The Nursery-- and a few other things!

First of all, a HUGE thanks to my sister-in-law for coming over last Saturday and helping me whip this nursery into shape! She helped me get the motivation I needed to finish it before the baby comes! So THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!! I guess I like stripes, because I did them again. Here is looking in from the door. We did stripes on the walls, hung the stars, made the curtains and pillows, and I made the bedding ealier-- I'm still looking for a sheet to match- but hey, the cradle will be used for a little while at least!!! (The cradle used to be mine when I was first born- mom and dad made it -- it's really fun to get to use again!)

Here is a close up of just above the crib and a little of the bedding

We can't wait to meet this new baby brother! Many times I agree with Joel when he says "baby Conner come out now!"

Now on to other stuff! I got a chance yesterday to pull out my camera and just play! Some of them turned out great- like the roses!!!! And others we are working on, but I think I figured out more last night than I have in months! Mike and Joel were both asleep by 8:30! I played a lot with manual and the AP setting and did them in RAW and I LOVE IT! So, now on to the pictures!

Mike brought these home for me just because (well, I might have told him I was going to kill his son (please don't take this literal!)- it was one of those days! But, he did it because he loves me and that is the best part!!!)-- I look at them and just smile!

More playing around with our Christmas Tree. Please don't look too close- or you will see a very scary picture of me in PJ's with a towel around my head sitting on the floor trying to get close enough to the camera! Not a pretty sight I assure you!

Ahh our Christmas tree. This was an attempt to take one of those cool pictures with the lights off and just the glow of the tree lights, well, it's one I'm still working on -- but you get to see the tree! And yes, it is as big as it looks! It grew a lot when we got it inside the house and almost reaches the tip top of the vault in our living room!
Just a normal one!

I had to throw this one in to because I was really excited about it. I have been working on it a long time, and we finally finished it-- well, Mike finished it! My very sweet dear honey stood on the 1/2 wall leaning above the stairs to put up my vinyl quote. Let's just say this is more proof that he loves me A LOT! So here is our picture wall above the stairs! Our house is very slowly coming together and it's a lot of fun to do!