5 Month Favourites!

Well, Addy is 5 months old! I can't believe it. I know I said it last month but there has been such a big jump from 4 months to 5 months. They grow and learn so quickly. It is amazing to watch..I am glad I am here with her every single day to experience it!

Here's the little monkey:

5 month stats:

* See the picture above? She wants to sit up SOOOO badly and does little half situps and tries so hard!
* She loves being in the Jolly Jumper now! It looks like she is doing a little Irish jig and is super cute.
* She is very curious about food! We are actually starting her on cereal today! We will see how it goes!
* She has started to giggle. I have to do something completely ridiculous to make it happen but I am        more than happy to, just to hear it!
* She is still sleeping really well, waking up the odd time here and there. It depends on the night.
* She is SOOO curious about the animals and wants to pet them all the time. The only one that will let her is Sadie!
* She loves to explore new toys and everything really! She has sat on her feeding pillow her entire life but just noticed the tag on it today...and was completely mesmerized!! Little things like that....
* When I go to kiss her she opens her mouth all the way..it is so cute!!!
* She throws absolutely everything off the highchair..what a cute game...

Here are some of our five month favourites we are loving at the moment!

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(I can't find a link for the exersaucer) 

1. I have wood teethers and teething bling but all she really wants are the nice cold teethers!!

2. The Jolly Jumper is definitely her new favourite activity. She laughs and smiles the entire time! It is so cute to watch her!

3. The playpen is my new favourite thing. She slept in the bassinet part for a while when we were downstairs but since she has reached 15lbs we had to lower it. I put her in it to sleep in the day and when I have to run upstairs for a second...she is  moving a lot now and almost had 2 accidents off the couch. I am glad I have been there both times. I just like to know she is safe in there if I have to leave her for a sec.

4. My cousin-in-law? Is that a thing?! hahah Anyway she gave us one of her exersaucers to borrow until her son is old enough to use it. I am so glad I did. She LOVES it! And I love the fact that she can't throw any of the toys off of it! hahah

5. Sophie...oh Sophie. She has always loved Sophie but really has been chewing on her lots lately!!

6. She loves the singing soccer ball!! She loves how soft it is and I love how she can make it sing on her own. It's a win win!

Well, that's it for now! I can't wait to see how she will grow this next month...

Ashley

Project Life: Week 14

Sorry for the bad photos..I definitely took these at night! I won't do that again!!!!

Week 14 was a good week! Mom and dad came over and put up the wallpaper in the playroom! We(Adalyn and I) had lunch with my Aunt and cousin, Gramma, and my friend Amanda (in the mall after we went shopping!) we visited with Judy, my mom and Becca and went to our weekly baby class! Mike and I  also had a much needed date night..we went out for SUSHI! sooooo good. It was a great week!

Ashley

Play Room Inspiration

Ok, so we ended up moving downstairs on the main floor for the winter to sleep because the wood stove is down there and it was much warmer! We were worried about Adalyn being too cold upstairs! At first we put our double bed in the living room, and Adalyn slept in her bassinet. We cleaned out the one room (we called it the junk room because we stored most of our stuff in there!) opposite the office and moved the bed in that room. We had the double bed, dresser with her change pad on top, a bookcase with all of Adalyn's recent clothes and her play pen where she slept! We have since moved back upstairs...thank goodness (I missed my bed!) and decided to make our old "bedroom" downstairs a play room! I am very excited for this  because:

A)  I get to redecorate and plan a new room!
B)  I can move all of Addy's stuff out of the living room!
C)  Addy will have an amazing place to play and learn.

As you all know already I am thrifty, and now on a maternity leave budget which means we can't put a lot of money into this room. It is fun to try and decorate a room for the least amount of money you can. I will be keeping a tally and add up the total money spent at the end! I know now there will be at least one wall papered wall (the same wall paper as in Adalyn's room...the wall is in bad shape), a chalkboard, possibly a magnet board and some cube shelves! I am also making my own paint colour with left over aqua paint from Addy's room, and leftover white paint! No reason to go out and by new paint!

Here is our current to-do list:

• wallpaper walls
•  paint ceiling, trim and walls
• build cube shelves
• build ABC foam mat
• buy, paint and hang shelves
• make chalkboard
• buy and hang window film 
• decorate!!!

That's all I can think of at the moment but I'm sure there are many other things! I will keep you posted each week. I have a feeling this is going to be a quick finish because I want her toys out of the living room real bad.....they are driving me nuts! hahah

Anyway, for now, here is some inspiration..the rooms I love, as well as certain aspects in them!
(Remember, these aren't my images I have found these through pinterest...so don't pin these items from my blog. Click the link underneath each picture to take you to the proper source! Thanks!)

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love the foam flooring and storage!

 
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I love the designated reading area, the spice rack bookshelves and the large letters!


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LOVE the teepee...I don't think we have enough room for one! I really want one though! And love the tall storage! We are planning on doing this to leave more room on the floor!

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love this! I love that you can take it with you when you go. My friend Sharon made one (that looks fabulous) and I have to have one too! hahahahah

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I need a chalkboard, obviously! hahaha

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I love the paper backing on the shelves...and what the shelves are sitting on! I would love to find those!

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maybe a felt board?

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It would be cool to have a confetti wall!

Gah so many pretty ideas...I know you are probably thinking "she is a baby, what do you need a chalkboard for" I know she is only a baby but I can't help but decorate this room the way I see it...for the future! It has to look pretty! hahahah

I can't wait to start decorating! Stay tuned for the room update next week!

Ashley

Project Life: 52 week family edition!

I originally bought all the supplies for Project Life to make Adalyn a nice baby book. Well, I did that (I will show you a few pages in a second)...fell in love with the entire process and decided to make a family one.
First, here are a few pages from Adalyn's book:
(Some names and details may have a heart covering it for privacy reasons!)

The title page

 I also found these envelopes at the dollar store and put all of her first cards and photos in there! (Look at all the Valentines she got!!!!)

For the family one I decided to make a two page spread for each week. That is documenting 52 weeks!!!! Mike thinks I'm crazy..but I am loving every minute of it! Every Sunday I go through my pictures from the week (I make a folder) and decide on the best ones..I usually make little collages because there are always so many pictures I want to include. I upload them online and send them to the Walmart print centre. I then go through the events of the week and journal!! I love it, and I love how it looks! I then pick up my pictures whenever I am in town! I am all caught up to week 13, March 25th to 31st. I use a combination of the Amber Core Kit from Project Life, the holiday digital kit from Project Life,  Me and my Big ideas Pocket Pages cards and free printables from all over the web. (Check my Project Life folder on my Pinterest Page!) I am still learning and still getting used to it, so the pages aren't that creative. I still love them though. Here are some of my pages.

Week 1


Week 3

Week 7

 Week 9

Week 11

And here is my week 13 ( the week of Easter)

 

I didn't have enough room to journal all about our busy week so I cut a page protector up smaller then the 12x12 page and on one side documented Easter at Mike's parents house, and the other side I wrote about Easter at my Gramma's!


What do you think!? I think if you like scrapbooking but don't have the time to do it, you should give this a go...it is sooooo easy! I am sure you will fall in love, just like me! I will probably post my layouts each week from here on out...It will give me motivation to keep going! Stay tuned for week 14!!

Ashley xo