Savannah's Room

I've been waiting and waiting to do this post until I felt Savannah's room was totally ready.  Well I don't guess that ever happens, but it is as close to ready as it will ever be I think!  Be prepared for lots of pics, cause I want to put them all in one post and I took tons of pics along the way. 

 So we forgot to take a pic before any of the baby stuff started arriving, but this is a good view of the 'before' paint color.

And here's the other side of the room before paint.

 Here I am painting the medallion that will go above the ceiling fan in her room.

Here's after the paint job my wonderful husband did! [I'm the cutter-inner, and he's the roller. it works well.]

 paint view again

the boys are like, why are we doing all this work in here?

the night we received and put together the crib.  I knew what day to expect it to arrive, and I told Birc that we would be putting it together as soon as it arrived!

He was thrilled, as you can see. 

I actually was, though!

All done! [sorry these seem to be out of order a little, you can see our paint swatches on the wall there, we hadn't painted yet!]

Caddo is thinking, 'what a strange gift to give us, but I'm sure we'll figure out a way to play with this contraption'. :)

The day I found the bumper and crib skirt [that my mom and I were planning to sew] for less than the fabric cost in a local store! SCORE!

curtains just finished!

My favorite pillow I made.  [we are leaving the double bed in her room, cause we will need it again someday soon and I don't want to put it in our stuffy attic!]

The rest of the pillows I made for the bed.  We turned the bed sideways in hopes of having more of a day bed.

 And then we painted a stencil on the wall.

 Stencil finished!

 A lamp I got at a consignment place and repainted to match her room.

 I made this bow holder [with Birc's help] and it is just chicken wire so the bows and such can clip anywhere!

her little shelf of gifts she's received, plus the dress both Anna and I came home from the hospital in and I hope Savannah comes home in too!

Her crib and shelf and monogram, plus my great-granddad's rocker that my mom had re-caned.

A view of the whole room ready for her arrival!

The door sign my friend Valarie's mom made, plus a cute little pillow door hanger that is supposed to be filled in with her birth stats when she arrives! Love!

 A little toy basket filled with some toys she's received.

 A little table I found and repainted and put a few things on.

 Her changing table was such a debacle-I knew I wanted an antique chest of drawers for her so she could use it later on, but I COULD NOT find what I wanted for months! I wanted it to be stained instead of painted, to bring some color into the room, and seriously I looked at antique stores and antique shows, in three cities, and finally found this one that I love and my parents refinished for Savannah. 

As you can see, she's received TONS of books so hopefully she loves to read like her parents do!

One of my employees has awesome painting skills, and I asked her to put some bible verses on a few canvases for me for Savannah's room.  This one is a little bright for now but will be great later and so it is on the door.

Above you can see a closer look at the pillow my mom made with Savannah's monogram on it. On my great-granddad's rocker. LOVE. :)

The other two canvases I had painted.  One is Psalm 139:14 and the other is Psalm 118:24.

I think that's all I could possibly put on this post, but I wanted to have it all in one. It could be the longest post ever so if you made it down here then pat yourself on the back!

Thanksgiving!

Birc and I had THE BEST Thanksgiving weekend we could have asked for.  It was relaxing and accomplishing at the same time.  We slept in, got a few things done each day, hung out with each other, saw family on both sides, hung out some more, finished a few projects needing to be taken care of, and just really ENJOYED each other's company the whole time.  I am SO very thankful to have had this long weekend with Birc before Savannah's arrival to tie up loose ends and enjoy my husband's company before our lives go nuts! 

Thursday we ate our way through the day at the Morledge's house and had a great time.  Bon Jovi and Dixie were ready to eat turkey too!

 getting ready for the meal!

Ann's pretty table

Birc and I in our coordinating fall-colored outfits :)

 the yummy food!

The whole Morledge/Haven gang!

Then, Saturday, everyone came over from the Patterson side to my house and we had a big ole time :) Everyone arrived for lunch and we had ham sandwiches and chips and fruit, then we got to cooking/heating things up and enjoying each others' company!  It was so nice because mama, anna, and I all brought like 4 prepared dishes so no one had a huge load, and all the prep work took place in separate kitchens.  I hope we do our family Thanksgiving like that every year! I felt so relaxed and no one was rushing around at the last minute.  Definitely the way to go.

relaxing while everything is in the oven

football watching/iphoning

Luckily our pediatrician was able to come for the Thanksgiving feast! ;)

My table!

yummy food! Twice baked potatoes, sweet potato casserole, scalloped pineapple, green beans, rolls...

Strawberry Pretzel salad, olives, tomatoes, cranberry sauce, deviled eggs, turkey, dressing, gravy, broccoli salad. Can we say YUM! (and yes, we had a lot of leftovers-for 7 people this was a TON!) I loved having special dishes from my mom's family and my dad's.  All my favorites!

Some of the decorations around the dining room

This is after we ate, and yes we all gained at least a pound at the meal [including Caddo, who was still actively begging for turkey in this picture]

We both wore our house slippers all day long.  A big plus to being the host house!

My pies! Pumpkin and Cherry! both homeade of course and they were pretty yummy I thought!  I also made some pumpkin iced cookies that were almost gone by the end of the day.

Our families have so much to be thankful for and it is so nice to take a day [or weekend] to reflect and think on the things we're blessed with.  We're about to have another blessing around to be thankful for too! Can't wait to meet her but glad she stayed put for the weekend so I could celebrate Thanksgiving :)

Co-Worker shower!

My co-workers threw such a wonderful shower for baby Savannah and me [and Birc, too!] and we had such a fun time with a yummy lunch!

It was after staff meeting and we were so excited to have a shortened meeting to get on with the partying!

The adorable cake, that we had along with fruit, veggies, cheese dip, black bean salad, chicken salad, turkey, roast beef, and ham sandwich varieties, and yummy goodness all around.

Birc got to come on his lunch hour! So we took some pictures :)

Here we are again. :) This was in the youth area, where we have our meetings all the time.  I only wish I'd taken more pics with everyone there! I meant to take a group pic, but obviously forgot.  Special thanks to Molly and Kim for getting all the food taken care of! Everyone I work with is such a blessing to me.  I absolutely LOVE working at St. James and cannot imagine myself anywhere but there.  I may say that all the time, but I just continually feel thankful because I can only imagine how bad it would be to work at a place I didn't love.  I hope all of you have a job you love as much as I love mine.  I will miss everyone on my maternity leave but will be so glad to return. :)