Sneak Peek at Logan's Nursery!

As you all know, I have yet to do my major blog post on Logan's nursery. I can assure you I am not just being lazy on my posting, the problem is that his nursery is still missing two key elements before I can post it! When you have a vision of how you want a room to look, its hard to post it when it is only partially completed. I am hopeful that in the next few weeks those last two projects will be finished!

To hold you over, here is a small sneak peek into his nursery! I saw this idea on Pinterest, (inspiration photo is on the left) and knew we have the perfect wall in Logan's bedroom to do it on! My friend Kate picked up these spice racks for me from Ikea. (Thank you Kate!) I think they were $3 dollars each? I like them in their natural color but decided they would match Logan's room better if I painted them black. So away spray painting I went! Some easy cheesy assembly was required and then they were ready to go!

I found these letters on sale at Michaels. Using a gift card and coupons, I was able to get them for super cheap! I came home and went digging through my painting cupboard and found the sample colos I used on Logan's accent wall. I decided it would look great if I painted these letters to match. Lola picked out which letter would be what color, I think she chose great!

Here they are all painted!

My trial run on the floor to see how I wanted to hang them.

Here it is! Thanks to my Husband for hanging them all for me! : ) They would be falling off the wall and completely crooked if I had tried to hang them myself!

Project 3 (Read) & 4 (Bookshelves) complete! Stay tuned for one more.... : )

Lola's Bow Organizer

All my life I have NEVER been a fan of thrift stores. Usually I think they stink, the stuff is dirty, and I always thought everything was just junk! Well, recently my opinions on thrift stores has drastically changed, I almost *gasp* think they are fun! My husband has taught me how to look past the junk and find potential in the items! All my projects these last few days have come from 2nd hand stores. I have really come to enjoy looking at old stinky dirty stuff and dreaming about what I could turn it into! And of course I love the next to nothing prices these projects are costing me!

So, here is project #2 for the week. I found this cheap and relatively unattractive painting and instantly knew that it would be perfect! I made Lola's headband holders, and now I just had to do something about organizing all her bows!

I brought it home and was so excited to get started! I pulled the picture apart, and went to town with my new found love of spray painting! The frame has potential don't you think?

Armed with my hot glue gun I began working with this polka dot fabric. (This was leftover from making Lola's bedroom curtains.) Once I had the fabric pulled tight and glued on, I simply glued on the two pink ribbons.



I thought the back looked rather atrocious, so I glued a nice piece of felt to the back to make it look more finished, you know for all those times people will look at the back. ;) My husband bought me some tiny nails to nail into the wooden frame and hold the picture portion in place.

Here is it! I love adding practical things to my home that aid in organization! Now hopefully I wont have to run around crazy looking for matching bows anymore! : )

And lastly, here it is in Lola's room!

Two projects down, three to go! Stay tuned! : )

Lola's Headband Holders

I dont know what has gotten in to me these last few days but I think I have officially been bit by the crafting bug! Let me start first by saying, I LOVE pinterest! I have pinned so many fun and practical ideas that I want to make for my home. So about a month ago I decided I was no longer going to go waste time pinning more stuff on pinterest until I started checking off the 5 or so projects I really wanted to make first. It has taken me a month, but boy am I going to town checking them off my list now! Feels so good!

So I saw this project and I knew would be so perfect for Lola's bedroom. My girl has more hair accessories than one would probably ever need! :) In case you are wondering, I am making two adorable headband holders!

I quickly gathered up a few supplies from around the house, talked my hubby into a quick Goodwill run and I was all set!

I went looking at Goodwill for two matching candle holders. I did not have any luck. I did however come across these two that I decided would look plenty similar once I painted them both pink!

This was my first time using spray paint, and it was fun! I think there will be many more spray painting projects in my future : )

So I know I am quite a rookie when it comes to spray painting, but I couldn't believe how fast these dried! It made it so easy to complete this project in one evening. Here they are all pretty in pink!

In between coats of paint, I hot glued fabric (which matches Lola's curtains I made for her room) to the two oatmeal cans. I decided to add some pink ribbon at the top to make it look a little more complete.

I then simply hot glued the oatmeal cans to the candle holders and they were done! *Tada!*

Here they are being used to hold all of Lola's headbands in her room! :)

One project down, four to go! Stay tuned! :)

One month with Logan!

Time seems to be flying by! How is it that pregnancies seem to drag on forever but once the baby has arrived time simply disappears! Month one was packed full of doctor appointments and major recovery time for me. I was surprised (and thrilled) to find that c-section #2 seemed to be a significantly easier recovery. We had to take Logan to the doctor almost every other day to have his weight checked, my kiddos don't like to be in any hurry to gain their weight back! Logan got pretty little at his lowest weight of 6lbs 4oz. I was happy when he started to gain some, he was just seeming so fragile! At almost one month old he got back to his birth weight of a whopping 7-1!

We were in the hospital for a few days after he was born and when it was time to go home I was so excited! I love my time in the hospital, its a very special bonding time! Plus the nurses are so great about helping me get back on my feet quickly. However, when they said I could go home I couldn't hop (or be wheeled) into the car fast enough! I missed Lola like crazy! William and I were both excited to have our whole family together! We arrived home and Lola & my Mom had decorated with balloons all the way down our walkway to welcome us home, it was so fun! Thank you Mom! : )

Lola was so happy to have her little brother home! After some family time and a few pictures I got to sleep a little bit, I'm not sure I have ever been more tired in my entire life! I had not slept a single wink in more than 3 days and that combined with the fantastic drugs they had me on, I was feeling a little loopy to say the least. :)

Lots of rest for all of us the first few days! Logan is a good little sleeper! He sleeps non stop, wish I could see his little eyes open more often! His first outing was to one of our favorite restaurants after seeing the doctor again. He slept through the whole meal. : ) It sure was great to get out of the house for a little bit! He made his first appearances at church, had his first ferry boat ride, a few trips to my parents cabin, went out ballroom dancing with us, and a few other small outings. It was a pretty low key month for the most part though.

I kept trying to help William with all the diaper changes that I could, which were very few being that I was fairly immobile. I am still getting use to changing a boys' diaper... its just, different. I am not sure I have ever laughed harder than when I was trying to do William a "favor" by changing Logan's diaper and as soon as I started Logan peed all the way accross the bathroom mirror, he then proceeded to poo as well! I was such a mess, I hurt myself by jumping away so hard I was almost crying and then William walked in, asked what I was doing, and I replied through my laughing tears, "trying to help you!" Needless to say he took over. :)

The plan was to have Logan in his bassinet next to our bed but he didn't dig it! He would not sleep AT. ALL. in it! He ended up liking sleeping in his bouncy chair that vibrates in the middle of our bed. He slept there for weeks before he finally was okay with the bassinet. It worked out just as well because I was a nervous wreck since he was coughing up and choking on junk that was in his lungs for quite a few days. It was scary time, so it was nice to have him so close. At one week old Logan woke up with an awful eye infection, it looked terrible! Another doctor appt and we were reassured it was a super common tear duct infection. : ) This boy is keeping us on our toes!

Logan is a cuddle bug for sure! I cant set him down for even a minute without him crying! I have pretty much accepted it and been trying to enjoy all the snuggle time, because as cliche as it may be, its true what they say- it goes by so fast!

Lola still adores her little "brudder" to pieces! She gets very worried when others hold him, she makes sure to tell me that we need to get him back! : ) Lola is a big helper too! I had no idea she would be so great with him! She gives him his pacifier all the time, likes to help feed him his bottle, talks to him to calm him down, and loves to give him hugs and kisses all day long! She told me a few days ago we needed a new baby, I asked her if she wanted to give Logan back and she said "No Mom, I just want 2 Logans!" It made me smile, she has loved him since before he was born! I hope and pray they will always be close friends!

Looking forward to the next month of getting to know this little boy! What an amazing blessing and addition to our family he has been already! Here are photos from our first month together!

Enjoying the sunshine with Daddy!

Tiny little feet!

First bath : )

Snuggled with Daddy!

Logan & his crab

Baby feet : ) Love them!

4 days old

3 weeks old

3 1/2 weeks old

Hi! : )

Lola holding Logan

Haha! It almost worked : )

Looking at an airplane! Their body positions are identical! :)

Sister snuggles

Here is my happy 1 month old!