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A Safari Birthday Party

Posted on May 31, 2011 by ghislaine| 1 Comment

Both of my sons are born in the month of May. Since their birthdays are fairly close, we decided on a joint birthday party this year (my oldest one turned 4 and my youngest one turned 1). And of course, we always need a theme for a birthday party! We decided on a Safari animal theme since it was appropriate for both a baby and also a preschooler.

Below are some of the pictures from the party.

It was fun but also a lot of effort to plan for this party. Mostly because I am an ambitious mother and had this grand vision of the kids doing all these fun activities, however during the course of the event the children just entertained themselves and I really should not have spent so much time thinking and planning activities for them (because little kids don’t follow rules you know?).

I had this vision of the kids coming into our house and they would be welcomed with a greeter which would take an instant picture of the kids (with my Fujifilm Instax camera that I purchased online) with the backdrop of our plants in our annex. Then the kids would pick out a Safari booklet that they could keep and place their instant picture inside – like a real passport. And then, the kids could fill out their info inside the booklets and also collect stamps by going around the stations that were set up. We had some games set up, but the kids weren’t really interested in them. We also had a craft area setup and luckily that was pretty popular with mostly the girls. The crafts were of course safari animal related. The instant pictures were kind of fun and I wish I had taken some pictures with the instant pictures installed inside the passport booklet (oh well!).

Here are some of my resources:

The animal scrapbooking decorations were custom made by Cute Cards (thanks Gloria!). That would be the paper birthday banner and the Safari Passport covers. I also had some cupcake toppers made, but I ended up not using them (we had small cupcakes which didn’t really work with the cupcake toppers – I’ll save them for something else).
Custom stamp for the passport booklets from Etsy.
I made the goodie bags with fabrics from the Alexander Henry 2D Zoo collection and I used this online tutorial.
Safari-themed balloons were purchased from Splash Toys.
Animal cake toppers are from Wilton.

Some of the items inside the goodie bags:

Animalz wooden toys
Safari animal temporary tattoos
Animal finger puppets (for the young kids)
Small Play-Doh tubs (for the bigger kids)
Candy!

Well, I hope you all enjoyed this post. Thanks for reading!

P.S. I am officially back at work now. My boys and I are slowly adjusting but I am glad to announce that it is good to be working again. Yay for mental stimulation and for more income!

P.P.S. Today is my 8 year wedding anniversary. Crazy how much has happened within the last 8 years. 1 dog, 2 kids, 1 house, 1 car… 3 jobs for the hubby and the same job for me!

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This Is It

Posted on May 16, 2011 by ghislaine| 2 Comments

Well, tomorrow is my last day of mat leave. Then I officially start working again on Wednesday. Wow, time flies.

It is somewhat of a bittersweet end though as it was different being off work with 2 kids and with more help (my mom and nanny around). But I have to admit that I am definitely ready to go back to work. Kind of looking forward to being away from the kids for a bit. Although I bet you that I will start feeling guilty for being at work and not being at home once I am back in the office. But I know the type of person that I am and I am the type that NEEDS to work.

Now, I might start to whine and complain but I find that even in today’s modern society, us women have it much harder than the men when it comes to parenting. Yes, I know that some of you men out there do help out at home and do a lot with the kids, chores, etc. But for the most part, you have to admit that it is the women who still the bulk of the work at home. So not only do some of us have to work a full day at our regular job, but we also have to work harder when we get home and face the kids and the chores.

So as mother, I find myself busy all the time with always more to do. Whether it be preparing the food for the baby, or sewing something for the kids, or shopping online for the kids. Everything seems to revolve around my children these days. Maybe it’s that motherly instinct that us women have. It’s always about the children. And when the kids are down for sleep at night, sure I have a bit of “me” time, but I find myself mostly doing stuff for them anyway. Because if I don’t do it, who else will?

I understand that men work hard at their work and when they come home they need to “wind down” but I just don’t empathize with that when all they do is watch TV and zone out until they go to bed. For me, whenever I am watching TV I feel like it is a waste of time and I just want to get on my feet and do something else. So most of the time, when I am watching TV I am multi-tasking and doing something else at the same time (on the computer emailing, cooking for the kids, prepping for other projects, etc.). But maybe that’s me. I just constantly need to be “doing” something and feeling productive or I am uncomfortable just sitting still. Perhaps I should though. Just do nothing for a day. But that would be impossible for me to do that. Do you know how much catch up I would have to do the day after?

So right now, I’ll be honest with you but I feel under appreciated as a mother and what I do for my children. Nobody will understand this feeling other than another mother. Anyhow, I need to sleep. One more day with the kiddies and then back to work. I hope I can survive without mid-day naps.

P.S. Been busy party planning for my kids birthday party this weekend. I guess this is something I take upon myself (I do like to plan for parties) but I hope the kids will enjoy the event. I’ll post an entry of the recap after the party. So it should be a more enjoyable post to read (no more whining – I promise!).

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Spring is Here

Posted on April 20, 2011 by ghislaine| 1 Comment

Looks like spring is finally kicking in over here. The weather has been still kind of wacky (we even had snow last week!) but at least things are starting to look green around here and once in a while we get some warm sunshine when it is not raining.

I love living in Vancouver because one of the most beautiful things about this city are the cherry blossoms during spring time. It is just so magnificent seeing pretty pink blossoms all over town. How I wish to someday live in a house with a cherry blossom tree (or maybe I should one day plant one)!

A few weeks ago, my oldest son and I planted some grass seeds inside egg shells (see this post from last year). This is such a gratifying thing to do with a young child as you can see the results pretty fast! The grass started growing about a 2-3 of days after we planted them.

Once the “hair” of our eggheads got pretty long, my son then gave them a hair trim. Such a fun and inexpensive activity for the kids. I think this is an activity we might try to do every year as it teaches children how to care for plants and how to wait patiently for them to grow.

Speaking of hair, I finally got my haircut today. I really should get my hair cut more frequently but the difficult thing about going to the hair stylist is trying to make the time to go without the kids. Now my youngest son cannot pull on my hair anymore (well at least not as easy as before)! I also think my oldest son kind of preferred my longer hair, but I am just not the type of person who can do “long” hair.

This will be my last month of maternity leave with the boys. Kind of sad but kind of glad to be going back to work. I am trying to enjoy every last moment of it these days. I hope I don’t cry when I am at work thinking about my boys! Thinking about it makes me emotional already.

I also have a big birthday party to plan for in May. Both of my boys are born in May. We decided on a joint party this year and so my oldest son will be turning 4 and my youngest boy will be turning 1. It is going to be a safari themed party. I have been busy planning it already… buying and ordering supplies. Stay tuned for pictures in a future post.

I have also been busy sewing a few items here and there. Perhaps I will also post about my projects in another post sometime later… Anyhow, I should finish one of my many unfinished sewing projects. Bye for now.

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Smartphones & Geo-tagging

Posted on March 28, 2011 by ghislaine| Leave a comment

I posted an entry about the dangers of geo-tagging on smartphones (like iPhones) on my other blog. Please read it if you can.

http://iamghislaine.wordpress.com/2011/03/27/geo-tagging/

All parents should read this in my opinion.

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10 Months

Posted on March 10, 2011 by ghislaine| 1 Comment

My baby officially turned 10 months today. This means I have about 2 more months left of my maternity leave.

Sometimes when I look at my youngest son I find it hard to believe that he’s almost 1 year’s old! I still think of him very much as a baby and not so much as a little boy. It is hard not to compare him to my first son but my boys are unique in their own ways.

Some of the milestones or facts about my little J as of today are:

He is a very noisy kid. I used to think that big J talked a lot but now I am starting to think that perhaps little J is going to be the chatty one! He makes a lot of noises and says a lot of “ma ma” and “ba ba” which I think is probably not meaningful at the moment yet. It is quite humourous hearing him chatter. He also does this funny laugh that sounds like a sheep.
He is finally starting to like his solids. Compared to big J, he never ate and nursed as much (maybe that is why he is in the lower 25th percentile in weight), and when we started solids for him he did not seem too excited about food quite yet. The only foods that he really liked was chicken congee (that is Chinese rice porridge) and I had the hardest time thinking about what to feed him for meals. Nowadays, he seems to enjoy the variety of beef stew, lamb stew, chicken congee, pears & oatmeal, cheese bread, Cheerios, etc. He especially likes cheese.
He only has 2 teeth. Big J got his first tooth at 4 months and little J didn’t get his first tooth until about 7 months. Big J also had a lot of teeth by 10 months and was eating a variety of finger foods, whereas little J doesn’t have many teeth so I have not been very adventurous in giving him finger foods until recently. So he basically just “gums” his finger foods by chewing with his gums.
He does not sleep well. At first we thought he would be the good sleeper compared to big J, however after quite a few spells of being sick he hasn’t really slept well for a long long time. I think his longest stretch ever was 7 hours at around 4 months and he only did that once. Ever since then, his longest stretch is usually around 5 hours. Big J started sleeping through the night (8+ hours) at around 9 months of age and little J is nowhere close to sleeping more than 6 continuous hours. *sigh* His naps don’t seem to be so great either. Big J was also never a good napper (however he seems to be fairly OK as a preschooler now – yes he still takes naps!). He generally sleeps in his crib for the first 30 minutes (which big J never did) and then needs to be held for the rest of his naps (big J needed to be held for the entire duration of his naps when he was a baby). I have tried “nap training” a few times but have often failed since he always seems to get sick right after I start the process and then when he is sick I just don’t have the heart to have him cry for his naps. So I am definitely a sleep deprived mother still at 10 months, however I am super thankful for my mom who comes by to help me during the weekdays and holds little J for naps so that I can take a nap during the day too (since I get so much broken up sleep at night). Thank goodness for mothers!
He is not crawling yet. I think most babies are crawling at around 8 or 9 months of age and little J just does not crawl. He is definitely eager to stand but when we place him on his tummy, he will move his arms and legs but just does not go anywhere! Big J used to be a very proficient crawler by the age of 9 months so I find it very different with little J who isn’t quite mobile yet. Perhaps this a good thing so that I do not have to chase after him. Maybe he will be the type of kid that walks and just skips the crawling stage. We shall see.
He likes to sit and observe. As mentioned above, he is not really mobile but he does sit very well and is very good at people watching. He especially gets excited watching his older brother. Little J enjoys watching television (not that we let him watch it that often, just mostly Treehouse in the afternoon after his nap) unlike big J who did not care too much about TV until much later. He must get that from my husband who enjoys TV.
He generally a very happy baby. Besides the sleeping thing, he is always a happy camper. Big J was always such a serious and intense baby but little J loves to smile at people and is super happy when we aren’t trying to get him to take a nap!

I was also just thinking today about the many things that I will miss once my maternity leave is over and I am back at work.

Walking big J to preschool and seeing him wave goodbye to me from the window.
Picking up big J from preschool and chatting with the other parents.
Going for walks along Dunbar after we eat lunch.
Cupcakes and cookies from Butter Baked Goods. Oh, how I am going to miss all that yumminess!
Taking naps with big J in our bed (even though he usually takes forever to fall asleep and sleeps a wee bit too close to me).
Hanging out with little J and just watching him grow every day. It makes me sad to think that I could be missing some of his milestones like walking.
Hanging out with my mom. It has been a real blessing having her help out with my family during my mat leave. It has also been great being able to see her more often and just talking to her more.
Our weekly trips to the library.
Going to Swiss Chalet for lunch.
Going to Oakridge for Dim Sum.
Just being at home more with the boys.

So even though I have to admit that sometimes not working is a bit mundane for me, I am surely going to miss those moments with my family! I get a little weepy every time I think about how I won’t see them for most of the day when I am back at work. I am however also very much looking forward to going back to work again because A) I need the income and B) I need the mental stimulation (not that being with my kids is not challenging enough). I can totally understand why a lot of women are torn when they have kids and decide to do the stay home mom thing. And it is not like I do not want to be with my kids, but I know that I am a very social person that needs to be with more people. I do miss those conversations that I have with my co-workers. And I totally miss interacting with adults.

I think mothers will always feel guilty for whatever decision they make for their kids. Who said having children would be easy? As mothers we just want to do what’s best for our children but I am also of the belief that in order to take care of other people you also have to take good care of yourself. And for me, I need that separate identity of working in order to be happy. If I sacrificed that and decided to work from home and stay home with the kids I think I will end up blaming them for “giving up opportunities”. And I just don’t want to do that to them. So even though big J often says, “Mommy, don’t go back to work.” (and trust me it totally breaks my heart when he says that) I know I have to go back.

Well, before I know it these next 2 months will soon be over…

My boys at Dim Sum today

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I’m Still Here

Posted on February 28, 2011 by ghislaine| 2 Comments

Well hello again. It looks like my resolution to blog more has not really made much progress since I haven’t posted yet in 2011 until now! Cannot believe that it is the last month of February and that tomorrow will be another new month. I officially have less than 3 months left of my maternity leave before I go back to work.

Speaking of work, I am kind of excited to go back and yet I am also kind of sad to be leaving my boys during the day. I hold my 9 month old these days thinking about how much I am going to miss holding my baby when I am at work. I think this time around, I might actually tear up more when I am back at work. I told the kidlet that mommy will be going back to work soon and he said, “Mommy, don’t go to work.” That made me a bit sad as I know he probably enjoys having me at home more often. I asked if he would miss me and of course he said yes. But also know the type of person that I am and that I am the type that needs to work to be content. I need the mental stimulation and also the social aspect of being with adults again. (I bet the next time I update I will be back at work already!)

So I do not know why I am so unmotivated to update this blog. Perhaps because I feel like nobody reads this (although I know from my Google Analytics data that there is some traffic here). But then again I also know that without any frequent updates then people don’t read it so perhaps I should just try to update more often. I also got an email this week about some guy who wants to advertise on my site. I wonder if he is for real or just some spammer. I think my dilemma sometimes is whether to write about my family or just keep this blog about my crafting/sewing activities. What do people what to read anyway?…

I have been sewing again lately. Made some dresses, a stuffed toy, and some baby stuff (for gifts). I also quickly made a lampshade cover for the kidlet. He seems to really enjoy the things that I make him. It is kind of sweet. I wonder how long until he thinks it is “uncool” to like homemade things from mom? Hopefully he will appreciate having a mom that can make things for him when he is older too!

My boys are going to be turning 4 and 1 soon. Wow, crazy how time flies. I am going to have to start planning their birthday parties soon. My oldest is constantly talking about birthdays and asking when is his birthday and if there is a birthday today, this week, etc. I think he shows me almost every day the calendar to point out when his birthday is going to be. On another note, his learning has really progressed in the last few months! He loves to draw and is able to write his own name now. He knows the days of the week and can understand how a calendar works now. Pretty impressive for a 3 year-old! I sometimes wonder if he is gifted, but then again doesn’t every mother think that their kids are smart? Well, anyhow it is just really amazing witnessing the growth of children. I cannot help but get a little weepy when I think about how fast my children are growing and how they are no longer going to be babies anymore…

Anyhow, I should go soon as I have to pick up the kidlet from preschool. Thanks for reading and hopefully I will update more often! I leave you with a picture of my boys taken during the morning last week. Bye!

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Happy 2011!

Posted on December 31, 2010 by ghislaine| Leave a comment

Have a safe and happy new year!

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Quick Update & 2010 Reflections

Posted on December 27, 2010 by ghislaine| 6 Comments

Wow, where has the time gone? Looks like I have neglected this blog yet again (I haven’t updated since October!).

Well, perhaps I should at least recap some of the major events that have happened since my last update.

We went trick-or-treating with the boys (baby’s first Halloween!)
We went to Hawaii for a wedding (BTW, traveling with 2 young kids is no walk in the park)
Christmas came and went (baby’s first Christmas)

Here are some highlights about the boys:

The kidlet (my oldest son who is 3) loves to draw these days. In fact, he is able to draw people with faces, arms, and legs. He used to just draw squiggles prior to this progress so this is pretty impressive stuff for us.
The kidlet can read. OK, maybe not but he can pretend to read. He memorizes the books we read him (some are pretty lenghty ones too) and recites them back to us.
The baby can sit (started sitting with more balance at 6 months)
The baby’s been eating solids (he didn’t enjoy at first but now seems to like his food)
The little guy got his first haircut. His hair was growing like crazy and his long sideburns made him look like a girl (he often got mistaken for a girl). So my mom chopped off the sides and trimmed a little bit of the front (was getting into his eyes). Now he looks more like a boy.
We can see teeth on the baby’s gums. They haven’t really sprouted out yet, but we can finally see the whites of his teeth. For the longest time we thought he was teething (at around 4 months) but we only started seeing them in the last couple of weeks (at around 7 months).

Some random updates about myself:

Still sleep deprived. The baby was starting to wake up every 2 hours at one point after he hit 4 months. We thought he was teething, but he wasn’t yet. Then he kept getting sick (the big one gets sick from preschool and always manages to spread the germs to the baby) and then getting better, and then getting sick again. At the moment, he is sick again with another cold (cough, stuffy nose, fussiness, etc.). He’s been sleeping better lately but not really close to sleeping through the night yet. I guess every baby is different. I am looking forward to the day that I can sleep more than 6 hours straight. Broken up sleep is better than no sleep but not comparable to continuous sleep.
I haven’t done too much sewing lately. I think I made a bunting flag and a small zippered pouch for gifts. Oh, I did make the baby some pants which I had to adjust because his bottom is too big. I had gotten all this Christmas fabric which I didn’t even have the chance to use this year! What a bummer. I guess I will have to save it for next year…
Bought a new point and shoot camera for myself (Canon SD1300 IS). Not sure if I love it. It was at a good price but for some reason it’s hard to compare with my dSLR. I will have to take some more daytime pictures before I can judge.

Nothing overly exciting but this is my life now as a mom with 2 boys on maternity leave. Sometimes life feels pretty mundane but then again I know that this is the season for me to be a mom and be there for my kids and I am trying to enjoy the little joys in life. The boys bring me joy (the giggles, the way I see the brothers bond, the milestones that they achieve each day) and they of course also bring me pain (the meltdowns from my toddler, the sleepless nights from the baby’s wakings). But I know that I would rather go through this in life than never to experience this at all. So I am just trying to take this in one day at a time. Soon enough my maternity leave will be over and I will be back at work (kind of looking forward to working again and thinking of “adult” stuff again if you know what I mean). But for now, I need to live my time as a mom for my boys. And of course I totally appreciate the help that I have been receiving from my family (my mom has been so helpful with the little one this year and the hubby will try to take care of the kids on the weekends when he isn’t working) and our nanny.

I cannot believe that 2010 is almost over. This will totally be a memorable year on many levels.

The Vancouver Winter Olympics! Definitely a highlight for our city. It made our nation so proud to be Canadians. (I think many people had Olympic withdrawal after the Olympics ended!) Watching the gold medal men’s hockey game was the most exciting event ever.
We had another baby! Little j was born in May. Having to care for two children is definitely a different challenge than just caring for one. It has been amazing watching the little one hit his milestones as a baby. How quickly we forget once they happen. Now I know why some parents record everything that their children do. We cannot help but sometimes compare the little guy to our first born. But it is also amazing how unique and different each child can be even though they come from the same gene pool.
First time traveling with 2 kids. We went to Oahu, Honolulu for a good friend’s wedding. We love Hawaii but this was a very challenging trip for me. I had to pack for a 6 month old, a 3 year-old, and myself. We had so much stuff to bring. I have to admit that this wasn’t my most pleasant trip however I am thankful that I was able to witness the union of our good friends in such a beautiful venue. Hawaii will always have a special place in my heart. I am sure that we’ll be back again. My oldest son is already saying, “I want to go back to Hawaii again.”

Looking back on my list back in January 2010, I have to say that I want to do more of the same things that I listed back then for 2011. I think I can honestly say that I have indeed done more of all of the items that I have listed (yay for me!) but of course being the Type A personality that I am, what I have accomplished is just never enough.

Here is the list again (with an extra bonus for 2011):

More photography. I need to take more pictures. I need to take more pictures of my children. I also want a new camera and a new lens. But that’s another post of its own…
More crafting. I love to sew. Hope to have more time for this in the new year.
More reading. I love to learn! I really should do more of this to keep my brain healthy.
More blogging. I should post more often.
More journaling. Writing down the events of your life is important for self-reflection.
More exercise. This is a new item for 2011. It’s not like I don’t run around the house after my kids (well only one kids is mobile for now) but I definitely need to get off my butt more often and just get my heart pumping. I find regular cardio kind of boring these days. Maybe I need to sign up for something fun like hip-hop lessons or something. Hopefully I can find the time when the baby starts to sleep better.

Well, wishing you all a very happy 2011! (I need to go sleep now…)

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Sewing!

Posted on October 12, 2010 by ghislaine| Leave a comment

That’s right, this post is about sewing with an exclamation mark at the end! Why? Because sewing gets me pretty excited.

Now that I am on maternity leave and am off work, I find that sewing is now my creative outlet (for those of you that do not know me, I am a type A personality and need to constantly be “busy” or working on “projects” to be happy). I have actually been fortunate enough to have some time to sew a few items since the baby has been born. You would think that he must be sleeping through the night in order for me to have so much time to sew again, but the fact is that I would rather sacrifice my sleep time and sew a bit when I get the chance. Yup, that’s me. And in case you were wondering, the babe is not quite sleeping through the night yet. I know I mentioned that he was sleeping 6-8 hours at one point, well somehow in the last month he’s regressed quite a bit and has been waking up every 2-3 hours for a feeding. Growth spurt maybe? Anyhow, back to the topic of sewing…

So yes, SEWING has been keeping me sane in terms of mental challenge. And somehow the sound of the sewing machine is soothing to my soul. I wonder if the boys feels the same way about the sewing machine noise since I did sew a lot when I was pregnant with both babies. I also think I inherited the sewing bug from my mom (she also likes to sew and taught me how to use the sewing machine at a young age, oh and she also happens to be the one who bought me my current sewing machine — thanks mom!).

Here is a summary of some items I managed to sew in the past 5 months:

2 bunting flags
2 girly dresses (yah, I know I don’t even have daughters and I still make dresses)
a gathered skirt for a little girl
a canvas bag (gift for mom’s friend)
burping cloths
bibs for the baby (he drools a lot!)
2 pair of lounging/sleeping pants for my oldest son
a pair of upcycled pants for the baby (fabric from an old pair of PJs)
2 pair of pants for my son’s stuffed toys (2 monkeys)
a stroller pad
a small quilt (panel to be placed in the baby’s room)
finished off a couple of uncompleted kidlet bags
another small blanket for the baby (just completed this one on the weekend)

I also have a few projects that I started but that are incomplete:

a wool caplet (I have had this for months–before the baby arrived–and have been too lazy to complete this!)
a couple of trick or treating bags for my boys (I need to complete this soon before Halloween)
small handbag
notebook cover

Wow, now that I have actually managed to list all the items I have worked on I am impressed that I have done so much. I really am a crazy workaholic. Even when I am away from work!

As I mentioned, sewing does get me fairly excited and it is definitely one of those things that make me happy when I complete a sewing project. I also get pretty excited reading new sewing books. I will sometimes buy them online (Amazon or Chapters), but one of my favourite things to do now is to borrow them from the public library. What I do is I check the library for new sewing books and I will request the book to be picked up at my local branch by placing a hold request. And if I really like the book then I may even end up purchasing the book myself for my own collection. I have saved a lot of money by borrowing sewing books instead of purchasing them.

I have also been buying a lot of fabric. Speaking of fabric I just got a bunch of fabric in the mail today! What a happy day . (Yup, I am obsessed with purchasing fabric.) I got a lot of Heather Ross fabrics and also a few Christmas prints. I will definitely be sewing some items for Christmas this year.

I think I am going to be sewing some more bibs for the baby tomorrow. He’s been drooling a lot lately (teething?). I hope my boys enjoy my sewing. My oldest son seems to appreciate the items that I sew for him. He likes the pants I sew for him . He will also often ask me to make pants for all his stuffed animals. Last time he asked me to make pants for his stuffed cat, but I am not sure I want to make that cat pants or not… otherwise my son will just ask for more pants for his other stuffed friends!

Anyhow, I really should be getting ready for bed soon. Thanks for reading! Please feel free to ask me any questions about my sewing by leaving a comment on this post. Goodnight!

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Baby Room Makeover

Posted on September 10, 2010 by ghislaine| 6 Comments

Well, I am finally writing a post about the baby room makeover. The room is more or less “complete”, however I still have a quilted wall panel that I am working on that I have not hung up yet. I guess I will “finish” it later.

I had a lot of fun planning and decorating the nursery for my second son. His room is smaller than my oldest son’s room and so I had to think a lot about how to arrange everything. The moment we found out that we were having a boy, I started thinking about the colour scheme already. Thanks to the hubby for painting the room!

I think I want to redecorate some more rooms in our house now. Perhaps I will redecorate my oldest son’s room (no paint though as it takes too much effort to repaint) if he allows me.

Here are the before and after pictures for comparison:

Anyhow, here is a quick recap of some of things we did for the room makeover:

New paint in vibrant turquoise blue
Made some curtains
Made a lamp cover that matches the curtains
Added the tree wall decal
Moved the baby furniture in (from big J’s bedroom) – crib, change table, small night table, & chair
Made a new cover for the rocking chair
Mounted a wall shelf above the change table
Made and hung a bunting flag
Placed white bird silhouettes wall decor above doors
Added a storage bin (thanks to my mom who bought the bin for us!)

I have also bought some new crib sheets which are not in the pictures yet. I suppose that once I finally put up that wall panel then I can take some updated pictures again.

If you would like to see more pictures, check out my Flickr set of the baby room makeover.

Thanks for reading!

P.S. Happy 4 months little j! (My little one turned 4 months today.)

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