G and E's playroom

When I was 30 weeks pregnant with Gianna I couldn't wait to put together all the cute little baby accessories we had received for her. Her nursery was set up and decorated to perfection, her baby swing was all ready to go in the living room, all three bouncers/vibrating chairs we received as gifts were placed around the house and the bassinet/pack n play was set up next to the bed ready for her to use it.

Fast forward 3 months to a baby that preferred to be held and hated the swing and all three of her vibrating chairs. The pack n play had become a laundry hamper for clean clothes and the swing and chairs just took up space. Finally we put them in the garage and I relished having all my space back

When we moved into our new house when Gianna was 9 months the only baby thing remaining was her bouncer. Her toys were easily hidden and when you entered our house you couldn't tell a baby lived here.

That changed after her first birthday and got even worse this weekend when we celebrated our mock christmas. Now it looks like a toy store puked all over my dining room.

In case you didn't believe me

The dining room in this house has always been the designated play room. But when we first moved in it was more of a den since Gianna didn't have much toys. This weekend the husband spent time rearranging the furniture and removing things out of the playroom to make more space for all of the kid's toys. With him leaving soon and being gone for awhile I have designated projects around the house to keep me busy. One of those projects is making the playroom cute and accessible without making it look too kiddish. I found some idea's on pinterest I thought I'd share with you


I love all the storage this shelf unit provides

 

I love these canvas tents from RH baby

And I just love this cute idea from a fellow blogger Vintage Pretty http://www.vintageprettypearl.blogspot.com/2012/03/diy-reading-corner-for-toddler.html

This reading nook is too cute. Although my kiddos may be a little too young for this yet. I may use this idea and instead of the word Read in the playroom use the word Play. We shall see. I'm in the process of planning this room out along with figuring out what colors to paint the house and trying to hire someone to put a backsplash in my kitchen and bathrooms. Nothing like keeping busy to make a deployment fly by!

Any other playroom/storage suggestions. As much as I love pink castles and blocks laying around my house I still want my house to look like adults live here as well

Ethan's Nursery

6 weeks after Ethan was born his nursery is finally complete. Well complete for now. There are maternity pictures I need to frame and hang and some more star wars themed items I have to order. But for now it is done

I love that it is simple and able to grow with him as he gets older. From day one the hubs and I loved the madras style bedspread but couldn't agree on a theme. And somehow it became star wars. I loved the pottery barn star wars collection but the smallest size it came in was a twin. No nursery collection. So we mixed and matched the star wars theme with the madras bedding and Ethan's nursery was created

Sorry for the iPhone pics. I need a new sim card for my camera and haven't backed up the pics to delete them to make room. But here it is











Star wars sayings

Do or do not. There is no try

The force is strong with the one

I think you just can't bear to let a gorgeous guy like me out of your sight










And the wall is really a nice color green. Not a puke green like these pics make it look!


I can't wait to keep adding to it and finishing it completely
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The Most Wonderful Time of Year

I've always loved the holidays. To me the holiday season begins Oct 1. All my fall/Halloween decorations get busted out and I'm in the holiday spirit. I start Xmas gift planning and as soon as Thanksgiving is over the Christmas decor gets hung up.

This year however is different. With a new baby, toddler and a hubby who will be deployed for Christmas my holiday decorations are sparse. Besides our stockings and Willow Tree nativity I have nothing up. No tree, no Christmas lights, nothing. But that doesn't make me any less excited for Christmas

The hubs and I have enjoyed curling up every night to watch Christmas movies. So far we've watched National Lampoons, white Christmas, muppets Christmas carol and it's a wonderful life

We also hung up lights on the mantel and camped out in the living room under the fireplace! So fun

We had our mock Christmas yesterday with the kids and while Gianna was a little more excited about Xmas than last year she still didn't quite get it. All she did know is she preferred her brothers toys over the ones she got. Go figure.

So while our Christmas isn't quite the same as years past it's still perfect

What I'm looking forward to...
1. Elf on a shelf. I'm hoping next year when Gianna is 2.5 we can start this tradition. Everyone's post about their elf and his antics make me so jealous

2. Baking cookies with the kids- I remember baking cookies with my mom every year and can't wait to make them with my own kids

3. Christmas crafts- one year I want to tackle a gingerbread house.

What do y'all look forward to each Christmas. What are some of our traditions


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