Show Us Your Life - Nurseries/Kids' Rooms

Too bad this didn't come a bit later, as we are currently in the process of transitioning the girls' room into a "big girl" room. We changed out their cribs to toddler beds a few weeks ago and I just ordered their new bedding. We still need to remove the wallpaper border, re-paint and hang curtains and new wall art (or stencil or something). So for now, here's what it looked like in the beginning and now during transition:

Changing table/dresser and Olivia's crib

Now just a dresser

Olivia's bed, with the addition of wall art

These pictures were a gift from my mom that she got at an arts and crafts festival

Kayley's crib and glider

Kayley's bed-still with the same crib bedding. The rocking horse was a Safety prize from work years ago. I kept it forever hoping to one day have a baby's room to put it in.

Bookshelf

The glider is no longer used and the kitchen is outgrown, to be replaced by Santa this Christmas!

Here is the bedding that I orderd from Target:

It's trees and owls. I also got some accent pillows with owls on them (one is actually the shape of an owl, plus they already have a stuffed owl that's pillow-like). It should be really cute when it's all put together. Then we'll just need to paint and find some curtains (I want sheer panels). Can't wait to get it all done!

Transfer Anniversary

Today is the 5-year anniversary of my embryo transfer! 5 years ago today I became pregnant with my girls (I wrote about it in more detail a few years ago). It was a Saturday that year, also. Olivia and Kayley at 3 days post conception (wish I knew which one was which): And Olivia and Kayley 5 years later: That photo is actually a few weeks old. I tried to take one for today and this is what I ended up with: {Sigh}

The Girls' Room

So it's kids' rooms this week at Kelly's Korner Home Tours. Unfortunately, we haven't finished the girls' room make-over. We recently transitioned from toddler beds to twins. I would have loved to get bunk beds to save space, but the twin beds were given to us by friends of Paul's parents so we're making do. They were wood-colored (oak, maybe?) so we painted them white. It was challenging to figure out how to arrange their furniture because of the alcove/nook thingie on one side. I couldn't do the obvious two beds perpedicular to the wall with a nightstand in between configuration, so I had to compromise. There are lots of finishing touches still to be done. We need to replace their dresser, get a nightstand, put up a shelf (ledge) or two and some wall art, and curtains. We're also going to paint. I've had my heart set on purple for a long time, which is why I chose this bedding with some purple but not too much, but now...

Senior Prom

Last Friday was the girls' Senior Prom. A whole group of them met at a nearby park for photos, then they broke off into smaller groups and went to dinner and Prom. Olivia and her group rented an Air B&B for the night, and Kayley spent the night at a friend's house with another friend or two. Olivia and Gavin (just friends) Everyone Just the guys Just the girls Olivia and Kayley

The Nelson Narrative

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