Nursery and Toddler Room Updates

On top of getting some laundry done last weekend, we made some more progress on the nursery and on Everly's room. Justin finished re-painting one of Everly's bunk beds so we set it up in her room. This bed will actually be the top bunk one the other is finished (hopefully next weekend). Justin picked up some plain sheets to put on her bed until we figure out which bedding we want to go with. Everly (and Oscar) loved the bed. She immediately had to lay in it and jump on it. This also allowed Justin to take apart the crib and put it back together in the nursery. We have a lot of toys and other baby items (bathtub, bouncer, swing, bumbo, etc.) that we need to move out of the nursery and then it won't look so crazy in there. It is probably a little smaller than Everly's nursery was, but with the playroom across the hallway I am not worried at all. All she really needs to do in there is sleep and store her clothes! Hopefully I can get the rest of her bedding ordered this week and then we just need to work on decorating and art. My sister is going to help me make a tassle garland and Justin is going to make another mobile. Just over 6 weeks to go!

Loves it!

 

He owns everything.

That wall totally looks black but it is actually navy like her crib sheet.

The dresser is starting to fill up with cute baby clothes!

Weekend Recap

This weekend we did not have anything planned and it was nice to relax after being gone most of last week. On Friday night my sister came over with one of my nephews and we went swimming for a little before making homemade pizza. On Saturday morning we relaxed at home before heading to story time at the library. We had been going to story time during the week, but honestly I am at the point where I just want to go home and relax after work during the week so going on the weekend makes me not feel guilty for skipping the library during the week. On this day they read books about corn and even made a little art project. We checked out some books to last us for the week and then headed to Costco to pick up some things.

Everly loves using that self-timer app to take pictures. There are some random pictures on my camera I need to delete. Saturday afternoon I did the majority of my grocery shopping after Justin got home and then we had dinner at home thanks to a few items we got from Costco.

 

 

On Sunday morning we shopped for produce and got some coffee (and surprisingly Everly did not beg us for chocolate milk from Starbuck's)! My sister came over to swim again with both boys and my mom before lunch. My nephew Cameron is so good at swimming with his puddle jumper. Everly still doesn't like us letting go of her whereas Cameron doesn't want anyone to bother him while he is swimming. They both love jumping in though! Sunday afternoon we started doing some laundry for Aspen. There is so much baby stuff! We also started on working on getting some of the protein breast milk stains out of some of Everly's old onesies. Some of them are so cute so I hope we can get them all out! On Sunday night we went over to my sister's house for my brother's birthday dinner. Everly insisted it was her birthday even though she actually knows her birthday is October 5th. She helped my brother blow out his birthday candles before devouring some ice cream cake.

 

Aspen's coming home outfit is on the left and some of Everly's old kitty onesies are on the right. No wonder she loves kitties so much!

 

Hoping the Oxi Clean works!

 

This week is also my last full week with no doctor's appointments which I am hoping makes August go by super fast! 



Prescott Trip

The lack of posting last week was due to the fact that I was in Prescott for work. I went up on Tuesday and left Friday afternoon. On Thursday afternoon my sister came up with all 3 kids and hung out and spent the night before heading back Friday. Luckily the drive is not bad, otherwise I would not do it alone at 33 weeks pregnant. It is only about 90 minutes and totally worth it because it was like 30 degrees cooler. I really enjoy Prescott because it is not that far away, it is a complete change from Phoenix, but it still has everything I need like a Starbucks and Target, haha. I stayed at the Prescott Resort and the room was great. The hotel had a gym so I was able to still get in my workouts and I enjoyed the break from the normal work week, although it will probably take me all of today to get through my emails from being gone 4 days! Before my sister got there I really tried to enjoy the quiet time in between conference sessions. I finished a book, watched a movie on Netflix, and cleaned my makeup brushes. On the afternoon she arrived we took the kids to a playground and park and went on a little walk. That night we took the kids to Peter Piper Pizza and they had a blast. Teddy got a truck, Everly got a princess crown and Cameron got to play basketball. All three also ate really well for us (minus Teddy squeezing his milk, Cam shaking his applesauce pouch, and  Everly spitting her milk out after drinking it too fast). It's funny because even when they are awesome and having fun and do really well, it still looks like a hot mess! We weren't sure if they would have fun with all of the games but they really did so now we know we can go again! After dinner we went to the center part of town to fill up a growler of local beer for Justin and they were having an orchestra play in the center of town just outside the courthouse. We hung out and the kids had a blast. Cam enjoyed relaxing and listening while Teddy and Everly enjoyed chasing after each other and running in the grass (which we don't see a lot of in Phoenix, especially in the summer). Everly had a little nightmare that night but other than that everyone slept pretty good. The boys had their own little suite with their pack and plays and did surprisingly well. We had bagels outside and then played a little at a park before heading home. I am so thankful that my sister brought the kids up and I hope they enjoyed it as much as I did.

View from the hotel. 

Head massager!

Getting into my makeup in the hotel room. 

Practicing for when she has three of her own...haha. 

Everly said he looked like Minnie!

Cutest little town

Everly knocked Teddy down and he just laid there like a corpse. It was hilarious. 

Pajama boys

charmers

Kisses for Mommy

Zoo Day

I know it seems silly to post about another zoo day but I plan to make a photo book of all of our summer zoo trips so posting here is an easy way for me to document them. Last Sunday we got up bright and early to get into the zoo before it even opened to the public. This is the only way we can survive the summers...getting up before it gets too hot! My sister and the boys met us there and all three kids were wearing there matching Nikes so it was super cute! Everly loves spending time with her boys! Her and Teddy are going to be trouble. They love each other one second and are stealing toys from each other and fighting the next. Teddy is having a major growth spurt as well and learning so many new words. When walking up to the zoo he kept saying "turtle" and it was adorable. All 3 kids also did awesome on the carousel too (Teddy normally gets scared, Everly throws a fit when it's done and Cameron hates waiting for it to start but that day they did great)! It also wouldn't be a summer zoo trip without hitting up the splash pad before leaving. Teddy fell asleep before they even finished loading up the car so it was definitely a success!

Checking out the turtles

Three amigos

We are pretty sure that jaguar wanted to eat Teddy

Um, hi, can you not look so grown up. K Thanks. 

Teddy in the background pouring buckets of water on his brother!