Sam's Nursery

I go from never blogging to TWO in one day?! Shesh. However--let me tell you about this little thing called pregnancy brain. I always thought it was a lame excuse my friends used. I am eating my words you guys. I don't remember crap. Ever. Including the navy monogrammed blanket I found that was PERFECT for his nursery...I X'ed out of the webpage and can't for the life of me remember where it was :( so I put together a collage of all the accessories and what not that i've found online for the nursey.
We still have to pull the carpet up in that bedroom so right now it's all just a vision and no action. Which is making me CRAZY. Therefore I decided to make a collage and pin EVERYTHING so that I don't FORGET IT..again. :|

I'm doing Navy and Mint for colors--I have an antique dresser that i'll refinish and use for the changing table. We have the Jenny Lind crib and a simple glider. I do not plan on getting a bedding set...mainly because they seem really expensive for how little they get used. I was just going to stock up on some sheets and get a couple of blankets to put out and call that good.

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1. Owl Lamp--World market. I love this for either the side table or on the changing table.
2. Owl changing pad cover--Etsy. This is a must in the room. I love it!
3. Antique dresser for a changing table and the banner.
4. Garage Sales/thrift stores--The frames--I plan on doing that with the frames in #5!
6. A silhouette of a pekingese--Etsy...well clearly there is no getting around that!
7. Benjamin Moore paint--Palladian
8. Color theme Navy/Mint/Cream/hints of gold.
9. Grey Rug--Rugs USA (out of stock so i'll just try to find something close to it!)
10. Tassle garland--Etsy. I can't decide if I want to just buy this or try to make it myself. I want to hang this behind the crib.
11. Wire baskets for organizing diapers!
12. Where the Wild things are print--Etsy.
13. Elephant Print--Etsy
14. Jenny Lind Crib--Already have.
15. Hot air balloon mobile--Etsy. I seriously have found nothing i love as much as this.
16. Tissue Poms somewhere in the nursery will have to happen! Luckily I have a sister in law who is a pro at making these suckers!
17. Chevron crib sheet--I got mine at Target.
18. When I grow up I want to be just like daddy golf print--Etsy
19. Chevron pillow-Etsy
20. Arrow and Monogram blanket. I love this. It's just whimsicle enough!

I am SO EXCITED to get started on little man's nursery. I'm about to start trying to pull that carpet up by myself. I did it in another room when I didnt realize I was a month along so whats the difference lol!

What were your MUST haves in a nursery? What are things you found out you didnt need at all and ended up just being a waste of money? Let me know, Girls!!
Cortney

19 Weeks!

Wow--I'm almost half way there! I still find it hard to believe! I've felt so great and have been so blessed with Sam taking it easy on me. If this pregnancy is any indication of how sweet my Sam will be then I am in for a treat people!

Total weight gain: 2 pounds...but that was in the morning, before I decided I needed a hot ham and cheese with cheese tator tots. Yes I did!

How big is baby?  Mango, but that'll change tomorrow on my app...

Maternity clothes: I've incooperated maternity jeans with the demi panel. How did I live without these? It's like wearing sweatpants! My sweet mother in law took me shopping for pants/shorts/tops. It was a great afternoon with her! My waist appreciated it too.

Stretch marks? Nope

Symptoms: I really very rarely have symptoms. I'm tired but that's typical.

Sleep: I usually sleep good but here lately i've been tossing and turning a lot and getting up to go to the bathroom or get water. I'm just restless.

Best moment this week: Feeling kicks and pokes. It's the greatest thing ever. Trent can also feel them from the outside which I didnt think would happen but I guess because i'm still small it's easier to feel that sort of stuff. I lay in bed and just have my hands on my stomach all the time, just waiting for anything from him.

Also a best moment of the week---Scot came over and bought Sam his stroller/carseat and lots of clothes and such. He's spoiled rotten already.

Movement: Kicks and Pokes! Like I said, greatest thing in the world!

Food cravings:  Hot ham and cheese sandwiches with cheese fries or tator tots...lol

Food aversions: Nothing

Labor signs: Nope.

Belly button in or out: Normal

What I miss: Nothing. Absolutely nothing.

What I'm looking forward to: August 1st we have our anatomy scan.

Milestone: Every week is a milestone in itself for me. I'm a paranoid freak of nature.

Braxi: Braxi is his usual rotten/sweet self. He's chased an injured bird (not one of my finest moments as his mother!) Then got in a fight through the peep hole in the fence with the neighbor dog, kept us up until almost 2 one night with whining, pacing, panting (nerves) He's pooped on the rug, which i so lovely found with my foot :| Basically he's been a really really bad boy!! lol We are trying to just continue to love on him. I'm hoping it's just a phase.

 

Sam's very first owl...of course!!

 

 

 

 

Baby Fuller Is A......

You already know the answer to this if you follow me on FB/Instagram because of the plum ridiculous amount of photos I took--don't worry. I'm about to post more lol.

Baby Fuller is a sweet, perfect, everything i've ever wanted...

BOY!!!!!!!

 

SAM BRODY

 

 

Good grief you guys! I can't even handle it. I feel like my heart is about to explode just with pure happiness. We went to Stork Vision for an early sono, the girl who did it was also the one who did my last sono at the drs office so that started things off on the right foot! She texted our friend during our sono to tell her the sex so she could start filling up the party cannons! It was SO HARD NOT KNOWING!! So worth it though. We had family and just a few close friends there with us. It was an absolutely perfect day. We were able to stream our reveal live online so our friends/family that couldn't make it could still watch! It was a brilliant idea from my sis in law!
Here are some of the decorations!

I wore blue and coral...to try to be equal lol

 

Boy Vote CLEARLY outnumbered the girls!

 

 

A Happy Prance was obviously going to happen c'mon now!

 

 

 

 This is my dear friend Julie, the one who put all the confetti in the cannons for us just a quick 30 minutes before the party! Thank you SO MUCH JULIE!!!!

 My sweet big sisters!

 

Sweet Sam's little hands just melt my heart. I love him so much and im so so so thrilled to finally know what's growing inside of me. It makes it feel even more real. I'm so blessed. Daddy has a golfing buddy on the way and i'm still the Queen of our castle ;)  I laid in bed this morning and just daydreamed about everything that's to come. I can't wait to meet my sweet love in December.

Cort

DIY Project: Porch Post

It's been awhile since I wrote a DIY post, seems like baby has taken over! (Not that it bothers me one bit!) I saw a post on Pinterest last night and immediately text my hubby and said "Will you build me one last thing??"
Here is my pinspiration:

 so when he got home from work we went to Home Depot and got what we needed
-4x4 post
-post topper
-post base
-another piece of wood to make the base
-eye hooks
-S hooks
-planter bracket
-Wooden plaque (Hobby Lobby)

We ended up spending about 40 dollars (actually a little more, I ended up buying 3 brackets to find one the right size, I still need to return the other two)

When we got home we got to work in the garage..by we I mean my husband cut the wood for me and I sat in my chair and watched and complained about junebugs. (seriously, they are gross)

My trusty yellow chair. After Trent cut the base and screwed the pieces together I got to painting on it.

3rd Bracket was finally the one! I found it at Home Depot.

 

 

I busted out my trusty Cricut and the wooden plaque from Hobby Lobby and some spray paint. This was the first project ever from my cricut--so I didn't take any pictures while I was doing it, mainly because I was just praying I didn't screw it up. It's not bad for my first try--next time I know to make the letters a little bit smaller. I mean I don't know that THE is really "That" necessary lol! I just screwed in the eye hook to the plaque and hung some S hooks from the hooks that are already in the bracket because my piece of wood was just a little too small.

 

My head is already a buzzing for what I can do for Fall/Halloween when I switch the sign out!!

Here she is on the porch in all her glory ;)

 I really, really love it!! I even potted some new plants to help my poor porch out a little bit. All my others had died...turns out I can't keep plants alive to save my life. My husband asked me to please just start buying fake plants so I would stop wasting money lol..ouch!

I lightly sanded over the black to give it a rustic feel.

This porch makes me pretty darn happy!

Oh yeah! I totally FINALLY painted my door, 6 months later lol! (look how sad that plant is haha, don't worry I planted something else in there today)

 

Happy 4th Everyone!! I don't have any big plans. My husband has a tournament every year on this day so Braxi and I just hang out at the house and wait on him to come home. Super exciting, I KNOW!

Be safe friends!

Cortney