Green Eggs and Smiles

This morning for breakfast Noah wanted Green Eggs and Ham, but we didn't have any ham, so we settled for green eggs:

And as you can see he is making this silly smile while eating his eggs.  This is his new smirk that makes me laugh every time.  It started a few weeks ago when I was trying desperately to calm him down at bedtime and I was singing him a very slow and soft lullaby and I looked at him and he was giving me this smirk.  I just busted out laughing and so now he does it on purpose to make me laugh.  Paul tried too....

Cheerleaders

aren't they the cutest?

I'll love you forever

So if any of you have the book I'll Love you Forever, you'll get this.  If you don't, it is the sweetest story about a mom who rocks her little boy in his sleep each night, even up until he's an adult.  When she is about to die, he comes and rocks her in her sleep.  It is a total tear jerker and it is one of Noah's favorite stories.  Noah makes up the words and then sings the song on each page... it's super cute.  

The words are:  I'll love you forever, I'll like you for always, As long as I'm living, my baby you'll be.  

more nursery..

Well, it seems that some of you are having fun helping me and I LOVE it!!!!

So, i am going to go with the owl thing but i'm thinking i'll keep it to pillows, blankets, and wall hangings. Or like bibs, changing pad covers, etc. But not bedding or design or anything.

I am going to stick with the bedding I liked before. 

I'm thinking I'll keep the bottom of the wall white and paint a design on the top of the wall in chocolate to match the bedding. Either that or wallpaper which we have discussed several times. We have no problem with it but this room will not be the baby's room for more than 2 years and then that means the work of taking down wall paper. So, if I can find a stencil or design I can paint I would definitely prefer that. 

But, then I sat in the room tonight and I thought that it might be REALLY white if we do that. Thoughts?

I found these rugs that I love and this will add color.





The changing table has 2 shelves on it which I will also get colored baskets for (probably just brown weave and then tie turquoise or pink on when we find out, or maybe wait and just buy them colored). Then comes curtains. This one I'm just not so sure about. I want to get room darkening blinds because this room gets tons and tons of light, but I want to get long, flowing curtains for the big window.  Stripes? Polka Dots?  Solid?  Green? Brown?

Urban Outfitters also has this fabric that can be used as curtains and another one that is like hydrangeas that I like (but a little more girly)

I saw this super cute lamp (thanks Tammy) and it's from Urban Outfitters but they are out of stock.  

And the owl I still love.  

This awesome box is made of birchwood and hand carved and carries the pricetag of $400!!!!  Can you believe it? It would be easy to duplicate though...

So, I'm still really not sure about anything!!! But I'm having fun trying!

Meeting Cassidy

Last weekend we headed to Macungie for the Cassidy's meet and greet. She is the (almost) newest member of our camp crew (Ethan has her beat now as the newest!). We were very excited to meet her in person after waiting so patiently for her arrival. It was pretty late so she was in and out of sleep but it was still so cute to see her!

Noah was particularly enamored and wanted to kiss her a lot and hug her and he REALLY wanted her to open her presents and kept trying to give her her bags! Luckily when Cassidy denied him his wishes there were plenty of adults around to help him out. Aj's dad played ball with him forever and then the boys showed him how to play Wii. We all had a great time!!!

Nursery Ideas

We have so many different ideas for the nursery and just can't seem to put it all together. I thought I'd share some of them with you and see if you have any input. Don't be offended if we don't take your ideas, though!

So the room that the baby will be in is called the Trunk Room and it is attached to our bedroom. It is on the small side, but it is a more defined room. What I mean by that is that some of our rooms were pretty standard 4 walls and a door. But this room is one of the older rooms and has an ornate bookshelf, moulding, and a very detailed radiator. It has a very classic and victorian feel about it. It would look odd to do something overly modern in the room.

Here are some horrible pics of the room. Notice the high chair rail...

We haven't decided on a color scheme yet, but definitely neutral, browns and greens.

So, all along I've sort of had owls in my head. I just like all of the different types of owls that are out right now and thought it would be a cute nursery item.

Then Paul and I were looking around and came across these stencils that we really liked. We both like the puzzle one but I just can't picture the puzzle pieces in this room and I can't visualize what colors we would do them. They come in smaller sizes so they could be just above the chair rail, or they come in larger sizes and could go all over the wall.

I also like these circles which would go with the owls and the big round circle eyes.

I really like this bedding... neutral and classic

I loved this room from Pottery Barn but it just feels too girly for not knowing the gender (even if we didn't do it in pink...) Plus I don't know if it will work with the chair rail being so high.

So, what do you think? Thoughts, ideas?'

Steps along the way...
http://paisleyandargyle.blogspot.com/2009/04/nursery-update.html

To see the finished product, click here:
http://paisleyandargyle.blogspot.com/2009/06/nursery.html

20 weeks

I saw the doctor yesterday and so I thought I would share a quick update.  All is well in babyland.  The doctor was thrilled by the ultrasound results that the tumor was gone and shared that she has another woman in the hospital whose uterus is trying to save the tumor and reject the baby because the tumor was there first.  She wanted me to know how great the missing tumor really was.  She tried to finagle another ultrasound for me but unless something comes up that deems it medically necessary she can't do it.  She also looked back at my old charts from Noah and I am officially 20 lbs less than I was at this point last time.  Woohoo!

It feels as though I've instantly grown pregnant in the last week.  All of a sudden my belly is poking out and the baby is here!  And I got my first rude comments... a woman said to me -- wow, you look like you're getting fat (she didn't know I was pregnant).  Mind you, this was not a thin woman speaking.  So, I got a flashback to why I didn't want people to know I was pregnant -- because they say mean things! 

But, the baby is moving all the time now and Paul can feel it a little bit.  Noah is in love with the baby and just can't wait for it to show up.  Whenever we see another baby he asks if it is our baby or if he likes another baby he will say, I want this one, mommy.  Every morning when he and Paul leave he gives the baby a kiss goodbye and every time he finds a toy that is for babies he quickly runs it up to the nursery and says, it's not for big boys, mommy, it's for babies.  

I'm now operating in increments and I am counting down to 24 weeks.  6 months sounds a lot closer to 9 months than 5 months does.  Whatever!!!!