Nesting?

I guess that is what you call this....

Lincoln's Nursery has been in the works for quite some time, and we are finally ready to show pictures of it.  When Tim and I got married and I moved into his 'Bachelor Pad', re-decorating was a battle the whole time.  He was surprisingly opinionated about me changing his space, and had lots of restrictions No pink frilly crap.  This time around Tim let me pick everything I wanted and he did most of the work.  Awesome!  I did get several strange looks when things like the red mustache pillow started arriving, but I think we ended up with something we are both happy with. 

Phase 1: Clean Out

The whole process started just after Christmas when Tim and I spent 2 solid days (9am to 10pm) cleaning out our house.  Three truck loads to Goodwill later, (this was before we knew about YL Garage Sale) we were no longer occupying all three bedrooms and all three closets in our house.  There was space for our little man :)

Phase 2: Move the guest room from Barry's Room to Jonny's Room. 

Phase 3: Paint Barry's Room Blue & start calling it Lincoln's room.

Phase 4: Chevron Stripes

This was Pintrist project number one.  Like everyone else, I am in Love with Chevron stripes right now.  Luckily I am married to an engineer who is on top of stuff like this.  I attempted to help with the dots and taping, but my dots were off and I was going to quickly (sloppy), so I got fired.  She gets fried and rehired pretty regularly.  Here is what I got:

  Happy Girl.

Phase 5: More Pintrist projects.

Lettering: I fell in love with this super cute sign on Pintrist and tried to order it.  At first I was surprised and estatic that the sign I found was actually in a price range I wanted to pay and I ordered it.  I quickly received an e-mail back that yes, in fact this sign did come in that price, but it was tiny.  Plan 2- I talked with an artist friend about painting the sign, but she had just had a baby and needless to say her hands were full!  There were some Etsy options, but Tim and I decided to give it a go on our own.  I free handed EVERY and ALRIGHT with some direction from Tim while looking at the sign.  The smaller words are stencils.  Once we finished the lettering Cassey and I went to register and Tim surprised me by painting while I was gone.  I Love the way it turned out! 

Lincoln: My most random purchase for the nursery was a large Abraham Lincoln wall decal.  I know I'm crazy, but I thought it was Hilarious!  Tim decided the decal was to big, so he decided to alter it a little.  This painting went through several phases.  His 'bust' was first cut off.  Tim then decided to paint stripes leaving a white background.  (which looked like it belonged at a Bob Marley concert with our sign)  Then Tim made Lincoln's features brown, and his smile a little more pleasant.  In the end we decided stripes were a no go, so his face turned yellow and the background blue.  This canvas is a little creepy, but after all of Tim's hard work we couldn't not put it up.... so it is hanging behind the door :)  We usually move the door to show it to people, then cover it back up.  It is weird, but overall I like it.  I really like having stuff we made in his room, it makes it more personal.

We FINALLY decided on a middle name.  We have actually known for a while, but we wanted to tell Tim's dad before we 'officially' announced it, so here it is... Lincoln James Davis.  James is Tim's dad's name and Tim's middle name.  We had severally really random middle name requirements and this one fit them all.  Family name, one syllable, biblical, southern, etc. (I also tried to say it was also funny b/c Lincoln was killed by James Wilkes Booth,  yea, definatley John not James, but it was worth a try)

We spent our day yesterday making these letters.  I love how they turned out, but am not sure they are worth the work.  FYI you can not just go to the bank and get new pennies.  Penny rolls come with all kinds of gunk and gew all over them.  After a long debate over cleaning etc. I finally found 3 random rolls of new pennys lying around the house.  After I opened them and spaced them on the letters I realized they were un-circulated, and meant to go with the coin collection my grandpa has given me.  After calling and discussing it with my mom, I'm pretty sure there is a roll for Billy and Crilion on these letters too because she didn't have any rolls for them at home.  Luckily we looked it up and they are not worth near as much as the other coins Grandpa has given us, so boys we will pay you back for yours.  Unfortunately 3 rolls only got us half way through.  The rest of the penny's we had to clean.  Trust me.  You never want to do this. 

If it wasn't days before Lincoln gets here we would have ordered more un-circulated pennys, but we are in a time crunch so yesterday we (mostly Tim) spent three hours scrubbing coins and watching re-runs of Khloe and Lamar.  Aren't you jealous!  Luckily the finished project turned out great... and Tim only scrubbed off the top of three of his fingers with a brillow pad.  This kid better not ever say we didn't do anything for him :)

Just in case you missed it, Lincoln is on the Penny, so these letters are covered in Little Lincolns :)

Phase 6: Set it up!

We went to Jill and Jarred's last night for dinner, and when we came home we couldn't help but finishing up.  Final Stretch!

 

Check out the AWESOME quilt over the chair!  Ashley's mother in law made that!  Along with several matching burp cloths. Barb is amazing!

Kassidy and Kelly also made the diaper cake.  It is too cute to take apart.  I should post a closer picture!  Eventually it will probably get replaced by a lamp, but it is staying as long as I can go without using the goodies in it :)

 Thoughts on the Lincoln banner? It may be coming down and saved for parties.  It is from a shower and I love it, but Tim thinks the wall is to busy. I am starting to agree.  Always right. 

I left this phase out, but we now have closet doors!  These used to be sliding mirrors with gold trim which were taken out several months ago.  Apparently the closet is an abnormal shape, but with the help of my dad's cabinent man we were able to get these cut down & Tim put them in!

And last but not least, our hiding Abe Lincoln.

We also finished up the bathroom this weekend!  I was planning on going with rubber duckies, but Tim found this and it matched the monkey theme :)  It also picked up all the brown accents that were already in there, so we didn't have to re-paint and change the fixtures, so I guess it is a win win!

It feels so good to be done!  We are ready!  ... now if we could only get the weights out of the Tim Gym and the playroom set up.  There is always something that will have to wait.  We are headed to the Lake!

Mother's Day: Preg-O Post

When I first got pregnant, I had great intentions of taking cute week by week photos and decorating a chalk board or something, but unfortunately that didn't work out as planned.  Maybe I'll do better with Baby #2.  Doubt it.  Here is what we have for the first go round!

13 Weeks: Feeling great.  Drinking a milkshake a day and working out like crazy.  I probably just ran 6 miles or so... I miss that phase.  Me too.  Missing the phase that is, not working out like crazy.

23 weeks: Still feeling great and running hard.  I refer to this as the fat/frumpy phase.  No one really knows if you are pregnant or fat and everyone is still afraid to ask.  As much as I didn't like being  the 'fat girl', I think I prefer it to the June 4/boy/first child conversation I now have five million times a day.  Maybe I'm weird, but I really don't enjoy that conversation with people I don't know.  Can somebody say socially awkward?  Hey, whats going on with your body today?

25 weeks: All dressed up and ready for a saw inspection.  I told her she looked like a Halloween pumpkin with the colors.  Jack-O-lantern, thats it... not Halloween pumpkin.  So smart!   Luckily that case settled, considering we were set for Trial June 4th :) Nothing like going into labor in the court room.  One girl went into labor during class my first year in law school.  She decided she would stay b/c it was her 3rd and she knew how it was all going to go down. (true story)  I have a feeling I may react a little differently when the time comes.

32 weeks: That is definitely a baby!  This is around the time my runs turned to walks.  Thank God Jill kept me accountable, it would have been really easy to stop working out about this time. This picture was taken after about 3 1/2 miles. 

35 Weeks: Someone get me a Snow Cone! Now!  One day this week I spent 30 minutes researching the Best Snow Cones in Dallas.  I seriously considered driving to Oak Cliff in rush hour traffic.  I saw a pregnant craving in progress and kept my mouth shut for fear of being eaten.   Luckily I remembered a closer option that did not come up on my online search.  I have never been so excited.

This is when I became officially uncomfortable. I can't really complain because the bulk of this pregnancy was smooth sailing, but at this point I started counting the seconds until 37 weeks, so it would be safe for him come.  (too bad we are now at 37 and he hasn't decided to make his debut)

36 weeks: Numb Arms and Lobster.  Who am I?

I think Lincoln has found a nerve he likes to lay on, because my arms go numb throughout the day.  I am super behind on Thank You notes, but I can't write with numb hands, so they may come after he gets here :(   Luckily I can still type.  (is it cheating if I type thank you notes?)  Yes.  Oh wait, then I would have to write... NO!

Random craving #2: Lobster.  If you know me, you know I don't really do seafood, but Friday night I did.  Fillet and Lobster.  This craving cost Tim a little more than the Snow Cone :) Thanks babe.  You're worth every penny! (especially when its Sno Cones)

37 Weeks: Dreaming it is time.  I seriously went to bed last night praying my water would break in my sleep.  I'm over it.  Friday night we saw Avengers in a theater where my feet didn't touch the floor.  Mine did.  After 2 1/2 hours of hanging feet I could barely walk out. I wasn't carrying you're big ol butt. Yesterday we did the square in Granbury, while fun, it left me wanting to cut my feet off.    Lincoln, it is time for you to come out.  Mommy is ready to meet you!  Daddy too!

Tim has been working on a baby of his own:

His pregnancy was a little shorter than mine... and his baby popped out the wrong end.

Luckily she has been here for a while, so we have had a chance to test out all of Lincoln's things :)

 We had a little chair fiasco this week, but now that we officially have a rocker, Lincoln's room is almost done.  Nursery post coming soon!

I wouldn't want to end this post without saying Happy Mother's Day Scotty J.  He's sexy and he knows it!  Can't wait for your baby to get here so Lincoln will have a friend :)