Charlotte’s Room

I thought that I would share with you Charlotte’s room.  I had so much fun decorating it and it turned out too cute to not share!

This is the view from the door.

The crib is the same one that the other two children used too.  I made the bed skirt using the tutorial from YHL found here.

There are also two floor pillows tucked into the corner so that big sis and bro can lounge on the floor while we are in there during the day.

I knew that I didn’t want to buy a mobile, so I decided to make my own.  I used Heather Bailey’s flower pinwheel template to make the pinwheels.  There are two different size pinwheels on the mobile, the original size and then I enlarged the pattern to 75% for the others.  I used double sided scrapbook paper that I got at Archiver’s and cut them all out by hand.  I used 2 embroidery hoops and fishing line to assemble the mobile.

This is Charlotte’s view from her bed…

I needed something for above the bed that would be safe that could not hurt her if she decided to try and pull them down.  I used the same pinwheel pattern and enlarged it to 150% and arranged them on the wall.

This is the other side of the room.

I bought the dresser off of Craigslist for $15!!  Josh, I am sure, thought I was nuts when I showed him the color that I was planning to paint it.  But I think it turned out awesome!  I use it as a changing table too because the room is so small that a traditional changing table would not have fit.  The big white elephant on the floor is probably one of my favorite things in the room.  I found it at Homegoods for $50 and it makes me smile.

Above the dresser I (as in ‘I’, I really mean Josh) hung the two shelves and hooks.  The shelves hold various items…stuffed elephant, piggy bank, canisters with cotton balls and q-tips, snow globe and plant.  The hooks are nice to hang outfits on and headbands, etc.

Between the closet and the door is a bookshelf.

By the window is the rocking chair, table and lamp.  I made the curtains, the pillow and covered the lampshade with fabric.  The table is one of the really cheap ones that  you just screw three legs into the plywood top, I just covered it with leftover fabric from the bed skirt.

 

Next to the window I (aka Josh) hung some photo frames.  The “Love” print was a free download from the fabulous Brooklyn Limestone.  I simply changed the colors of the print to yellow using photoshop to match the room.  There is also a photo of me from my maternity photo shoot done by my wonderful friend Kacey at KC Photography.  One frame has some leftover scrapbook paper in it and the other is waiting for the perfect picture of Charlotte to go in it.

 

And that is it!!  Thank you LaKeitha, who blogs over at Home To Three Duncan Boys for letting me bounce ideas off of you, you’re the best!!

I love it and I hope that Charlotte enjoys it too!

Wordless Wednesday...never a dull moment around here!

and yes, I got him down right after I took the picture! He is a sneaky fox!

My Week in Phone Photos

So it seems that I take tons of pictures with my phone and not so much my camera as of lately. But I thought that you would like to see what pictures were taken with my phone this week.

William eating a blue cupcake (he only ate the icing and I'm not sure how much actually got in his mouth!)


I gave Charlotte her first pedicure!


William played Backyardigan's pirates A LOT!!


We took the kids to the church picnic and Caroline and Josh rode this ride (watching it made me want to vomit).


Caroline put one of her doll's headbands on Charlotte and it fit perfectly!


My boys caught a cat-nap.


And finally Charlotte turned 2 weeks old!!

Things I have learned...

during my first week as a Momma of 3.

• my kids are a true blessing.


• sometimes when you wake up thinking it is going to be a typical Thursday, it can turn into a wonderful birthday.


• Caroline is an awesome big sister and is a great helper.


• William is interested in his little sister and likes to give her kisses.


• a baby's head is the sweetest smelling thing in the world.


• babies poop a lot. a lot.


• trying to get 3 kids and myself ready to leave the house is like hearding cats...nearly impossible.


• my husband is the best husband and father in the world, hands down.


• William has taken a liking to climbing again, just like I showed you in this post about His Stunt Double.


• it is refreshing to feed your baby without stressing over mLs and calories. Charlotte is eating like a champ and gained 7 ounces in a week!


• William doesn't understand "gentle" as well as one would like. ;)


• Caroline doesn't want to learn to change diapers...I think I need to work on that one!


• it is amazing what you can do using only one arm or one hand.


• it was a strange but wonderful feeling to go to the doctor and her tell you that everything looks great and the baby doesn't need to be seen again until her one month well baby visit.

And finally...

• I have learned that being sleep deprived, pooped on, peed on, spit up on is okay because these little jewels call me Momma...

Introducing...

Charlotte Marie

born: June 30, 2011

at: 9:50pm

weighing: 7 pounds 1 ounce

length: 19 inches

William getting his first look at his little sister...

Caroline giving Charlotte her first bottle...

Our family of five...

Gone Fishing

 

William loves water, that is no secret.  So it is no surprise that he loves the fish pond that my Mom has at her house.  There are several goldfish in the pond and William thinks it is hilarious to try to catch them with his hands.  The fish are really tame (can you tame a fish?) so they come right up to your hand when you put it in the water and nibble on the ends of your fingers.  He loves it! 

He also likes to splash at the fish…which probably isn’t such a good idea, but he has fun nonetheless.  If you look closely in the picture you can see Uncle Aaron’s feet, we stay really close to William while he is near the pond because we know that one of these days he is going to try to swim with the fish!

*an interesting side note…at Josh and I’s wedding reception we had small fish bowls with a goldfish in them sitting on the tables.   By the end of the night, many fish were floating in their bowls and some guests did some bad things to the fish, but there were some survivors.   My Mom still has a goldfish from our wedding reception in her pond!  9 years later…the thing is still swimming!

Thomas Live on Stage

I took William to see Thomas Live on Stage, Thomas Saves the Day on Saturday.  Josh and I weren’t sure how he would do or if he would sit through the entire show but he surprised us.  He sat through the entire show (I’m not sure that he even blinked) and was so good.  William loves him some Thomas so it was a special treat that he got to go to the show.

Caroline had softball practice so her and Josh stayed home.  It was a day out with my Prince and we had a great time.

Percy and Thomas were there…

There was singing and dancing…

This is what William did the entire show…

After the show was over we went down to the stage and William was able to get a closer look at Thomas…

On the way home from the show he crashed…

 

It was a fun way to spend the afternoon with my Prince and I know that he had a great time.