Baby Room progress

We said goodbye to the moon and stars painted on the wall in the baby room without much regrets.  With the baby being a boy, we figured the creepy moon had to go.  John was in the process of repainting the room for a good week or so and he is about finished.  Only has to do a few touchups on baseboards and such.  

After two coats of Kilz, the purple walls finally vanished.  It probably wouldn’t of taken two coats, but with the walls bumpy texture it was hard to get the best coverage with just one coat.  

During the painting adventures the cat decided he needed to help too by creeping over the paint tarps, and attacking paint spatters on the floor.  Needless to say Garfield had some white spots on his coat for a few days and he was not a fan.

Nursery theme

When it comes to choosing a theme for a nursery there are so many to choose from.  We’ve scoured websites galore and been to several stores and finally made a choice.  We’ve chosen a nursery theme called Zanzibar.  John and I both agreed on it, and we liked the subtle greens and neutral colors that it combined in its patterns of safari animals.  

The picture I’ve posted is obviously from the web, so we won’t be decking out the room with quite so much “stuff” as they’ve shown in this picture.  I was a fan of the fact that I already have a turtle, elephant, and zebra stuffed animal that I built at Build a Bear (I love that place, by the way) that we could put in the baby room.  All I need to do now is find a giraffe, a monkey, and an alligator, and whatever other jungle animals I think would fit in.  

This week we’re in the process of painting the walls in the baby room.  When we moved into our house, the room was light purple and a yellow moon with a face painted on one of the walls.   We had to prime the walls with two coats of primers to get rid of that creepy yellow moon, but it finally disappeared and the walls are slowly getting painted a shade of green, with a yellow accent wall.  We’re hoping it will end up looking cute.  When we finish the painting process we’ll post some before and after shots so all can experience jungle themed fun with us.

Happy Fathers Day!

Though John’s job as father hasn’t consisted of a lot yet where baby is concerned, he’s been great at keeping me happy, and for that we (mom and baby Portier) are thankful.  Can’t wait to see the worlds best husband become the worlds best daddy!  Love you sweetie!  

25 weeks

Baby Portier is slowly getting bigger, and so is Mom.  He kicks up a storm right before bedtime, so much in fact that even John can feel how active he is.  Garfield likes laying on Corrie’s tummy, wonder if he can feel the baby too?  

Orange cat, right next to the orange juice

So apparently our little Garfield loves to jump into the fridge and sit on the bottom shelf.  We’ve never put him in the fridge nor have we forgotten him in there.  He just hears the door opening, and darts on in and takes a seat.  Quirky little thing.