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big boys

we are finally getting around to transforming the bedroom in our house that theo and emmett share from "nursery" to "big boy room."

before rubin came home last year, i thought that he and theo would share a bedroom. i had no idea how long the jet-lag/grieving/confusion would last and, ultimately, what i thought would be certainly was not.

long story (which involves moving multiple beds multiple times between two rooms...) short, rubin has his own room now and theo and emmett share another. this room was theo's nursery when we moved here almost 4 years ago, and it has since housed nursery things and nursery colors.

when we had the basement painted a few weeks ago, we also lost the robin's egg blue in the boys' room, replacing it with timber wolf grey.

some awesome robot bedding from the land of n*d, an ets*y purchase (or two), some old-fashion snail mail from becca (you'll see what i mean soon) and beautiful artwork ala theodore later, we are well on our way to an incredible big boy room.

(and, yes, theo painted an afro on his robot. if you know me, you know that it took a lot for me to relinquish control and go with his flow. all said and done, it's truly groovy. thank you, lora, for the inspiration!!)

and the winner is...

congratulations, kris and x!!

i will save myself the postage and deliver your prizes when we see you early next week!!

(we can't wait!)

the boys and i had a hoot making

(and then watching, about 27 times before bed...)

this video.

i am already super. duper. excited. about my next giveaway...

another handmade item custom crafted for this family squish!

i just know that you are going to love it, too.

stay tuned...

we are so excited...

... because tonight we get to pick a winner!!

(make sure you've entered our giveaway.)

black & white, wordless wednesday...

Bi-polar blog/basement update

I can't get this blog to work.

I've been crushing on my girlfriend Lora's huge blog photos for a week or so now, so I thought I would give them a try here when I post a photo that I feel is ginormous-worthy.

I thought I had it figured out until today, when my picture suddenly became "unavailable" and everything I did to fix it failed. I think this family squish might just be suffering from some sort of identity crisis, thanks to my incompetency and my indecision...

Before it gets any further along, I thought I'd share updated pictures of the progress made on our basement remodel. Paint... check!!

(spare bedroom)

(family room)

(play area)

(bathroom)

Now it's time to stain doors and trim. Any volunteers??

Don't forget, the drawing for our giveaway is this Friday! Get yourself entered now!

oh, boys...

i've been a bit unsettled lately with the "look" of my blog.

bear with me as i take the next couple of days to play around with it a bit.

when all else fails, i think humongous photos of beautiful little boys are in order...