Bentley's Room

So we moved Bentley's room around a little. Our ghetto apartment floor is SO squeaky, especially in Bentley's room, so we moved his crib to another wall where the floor in front of the crib was less squeaky. Anyhoo, I really like this set up and just wanted to show it off a little. I know it's REALLY plain but I can only do so much without painting the walls :o) I also wanted to show off the rest of the walls in the room and ask for IDEAS of something cute I could do on them. I LOVE recommendations. I hope the pictures and layout isn't too confusing.

Thanks!

This is the quilt that I hand-stitched. It was something fun to do and something that I myself actually made for Bentley. haha

How does everyone like the giant dog in the picture? Yup....that was a Jayson decision haha

So this is the rest of the wall on the left side.


This is the rest of the wall on the right side. (exciting I know)

This is the HUGE bare wall that I don't know what to do with. I get stuck when I have so much space to work with...it's annoying....

This is, as you can tell, the space above the bookcase :o)

And I do have some space above the closet but I doubt I'll use it for anything

Space on the left side of window

And.....space on the right side

Picture Collage

I've always wanted to do a little picture collage but always thought it would be too hard. Well, my cousin Shelby showed me that it WASN'T!! THANKS SHELBY!! She gave me the easy tip on how to measure out where the frames have to go. After that......viola!! I actually finished a project!! yay!! Well here is what the collage looks like, its in Bentley's room above his crib....but I love it so much that I KNOW I'm going to end up doing another on in our front room .Which is fine becuase it needs more decor :o) Anyhoo, I also want to thank my amazing friend Heidi who has pretty much taken all of Bentley's pictures so far. haha Thanks so much Heidi!! (Heidi Porter @ www.monkeyfacephotography.com)

Peek-a-boo!!

Bentley has this new trick that he enjoys doing. He probably gets this from me, but I'm ALWAYS pulling the blankets over my face when I nap. So I put Bentley in his bouncer and he falls asleep and I find this......haha I love it

3 Months Old

Just wanted to post some cute pictures of Bentley. He is 3 months old now. I cannot believe how fast it went. Especially going back to work makes it feel like it's going by faster. But it's been such a sweet experience. We would wake up to Bentley LAUGHING his head off at around 5:45 in the morning. He would just lay in his bassinet and just giggle. Jayson would tell me that the angels were telling him something funny. As much as we loved hearing his LOUD laughing, we also wanted our sleep, alas Bentley has been banished to his crib in the other room. haha I didn't realize how loud he was until he wasn't in the room with us anymore. I really thought I would get super emotional about putting him in another room, but it felt pretty natural and ok. We're still getting used to the routine of taking him out to feed and putting him back but it's going well.

Today felt like a landmark for Bentley. For a while now he's had two toys that hang from his carseat handle. He's never once shown interest in them until today. I don't know what caught his attention but I could see from the rearview mirror in the car that he was grabbing at one of the toys. It was SO cute and once we got inside I put him in his bouncer and attached the toy loop that connects to it. I couldn't believe seeing him being entertained by the toys!!! And he was reaching for them and laughing when he would get the music to play. It was very bittersweet because it made me feel a little sad knowing he's growing up. But at least I can enjoy all these moments with him. And it was perfect timing because Jayson got home while he was playing and he also got to see Bentley interacting with the toys. So fun!!

Valentine's Day

Well this year for Valentine's Day Jayson and I just took it easy. We just went to dinner and a movie. We saw When In Rome and it was ok. It was an entertaining-ok movie to see. Then Saturday we spent time around Target. lol We're very romantic. Anyhoo, on Saturday afternoon these flowers came to me, and then on Sunday morning I tried to make a cute breakfast of heart-shaped pancakes and eggs....but they came out looking funny. haha Hope you enjoy. The OTHER great thing about this Valentine's day was that Bentley turned 3 months!!! Crazy!

Blessing

Bentley was blessed on Feb 7, 2010. There were THREE other babies being blessed that day so the chapel was packed!! But it was fun seeing the other babies and there was such a special spirit in the room from all the wonderful prayers that were given. Here are some pictures of Bentley in his outfit that my neighbor Angie took (angiemuirdesign.blogspot.com) and some pictures with our close friends. I became inspired to take my own pictures so I borrowed my brother's camera and I'm hoping to take some more pictures of Bentley that I can post. :-D

Bentley's Blessing

So for Bentley's blessing date that was approaching, I spent a whole Thursday looking for an outfit that I thought would be nice. After scoring some blessing shoes for $2.50 at Kid to Kid and after 5 stores I just couldn't bring myself to spend $80 on an outfit. So, we decided to have Bentley wear Jayson's blessing outfit. It was a cute, simple outfit that I thought just fit Bentley so well. The only thing it didn't come with was a pair of pants. So my mom and I went to Joanne's and matched some white fabric and went home and started sewing. We ended up with some simple easy white pants that Bentley was able to wear for his 2 minutes of glory. haha Here are some pictures of the process :o)