It’s been a while since I first posted pictures of Kate’s bedroom (Kate’s Nursery: Part 1 and Kate’s Nursery: Part 2), so I thought it was time to share some updates! One of the biggest additions to the room has been incorporating some of my favorite decorations from Kate’s first birthday party. We had so much
LoveStoned
You can blame my love of Justin Timberlake songs for this post’s title, and my hairdresser Jaclyn for its inspiration. Over the past year and a half I’ve enjoyed reliving my wedding planning days through Jaclyn as she planned her wedding to her fiance Larry. I’d spend my time in the hair chair excitedly asking
Baby Notes
Looking for a cute way to write a thank you note on behalf of your baby? Write it in children’s handwriting! I wrote this note to Kate’s grandparents by simply turning the card and printing the letters upside down with my dominant hand. When you turn the card back around this is what it looks
Blacking Out
One essential ingredient to getting your newborn to sleep well is room darkening shades. Around Kate’s fourth month of age two things happened–we moved her to her crib and she started becoming more aware of her surroundings. I decided it was a good time to get some room darkening shades to help Kate with her
Kate’s Nursery: Part 2
Before we kick off all the behind the scenes details of how I put Kate’s nursery together, I have a few more “final” pictures to share. These were taken by Andrea Elberg–the photographer who did Kate’s newborn photo shoot–and they capture the room so much better than I was able to! If you read Part
Kate’s Nursery: Part 1
After one ultrasound, four months of planning and execution, and a handful of reader death threats later, the time has come to finally reveal our daughter’s nursery! Now this may come as a surprise to you, but I was absolutely clueless about what to do for our daughter’s nursery. I figured it would be so
Gift Wrapping Christmas Tree
Remember how I said I wasn’t going to decorate for Christmas this year? I lied. I just couldn’t resist! My main reason for not decorating was that I didn’t want to have to pack everything up and put it away in the midst of trying to take care of a newborn. But I made a






