Wordless Wednesday - Party Planning Sneak Peak

**(And yes, I'm starting this early...mostly b/c that's just the way I am, and also b/c I'm throwing my brother-in-law and his fiance a shower the week before, so I'm trying to get as much done ahead of time as possible since I've got 2 parties on my plate so close together.)**

Oh yeah...it's supposed to be wordless. Yeah, that never really works out for me, does it?!?! ;-)

You Are What You Eat....

If that's true, then my child is going to turn into chicken, turkey, green beans, corn, fruit (mainly grapes, watermelon, and oranges), cheese, carrots, and Cheerios. He can eat his weight in fruit and will choose it over anything else right now...mostly because it's sweet, I'm sure. He also really loves veggies, which is great! He can do without the meat, but will eat some and his favorites are turkey and chicken.

I hope he always enjoys eating his fruits and veggies, just like I did (do)!!

Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes....

Have you noticed I like to use song lyrics as titles? Yes, I realize it's a little annoying...I'll try to stop.

Anyhow....I've done a little revamping to some of our decor since we moved into the new house. I'd grown tired of some things and some rooms needed a fresh new look.

We'll start with the dining room...which I like better in this house because it's open to the living room. Great for entertaining and holidays!


Before: The rug was in our living room (coming up next) but I got a new one for it so I transferred it here until the new one came in....which was yesterday! It was too dark and heavy, and was not the look I wanted.


After: Much more light, neutral, and modern. I went with the 5x8 because I didn't want to cover up all of the wood floor, but an 8x10 probably would have looked better. I still love the way it updates the room, though! If we weren't renting, I'd be changing up that light fixture, too. :/
Oh, I also ordered a matching runner for the entryway but it's on back-order. I got them from Ballard Designs.

And by the way, we still haven't put things up on the walls....I haven't really had time to decide what I want to go where, let alone to actually put things up. Maybe soon that'll happen. I hate bare walls!


Now, for the living room......I wanted a more simple rug, but something that would be more cushioned for Hudson as he's crawling around. I decided on this shag rug from Target....

(Bryant enjoys the rug, too!)


And the pillows, I love! I'm obsessed with geometric prints right now! (if you can't tell from my blog layout) I got them from Cushions Direct and am very pleased with them. They came in pairs so I got four total. I might end up putting one in our bedroom, but for now I put them all out on the couches. We want to get a leather sofa/loveseat set in the next few months so they'll pop more against the dark leather. (The walls are a light blue, but that's hard to see in these pictures.)

And, Bryant says hey! :-)

We also updated our headboard, as you might have seen here. It's amazing the difference a little piece of furniture, or a rug or pillow makes in a room. I love decorating, and if I had the money I'd redecorate a lot more in our house. Take a little at a time, I keep telling myself. One day, when we build our dream home, I'll have the time of my life deciding the floor plan, the fixtures, floors, paint colors, decor, etc. Until then, I'll keep doing a little accessory here and there to get a little closer to how I envision my dream home to look. :-)

Happy Hump Day!!

An Apple a Day.....

I cut up tiny pieces for him, but noooo, he had to eat it like mommy! ;-) He managed to bite a few pieces off before he decided he was tired of it. HA!

Bananas for....a banana?

Hudson loves feeding himself, and I let him do so with pretty much everything....except for his pureed food (which he doesn't have too much of these days anyway) because that would make me crazy. :-) He LOVES fruit, especially grapes. Seriously, the boy would live off of grapes, cheese, and turkey if I let him. Mostly the grapes, though. He may turn into one before long. ;) He also likes to feed himself watermelon, chicken, green beans, corn, pasta, hamburger meat, potatoes, CARROTS, and all kinds of other things...all of which are cut up small for him to eat easily. He likes his pureed bananas, but has never really cared for actual bananas...mushed, diced, you name it, he wouldn't eat it. Well, today I gave him about half of a small banana and let him hold it and nibble on it. He LOVED it that way!! Kept taking big bites off of it and gobbled it up...until it got really slippery and gross. Gag! But, I've now discovered how to get him to eat bananas. And I think in the past I've given him pieces of really ripe banana. Today's banana was still a tiny bit green at the top, just the way I like mine! He's a smart boy. ;) At least I know he likes it, he just didn't like the tiny pieces squishing in his finger, evidently...or the really ripe flavor. They're not the easiest things to pick up, either. :-)

He had his banana with his pancake this morning.

Happy Thursday!! :)