Anthro-Inspired Bedding

Remember this?

Well, I have donated, consigned and thrown out, and now my room is looking much better! In fact, I have finished my Anthro-Inspired Bedding (tutorial from KoJo Designs).

What do you think?

I made some faux "shams" to go a long with it. They turned out alright. You just have to flip them over to actually sleep on them!

And we weren't really sure what to do with this chair yet, so we added a sitting area--something I've always wanted in my bedroom (you know, for mommy time-outs).

I will be linking up at these great parties!

Before & After

I've been logging more than my fair share of HGTV hours lately. This always results in a room makeover of some sort. I set my sights on Kinley's bedroom.
I decorated her room not long after we moved in here, but I don't think my vision fully came together. I wanted this sort of really bright, orange & pink thing going on. It just wasn't really working:

I decided that Kinley needed something a bit softer and more girly. I still have a few finishing touches to do, but I couldn't be more happy with how it turned out!

A Boy and His Dog & Ch-ch-ch-changes

Finn has been having such a great time with Addy outside lately. (The weather is just BEAUTIFUL!) Usually, they just chase each other and collect sticks, but yesterday, Addy was digging holes. Finn would then come over, push Addy away (I know, what a bully!) and then sit in his hole so he couldn't dig! Addy was smart though. He had 2 holes next to each other, so if Finn sat in one, then he would just go dig on the other. Finn was running back and forth between the holes, plunking his butt on each one! Also, Finn got a new outdoor toy! His Granny found him a little house at a garage sale! He loves it!

Here he is sitting on his hole (and yelling at the dog):

And here he is in his new house:

As for the bedrooms...they are all changed! We moved the crib into Kinley's room and rearranged Finn's room. We knew he wasn't going back to the crib now, so we figured the time was right to just switch it up! Finn is so cool with changes. He's never necessarily been attached to anything other than his pacifier. He couldn't have cared less that we moved his room around.

Here's Kinley's new arrangement (a bedskirt is on my shopping list):

And Finn's:

I think Kinley likes her new bed!:

And here's just some cute pics:

He Did It!

Finn slept in his toddler bed last night! I wasn't even planning on putting him in it, but when I told him it was bed time, he climbed right in! I gave him his blanket and he laid down and put it over himself. It was like it was the most natural thing in the world! It's so funny how when it's time for a change, your kid will just let you know! Anyway, he slept all night without incident in there. I'm so proud! AND it gets even better! Kinley slept in her bassinet all night! I've found that she just groans in her sleep and I just have to ignore it. I thought there was something wrong with her before, so I would hold her in our bed while we slept, but I guess she's just a noisy sleeper. Now that Finn is out of the crib, I can put her in her room soon and not have to hear it!

Boys will be boys...

Why is it that everytime Finn gets in his sandbox, he takes off his shoes? He then runs all over the backyard in his socks (because Mom is too lazy to put the shoes back on) and gets them totally filthy! Today he also begged me to help him stick fingers down all the antholes in the backyard.

Yesterday we decided to try out the toddler bed for his nap. He never fell asleep, but he also never left the bed. As far as I can tell, he spend the hour and a half kicking his foot against the wall, reading books and playing with his new Toy Story figurines. We got him these figurines yesterday at the Disney Store and that are his new favorite thing! He's been carrying them all over the house. Here he is playing with them:

Anyway, we plan on trying the bed again tomorrow night. It's not so much that I'm eager to get him out of the crib, but I am eager to get the crib out of his room, so we can move some of the toys from the living room into there. Anyway, here's Finn taking a self-portrait:

We took Kinley to the doctor yesterday and she's already at 8 lbs! She was born at 7 lbs, went down to 6 lbs, 11 0z at 3 days, and now she's gone back up to 8! We'd been concerned because she keeps vomiting up entire meals, but the doc said that's probably because she is over-eating. She said I might want to try a pacifier first instead of breastfeeding everytime she wants something to suck on. So far it has worked! No vomit yesterday!

Here's Kinley with her first dolly!:

Splash Time with Granny

Yesterday, we were invited to a kid's birthday party at one of those cool spraygrounds. We had never been to this one before because it was FAR away in Norman. The birthday boy was the son of one of Sharyn's (my mother in law) work collegues. Finn had a great time and we got so many pictures! It was hard to choose which ones to post because I had so many!

On top of that, we moved Finn's toddler bed into his room. It's really crowded in there now! We kept the crib in there for the time being since I'm not ready to have him start sleeping in the bed yet. I thought about it, but I'm just not sure what strategy to use yet. He is such an active little guy, I'm afraid he would just get right back up and play in his room all night. We have a cute little bassinet for the new baby to sleep in, so I'm thinking about keeping her in that for the first few months and not moving him to the toddler bed until around Christmas. That seems like the simplest thing to do and simple is good! For now, he likes reading books in it.