Navi's Room

Navi's room has been so much fun to decorate! It has been an ongoing project and still isn't quite finished but I thought I would post a few before and afters anyway!

Before

(Dax's old room)

After

I don't think that the pictures really do it justice. I am so happy with how it turned out! Most of the big things were old furniture that we repainted. The dresser was mine when I was little. With a coat of white paint and some new glass knobs, it turned out perfect! The crib was Griffin's old crib that we painted and the big shelf on the wall used to be hanging in our front hallway (it was black). I had an old lampshade that I reused by covering it with pink lacey ribbon and pairing it with a new glass base. The curtains were a couple of cheap white panels that we added pink chenille to the bottom. I cut up one of her crib sheets and added a strip to each curtain panel to tie them in with the bedding. And of coarse the green beads just added that finishing touch to the panels! I had so much fun doing all of these little projects (with help from Kasey with some painting and his grandma Cheryl with the curtains)! Now I want to finish a few small things in her room and then move on to finish up the boys rooms!

2 week pictures

These pictures were taken a week ago when Navi was 2 weeks old. I am so in love with them and could have posted a million more! Her stats at 2 weeks were:

WEIGHT 8 pounds 2 ounces (50 %)

LENGTH 20 inches (30%)

HEAD 50%

Happy St. Patty's Day!

This is the best shot I could get :) And me being mom of the year completely forgot that it was even St. Patty's Day until after I brought Mason to school . . . I hope he didn't get pinched too much! I think this mom of four thing is going to take some getting used to!

1 Week Old

It's crazy to me that she is already over a week old! I was planning on having her pictures professionally done at 1 week but it got pushed back a week due to our photographer being sick. So here she is at one week . . . and check out her super cute dress that my sister made her! I love it!

SHE'S HERE!!!

She's here at last! Navi Lynn was born on February 25 at 3:00 pm. She weighed 8 pounds 2 ounces (beating out all the brothers) and was 20 inches long. It seems crazy that just a week ago she was still in my stomach! In fact, the entire pregnancy seems crazy! From getting pregnant with an IUD to having a c section scheduled because she was breech to her turning the day before the c section and finally coming a week later! I am so glad to finally have her here! She is so sweet and so far has been super easy. Although I am super tired I can't complain to much because she goes 4-5 hours between her nighttime feedings! It is wonderful! The boys absolutely adore her and are always wanting to hold her. They are especially fascinated by her tiny little fingers. They make sure to always get her a binkie when she's crying (or Daxon will just come up to me and pull down my shirt . . . like come on mom . . . feed her :)

Here we are . . . all 6 of us! I never imagined we would be a family of six, but now that we are it's hard to imagine it any other way! Don't get me wrong . . . it's CRAZY busy and I am a little nervous about my mom leaving today, but they are mine and I wouldn't have it any other way!

Bows, Bows, Bows

I have made and accumulated so many bows that I decided I needed a way to organize them. I really didn't want them just out in her room, making things cluttered, so I decided to make these boards. They will hang inside her closet doors so the bows and clothes will be close for matching . . . and they will be out of sight when I want them to be.

They were super easy to make. I bought two 16 x 20 canvases and covered them with fabric (just stapled with a staple gun). Then I found some ribbon that coordinates with her room and stapled four strips onto each canvas . . . and walla!

Here's a close up so you can see how cute the fabric is. I LOVE it and bought extra for more fun projects!
And here they are all filled up. And don't worry I have more bows . . . they are just waiting for clips to be attached :)

On a side note, I went to my 35 week check up yesterday and have already dilated to a three. YIKES. I wasn't expecting that but maybe this will be my first pregnancy that I am not induced for. We will see! The doctor wants me to take it easy . . . especially since he will be out of town next week. I guess now it's time to go buy a car seat!

Passing the Time

JANUARY . . . Blah! I am not a big fan of January.

It's cold, gloomy, not much going on. Did I mention cold?

Luckily we have a baby coming in 5 1/2 weeks, so there is plenty to be done! I think I have started nesting. I am feeling like there is so much to be done with so little time. We have begun the musical room process in order to make room for a nursery. Griffin moved into Mason's room which has turned out a lot better than I had anticipated! We also moved Daxon into Griffin's old room and are now working on the nursery. It is so much fun doing a girls room! I may be going a bit overboard . . . but how could I not?

Here's a little sneak peak at the nursery . . . and my little daredevil. He has NO FEAR. I don't think Mason would climb up to the top yet if we paid him! I love how each of my boys has such different personalities.

And Griff getting in on the action as well. I am almost done painting the walls, and Kasey is painting the crib and dresser as I type! I have a million other little touches to add and will post pictures when it's all done. (Hopefully soon!)

Oh and one other thing we have been busy with while passing the cold January days . . .

Making yummy oatmeal chocolate chip cookies (Griff let's me know that these are Grandpa Norm's favorite every time we make them) and banana bread! Mmmm!