Completed nursery

The nursery is complete! We moved the glider rocker and ottoman downstairs tonight and put the finishing touches on the room. I sat down in the chair and had a moment of realization. We will be bringing a baby home very soon. I think it was the fact that the room was complete and all the clothes and blankets are in place. How soon our lives will change.
The motorcycle prints set the theme for the room. I had a challenge finding exactly what I had in mind, but I knew that these would be perfect.

The replica antique motorcycles were a gift from Nana, and they are the perfect accents for the room. We are really excited to have the room complete and can't wait to bring our new baby boy home.

Ryland's room

We moved Ryland to a big boy bed a few weeks ago, and he is doing really fantastic. He has been sleeping in the big boy bed every night, and we haven't had any issues or problems. We are so proud of our little man!

John Chris and I finally decided to finish up some final touch ups and details in Ryland's room. It is now one more room we can add to the finished list. Amen!

Finished master bedroom

The master bedroom is finished. Hooray! We put the final touches on some little projects and wrapped up the first completely finished room in the house. We removed the carpet and pad, installed hardwood floors, painted, new baseboard, replaced electrical switches, new ceiling fan, white recessed light cans with new bulbs, cleaned and repainted all vents, and then added all our furniture. The after pictures are taken at night, but the room does have a warmer, cozier feel. The wall color looks fresh and clean during the day with the plantation shutters open. We are very pleased with the end result. On to the rest of the house....
AFTER


AFTER

BEFORE

House project - kitchen lights

We updated our kitchen light cans tonight, and it is one more project we can check off the list. The old can lights had a black insert around the light bulb, and we now have a white insert. Minor detail that really made a nice difference. It looks so clean and refreshed! The kitchen is now lighter and brighter. Thanks to Daddy and Ryland for doing such an amazing job installing them.

Graduated swim school

Ryland had his last swim class tonight, and I am kind of glad it is over. I feel that he has learned to play more in the water, but the past couple of weeks have been a scream fest. He now knows when he has to go under water, and he doesn't want to participate. When we start singing the little song where they come to us off the wall, he goes nuts.
He has had fun playing with the other kids, and I feel more confident about what to do to help him relax and have more fun in the pool. Congrats, Ryland, you graduated Waterbabies.