Birth Daze

The new year has brought lots to celebrate about. Birthday celebrations! Things have been pretty busy around here as of late. It began with both of my parents. My dad had his 50th on January 18, my mom's 47th on the 19th. My cute baby niece had her first birthday on January 24th. We welcomed our little Baby K into the world in January as well. I was hoping to go into labor and have a vbac but just like her siblings Baby K was born via cesarean section January 27th.

February has been equally exciting. My mother-in-law's birthday was February 4th. Last week was another birthday. Our little G turned 2! He had a wonderful Star Wars themed party at the Grand Rapids Children's Museum. Very fun!

What does this all mean for Bran and I? ...We are now the very busy (birthday celebrating) parents of three kids, three and under!

Plotting and Scheming... Colors

I've finally decided the color scheme for the majority of the house. I still have to figure out the bathroom, the sun porch and the upstairs second bedroom. The colors below are the final choices for their appointed rooms. I'm going for beachy/earthy. Our bedroom is currently painted in Sherwin William's Sea Salt. I plan to keep it the same color when we head upstairs. Little G's room is done except for the trim. I have the paint for Little R and Baby K's room, it will be painted when we finally transition. I have painted the back entry and most of the hallway. I hope to finish the hallway in the next couple of days (I'll post pictures soon).

 

Speaking of the days to come... Baby K will be making her first appearance this Thursday! ... unless she decides to show sooner. So, lots to look forward to!

Sharing Spaces

Little R has been the proud owner of a big girl bed for a couple of weeks now. She loves it! We didn't have any problem transitioning her from her previous "bed" (the couch) to the new one. Notice the walls. Yep, she's in Little G's room... now their shared room. That change was made by necessity for the moment. We had an energy audit the week of Thanksgiving and found we have little, and in some areas, no insulation on the second floor. After talking out our options, we figured that the best solution would be room sharing until we can save up enough to properly insulate upstairs. So, as of this moment, we have baby K (due to arrive in less than three weeks) in our room and Little R and Little G in their shared room. Although it may be many months before the girls' mermaid room and little G's big boy room are realized, it is all working out for the time being.

Her first night in her big girl bed. (So cute!)

A Big Girl Bed For Little R

I just happened to be surfing the internet this morning and saw that there was an online sale for the bed I was planning on buying for Little R. The best part is, not only did I get it at 55% off the regular retail price, but I also got a $20 gift card for purchasing it, plus free shipping! How awesome is that!?

This super adorable bed is part of the At Home with Meijer Avery Collection. It looks very similar to the Anderson Bed from Pottery Barn Kids but is more than 5 times less expensive! 

 Here's a side by side comparison

                      Anderson                                                 Avery

Not too shabby, eh? I like that the Avery bed is more cottage styled and white rather than off-white. I think all-in-all I got the best deal possible... well, unless I could have gotten the bed for free.