Jailbird

Seriously. How ridiculous is this outfit??

Turbo Tuesday

Whew what a day!

• I got done with work early today and got to hang out with J bean all afternoon. She must be getting over a bug or something because she slept for most of the morning and most of the later afternoon. 
• I got some cooking done ahead of time (broccoli salad... one thing but better than nothing) so I am that much more "free" tomorrow night. 
• Laundry is almost done... one thing less to do this weekend which is going to be ca-razy!! So many friends in town and so little time. What is a girl to do?
• This happened this weekend:

What a super baby.

• I heard the song "You and I" by Lady Gaga on my way to work this morning and was immediately annoyed by her grammar. It should be "You and Me" according to what I learned in school, and its annoying that her grammar is poor just because she wants it to rhyme.
• The only show I made a priority to watch is "Parenthood" and its so great. So great.
• Here are some snapshots of my girly girl today... enjoy!

 

Tee hee...

I made that awkward mobile... more on that later.

Goodnight bloggy world. :)

Nursery view

I finally took some pictures of Josie's room. Ignore the random clutter and focus on all the cutesy things please!

View from the door. I made the curtains and the crib sheet when I was pregnant. We had an old fashioned rocking chair in there but it was so impractical. We just traded this chair (which reclines and turns) from the living room and haven't regretted that choice at all.

To the right of the door, I did not clean up the changing table at all so you could see what it looks like on an average day. I painted the letters and Mike put up the tree decal. We got the crib and the changing table (Pottery Barn) from a cousin who had just finished using it with her son. We were so excited to get them because they were way nicer than what we could afford right now!

Crib (in desperate need of some bumpers with that roly poly baby:

The horse was made for Mike by his mom. I realize his "saddle" does not match the room at all, but that is where I keep the sling since I use it often enough to keep it out.

I'm going to have to do something different with the shelf since those tea cups are way too small and the rest is completely random but for now they work til I find what I want (could take until Josie is 18... lets hope not).

The two bags by the garbage are for the dirty diapers. I do have to admit that this looks a lot messier from this angle, which is never where you would stand. Thank God for that! The more popular angle is looking from the top down which means the clutter is hidden from view...

My favorite corner. It's so cozy and holds all of her books, which someday she will be so excited to read!

These were given to her by Aunt Elizabeth. They match so perfectly, I couldn't believe it!

Isn't that MP3 player just lovely? But it is truly a life saver when J isn't quite as sleepy at bedtime. I think that the giraffe needs to be put away... not too pretty although fun to play with (when she's older and actually knows how to use her hands).

I found these bins at Target for $3 each. So nice to be able to use all that space up there and the junk is hidden from view for the most part.

All that left side is sadly too summery now. I'll have to go through and see what we are missing and put those away until the next child. I think the closet will look a little bare after that. Guess we'll have to go shopping!

I realize how awkward this angle is, but I wanted you to see the rest of the wall decals. We had these left over and didn't want to just not use them since they weren't all that cheap. I like how it brings back the theme of outdoorsy/leaves and blue birds.

There you go! We like it... I still would like to put a colored mirror above the crib but I haven't been able to find anything I really like.

Wedding numero uno

Josie's first wedding this weekend! Mike's cousin got married and we got to celebrate with them. The wedding was soooo classy and I couldn't help but get some pictures to show you all. 

The bell's note says "To witness a moment of true wedded bliss, ring this bell for bride & groom to kiss!" The boxes had kisses in them and the colors for the wedding were silver and purple - so elegant.

 Josie was good for the most part, although she had to "be excused" from the wedding with daddy because she wanted all the attention and it was not her day. She hasn't learned the rules with that yet. :)

 After seeing these bird houses everywhere, I have decided that along with my hunt for ceramic pineapples, I also would love a big old fashioned bird cage for on top of the piano.

 Mmm. . .

Dancing queen, but wobbly like she's drunk. She'll get it down sometime.

 So sad because nobody would dance with me. I won in the end though; they all hit up the dance floor at some point of the evening. Why is dancing so much fun, you say? Because you get a work out and you have the most fun ever.

Eventually, the whole Deyle clan joined us way in the back corner of the room. Fun group, I must say!

At this point my feet were itching to dance so the camera was ditched and the dance floor was conquered. That was a great warm-up wedding to the next one which is next week! Bring it on Chelsie and Tony!