Big Boy Room Update

Two days in a row!! See what the warm weather does to me! I promised yesterday that I would be back with some updates on Kaels big boy room and baby girls nursery so here I am! I am not going to share too too much about baby girls nursery on here until it is done kinda like how I did with Kaels nursery. I will share however that I ordered all of the prints for her gallery wall and the wallpaper for an accent wall. It took me FOREVER... I mean an eternity to pick out this wallpaper! Ask my poor friend Amy who got probably 10 different texts asking which one she liked better { sorry Amy }. I am normally not this indecisive, but I think girl stuff kinda overwhelms me a little because there are so many more options. I am not even going to get into the clothes { mind blown } Ok for Kaels room we finally got the wallpaper torn down { doing a happy dance } I can't wait to show you the before and afters of this room the wallpaper is actually pretty hysterical, now that it is off my walls. I had my eye on this one great map on etsy to put over his daybed but the guy only took paypal and made it super complicated to pay for this thing so I am going with this map from IKEA which is huge and will take up the majority of the wall behind his bed.

Since my little boogie boy is turning two at the end of this month we bought him this adorable teepee from Land of Nod to go in the corner of his room for his Birthday. I am hoping to use this as his little reading area before bed since we are leaving his rocker in the nursery for his baby sister. 

We needed a new dresser for his room since the one in the nursery is "def only a dresser for a baby boy not a big boy" as my Husband says { whatever that means } we wanted quality but didnt want to spend a ton since we splurged on the bed and we couldn't have been happier when we found a perfect wood dresser on craigslist { craigslist is my jam by the way } for 150!! it looks brand new and it in great condition it looks exactly like this one

I saw this adorable print first on Pinterest and thought it was colorful and such a great thing for a little boy to remember. I always want Kael to be confident in everything that he decides to do so I scooped this sweet little print up and couldn't be more excited about it. 

I found this lamp in Target my favorite store ever and immediately knew that it had to go in Kaels new room its looks like something from restoration hardware except it is 50 bucks people!

Thats all I have for you today. I will be adding a couple more things to the room will update you when I do I hope you all have a great Monday!! 

Life Lately

Sorry it has been a little minute since I last checked in lots of things happening over here and honestly I blame it on the weather I am SO depressed in the cold weather and I am so un motivated. Today happily it is so sunny and warm we just got back from a family stroll through a cute outdoor shopping center in our area and lunch, very much put me in the spring spirit. In honor of the warm weather I thought I would share some of the spring things I am lusting after this year I will probably get none of them because none of them would fit AND all my money these days goes to my kids but hey one can dream. I have a Birthday coming up so many I will treat myself to one.

These two Asos Maxis are on SALE  and Im actually of thinking about scooping up this floral one for Easter Sunday in Chicago I can throw a jacket over it and it will be comfortable and easy

I have been lusting after these JCrew Chambray pants for a while but just dont think that now is the time to be shoving my ass into them, but they are so adorable

 Im a sucker for a bright fun maxi skirt..these two are from here and here 

How adorable is this beach coverup??? I may have to put this on my Birthday list! I hope these pieces put you in the spring spirit! I will be back tomorrow to talk about some progress I have made on Kael and Baby Girls bedrooms. Happy Sunday!

Maternity Wear

Oh Monday you are here again so soon...we had such a busy weekend that before I knew  it was Monday and Jay was off to work again { silent tear } Saturday I treated myself to prenatal yoga in the morning which has kinda become a Saturday morning ritual for me and I am sorta loving it but Ill discuss that more in another post. Following yoga me and my sister went shopping at the mall. I was in need of some new maternity  tops which really means I go to my normal store and buy a large.  I happily found some really cute stuff . Sunday we had breakfast with some of our old friends from Philadelphia who also live in the DC area and just laughed HARD at how much our lives have changed since having kids. Later in the day we got a special visit from my in-laws so by Sunday evening I was EXHAUSTED and very happy to lay in bed and read. I am starting to get pretty large over here WAY faster than I got large with my Kael. While I embrace anything pregnancy brings to me I still kinda want to look somewhat cute for the next couple of months. I always have a hard time dressing in the spring because the weather is so unpredictable but this time around will be even more tricky because maternity wear is involved. I fully intend to pull out any maxi dress that will fit come end of May June when it is warm enough to do so and rock that out for the final month but until then I may need to invest in a couple more pieces to get me thru the next 4 months. We also have a trip to Chicago coming up at the end of March for my sweet Granny's 90th Birthday party so I have been looking for a dress for that also. Feeling motivated after my shopping trip with my sister I sat down and started to browse online for some more cute maternity wear. 

All of these are from Asos which is such a great website for when you are pregnant and even better when you aren't they offer so many different price points and unique styles 

 Thinking about scooping up this adorable pink one for Easter Sunday

Asos also has a really affordable belts in fun colors which is great for trying to create a shape in some of the tenty style dresses you tend to wear during pregnancy

For my jeans for pregnancy I always turn to the Gap they are comfortable and not crazy in price. I didnt pull the trigger on these floral jeans because I wasnt sure my thighs should be covered in floral at this stage of the game but they are super cute and fun 

If you have extra money to burn or looking for something super special during your pregnancy I am in love with the Hatch Maternity collection. How stylish and chic are all these pregnant women??

On My Bedside Table

I thought I would start a fun little series once a month here on my blog called " On My Bedside Table " I am a huge huge book worm and Im always on the hunt for the next good book to read so I thought this would be a perfect place to share some of the great books that I come across. Lately I have been using Pinterest as a the place to find new books. Honestly the person who created that website needs to be blessed because it really is my go to place for everything these days. 

I just finished reading this adorable book called Girls In White Dresses by Jennifer Close which is HYSTERICAL and so dead on, it also happens to be a National Bestseller { NBD}. If you ever have been in a friends wedding or been through the whirlwind of all your girlfriends getting married you will especially get a good kick out if it. It sort of reminded me a little bit of the hit show Girls on HBO which obviously is brilliant 

I am currently reading Maine by J Courtney Sullivan which was a little slow in the start but is picking up and so good! It is about the complicated relationships between women in a family and definitely hits the nail on the head in terms of the things that different generations of women go thru and how the interact and doesnt hurt that the book takes place by the beach, my favorite place on earth!

Lastly Bringing Up Bebe by Pamela Drukerman has been on my nightstand for a while which is odd because I normally fly thru books. I have been reading this one off and on between Kaels naps or I will take it with me when I go to the nail salon. I am reading it slowly because it is more of a information stlye book than a plunge thru novel. I started reading it last year when Kael was probably 11 months and put it down because truthfully it just was just too late to start implementing some of these methods on him but BOY do I wish I had read it before he was born. It is one womens take on how French women raise their children and why their children seem to behave some much better than American children. It is truly very interesting and definitely has me thinking about our societies take on " Hovering " parenting.  I just saw on Good Morning America this morning that the author just came out with another book about parenting called Bebe Day by Day that I am going to snatch up and review next month!