tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61345588269591243882024-03-13T19:40:24.031-07:009 12 ELM TreeLauren@NineTwelveElmTreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09354792173177023298noreply@blogger.comBlogger180125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6134558826959124388.post-78835732691668139792014-10-27T07:11:00.000-07:002014-10-27T07:11:00.872-07:00Pumpkin Fun!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Last week I had the pleasure of being off for two days during the week. The Mr. was off and then got an unexpected "snow day" on Saturday, so all together we were off together from Wednesday night-Sunday. We tried to take advantage of the great weather and teach baby JQ about the fall season. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Big boy was a bit of a pout pout fish-not sure if it was a growth spurt, sleep regression, intro of new formula or what. He kept us on our toes much of the week/weekend with 1-5 AM play time/roll over sessions. Finally on the seventh day (last night) he slept, so hopefully he's over it for awhile so the rest of us can recover!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">On Friday we checked out a smallish, local pumpkin farm. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Baby JQ was really interested in the animals. He especially liked the goats.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Checking out the great pumpkin.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Happy boy!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">On Sunday, we gathered for the annual pumpkin carving contest. This year a chili cook-off was added. It was bittersweet without our patriarch, as his presence was certainly missed and the pumpkin seeds were not toasted. </span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Our family's pumpkin entry won first place! Yay! I'll admit that we were looking to sway the little kid vote with our tinkerbell pumpkin, but hey it still turned out great! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Sometimes I feel like you need a good weekend to really re-charge your batteries. You know what I mean?! When you feel like things at work are really blah and chores are piling up at home and you haven't been out in a while. You just need a great weekend to look forward to. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I had been looking forward to last weekend for quite awhile. A couple of my aunts came to town and the rest of my family was able to get together after not seeing each other for some time. Eric was home for a long stint and the baby is SO MUCH FUN right now. Everything just seemed to come in to place.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">It bowls me over with how alert the baby is right now. I feel like his little brain is absorbing anything and everything!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Eric also took Baby J. to visit all of his great-grandparents. Yay for great-grandparents!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">On Saturday we ventured out for a family reunion of sorts in Grafton. It was a little chilly, but Baby J. had a great time (and was very warm I might add!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">He was LAUGHING! I love his laughs. They are literally the best sounds in the world!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">My big boy got baptized this weekend, alongside his cousin E. Both babies did a great job with zero crying during the actual baptism (and just a few tired tears from little man afterwards.) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">These are just the photos from my iPhone, so the quality is pretty sub par. I miss the camera on my Galaxy!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">So my baby is here, but not like I've had time to post about that yet. Rather than continue to wait on sharing recent pictures until finishing his birth story, I'll go ahead and write on recent events until I get a hot second to write about his birth. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Anyways, here are some photos from little man's first trip to the apple farm! It was absolutely the most perfect fall day and he LOVED it! Apple prices weren't bad either!</span></div>
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As you can see we weren't really in sync. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-N28oCv8NWW8/U2RfH-vUFkI/AAAAAAAAE0Q/lFeqtRw46WY/s640/blogger-image--546263552.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-N28oCv8NWW8/U2RfH-vUFkI/AAAAAAAAE0Q/lFeqtRw46WY/s640/blogger-image--546263552.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-3t_ZpFkiTYY/U2RfMV1grAI/AAAAAAAAE0g/STD_T27No8c/s640/blogger-image--1904329735.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-3t_ZpFkiTYY/U2RfMV1grAI/AAAAAAAAE0g/STD_T27No8c/s640/blogger-image--1904329735.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Yesterday I had another ultrasound and doctor's appointment. I wish I could have ultrasounds weekly because I just love seeing my little guy. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">He seemed so much bigger this time-which he was, weighing in at a healthy 4 lbs 14 ounces! Aren't they supposed to double in size in the coming weeks?! He's almost five lbs now. Lord help me.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">We also found out that he's <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">head down, so it's comforting to know that he's not breech.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-_nW_eHadQZo/U2RfKY-7KvI/AAAAAAAAE0Y/MmJL14y024E/s640/blogger-image-647705255.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-_nW_eHadQZo/U2RfKY-7KvI/AAAAAAAAE0Y/MmJL14y024E/s640/blogger-image-647705255.jpg"></a></div><br></div>This is going to sound crazy, but I think he looks like Eric.</div>Lauren@NineTwelveElmTreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09354792173177023298noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6134558826959124388.post-69303952365971625272014-04-26T09:41:00.001-07:002014-04-26T09:41:53.184-07:00Week 31<div><br></div>31 weeks. <div><br></div><div>I wish I could say it was happier. A student at my school passed away unexpectedly from a brain aneurysm. She was only 14. Death and dying are enough to deal with as an adult, but try explaining it and being the strong one for a class full of kids wondering why their classmate died. Will I have to explain this to my own kids someday? I certainly hope not.</div><div><br></div><div>Too young, too soon.</div><div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-rgZXqaDIgJc/U1vhxazBXFI/AAAAAAAAEz0/bPeDaKpdDGY/s640/blogger-image-1834748861.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-rgZXqaDIgJc/U1vhxazBXFI/AAAAAAAAEz0/bPeDaKpdDGY/s640/blogger-image-1834748861.jpg"></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The insomnia is also back with a vengeance. I think there were a couple times this week that I woke at 2:30 and couldn't get back to sleep. Perhaps it's Mini Meyer preparing me for months of sleeplessness.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">On a high note, my boyfriend finally conceded to getting a "new" car for himself. He's been driving his '95 Accord since we met in high school. The Red Baron, as I call I, has been to the moon in mileage and hasn't had working AC for a long time. 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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Lately, I've been feeling an itch to incorporate more art into our home. The problem? Art is expensive! Thank goodness for places like Etsy that allow us common folks to buy cheapish prints. However, you still have to figure that shipping and frames will cost extra. In short, more moola. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So, I've been trying to use some of my favorite prints and pieces as inspiration to create my own art.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Inspiration 1: Pinterest collection of Etsy art. Specifically number 3 and 8.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Results: I think they turned out pretty good for my first attempt at painting since my high school Fundamentals of Art II class. Method: I eye-balled the originals then used craft paper, cheap canvas, and acrylic paint from Michael's. These are currently residing in the kitchen, but I'm not sure they'll stay. I have hopes of doing an art gallery wall, but I'm not sure where at this point.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Over the weekend, one of my best gal pals and I visited several mid-century modern thrift shops in our area. I LOVE LOVE LOVED <a href="http://rocketcentury.boutiquewindow.com/#!">Rocket Century</a>! Read: I wanted to buy EVERYTHING. While it wasn't the largest of shops, they had a great mix of mid-century furniture and accessories. The owners were also super nice and easy to talk to. In addition to having (and frequently updating) their Facebook page, the website is user-friendly and actually shows current pricing and sales. Overall, this place gets five stars in my book!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So did I show restraint or go nuts with my purchases? Remember, I do still have a baby room to finish people. I practiced major self-control and walked away with just a couple of accessories. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Purchase numero uno: this fancy brass magazine rack. I liked the design and we didn't have a magazine rack. It will be a nice landing place for all of my catalogs and Eric's flying mags. Bonus: it's a shiny bling for our stone fireplace. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(The airplane picture was also a purchase from this adventure, but from a different store. It's a United DC-3. Obviously, it was for my boyfriend.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Our dresser project is finally complete and I'm super pumped with how it turned out! I can only take credit for being the brains behind the operation. My darling boyfriend executed the project magnificently!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Here's what the dresser looked like when we started. It was just your basic 50's/60's pine dresser. We acquired this from Eric's grandma when she moved houses a couple years back. There was nothing wrong with it, but I really wanted a fun conversation piece for the room. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I posted this picture on Facebook during spring break. Eric gave the whole thing a good sanding. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">and finally the coolest part of the whole project...the knobs!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(I still haven't hung any of his art, which is why it's all sitting on the dresser. I figure I ought to wait until all of the furniture is in. The "Love You Forever" art idea was taken from <a href="http://www.younghouselove.com/2014/04/door-decisions-art-updates-and-one-big-belly/">Young House Love</a> and I painted the arrow art using a Martha Stewart stencil.) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I got the idea from <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/217158013251804267/">this post on Pinterest</a> and asked Eric if it would be possible to 1. find this many valve handles and 2. use them safely as handles. After a bit of research, we figured out that if we sprayed them with a clear protective coat we could check off number 2. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Collecting all of the handles took quite a bit longer then we expected. The pinterest listing from Etsy was no longer available, so we had been acquiring them slowly from our heating and cooling guy. My father-in-law found a listing for valve handles on eBay and helped us round out our collection. Special thanks to him!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We are so pleased that we were able to make something special for Mini Meyer's nursery that is one-of-a-kind just for him. Stay tuned for more nursery updates!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Excuse my lateness, as today I've entered the third trimester and this is last week's 27 Week Update! The picture quality also doesn't seem to be as good this week for some reason...</span></div>
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Lauren@NineTwelveElmTreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09354792173177023298noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6134558826959124388.post-67653440894691291442014-04-01T07:10:00.001-07:002014-04-01T07:17:24.188-07:00Stay-Cation 2014<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Spring break is now officially over (sob) but that means I can now rehash all the glorious details. We originally intended to go south for a baby moon (honeymoon before baby comes for those of you not familiar with the lingo.) However, the past couple weeks had really been tough, so we decided to stay put and enjoy being home together.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We did a few more things around the house then used a coupon (!) for some delicious fro-yo. Can you guess which one is mine?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Yep, those orange cravings haven't gone away yet. Mine was the orange and pineapple. Yummo!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">On Tuesday we had a city adventure and tried a new-to-us restaurant for lunch then checked out the (free!) history museum.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Eric was in airplane heaven! Funny story: he actually sat in this airplane before when it was on loan to a local regional airport.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We got to check out a riveting exhibit about the 250th anniversary of STL. This chalk mural of the landmarks was a favorite for both of us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">On Wednesday, you'll notice the decent of my picture taking. I guess I was having too much fun! Anyways, we had lunch and a visit with Eric's grandma then had a visit with my grandparents and their kitty Jax. He loves Eric's coat!</span></div>
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Lauren@NineTwelveElmTreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09354792173177023298noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6134558826959124388.post-37245482307752164482014-03-22T06:00:00.001-07:002014-03-22T06:00:46.192-07:00Weekly update<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Spring has sprung and we're starting to see signs of it everywhere around 912ELMtree!</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-MATvBckJXTM/Uy2JbPHjTzI/AAAAAAAAEtQ/qizMWo6in9k/s640/blogger-image--842711048.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-MATvBckJXTM/Uy2JbPHjTzI/AAAAAAAAEtQ/qizMWo6in9k/s640/blogger-image--842711048.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">We're rounding the corner to third trimester! How fun to celebrate with St Patricks Day and the first day of spring!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-2md_XHPsaVw/Uy2JfAt3EoI/AAAAAAAAEtg/VwonjNqlqvY/s640/blogger-image--767453242.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-2md_XHPsaVw/Uy2JfAt3EoI/AAAAAAAAEtg/VwonjNqlqvY/s640/blogger-image--767453242.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div>Josie also visited the beauty shop and got her first summer haircut of the season.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-7-Bt-Ecz6cE/Uy2JdFgEODI/AAAAAAAAEtY/1GeqqYaD4bI/s640/blogger-image-154973704.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-7-Bt-Ecz6cE/Uy2JdFgEODI/AAAAAAAAEtY/1GeqqYaD4bI/s640/blogger-image-154973704.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Finally some of the tulip bulbs that my boy friend planted last fall survived the squirrels and harsh winter. Can't wait to see what they look like!</div>Lauren@NineTwelveElmTreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09354792173177023298noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6134558826959124388.post-51915208277942042192014-03-05T17:21:00.000-08:002014-03-05T17:21:03.429-08:0024 Weeks<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1. Mini Meyer NEEDED these onesies. Are you kidding me?! "Just plane cute" It was meant to be. These are actually a gift from my mom, along with that adorable stripped romper. [Is that the right lingo? Onesie + legs = romper? Please advise.]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">2-7 My Aunt Kay is a machine when it comes to sewing projects. Seriously she needs her own blog or Etsy shop. She MADE those adorable onesies and burp cloths. How cute are the green chevron and the baby suspenders with plaid?! I can't wait for him to wear all of these! Thank you a hundred times!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">8. Baby shoes could be the ugliest things in the world and still be adorable because of how tiny they are. These are also from my mom.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">9. Eric's dentist told him about a baby re-sale shop so we checked it out one Saturday afternoon. I loved the colors on this and the too cool bull dog.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">However I was worried that I was seriously approaching pattern overload in Mini's room, being that we're already starting with chunky, creamy stripes on the walls. I needed to SEE it to believe it! To know that I wasn't going to overstimulate my offspring in his formative years with patterns galore. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Thanks to the <a href="http://theweekendhomemaker.com/creating-a-mood-board-in-picasa">Weekend Homemaker's tutorial</a>, I found that I could download Picasa for free to create mood boards. You will probably neither see nor hear from me this weekend. Ha!</span></div>
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Lauren@NineTwelveElmTreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09354792173177023298noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6134558826959124388.post-69124509228663846252014-02-23T19:11:00.001-08:002014-02-23T19:48:04.102-08:0022 (and a half) Weeks<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">After a 5-week picture hiatus, I'm happy to announce "Houston we have a bump!" Eric is also excited to have felt Mini M kick for the first time today.</span></div>
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Lauren@NineTwelveElmTreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09354792173177023298noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6134558826959124388.post-74719493033931799322014-02-22T07:09:00.000-08:002014-02-22T07:09:38.459-08:00Nursery Additions<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I'm so excited to get Mini M.'s room rollin', but man it takes FOR-EV-ER [<i>Sandlot</i>-style] for baby furniture to come! Our crib isn't slated to be here until April, but at least the glider will be here soon. Can you tell I'm getting impatient?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">[Please imagine this sans dusty rose and floral. Insert cool airplane stuff] </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Eric's folks purchased our crib and this is the model we chose [but in white.] It didn't take us terribly long to find it, knowing that we wanted something with clean lines. Though the dark wood is handsome, we decided that white just felt more classic baby-esque to us. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My aunt surprised us and ordered these prints that I'd been drooling over on <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/Lauren912ET/baby-boy/">Pinterest</a>. They go just perfectly with my orange and navy airplane obsessions! I'm thinking I'll do gray frames? Possibly? Not sure if I'll keep them together or break them up yet, but I'm just in love!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">[Don't even get me started on how much I love this nursery. The drapes, the airplane mobile, the doggy pics, I could go on forever. It's just the right amount baby boy rustic-mod with great patterns and pops of color.]</span></div>
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Lauren@NineTwelveElmTreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09354792173177023298noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6134558826959124388.post-44356566285810589112014-02-21T13:58:00.002-08:002014-02-21T13:58:46.749-08:00To Buy Or Not To Buy, That Is The Question<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There are so many cool things out there for boys-airplane loving boys I might add-that I just had no idea about! Here are some things that have been on my radar lately:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Oh my how cute is this?! And in our room colors! I'm still planning to scope out the selection of tiny planes at Hobby Lobby since we originally planned to make a mobile ourselves. This is looking like my most likely purchase.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I have a huge crush on the little guy. Next to baby boy's new <a href="http://www.walmart.com/ip/Enchanted-Cherish-Glider/19717776">navy striped glider</a>, I think it would be a match made in heaven. My boyfriend thought this was cool, but he probably doesn't think it's $149 cool. This wins the "probably not going to happen" award.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This wins for the "biggest outlier/non-airplane-related item." I think it would be just darling in a little boy room. Still debating if we have too many airplane things to go for this. Maybe if we mixed up some of the other art with things like <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/217158013256235266/">this Mustache picture</a> or <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/125417924/world-map-poster-sizes-from-4x6-to-24x36?ref=favs_view_4">this giant map (but in orange or gray)</a> it wouldn't look so out of place?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Stay tuned. We've still got quite a bit to clear out of Mini M's room before I give you a peak.</span>Lauren@NineTwelveElmTreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09354792173177023298noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6134558826959124388.post-31726800488180857052014-02-04T07:44:00.001-08:002014-02-04T07:44:59.879-08:00And Mini M. Is...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">EEEK! We're so excited (and 99.9% sure I might add) to know the gender of Mini M! But first, some details.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Everything went smoothly with the ultrasound. Our tech told us she was 99.9% positive of the gender (whew that was a relief!) We ended up waiting FOREVER to see the doctor and had to rush home with only 30 minutes 'til party time. Eric dropped off our envelope to the local party store and then picked up our box packed with baby balloons.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I'm a little disappointed that I have so few pictures of the decorations that I made since I didn't anticipate having so little time between the appointment and party. Oh well. C'est la vie! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Wow were we surprised! My initial "gut" feeling was boy and though I accidentally kept referring to the baby as "he" and "him," I actually had convinced myself that Mini was a girl. Guess I better take back those dresses I bought! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I'm so excited for airplanes, plaid, sweater vests, snakes, snails, and puppy dog tails! Also, big thanks to our families who came out to celebrate with us, both in person, over the phone, and in prayer.</span>Lauren@NineTwelveElmTreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09354792173177023298noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6134558826959124388.post-17145475550029889602014-01-24T07:09:00.000-08:002014-01-24T07:09:57.108-08:00Guest Room Updates<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">These tables used to be in my grandma's house and I inherited them when she passed in March 2013. I'm not sure what I'm doing with these yet (if anything.) They are a little worse for the ware and could definitely use a good sanding and staining, but I've also thought about painting them or possibly dipping the legs in a funky color of paint.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Finally, we relocated the larger Italian photo from the living room in here along with the picture painted by Eric's grandma (it's a picture of Eric and his brother Sam playing on the beach in Florida.) Since the room is for guests it's kind of taken on a bit of a travel theme almost, so both pieces seemed very appropriate for in here. You'll also notice that we've saved all of our travel soaps/shampoos/etc in the glass jar. I think it's a nice touch for guests that don't want to bring toiletries.</span></div>
Lauren@NineTwelveElmTreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09354792173177023298noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6134558826959124388.post-19797585497412718512014-01-20T06:59:00.003-08:002014-01-20T06:59:39.454-08:00Week 17 Update<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Check out my Week 17 "By the Weeks" update by clicking on this <a href="http://ninetwelveelmtree.blogspot.com/2013/12/by-weeks.html">link</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Remember back to what the master "pinkalicious" bathroom looked like before by visiting my </span><a href="http://ninetwelveelmtree.blogspot.com/p/around-house.html" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">house tour</a><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The scenario: it's the second week of October. We had just found out that we are expecting Mini M. in June. So we </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 20.796875px;">decided immediately that we wanted to go ahead and redo this bathroom to avoid any dust or bathroom sharing with Mini M.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">What ensued was the fastest bathroom project in the history of our time together (we've done 3 bathrooms total-2 here and 1 at our other house.) It literally only took a month. I've never made decisions so fast!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">To keep the "flow" of our house, I made it easy on myself and chose the same floor and wall tiles, grout, tub stain, toilet, and shower curtain. All accessories (rug, soap dispenser, tooth brush holder, and baskets) are from Target.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The wall color is what I love the most in here. It's Antique Glass by Benjamin Moore. I never even got the sample-I just found a picture of it on Pinterest! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Eric frosted the window because we thought it looked so nice with it's fresh white paint that we didn't want to cover it. We also got a fan and electrical outlets since there weren't any before. Now I can finally do my hair in the bathroom! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We sneakily gutted and redid our bathrooms. Both of them. Surprise!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Time travel yourself back to early August. Eric and I had been talking all summer about redoing the guest bathroom but didn't really feel like we had the time to do it. We bumped into the contractor who did the majority of our kitchen and he said he was free at the end of the month-score! Bathroom here we come!</span></div>
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