Great Baby Blog

My very stylish friend Jenny sent me a link to this very stylish baby blog called Kenzie Poo. It's very cute and you can find a lot of great ideas for your babies room on this blog. Check it out!

Cool Playhouse

I hope some day we have a big yard so we can build a playhouse like this one. How cool would that be to play in as a kid??? I found this on a design site I love, Design*Sponge. A couple from Sweden made this using their old windows after having them replaced.They really built it as an outdoor hideaway for themselves, but when I saw it, I thought it looked like a really fun play house for kids. Go here to read about the project.

Ikea Kitchen

I saw this on the Cookie Magazine Nesting blog. Ikea will have their very own kid's kitchen in August. It will run about $100.

Rock-A-Bye-Baby

We just got our rocking chair that we had recovered back. It's a family rocker that belonged to my Great Grandmother. We needed something on a smaller scale for the room and this fits perfectly in the corner and the fabric looks great.

If we were not going to use a family piece and had a bigger room, I would have purchased the other glider pictured above. I sat in it in Babies R Us...like sitting in a cloud. I could just imagine how nice it would be to rock a baby to sleep in this chair.

Say Cheese!

Jessie Hearn is a friend of a friend who has just started a new photography business here in chicago shooting maternity, newborn and child portraits. Her gallery of photos is really lovely. Check out jessie hearn photography if you are interested in getting some beautiful photos of your growing belly or your growinb baby!

Goodbye Ugly Hospital Gown!

Looking for maternity/nursing pjs for the hospital? Check out Olian Maternity. The best selection I have seen seems to be at Nordstorm or Tummy Style, but they also sell them at Belly Dance and A Pea in the Pod. These options pictured above come as sets with a matching baby gown for your little one. Some sets are a bit on the expensive side, but they sure beat those ugly uncomfortable hospital gowns!

Matchbox Announcements

My friend Shannon sent me a link to these cute matchbox announcements. We both agree they are cute, but look pretty time consuming. The site, Little Window Shoppe, is very cute and has a lot of great ideas for home, family, cooking, etc. It looks like the blog portion is now closed, but you can find some great ideas/recipes in old posts.

Mama Bargains

My friend Alison sent me the link to this very cool site called Mama Bargains. I already added it to my blog list. It posts products for sale at increadible discounts and when their stock is out they switch to a new product. Yesterday they had adorable onsies from Baby Star along with a few other products. It seems like they go through product fast enough that they post 2-3 products a day. Right now they are selling these diaper clutches from Sam & Bellie for $12.25 when they are normally $25.00. Check out the site and add it to your favorites.

Nursery Progress

We've made a lot of progress on our nursery, but we're not quite finished. I thought I would post a few pictures of what we've done so far. Our challenges are that the room is SMALL, we were working with a limited buget and we wanted to find a good color combo that would work for a girl and a boy. We painted the walls a cream color and I found this Waverly fabric for the curtains. The fabric ottoman we made (my mom made along with the curtains and the pillows....thanks mom)using Amy Butler fabric and pattern (love her stuff!). We had some extra fabric so we made a pillow for the rocker that's being recovered. The other two pillows in the crib we made using inexpensive fabrics from Jo Ann Fabrics. The small area rug is from Target, but I couldn't find it online to link to it. the dresser/changing table we found at Chicago Liquidators a resale furniture store in chicago for super cheap and painted it with a high gloss white and replaced the fixtures with some we found at Home Depot.

I love how the room is coming along. Now we just need to add some accents on the walls.