I see a baby, I see a smile, I see a DIMPLE!

Nolan is 8 weeks old today. We will have his 2 month stats after his appointment tomorrow. He is changing daily and today I kind of caught his smiling on camera. Those of you that have seen him lately know that he looks exactly like Marshall, so I am THRILLED to announce that he has a Dimple, which is all from ME. It isn't as pronounced as Mallory's but definitely comes out when he smiles. Here is a first glance at this surprise trait.





I didn't have many dreams about him during my pregnancy but remember one very vivid one in which I had the baby in a hotel and it was a boy with brown hair, blue eyes, and one big dimple. The jury is still out on the eyes but this dimple shows that God knew all along that you were meant for me little baby!

And sorry about the boppy. There is a lot of pink in your world- you can thank being so close in age to Mallory for that. :)

Speaking of Sister- She is a HANDFUL. Still a delight but a handful. Rumplestiltzkin, or Rumple, is her new name. No one knows this better than little Nolan.She actually has been awesome towards him, just wants to get her hands all over him and doesn't know how to be gentle.

Nolan pleading "Can I get some help here!!!!"


It's a dangerous World as Nolan sees it.


Rumple doesn't like to be told "No HIT!"

On the flip side, Peyton is Nolan's BIGGEST fan. The poor baby tries to do some tummy time and work on holding his neck up,

Only to find that his big brother needs to be everywhere he is. So it is Tummy TIme for all!

Whew! All the group tummy time wears him out!


So things are settling in. It has been a rough but rewarding road. I've had a C Section, umbilical hernia surgery, and a sprained ankle all in the last 8 weeks, BUT seeing this baby smile at me makes it all worthwhile. We never know what the day is going to bring but we are facing it all together. Happy 8 weeks Nolan!

Room to call their Own

Major Drum roll please.............Introducing the new nursery of Nolan Mark and the new toddler room of Mallory Ann! A HUGE shout out and thank you to Kristen Brown, a wonderful friend, who spent five nights with our family, helping out with the kids after I had surgery and helping us switch over their rooms. I am so glad that everyone now has a place to call their own. The rooms aren't in perfect order but you can get the idea.

Mallory will move out of her crib in the next few months and we have a nice desk/shelf to put in when that happens, but here is her sweet big girl room that matches her nursery. The closet has decals on it, love it!




The biggest accomplishment- her CLOSET! She doesn't have room for a dresser right now so everything is in here, and you should have seen it before when it was our junk closet. Cleaning out all of our junk and perfectly organizing her belongings was probably the biggest accomplishment of the weekend. Thank you Kristen!



My kids love Curious George, and i love that he is timeless, so baby Nolan has a Curious George themed nursery, the only thing missing may be a window valence. Such a sweet boy nursery. I did a lot of the customized stuff (prints, lampshade, etc.) off of Etsy.com. There are some great finds on there.




Here are some close ups of the Etsy finds, the lamp shade is made out of the same sheet on his bed. And the set of prints matches his bedding and has images from famous Curious George stories. (Kite, hot air balloon, etc.)


Now we will work on getting Nolan to actually sleep in his adorable crib. Thank you again Kristen for all of your help this week.