A place of his own

I have to admit there is one small downside to not finding out the gender of your unborn child. That would be the nursery dilemma. With Sophie I just HAD to have the room completely finished long before my due date so what I ended up with was a yellow somewhat gender neutral room (although really more boy than girl) for almost three years. Let me tell you I got really tired of looking at those yellow walls and all the blue. So this time around I decided to wait until after the baby came. This was good in theory, but in reality it's taken three months for us to get this poor boy a room of his own. And still I'm not finished. Here are a few pictures of the almost-finished product:

I tried probably five or six blue paint samples on the wall before I found this color and I just LOVE it

this little shelf holds a few of my most favorite things: William's hand and footprint impressions from when he was six weeks old, the bible our church gave him, a precious newborn picture of him taken by my dear friend Chesley, and a sweet monogrammed gown

my mother-in-law painted these sweet canvases to go with the bedding when it was in sophie's nursery

and this is why I said the room is almost finished. this antique sideboard still needs to be fixed up and painted white. not sure when I'll get around to it but hopefully soon!

I heart summer

Summer isn't official until the pool opens around here, and it did just that a few weeks ago. Here are a few pics. of our first outing:

looks like Sophie will be wearing the goggles full time again this summer. notice how fogged up they are?!
I never get tired of watching her go down that slide. if only you could hear the squeals of joy

and here's my gigantic baby about to bust out of his swimwear. his belly was hanging out of the shirt just about the whole time....bless his heart :-)

Three months!

I don't know how it's possible, because I JUST had this boy but William turned three months old last week. My sweet precious boy is getting SO big (as of yesterday, he weighs 15lbs 9oz!!) not only in size but in the things he's doing now.

At three months, he is babbling, giggling, smiling like crazy (but is very selective about who he gives those smiles to!), grabbing at things, almost sitting up, and is totally aware of who his momma is and where she is at all times! He is fascinated with the toys on his bouncy seat and will sit for a long time just grabbing and batting at them. He loves his big sister and will giggle whenever she talks to him.

William, you are an absolute joy and I can't imagine our family without you. You get sweeter and sweeter every day and it's such an incredible blessing to be your momma. I love you, sweet boy!