Twins Game

At the end of June Adam got free baseball tickets at work so we went to see the Twins at Target Field. Love this pic of Gigi hugging Liam :)

 we had great seats near the 3rd baseline

and Gigi and Liam were both really good for the game

 Gigi of course loved all the treats, especially the cotton candy!

we had a great time and can't wait to go to another game!

Deck Time

We've really enjoyed owning our own home and especially having a deck in our backyard. We bought an outdoor sectional and most nights and weekends you can find us there. 

Although I think Buddy enjoys it the most; When I let him out I always find him lounging and basking in the sun!

Little Princess

Gigi just loves to dress up in her princess costumes! Most days she is playing with her princess toys dressed in some form of a princess costume. She is our pretty little princess!

 After I snapped the first pics she then wanted to make funny faces :)

The Reeders Visit!

At the end of June, Adam's sister and her family came to visit us for a weekend. They were visiting North Dakota so they thought they'd come see us since they weren't too far away. Well 'not too far away' turned out to be lots of road construction and 12 hours in a car. But we were so happy they were able to come out. We had tons of fun showing them some fun things to do around the city. Here are some highlights...

going on rides at the Mall of America

Gigi and Hayden had so much fun together!

playing catch in the front yard

Gigi giving Allison a ride!

the Craw and Reeder cousins - sans Caroline :(

the girls (and Liam!) did some shopping while the boys went to a Twins game

the last night we did some fireworks in our backyard

Gigi loved stomping on the pop-its!

 Thanks so much Anne & Mark for coming to visit us! We had a blast and can't wait until next time! :)

Liam's Nursery

I was super excited to find out that #2 was going to be a boy so I could design a little boy's nursery. And since we now own our home and I already had the basics from #1, I could really have fun with the decor! I wanted to use yellow and grey as the color scheme and when I found this fabric from Sarah Jane (love her illustrations!)...

I decided to add in pops of red to the design. I'm not really into themed nurseries but I do like to have an overall cohesive idea so you'll see that I used airplanes and travel to tie things together. Let's take a look inside, shall we! (warning, pic heavy)

This is the view you see as you enter the room. Paint color is 'Pewter' by Benjamin Moore

The "L" above the crib I made using vintage encyclopedia pages and rolled them to give it more of a 3D effect

I made the mobile using a kids bike wheel, red baker's twine and scrapbook paper folded into tiny paper airplanes (thanks pinterest!)

The map above the crib I got here

The crib bumper, skirt and quilt were made by my talented mother and sister - using that cute Sarah Jane fabric. I'm so thankful they made me another crib set (they also made Gigi's)! I used the same Jenny Lind Crib that we had for Gigi; I love the vintage design of it. :)

I got the rug here

The ABC poster is from IKEA and so is the bookshelf underneath it. I got the fabric toy bins here

The Eames Rocker (mine is a knock-off) I already had from Gigi's nursery, the red pouf I got here, and the pillow is from target

And here's a view of the other side of the room. I used the same dresser and bookcase as a changing table that were in Gigi's nursery; I got them at IKEA but they are now discontinued. We just changed out her old pink knobs for these ones in yellow.

I got these cute airplane prints from this etsy seller

We did his handprint and footprint when he was 11 days old; I also did this with Gigi and it was fun comparing them (his are much bigger!)

The shelves are from IKEA and most of the stuff on them I found at various vintage stores

The print is a free printable that I colored to match the room - you can download it here

Adam and I made the little framed heart using our thumbprints

The chevron curtains I made using this fabric and following this tutorial. They were surprisingly very easy to make (and a seamstress I am not)!

Thanks for letting me share Liam's nursery with you! :)