Eleanor's Room

I wanted to share a look at Eleanor's room, since I'm really pleased with how it came together, and baby rooms are just fun! Also, let's be honest, this is by far the most put together room in our new house. I basically just started with a few ideas (and a Pinterest board) and went from there: grey with a green accent wall, neutrals with a variety of colors, simple with room for change, kid-friendly.

 featuring Luna, our hospital bags, and the Rock n' Play where she'll sleep in our room

garland- Target this past holiday season, changing pad and cover- Land of Nod, "e"- Anthropologie, dresser and cart- IKEA

drawer 1- clothes and accessories newborn to 3/6 months, pacifiers, socks and mits

drawer 2- shoes, receiving blankets and swaddles, clothes and accessories 6-12 months

drawer 3- storing extra items (soap, wipes, diapers, pacifiers, etc)

prints from Hello Hue, Lucy Darling, and Penny Arcade (a comic strip/company Kyle follows- this is pretty much the one thing he picked specifically for her room!), cube shelf and baskets- IKEA, crazy cat clock my mom found up in Canada (the tongue swings)

using this unit to store books, her few toys/teethers (Sophie and Kiki!)/stuffed animals, and in the baskets are extra linens (changing pad covers, towel and crib sheet) and bibs; green basket (Target) to the right is for laundry

the little orb is a night light from IKEA over a year ago, teddy bear from Gap, knit kitty doll from blabla

print- Rifle Paper Co, whales- Cherry Garden Dolls, crib sheet- Land of Nod, lamp- Target

Boppy pillow, a collection of my stuffed moose (plus a bear and a moomin from Finland), wire basket storing a couple blankets

undecided about that "smile" print- it's from our wedding and was in our room (where it may return to)

two closets! The left one is just being used for extra storage, right one for baby things; rug from Rugs USA

I am undecided if I want a rocking chair/glider yet, so that will go by the window if we get one. 

This random shelf fit perfectly in this space, so I used it to display some cute and colorful items, and some of the clothes my Nana Rose knit for Eleanor! penguin and "E" Christmas ornaments from west elm, E and M blocks found at Spice Village in Waco. 

closet mostly storing boxes, packaging, and instruction booklets from all the baby items as well as some diapers, baby monitor, and stroller accessories; clothes on the left are up to 6 months, on the right up to 18 months. I need to get more hangers!

I'm looking forward to seeing how things change and evolve with actual use!

- S

A Gfit for Baby Aurora

My Finnish sister had a baby girl about a month ago, so I've been putting together ideas for some things to send her! The Finnish government provides her with all the essentials already, so I'm just looking at fun stuff :) ! I've ordered this dress on sale from Ruche; it makes me think of Finland (probably due to the birds and design) and she will be able to grow into it and use it through her first year, and the Perchance the Cat blabla doll, as my sis Eevastiina is a cat lady and this one looks most like hers. She'd probably be grown out of the FEED newborn onesies by the time they would arrive in Finland, but I still love them (and the cause!).

dress/ apple/ cat doll/ headbands/ shoes/ onesies/ print

I've never had to buy baby gifts before...so, yeah. Kind of weird, but mostly fun!

- From the desk of Mrs. M

Finnish Baby

One of my host sisters in Finland had a beautiful baby girl on June 3rd, Aurora Jasmin. How cute is she? I hope I get to meet her before too long! Also, did you know that in Finland, the state gives every new baby a box full of necessities and goodies? You can read the full article here. They really know how to take care of their mothers and children (also, Finland was recently ranked the best place to be a mother).

box contents via BBC

Welcome to the World

This is probably definitely a bit of a downer among all the cheery mothers day posts, but Why Poverty? posted this video; I hadn't seen it before and had to share. It is sad, and honestly terrifying to watch some of the scenes, but usually these important things are not easy to watch. Just try to imagine how difficult it is for those actually living these lives and experiencing this pain. Warning: there is nudity, blood, and babies being born, alive and dead.

- From the desk of Mrs. M

Dreaming of Baby

I can't help it. I know I know I know. I know. Oh I know. I've just wanted to be a mom since forever (and had a running list of baby names in my head, too), and things are almost aligned so that that can happen. It doesn't help that babies and kids not in short supply in the Army community (or blogging world, it seems). And that one of my best friends is equally anticipating baby time (but also locked into grad school for the next two years). And then Pinterest makes the day dreaming so easy, so so easy. So, I think about it from time to time. My Klout for some reason says I am influential about babies (an achievement, I guess? considering I do not have one). And one night apparently I was talking in my sleep, something about a baby. Nothing wrong with that. My family used to say growing up that I was for sure going to get married and have maybe seven children (We only want three, I think). Anyway, timing is not quite right yet (grad school), but I am dreaming of the future, filled with little ones and no sleep and spit up cute things all over. A girl can dream (and talk out loud in her sleep), can't she?

{I think I would have love love loved this little mouse house idea when I was little. So clever.} 

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Pillows by Poppy

Whale onesie

Striped Sweater Blazer

Moose Hat

Dinosaur Pattern

Grey Nursery

Creature Mug

Red Sandals

S.