Aubrey's Big Girl Room!

Ok so Aubrey is 2 and a half and we still had her sleeping in her crib.  (slackers!) but we decided when we moved into our new home we would do a big surprise room and get her into a big girl bed like we did for Tyler.  We had her sleep in with Tyler all week and Chad and I worked very hard to get everything done! It turned out amazing, its every little girl's dream. I am so happy it turned out so gorgeously because we aren't working with a lot of space here so I wanted to add as much whimsy and charm as I could, here are a few pictures.

 

Before

 

It was the right color, Aubrey loves purple. but with the room being so small we needed to lighten it up a little bit

 

After, I love her daybed!

Gotta have a cabbage patch doll in there!

Gallery wall, including a painting I did back in high school!

princess!

Can't seem to get away from the dog haha

 

She loves it!!!

 

We were a little worried that Tyler would be a little jealous about it but he was actually so happy for her and they played a little bit of dress up together before bed. Of coarse he had to wear his fireman raincoat and not a dress though haha. We will be painting his room soon so I think I am going to get him a new rug and a few new things for his wall to make him feel special too, and he said he can't wait to sleep in Aubrey's room while we work on his! :)

Wow. My last blog was from March 12, 2012.  Today is May 3, 2013.  I can't believe how much has happened in this last year. Stumbling across my old blog today and looking in some of my "drafts" that I never posted made me chuckle...There is a blog titled "Cold Feet"  I was curious to what this was about because usually cold feet has something to do with marriage and I never experienced that feeling.  So I quickly opened it to find a blog about moving to Eldridge and how I didn't know if it was the right decision...We are talking I wrote this 15 days before we moved.  Funny to me because even before we moved my heart wasn't into it.  We recently put our house on the market and are hoping to move back to the "city."  We have only lived here for a little over a year and a half and I have been unhappy here since the day we closed on the house...I remember a friend calling me a week after we moved to see how I was liking the place and I was crying when she called because I was lonely and depressed.  Not that Eldridge is super far away but its far enough out that I feel secluded and don't have visitors like I used to in Davenport. Its a crazy thing to feel so close but so far away at the same time.  I learned a valuable lesson moving out here....ALWAYS GO WITH YOUR GUT FEELING.  My gut was telling me to say no but the way my husband seemed so excited and I wanted him to be happy. The thing about a marriage is you both need to be happy to make it work so finally Chad decided it was time (and for the record he is ready to move back to the "city" too) Hopefully we can sell our house and find a perfect one back in town and won't have to move ever again!!! (unless we become rich or something crazy like that)  I have a feeling that to find a home is going to be a challenge because I will NOT settle again. I want to walk through the front door and get happy "this feels like home" feelings. I want to be able to smile when I talk about where I live.  I want to be proud of my home and want to put in effort to make it our own.  Please wish us luck!!!! Moving is such a pain but on a positive note it does force you to get organized and I am loving the fact that all our closets and dressers are clean!!!!

There were a few positive things that have came out of Eldridge I will say.  To try to take my mind off of things, I took up running and it has become something I am very passionate about. I absolutely love it and I am training to do the BIX this year. I can't wait to earn that shirt! Something I also would like to do is complete a half marathon before I turn 30...I am 28 so once I tackle the bix, I may try to start marathon training (there is one in sept but that may be presumptuous) I would really love to travel to vegas and do the half marathon there its right around my birthday so that would be really fun too ! We will see :)

Anyways other than moving nonsense everything else is fantastic.  Chad and I are doing great and are able to get out at least once a month for date night.  Tyler is smarter than ever and will be starting preschool in the fall (not sure where yet with the move) but honestly I think he is ready for kindergarten! He amazes me everyday with the questions he asks me (a lot of them I don't even know the answer!)  Aubrey is growing like crazy...She's getting so tall and skinny and I have been potty training her and without the big poofy diaper she looks even skinnier! her pants fall off her little butt now! Its adorable! She talks like crazy too now. My favorite thing she says right now is "I love you so much Momma" She says it randomly and it melts my heart every time.  She defiantly keeps me on my toes, she is a lot more wild than Tyler ever was.  She is our dare devil.  Also getting into the "I do it myself" phase.  Its so funny how opposite kids can be but they truly are best friends.

Well this was a long post with no pictures (sorry) but hey! Its been over year! Lets see if I can start posting more often!!!!