Day to Day Life

 Morgan reading "A Wocket in my Pocket" to Eva. She is all about reading these days. It is super fun.  These next few pictures are from the last merry-go-round carousel (it's a merry-go-round that looks like a carousel, so you push it instead of it being motorized) in the US. It's at the downtown mall in Charlottesville and Eva LOVES it. 

I couldn't resist snapping a picture of Eva's hair up in a pony tail. Also, we watch "The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh" a lot.

Morgan and I went on a date night to Zocalo. It is a latin american restaurant. It is pretty good, not our favorite, but worth a try. The part of the meal that was incredible is this first picture of our appetizer. It was a shrimp dish with fresh salsa and popcorn on top with a side of fresh potatoes chips. It doesn't sound nearly as good as it was, but take my word for it--it was amazing.

Eva has always loved shoes, but she just recently has started trying on my shoes and actually managing to walk around in them. This was her combo the other day. It made for an adorable waddle-walk.

Today we went to the Charlottesville Fire Department for a birthday party tour for one of Eva's friends. I don't know how much she actually loved seeing the trucks, but she loved hanging out with her friends and especially loved seeing the station's dog.

Master Bedroom Makeover

Our bedroom setup/furniture has never been what I would like in a master bedroom. But when your just starting out, you find what you can and do the best with it. Well, i'm happy to say, with our most recent redecoration that I have a bedroom that I could gladly use for years to come. Thanks to craigslist it didn't break the bank either. Our first edition to the room, and what really sparked the redecoration was a new TV. It needed a home, so we needed something to set it on which caused me to turn to craigslist and find this beauty: 

Our huge master bedroom has one tiny closet, and so last winter we bought a dresser. It still wasn't enough space, so we have been looking for a second dresser to add to the room for a while. I was so excited when I found one that matched almost perfectly. That never happens. 

Then I decided that I might as well peruse the queen bed frames on craigslist just to see what they had. To my delight we found a sleigh bed that also matched our dresser. It was like Christmas. 

The next day we loaded them up using our friend's van (thank you Murpheys) and brought them home. I love redecorating so I happily threw myself into it for the next couple days. I made pillows and even a bench for the end of the bed. Now just to give perspective, this is what the room looked like before: 

 I gladly said farewell to this squeaky old bed frame. It was time for it to go. 

And here is the after (it is SO much better): 

 I have been wanting to sew pillow cases for our bed pillows for a while, but just couldn't find fabric cheap enough. Here's my great tip: use curtains from Walmart. I got two curtains for $10 each and made four pillows and a bench out of them. 

 This bench was made from an old organ bench I found on craigslist. I spray painted the bottom brown, glued the foam to the top and then staple-gunned the fabric to the top. It was a fairly simple and inexpensive project. 

 The two matching dressers.

I absolutely LOVE this new set-up and I actually spend time upstairs now.

Nursery Makeover Reveal

Remember this post about how I had plans to redo our nursery. Well, I finally have it finished and I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out. Here is the bad news: I sadly did not take any 'before' pictures. So, just imagine this room looking a whole lot more boring and we are set. Here is it post-makeover.

This is the only shelf in the room. It makes a huge difference to have some vertical decorating in this space. 

 These are the paper flowers I made. The paper was super cheap and the vase was like $3 from Michaels. 

Here is my favorite part of the decorating process. I wanted some fun artwork in the room, but I wanted it to be personal. I recently have dabbled in watercolor painting and so I figured I'd just paint some pictures myself. I plan to have lullabies for each of my kids, so 'Baby Mine' is Eva's and "Hushabye Mountain" will be little boy's lullaby. Here are some closeups. 

 These are the DIY pom-poms I made to hang over Eva's bed. I love the whimsy they add to the room. 

And that's it. I'm super please with how everything turned out and I'm SUPER glad I actually took the time to put together the nursery finally. It definitely took long enough.