so here it is…i think my favorite part about it all is that when i look around, i can honestly say that almost everything in here was either thrifted, gifted, made, or repurposed.  i’ll do my best to explain as i go…

crib- gifted from mimi and papa:)

bumper, sheets, quilt, birds- made  by me, and a lot of fabrics used were some that i already had in my stash!

painted tree- done with a paint tester that i had on hand, and free handed.

window and closet coverings- cornice made by me, and curtains are made from flat sheets and trimmed out with little pink balls:)

frames- purchased at ikea and i added teal lace hem tape to the mattes.  these belly pics will be replaced by pics of her once she’s here:)

lamp- need a better picture of it, but it’s a vintage 40’s art deco glass lamp.  picked it up super cheap and re-wired it.  added a new lamp shade.

teal side table- purchased from my friend tamar and painted it teal to match the dresser.

chair-given to me by my sweet mom and i made a new slipcover for it with fabric i found at joann’s on clearance for $3 a yard!  not bad for $18! i can’t wait to spend time holding, rocking and nursing her in it!

ikea white lack nesting tables-  given to me by my friend joanne.

shelves- $1.99 spice racks from ikea spray painted to coordinate:)

vintage books- pulled from brothers room

picture of brothers and puzzle and sophie gifts:)

bird hooks-from joanns and spray painted white.

sling-made by me to carry my baby girl in:)

dresser- $80 find on craigslist.  painted it to match teal piping used on bumper and trim for quilt.  painted out original hardware white.

white frames- purchased from ikea and the prints were actually pulled from a book of birds by charley harper.  this is what started the whole room!!

white lined baskets- purchased at home goods and i made the liners out of scraps from the bumpers.

piggy bank- um this is my favorite part:)  gift from mimi:)

a couple of outfits i dyed and embellished for her before i put away all of my sewing the other day.  i can’t wait to put her in them along with her little hairbows from louandlee!

here i am at 37 weeks!  funny how i feel so incredibly HUGE and then i look at this and realize i’m pretty small this time around.  hopefully that will translate to a petite baby  :)

and clearly i’ve been having way too much fun gathering baby girls diaper stash :)

the countdown has begun…

they wanted mustaches from the 50 cent machine at Petco…

i might just have snapped my favorite pictures of these crazies to date.  (i SWEAR i did not coach eli to twirl his stache…that was allllll him ;)  i’m thinking i need to do something big with these…any display ideas?

there is something a little creepy about the ones of eli.  the combination of his wild hair, the mustache and his missing teeth…and doesn’t he remind you a little of david spade in the pictures?  i wouldn’t say that (cause come on, who would want to look like david spade?)  except  that my boy is gorgeous, and he is bound to be much taller than 5 foot;)  anyway, my whole family was looking at me like i was losing it as i was editing these and wiping tears from my face and laughing so hard that i couldn’t form words.  there have been lots of tears today, so i’m glad that the day ended with happy tears:)  (i’m SO over-emotional right now…blame it on the pr-pr-pr-pr-pr-pregnancy…:)

and how could i not include this one:

oh my gosh…i’m crying-laughing again just from scrolling down past the picture to type this.  it’s killin’ me…..

do you think i’m losing it?

i was blessed by a group of amazing women with a celebration for our sweet baby girl!  the day started with my beautiful and talented friend tamar showing up and transforming my house into the perfect setting for the day…

then came shannon and joanne with delicious food and desserts to set up and fun games to prepare.  thank you so much girls for putting this together for me and baby girl!  you are all my family here and i am so grateful for each of you!

here are some photos from the party…it was a small gathering, but i think that it was exactly right:)

*some photos taken by my talented friend rachel:)

a perfect day!  and as you can see the theme of the gifts was a clean baby!  :)

thank you girls!

i picked up these mid-century bergere chairs at value village about a year ago for $22 for the pair.  i loved the original upholstery, but as the living room came together they looked more and more dingy.  the original feather cushions would not hold their shape either.  i actually hated it when anyone would sit in them because when they got up there would be a booty print left in the seat.  i was constantly fluffing them:)

here is how they look now:

i fell in love with this fabric the minute i saw it.  knowing that i wanted to stick with the yellow from the original upholstery this was a perfect choice.  i primed a painted the frames black after i pulled all of the old fabric off and got started on putting them back together.  it took me a long time, because i just worked on them when i had time here and there.  it was fun figuring out how to do it, and if i wasn’t sure how to something i would google it and would inevitably come up with several tutorials and videos telling me how to move forward.

i took the cushions into a local upholsterer and had him re-stuff them.  so glad i did!  he only charged me $25 per chair and considering what i paid for the chairs themselves, it was a no brainer:)

i’ll try to get some photos today or tomorrow of the whole room.  and i was extremely blessed with a beautiful shower for baby girl over the weekend.  i will make sure and get some photos up soon of the celebration!

…how did you get here so fast?

time is flying around here!  i’m so glad that i was kinda in a hurry to get things prepared around here, cause now i’m feeling like i need to slow down a little more:)  the nursery is almost done, but not completely.  here is a little peek at it as it is right now:

it’s getting there, but i still feel like there is something missing…i will photograph the whole thing in the next couple of weeks, but these will have to do for now ;)

last week my dear friend rachel came over to visit with her beautiful children.  she so kindly offered to take some photos of me and baby girl belly out on our property.  i was nervous about having my picture taken, and i changed my clothes several times before they got here!  but i am so glad that she took these beautiful photos…i know that baby girl will treasure them.  i have been feeling really big and unattractive lately, none of my clothes fit me (i wear a lot of eric’s shirts and sweats around the house) and my skin is probably the worst it has ever been.  after seeing these, (and using a little healing tool in photoshop on my face), i’m feeling a little bit better about myself:)

i am itching to schedule a photo session here at the house as i see things filling out around the creek out back.  i love our house this time of year!  i am on a hunt for the perfect hammock to tie out there between two trees.  i intend to spend july through whenever baby girl makes her arrival, out there lounging and reading while the boys bring me snacks and take care of me.  we’ll see how that works out:)

we recently welcomed two tiny kittens into our family.  i was completely against it, but have quickly made my way over the dark side.  they are too cute not to love.  and we could always use more capable mousers around here:)  hopefully someday, after jaydah has forgiven me, she’ll grow to love these two girls and teach them some of her hunting skills:)

introducing Sasha and Posey (respectively:):

posey’s little freckled pink nose is too much!  and can you even stand sasha’s milk moustache marking??

they are a great addition to our crazy house that is bound to continue to get crazier as we near the arrival of baby girl!!

almost 27 weeks baby!  this little girl is already giving me a run for my money:)  and yes, i know that i cut my head off in every photo, but my skin is off the hook with this pregnancy, and to be honest it does no good to cover it up, and it hurts too much anyway.  so ya’ll are gonna have to deal with headless shots until something changes…;)

wouldn’t you rather look at these perfect faces anyway?  i know i would.  eli lost his other top tooth at school last week.  he looks so different already!

last night dylan finally pulled out his first tooth.  thank goodness, cause i couldn’t handle it just hanging there any longer!  i love how proud he looks!  and of course he had to write the tooth fairy a little note….( please excuse the cell phone pics. mama was too tired to get the big camera out:)

today was eventful.  dylan crashed REALLY bad on his bike on our gravel driveway and messed up his little knee and elbows pretty bad.  he even scraped up his precious face.  as i saw it happening, i ran to him, scooped him up and ran in the house.  he cried and begged for about a half hour for me not to clean it out.  it was heartbreaking!  his knee is the worst, but by the time we needed to leave for his game, he was pretty proud of his scrape on his face…such a boy!

while bored in the dugout he was messing with his other tooth, and pulled it out!  every time he batted, he would get on base and you would see him talking to either the base coach or the baseman showing them his face and his teeth.

he made sure to write the tooth fairy another note…i love him.

i’ve been recovering the past couple of days from my trip with Aunt Tam to The International Quilt Market in Salt Lake City that we attended last weekend.  it was a SUPER successful trip, and i will be sharing more in the next few days.  be prepared for lots of beautiful images of fabric that we have to look forward to coming soon!

means baseball.  that is what our life is right now:)   between the two boys we have 4 games a week and possible practices.  it’s a little crazy to keep up with, but so worth it:)  they look so cute out there in their uniforms looking all professional and stuff…

dylan hasn’t decided whether he likes it or not.  he can be quite the complainer sometimes when he is playing outfield, but he takes batting and running the bases pretty seriously:)

this little guy is growing up before my eyes.  he lost his first top tooth last week, and he looks so different to me.  the one next to it is going to fall out any day,  and then come the big ‘uns.  his little boy face is almost gone ;(  but look at how handsome he is becoming…

dylan is about ready to lose his first tooth, and he is eagerly anticipating a visit from the tooth fairy.  i hope the fairy remembers that eli got $5 for his first tooth, cause i’m pretty sure that dylan is counting on the same…

this little girly is almost 25 weeks.  it’s going so fast…probably cause we are so busy:)  i can’t stop myself from working on getting things ready for her.  i just finished sewing all of her bedding last week, and i put two coats of paint on the dresser this afternoon.  i waiting on a replacement part for the crib to get here so i can set it all up, and there will be lots of pictures to share.  i keep telling myself that i’m only gonna get bigger, and the weather is only gonna get hotter, so now is the time to get all of this done.  i think i am doing pretty darn good at this point.  hopefully i don’t lose this motivation before i get it all done…

i’ll be back soon with visual updates of her room….and dylan’s toothless grin ;)

it’s a girl!  we are all so thrilled!  we found out a couple of weeks ago, and on the way home form the ultrasound, i stopped at SISSY’S to gather supplies for these little shoes that i’ve been dying to make (and dying to have a reason to make;)

they turned out really cute, and i can’t wait until i can put them on her little tootsies…

the room planning is full force!  sleeping at night is becoming more of a challenge as i dream and plan of all the things i need to do before mid-august.  this is where i am at with it all so far.  however i reserve the right to change my mind on anything and everything as things start to come together;)

#1- top of the wall painted benjamin moore’s swiss coffee
bottom of the walls painted benjamin moore’s seaweed separated with a simple white chair rail.
#2 Baby Mod - ParkLane 3-in-1 Baby Convertible Crib- love the simplicity of this. and the storage at the bottom is a bonus! i wanted something she can grow with since this looks like it’ll be our last baby.
#3 my sweet mom gave us a comfy overstuffed rocker similiar to this one. i want to slipcover it in something like this pink fretwork fabric.
#4 charley harper bird art. this is where it all began. i am in love with the colors and lines of his work. the book i ordered will be here this week, and i will make the final decisions on what prints to frame in these super awesome odby frames from ikea…since the walls are white, i may decide to paint out the frames, too:)
#5 the fabric. anna maria horner’s golden velveteen will play a star part in the bedding for richness and texture. the other is joel dewberry’s vintage yellow woodgrain. with LOTS of colorful scraps mixed in. i’ll keep the rest of the bedding ideas for the reveal…it’s going to be beautiful!
#6 i am on a hunt for a vintage dresser with similiar lines to this one for the changing table. i want it to be feminine and contrast with the modern crib. i plan to paint it this bold dark burgundy from benjamin moore.

i still need to come up with lighting, window coverings, and a side table for the rocker. but this is the start!! now i need to get to work:)

any ideas are welcome!  this is in the first planning stages.  i hope to begin the crib quilt this weekend.  i’ll keep the details to myself in case i fail miserably…but if i succeed it will be unbelievable darling:)

since i have stopped in here.  if anyone reads this anymore, this is for you;)

we have been lucky to have lots of beautiful snow this week, and today i decided to pick up my camera and get some pictures of the boys playing in it before it’s gone.  i haven’t been motivated to take pictures in some time.  it’s actually been an entire month since i have even touched my camera!  crazy!  the snow created a perfect backdrop for me to jump back on the wagon.  here are some shots of my beautiful crazy boys:

dylan decided he was a puppy.  and he commited to it.

i’m not sure i can put into words how in love with these boys i am.

dylan…always the entertainment, and eli always the encourager ;)

not sure what was happening in that picture up above.  but it might just be my favorite of the bunch…silly boys!

i’m so excited to say that we’ll be adding another little love to the bunch in august.  lots of daydreaming happening over here at about the possibilities of what’s to come; boy? girl? blue eyes? green eyes? curly hair? straight?  the boys are having fun being a part of the whole process…dylan got to be at the first ultra sound (although he couldn’t understand how that was really a baby ;) and they have both been able to hear the heartbeat.  i so enjoy fridays when we sit down and talk about how big the baby is (usually in relation to a food) and it’s development in that particular week.  on march 21st we will all get to be at the ultra sound where we will find out whether this little peanut is a boy or a girl.  dylan thinks it has to be a girl “cause he has too many boys on his team already”.  of course either way we are completely thrilled!

my pregnancies with eli and dylan were really rough.  sick and vomiting daily of almost the entire pregnancy!  zofran was my best friend.  this time couldn’t be more opposite!  other than nausea all day from about week 7 to week 13, and a few times of actually getting sick i am feeling great!  and when i’m trying to go to sleep at night i’m already feeling this sweet little person turning somersaults in my belly;)

i’ve had some interesting cravings this time around…for the first month or so, i really wanted totinos pizza.  gross but oh so good!  and at like 10am, too!  the breakfast of champions… but was has really stuck around is caprese salad.  you know, tomatoes, whole milk mozzarella, fresh basil, with balsamic and olive oil…my mouth is watering just thinking about it right now!  and candy.  i NEVER buy or eat candy.  my poor kids have been deprived of the sweets of childhood!  i haven’t visited a candy isle in years, and literally haven’t eaten a candy bar in about 10 years.  but now, it’s one of the only things i want.  mostly sweet tarts.  something about them calms my tummy.  my boys are loving it though…my mother’s guilt sets in as i sit and eat the sugary goodness and they look at me with those baby blues all sad and wanting.  they’ve probably had more candy in the last three months than they have their entire lives!  it won’t hurt them, right?  we’ll have to all go on a sugar detox once this baby arrives:)

so that’s what’s going on around here!  another exciting year for the feigner’s! i hope i didn’t bore ya’ll, i just realized that i haven’t written anything down, and this is as good a place as any:)  i’ll do my best to be back sooner rather than later!

this has literally been the craziest year of our lives.  i guess it would seem normal that i feel like i’m running about 2500 steps behind the now.  just trying to pick up pieces that have fallen through the cracks of the last 9 months.  i’m ready to be present.  i’m just not sure how to go about that.  do i just leave what’s chillin’ undone in the past?  or do i keep playing catch up?  you see, these things haunt me in the night, in the day, in my work, in every aspect of my life.  so i ask you blog readers (if i even have any anymore…since as you see i am SO far behind in posting anything)  how do you do it?  how do you manage to keep up on everything?  and if you don’t, how do you let things go.  i need tools.

eric would tell me to not take on so much.  that seems pretty simple, ya?  well, i just have too many things that i love.

sometimes i just wish that i could lose the computer and the cell phone and live like i’m in the prairie days.  (you know what i mean…)  but that just isn’t an option.  i mean my business depends on those two things.

with all that said, i would love some tips on how ya’ll manage your home, children, work, marriage, laundry, hobbies, cooking meals (this is a big one for me) and just plain time.

here are some photos of a wonderful evening we spent taking time away from all the crazy and focused on our boys.  i kinda feel like this night marked the beginning of a re-focus if you will.  as much as we love our new home, it has two very distinct sides.  1.  it is so peaceful and relaxing, and it’s my favorite place to be.  and 2. it is constant work, a time suck, a money suck and unfortunately (and fortunately) all of the potential to be the most amazing forever family home.  (notice the word potential:)

we needed a break, and we did just that.  we escaped our escape.

a perfect evening.

seriously though…any tips would be appreciated…