break time

with only a few days left in the baby countdown, i'm going to take an official blog break until she's here. i promise to come back with lots of pictures and new ideas, and hopefully the baby will have a name by then! have a wonderful thanksgiving!
10 Things I am thankful for (in no particular order):

1. My dear husband who tells me I'm beautiful each day... even though I am 9 months pregnant and hardly get around to doing my hair, let alone putting on make up.
2. My mom, who came all the way down from LA to cook up a storm and supply our freezer with meals for after the baby comes.
3. Naptime
4. Girlfriend time - going for walks, phone calls (which i am so bad at returning), coffee time, playdates, pedicures... you all know who you are & you keep me sane (relatively).
5. My sewing machine which was miraculously healed
6. blogs which inspire my creative efforts - i rarely have my own ideas, but it's easy to be creative when you see everything everyone else is doing
7. My little Emma. Her sweet yet bold, easygoing personality makes it so much fun to stay home with her.
8. Babysitters
9. online shopping (especially at Christmas time)
10. Tiny little baby girl clothes

fuzzy

with less than 2 weeks until we finally meet our beloved 2nd daughter, i am finding it hard to have an intelligent conversation with a friend, let alone put together a coherent sentence. this is not the kind of person who should be trying to finish up the redecorating the living room, bedroom and nursery... luckily i stumbled upon this amazing site for kids rooms... ohdeedoh.com love it... check out the pics!

liz romeka, master of the clutter!

Our home has been taken over by toys... and books, and clothes, and all sorts of clutter! It's amazing how, in two short years Em has gone from having practically no possessions, to having more than Dave and myself - combined! Needless to say, I've been searching for storage soloutions that aren't... well... ugly... and primary colors make me cringe. Martha to the rescue again... and of course a little elbow grease from my dear husband!

For all those books & toys:

So the new baby has room for her clothes:
and for all the clothes on the floor (although maybe I won't want to cover it up):

I promise to post some actual pictures once the room is complete!

Happy Monday

Happy Monday! D.I.Y. Holiday project later tonight if all goes well. and no, this picture is not from halloween. just a regular monday morning at our house!