time constraints.

Let me also say that we've not yet hung her curtains and I need to move one picture AND I'm looking for a smaller club chair to put in there (maybe pink and green plaid or something like that) but it's as done as it will be for a while :-)






She seemed to pick up on the idea of this being her new room very easily! The very first night when we told her it was time to go "night night" she walked right into her new room. No hesitation! Sadly, she was sick that night and actually vomited in her bed, but hey, i guess its all broken in :-(. Anyhoo, here are the pics! What do y'all think?!

Our Week

Jeff has had the week off which has been nice (for him). I, on the other hand, am still bitter about having to get up and go to work while he enjoys time with Rhyan! (jk, sort of...). I am grateful for my job, dont get me wrong, but i want to be at home when Jeff and Rhyan are at home!

Ok, venting is done. On to the week. Jeff used a day or so to insulate the basement. It looks great and hopefully will keep it warmer down there! He also got some work done on my car (meaning he got the guys at nissan to do work on my car) and its looking/running great! While it was being worked on, we got a loaner of a 2009 altima... nice! It had so much more room!

We had Rhyans pics done by our good friend and great photographer, Christy Martin. I dont feel great about how rhyan did. We did the shoot in a little field off the road and she was totally distracted by every car that went by! But Christy is great and if anyone could get some good shots out of rhyan it would be her. For the most part, though, she did her typical stare down at Christy. Its a good thing her eyes are pretty bc she wasnt smiling much :-( I cant wait to see them, though!

And today we've got Jason and Liz's couple shower. It looks like a great day for it and i'm looking forward to it! Until then, i think we're going to try to head up to the park and enjoy the weather as a family!

I've got some AWFUL spring fever!