Thursday, December 8, 2011

John Ryman's Nursery

Furniture:
*changing table- $35 at Goodwill (already painted brown but needed a $5 spray paint touch up)= $40
*white glider- $20 at a yard sale but didn't have any cushions or pillows
*Crib from Target- gift from my sweet parents!
*Hard carved side table from Mexico- yard sale $20
*wooden piece of furniture with wire doors- $12 from Goodwill
*round leather ottoman with lid- $20 at TJMaxx
*3 bookshelves made from {Ikea} spice racks $3.99 each and leftover wall paint {pinterest idea}

Art/walls:
*4 frames over bed & changing table from major sale at Pottery Barn for $17 each  (Can't wait to put pictures of our baby in the frames!)
*fawn photograph from  my favorite Sharon Montrose {The Animal Prints}
*entry scripture art made by best friend Chelsea
*$8 for two canvases over the glider- Ephesians 1:5-7 and a powerful sermon by Matt Chandler
*Mirror over changing table from {Ikea} $10
*"JR" left over shower decorations
*chalkboard shelf- revamped from an old TJMaxx purchase- would you believe it used to have a rooster on it?!

Accessories:
*Table lamp- $40 at TJMaxx (kinda felt like I splurged on this one but I love it!)
*Orgel floor lamp from {Ikea} $19.99
*little wooden animals on shelves from my Nana Stone's Noah's ark set
*mobile- gift from my mom- Pottery Barn
*2 pillows with elephants from Clearance Pottery Barn & gift card :)
*Kvarnvik containers on changing table from {Ikea} Love these!  The inside is navy & white check!
*green hounds tooth fabric, curtain fabric with blackout liner and cushion fabric on glider all came from {Home Fabrics & Rugs} which has an awesome inexpensive fabric selection!
*beautiful knit blanket on the crib made by my Nana Stone

John Ryman's first Christmas tree



 I love these little animal ornaments my family gave us from Africa last Christmas... not sure which one is my favorite :)

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Miss Grinch

 We have a little lady in our house who thinks she should style her paws to look like the Grinch. 
 I think she is a little embarrassed that we call her Miss Grinchy, but seriously those paws are crazy!


Tuesday, December 6, 2011

nursery preview




The nursery is finished!  Hope to be back with detailed pictures later this week.

Monday, December 5, 2011

37 weeks

 Today, I am 37 weeks and 3 days!  John Ryman is now officially full term...


Sunday, December 4, 2011

Parade of Lights

We enjoyed a festive night in Grapevine at the Parade of Lights to start the Christmas season!  Grapevine sure is the Christmas Capitol of Texas!! 

Thursday, December 1, 2011

Happy December!

December is here!  The month when our son will be born... and more importantly, the time we celebrate our Savior's birth!  Through all the hustle and bustle (especially for me right now!) it can be so easy to miss the still, quiet voice of the Lord this season.  Yesterday, I read a powerful post {Here} on A Holy Experience.  May we all be praying for a heart that is weightless in the waiting.

Today we start our family Advent countdown, but I won't be doing the blog advent this year- I barely even made it through every day last December and I'm very sure I would fail if I tried this year :)
{Here} is the link from 2010 if you want to go back through the scriptures.  (You will have to scroll to the bottom of the page and work backwards.)