Brooklyn's Nursery Revealed!

Baby girl will be here in just a few short weeks and I finally have the nursery completed. It is definitely bittersweet to have it all finished since I have been dreaming about a girl's nursery forever, but I could not love it more.

One of my friends, Lindsey came over for a playdate last week and she graciously took some beautiful pictures of her room. 

Here is the finished product! 

Here is a downlow on some of the details...

Debbie with Cottage and Cabin custom made Brooklyn's bedding. I found a crochet tablecloth that I sent to Debbie and we worked really closely to design her bedding. I wanted the feel of the bedding to be similar to Bella Note bedding and Matteo crib bedding. Debbie had some awesome washed linens to choose from so I knew that she would pull off what I was wanting.

The curtains are from Urban Outffiters and I bought three panels and my mom cut the third one in half and we sewed the bottom of each panel to make them taller. I LOVE THE CURTAINS!

I got a slipcover made to cover Sawyer's original glider. I bought the same ivory linen that was used for the bedding from Debbie. I found an awesome seamstress that pulled it off perfectly.

The chandelier is from Lighting Universe

The mirror.. I found the frame at a flea market and painted it pink and then got it filled with the mirror. It was super cheap!

Everything else was basically flea market finds.. Everything on the wall is from flea markets around town. I  used doilies to glue inside ivory frames and filled the other ivory frames with leftover wallpaper. The initials are from an etsy seller that I have used before. You can order custom letters and initials from THIS fabulous shop. The floor lamp and table are from a flea market.

That's really it! Hope you all like it! Now all we need is a little Brooklyn Bear to make her grand entrance so we can actually use the room. :)

Proud Sister

I am one proud sister! My oldest sister, Jennie Allen is about to be a household name. She is an amazing woman, an amazing mother, amazing mentor and she is also the MOST AMAZING writer and speaker. She is obeying God's calling for her life and has officially been published. Her first women's study is officially out in christian book stores and available on amazon. If you are looking for a bible study to do with a group of girls, I highly recommend her study. My group of friends did it about two years ago, before she was published and I can speak for all of us that it was life changing. There really is not another study out there like this one and Jennie has a way of having you deal with your "Stuff". It got us all out of our shell and got us dealing with the places in our life that we have been stuck for years. To see a pilot for her study watch this awesome video.

To order the study, go to Amazon.com

To see glimpses of Jennie's heart in writing this study, go to her website and blog.

Jennie, I am so beyond proud of you and it is so inspirational to watch you obey and follow God's calling, even when it isn't easy. I look up to you more than you know and I am so excited for this new journey that is going to change lives for the Kingdom. Love you! 

Mod Podge

Our days lately have been so fun. This fall weather really is amazing and we have been soaking up some fun times with our friends. We also had a hiccup last week when Sawyer woke up with a high fever the day after Mothers Day Out. We spent two full days in Mama's bed and he recovered from a nasty fever virus. Needless to say we have already pulled him out of MDO since he managed to get sick the first week. :( Makes me super sad but I know that it's God's clear way of confirming what we need to do for Sawyer. 

These last two weeks, we have had numerous playdates, bought a fun new toy for the backyard (thanks to my mom), had Grandmama and Big Papa up for the Razorback game and have been in full Razorback fall mode. Here are a few pics to recap the last couple weeks. 

Sad pic.. I took this when he had a 103 degree fever last week. So pitiful!

 Painting playdate with Lyla and Stella!

 Razorback watch party with Kyle, Haley, Stella and Porter!

 Cutie pa tootie Hog babies

 Grandmama and Papa came to visit for the Razorback game. Jan, me and Sawyer stayed home and these two made me pumpkin bread! Yummy!! 

 I kept Lyla this morning for a little bit and I was in the kitchen and came into the living room to find them watching Mickey and sitting on the couch like this.. Ohh sweet babies. 

 Notice Lyla's hand on Sawyers.. Melt my heart.. 

Playdate with Brayden March and Lyla

 Notice Lyla's pose.. :)

Worn out after a fun playdate

And now for the new toy.. We found this trampoline at Sams and it's the perfect size for Sawyer. It is definitely a hit with Sawyer and his friends. 

Jenessa and Mark moved into an amazing house here in East Fayetteville and had a Razorback housewarming party this past weekend. Here are some of the boys... 

And some of the girls :) Love them! 

Fun friends and fun times. Happy Fall!! 

Yummy Monday: Mini Fruit Pizzas

One of my dearest friends, Mindy turned the big 3-0 on Friday! She deserves so much more but I had a few people over for dessert on Thursday night. She said she had been craving fruit pizza so I did my own version of Mini Fruit Pizzas for each person. I made a cupcake topper to put in the center that was held in by a piece of fruit. They turned out so cute and I think they tasted better than a large fruit pizza. Here is what they looked like.. 

Mini Fruit Pizzas

- Sugar cookie dough (I bought Pillsbury slice and bake)

- 1, 8 oz cream cheese

- 1 cup powdered sugar

- Fruit

- Just bake the sugar cookies like you normally would. Mix together the sugar and cream cheese until blended. Let the cookies cool and spread the cream cheese mixture on top. Add fruit and voila', Gorgeous mini pizzas! 

Showering Brooklyn

My sweet friends here in NWA threw me a sweet little baby shower yesterday. We normally just do something small for our second babies so it was so sweet of Jenessa to throw this gorgeous girls luncheon at her house. It was so fun to be with all of my closest friends and they outdid themselves with gifts for Brooklyn. She got SOOO many cute things! Silver Tom's , headbands, cute outfits, girly towels, I could not feel more blessed. Thanks so much to my sweet girlfriends that are like family to me.

Love this girl! Emily and I have known each other for many, many years and now we are due a few days apart! Annabelle and Brooklyn are going to have so much fun playing together. 

 Haley and Emily

 Abra, Lauren and Mindy

 Aubrey, Kara and Michelle

 Could those little shoes be any cuter?! Thanks Ashley!

 Love all these girls! Thanks again for showering Brooklyn, I am so blessed by these friendships. 

Here is the latest belly pic! About one more month to go! Can't wait :)

Fun weekend!

This weekend has been so fun! It is actually one of our last weekends with nothing to do before Brooklyn comes. We soaked up some quality time together. It was just what my soul needed. 

We woke up Saturday to 50ish degree weather and snuggled on our porch under blankets and I brought breakfast out to these two. Oh how we love when Andrew is home in the mornings. He leaves at 5:30 every morning now during the week so we never get to see him before work :(

We then loaded up and went to Farmland Adventures. It is right down the street from us and it's only open in the fall. It was the perfect cool weather and we did a corn maze, ate kettle corn, Sawyer rode ponies and got to pet some cute baby piglets and goats and he even went on a tractor ride. He loved every second and Andrew and I had a pretty good time too :) Here are some pics from our adventure. 

Last night we went to Kyle and Haley's house to watch the Razorback game. We had a great time even though our two kiddos were in rare form. I felt like we were all regulating all night in the midst of good conversation and good food. Oh well. It comes with having 2 year olds! 

 Kyle smoked a pork roast all day and we were the lucky recipients of his unbelievable barbecue. Thanks again Kyle and Haley!

After an amazing church service today I got home and got into major nesting mode; Finishing up the nursery, cleaning out closets, cleaning out the fridge, etc.. It feels good!! 

Happy Sunday! Remembering 9/11 today and feel especially thankful for my family on a day like today.  God Bless America!