Baby Boy #2 Nursery

Even before we found out what we were having I was picking out pieces for the nursery, I had ideas for a boy or girl but the boy room was definitely my favorite. When I did Nolan's room, I made sure to get him furniture pieces he could have for a very long time. His crib is a lifetime crib meaning that his baby crib is now converted into a toddler bed and when he's a little older it will convert into being the head and foot boards for his bed that he will sleep in until he moves out of our home. I got all sentimental and sappy thinking of taking his bed away from him to use for the second baby as it has his little teeth marks, his memories and I want to keep them with him. It doesn't make a lot of sense and I know most people don't do it this way but I think I'm allowed to be sentimental about something like a crib, right? Anywho, his crib and dresser are espresso colored which I love, but I knew I wanted to switch things up this time by going the opposite direction with a white crib. I think my mom needed some convincing as she thinks white cribs are for girls, I'm determined to change her mind.

Side note: I'm new to making style boards on Polyvore so it's a little off center. Rather then troubleshoot for a few hours I figured I'd leave it. You get the idea...

I found my inspiration via Pinterest, through an artist named Freya. She's a poet and a painter and makes these awesome prints that I fell in love with instantly. I've had my eye on this print titled "New to This World" for a long long time (along with 4 or 5 of her other prints, check out all her stuff on etsy here).

I really wanted to incorporate pieces that this boy can use for a while. I made sure to include the IKEA shelves that we love in Nolan's room along with fabrics, a rug and storage that we can easily incorporate throughout our house if he decides he hates blue, yellow, stripes, whatever.

The best part about this is that we have a lot of these pieces already, leaving us only to find a crib, rug and dresser. Woohoo! I'm going to make the curtains and pillows and already have the fabric picked out. I guess nesting kicked in early for me this time, I can't wait to get started!

Port Townsend

While Pat moved the last of our stuff into the new house, Nolan and I met up with Gigi, Yaya, and the Revards in my favorite weekend getaway spot, Port Townsend.

Nolan's favorite part of the entire trip was riding on the ferries. Despite the freezing sideways rain, Nolan insisted that we watch the boats, so we did!

Once on the boat, he went a little crazy with excitement. He pointed out every single boat, bird, wave, and anything else he saw out that window..and made sure everyone else around us saw them too.

We took the Bainbridge Ferry so the first part of our trek was on the ferry and the remainder was in the car. I was hoping that Nolan would nap once we got off the ferry but that didn't happen. He was too content watching movies on Yaya's DVD player.

I'm not complaining though, at least he was quiet. We've had a few disastrous road trips where we all end up frazzled and crazy by the time we get to our destination. This trip was nice and relaxing and we got to Port Townsend just in time for some statue posing and lunch.

Cam, Em and Clementine arrived after lunch and the kids visited the Museum at Fort Warden. It's tiny but the kids played in there for a good hour. The next day, the rain took a break but it was still pretty chilly out. We bundled up the kids and headed to the beach for some kite flying.

Everyone got a turn!

I think I'll wait until some warmer weather to go again.