rooms are ready n waiting

well i finally got around to hanging everything and putting the final touches on the babies rooms. the whole process started back in sept when nana visited...we started in on the painting of the rooms both of them were plain white and we changed mila's to pink with one accent wall and the boys got changed to kahki with a stenciled border. mila's room is vintage chic and of course the boys room is sports theme. with the help of my sisters we picked out material for mila's crib and sarah and her mom (dennis' fiance) made the bedding......

here is the finished product.....i think it turned out great!

so the pictures are from standing in the doorway starting right panning left.....

kelly made the curtain and pink blanket for the crib

like i said before the walls are pink (hard to tell with the lighting)...i painted the letters black with a hints of red

the night stand still needs a little decor

i painted the canvas for above the bed and kelly has made some pillows to add pink n black to the bed to help tie it all together

the boys room still needs a little decor help but i suppose when i find the right thing i'll know it
so until then it'll just have to sit bare!

i am using deuce's old crib bedding (because i still love it) for dax

deuce's new twin bed....he had to make a little adjustment from his queen size bed that is now in mila's room (he only fell out twice)

and just for fun here's deuce playing with his funny glasses from sonic...to be honest i had one with him wearing the glasses but i accidentally deleted it and i'm not starting over lol

thanks to everyone who has helped me put these bedrooms together from the painting (diane) to the bedding (sarah n her mom) to the decor (kelly and even kevin who helped me wrap the pic in mila's room so it would survive southwest airlines)....now we're just waiting on mila n dax to arrive.....at my last appt mila was weighing in at 3lbs 5oz and dax was 3lbs 10oz...time is winding down!!!

luv mel, dave, deuce, mila n dax!

Deuce turns 3

so i know everyone says it and i prob say it every year but man time flies....i can't believe our little guy isn't so little anymore....he turned 3 a couple of weeks ago and i think i'm still in shock. since he's not really one for a crowd we decided this year that we would just keep it simple. the day went as usual and once dave got home from work and deuce woke up from his nap we started the celebration. i made a train cake and his favorite meal...spaghetti and then we opened gifts and cut the cake...pretty simple!

i took this pic a couple days before his bday...still trying to teach him how to smile for the camera

here was the starting product for the train

deuce checking out the train when he woke up from his nap (he immediately knew it wasn't thomas though) but still interested

not the best but the best i could do...lol

once i put it on the table he decided to get a closer look

he got an "enimly" train from the ellis' and toby from us...he was all ready to play

he got a "moo cow" (ut) hoodie from the chances'

then it was off to play with the trains on the tracks

he made it back to the presents to play with his handy manny truck from grandmar

we also got him a lightning mcqueen chair/fold out bed and the thomas tent in the background is from our friends katie and callie

once we unfolded it and showed him he could lay in it that's all he wanted to do....he says "sweep" and then tells us which movie he wants to watch

daddy n deuce testing out the bed with a little movie watching

then it was on to the cake

he's still not a fan of getting his hands dirty so i had to help him out with a little taste test
as far as everything else goes we are truckn right along...i don't think mila n dax plan on making an early appearance so i'm betting it will be sometime early jan. i finally finished mila's room and the boys room is basically done just missing a few wall decor that will come in time i suppose.

luv mel, dave, deuce, mila n dax