Bedroom Updates

Yesterday afternoon we finally got Brantley's BIG girl bed set up and ready for her to sleep in. When she saw it, she smiled really big and said, "Ooo, I lub it!" Then she climbed on up there and started jumping and dancing on her new bed.

Her cute dress-up outfit is a birthday gift from her sweet cousins. She has worn it a lot since we got home on Saturday.

Yesterday morning I put together this cute bookshelf that I bought from Target to store her books and a few toys. I love the way it turned out and it's a great place for us to sit some of the cute picture frames she has accumulated over the past 2 years.

Last night putting Brantley to bed in her new big girl bed hasn't all that bad. We followed our normal routine of reading a few books before bed and then laying down saying goodnight. The laying down part didn't happen before I left the room because she was a little scared but I knew she was totally fine in there. She only cried for about 5 minutes and then went on to sleep. 

Before Chase and I went to bed and peeked in at her and she was sound asleep on her pillow cuddling her blanket. For some reason she will not get under the covers in her bed. She wouldn't get under then in the toddler bed either. Silly girl!

This morning, after school time, I managed to hang the memory/pin board above her desk, hang the photo of she and Grandma Donna, place the other things on the shelf, assemble the shoe cubby that is in her closet, transfer all her clothes from her old closet to this new one, and transfer all the other things from the top of her old closet to this new one. Mommy was busy and Brantley helped me some. I took a bunch of breaks in order to keep Brantley busy and happy. She was a trooper and loves seeing her new bedroom come together almost as much as I do I think.

I haven't started looking yet but I'm hoping to find a pretty white mirror to hang over this dresser to finish off this wall. My mom went to an antique shop in Vestavia yesterday and told me that they have a few white mirrors I should go look at. Hopefully one of those will work.

I have this really cool idea for what I want to put above Brantley's bed but I'm not sure how much it would cost or if it would actually turn out looking cute or not. I'm wanting something to take up a good bit of the open wall above her bed and I'd like for it to include her name.
My plan is to frame a long piece of bead board (with the lines running vertical) and then mounting the letters of her name from her old nursery to that instead of mounting them to the wall like we did at the other house.
Or we may just buy a big vinyl decal.

This little smarty pants loves to play with my iPad, although, she insists that it's hers all the time. She will play games on it for at least 30 minutes if we let her and sometimes it's a lifesaver. Today, while she was playing, she clicked on a Memory game that is made for adults and began to flip the cards. I really didn't think she was going to be able to do it but to my surprise she started getting the cards right and matching them up just right. I stood there and watched her for a while in amazement at how smart she really is. She looked at the and said, "Mommy, I do it! I smart!" That she is.

This is a closer look at the shelf above her desk.

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Now onto Savannah's nursery.

I haven't really done much in here because I've mainly been focused on getting Brantley's new room finished. Mostly we've just piled things in there from the guest room that doesn't have another place yet. I did a little work in there last night and this morning.

 Last night I converted the toddler bed back into a crib and raised the mattress all by myself while Chase and Brantley played downstairs. You can see her bed skirt, sheet and the back of her quilt in this picture. I'll eventually post better pictures of her bedding as we do more work in there.

This morning I hung up Savannah's diaper stacker (that I'll probably never use for it's intended purpose). I will probably just let it hang there or come up with something else to put in there but it came with the bedding so I'm going to use it somehow.

I also hung up this cute Wish Upon a Star board that I found at Hobby Lobby the other day. The 3 wall hangings match Savannah's bedding and I think they look pretty cute above her changing table/dresser. (The other things on the dresser are not there permanently, they are in the process of being moved around.

Anyways, that is all the updates I have on the girls bedrooms right now. Brantley finally went down for her first nap in the new room so now I'm off the take a shower. Ta Ta for now!

Ideas for Brantley's Big Girl Room

I have so many dreams and big expectations for Brantley's big girl room. I want to make it cute and girly since her nursery wasn't girly that much at all. The walls will be PINK and the furniture and cubbies/shelves will be white/ivory.

Above is a collage of some of my ideas. It's going to be a couple of months before we can start working in her new room but I had to write down and share my ideas while they are fresh on my mind.

This is Brantley's baby quilt that her Bebe made her when I was pregnant and it's the inspiration for her room. It's not big enough to cover her whole bed but it's going to cover the foot of her bed over a white/ivory comforter. I just love it! I'm going for a Pottery Barn look in her room!

This is the color that I want to paint the walls. It's going to be great!

These are wall cubbies from Pottery Barn and I love this idea. I'm going to ask my Dad to make something kind of like this and install it on the wall next to her bed. I love the idea of storing books, dolls, (in the future) craft supplies, other small toys, etc.

I know you can probably feel my excitement from this post. I can't wait to get started!! We're probably going to work on our bedroom first and you know I'll blog about that as we do. Stay tuned for updates.