Yeppers. That's our little Pun'kin who's maybe an hour old there. Auntie Tami dug this photo up while over for supper the other night. It's the photo Scott took with his phone to send to everyone in our "announcement" text that she'd arrived. This picture cracks me up because there was no doubt that she was a girl, and yet she somehow ended up with a sporty hat and blue blanket. I told Scott to make sure he told everyone she was a girl!
Oh my goodness, Baby Girl... How you have changed our lives, you will never fully know! Every day is better knowing that we get to do life with you, see you smile, hug you, hear you talk, know that you're napping peacefully in your crib, watch you grown and learn, experience things again through your eyes... You have filled our life with more love than we knew it could hold!...
And it's only been 6 months!
So... this is what you see when you're looking into her room from the hall. Yes, that's a diaper cake from my baby shower, and yes, the diapers still fit Paisley! They'll be getting some use over these next weekends as we head for some backpacking in the mountains with the Pea. The green baskets you see beneath the table are full of toys our little Munchkin has already collected - some hand-me-downs and some newbies.
This picture is darker due to the light outside; sorry! We have yet to decide on some darker curtains to go behind the white ones, so that will be coming... hopefully sooner than later! She definitely sleeps better when it's darker... (Don't we all?) The basket next to the crib is full of stuffed animals. They don't see much play time yet, but I have a feeling they will in the not-so-distant future!
And the crib... that someday will sport a skirt that matches some of the fabric in P's quilt from her Auntie Tami (see picture below), to hide miscellaneous items. Another winter project?...
Classic... So, I thought we would do without a mobile (since I hung the "lanterns" above her crib), but this was given to us as a gift, and has proved to be a handy "sitter" when P's getting her naked time to air out for a minute, as well and just a pile of fun! I'll hold Paisley up to it, she'll grab ahold of one of the characters, shake it, and light up like no other when she realizes that the more she moves her hand, the more they all shake around. And if the whole shaking process causes a chime to let loose from the song-playing-part... oh my goodness... she gets so excited she starts dancing. She just can't stand still, and no way on earth could you wipe that smile off her face or keep her from letting out that shrill of excitement. That one moment every morning just makes my day!
This is the newest addition and one of the finishing touches to the room - the frames and flowers on the wall. How is it that it took me 8 months to get those up there?! Anyways... it's my new favorite part about her room... I had wanted to find more similar frames, but with no luck, I just put up what I had. And Paisley must like the look too, because it catches her eye every time we walk into her room now...
My favorite piece of furniture... Found this beauty at an antique mall here in town before it closed down. It's just her size, and cute as could be!
In the frames are cards we received when the Pea was born, some wrapping paper that says, "It's a girl!" all over it, a fun doodle of Paisley's name, one of her footprints, a picture of Scott and I before we were "officially" dating, and card fronts that have little peas or peapods on them... I figure these things will change over time, which is part of the fun of this idea - it's decor that can be re-vamped any time we get the itch to do so...
And this... this is a BIG to-do project. As you can tell, that curtain does not do it's job - to hide all the stuff behind it. Some day in the deep, dark of winter, this closet will get a complete makeover, half the items in there will end up at the Salvation Army, and I will finally find/make? curtains that will hang from the rod I so anxiously put up already. (It was my incentive to get the job done sooner, but so far it's not working...)
It's kind of difficult to read, but the lacey thing on the wooden chest (which was "salvaged" from an old, abandoned house somewhere in Cananda... ...don't ask... actually, don't tell!) is a hand-made pillowcase for a tiny pillow that says, "Baby" on it, and was given to me when I was born.
Every girl has to have her own coat rack for her many jackets... We have fun ones, cute ones, a snowsuit, a scarf, an apron, a camo coat that she's anxiously waiting to grow in to, and a bathrobe. Below is a basket with shoes and hats and the like, and next to it is an old, wooden nail bucket that we're using as a trash can.
In case you don't recognize them, they're your applications torn up and returned to you in your very own, prepaid envelope. That was very kind of you, by the way, to pay for the return of your own junk.
And just so that you know who to take off your list, I carefully tore my name off the paper you enclosed and stuck it nicely right in front for you to see.
Oh, and by the way... did you know that paper comes from trees? You must own a lot of property in South America...
Every week, I take a picture of Paisley on a different fabric (a fun project to mark her growth through her first year), and every week when we're done with the *photo shoot*, Paisley just loves to roll around with the fabric, talking up a storm. This is the typical look of Paisley enjoying figuring out her vocal cords. And boy does she ever enjoy it!
