Even better...

A girl's allowed to change her mind, right? Especially a pregnant one... :)

Last weekend we swapped out our two extra bedrooms. The downstairs guest room is now also doubling as an office, and upstairs is officially the nursery. That's not what I changed my mind about though... I changed my mind about painting! What I was surprised to find was that I actually kind of like the color that is already on the nursery walls! It may not be what I would pick if I was starting from scratch... but I really like the addition of teal to the brown, blue & white color scheme I had already started. It's really soothing... reminds me of the Caribbean! I think with some flowing white curtains it will be perfect! & so Mike is spared a weekend of painting! Yay!

Getting Antsy

I love to decorate. I've been brainstorming nursery ideas since long before we were even pregnant.... it's just my thing - I enjoy it! So here's the dilemma: since we are hoping to sell our condo... it doesn't make much sense to paint and decorate a room in our current home when we're hoping there's still a chance we could move before BabyW. arrives.

But...I still really want to! My logical side has been holding me back... but now that we're only like 10 weeks away from July, I'm really getting restless to setup his room. Our original plan was that if the house hadn't sold by June 1st, we'd decorate then... but that's not leaving much time! And we already have 2 weekends full in June. Hmmm... maybe I'll just get some paint samples this weekend. :) I really LOVE this idea for the walls... but maybe I'll just go simple, and forego the stripes since there's a hopeful possibility we won't be living here too long. But aren't the stripes great?! (sigh...) What do you think? Vote on the right.

Style & Sports

Mike and I pretty much make all of our bigger purchase decisions together. I tend to be the one with stronger opinions when it comes to style, and I do like to research the heck out of stuff to make sure we're getting a good value, but it's important that we both feel good about our decisions. And while sometimes I do just want what I want, and I'll go to great lengths to convince him why something I picked out is really the best option, if he hates it, we don't get it, and vice-versa.

It really does go both ways... if you think I've sucked him into my world of modern design and shopping... you have to know that 3 years ago, I didn't even know what March Madness was and I'd never seen a college football game in my life! Now I find myself staying up late to finish the games and see how my bracket is doing, and I hate scheduling Princess House parties on Saturdays in the fall because I miss out on the Michigan games! So we both rub off on each other, and I think it's great.

So this weekend when we saw the exact stroller we'd decided on, just in a different color than I'd picked out, and found out we could get $50 off, the decision was surprisingly easy. Mike said he actually preferred this color over the blue/green we'd seen online... and it was ME asking him if it would bother him that it was Ohio State colors (Michigan's rival)! Yes, I even think in terms of sports now when picking out baby gear! He said no, and he thought we should just get it! So we walked away with a stroller that we both LOVE, we got a significant discount AND it's already put together! I think we do pretty well together! :)

Bumbleride Stroller

We have researched our hearts out for a great stroller. We'd like to have something that will not only be nice for this baby, but hopefully for future kiddos as well. A few priorities have been: quality, manuverablity, comfort, lightweight, style, longevity. After reading countless great reviews, we've settled on the Bumbleride Flyer and have registered for it in the color "Seagrass" and we are really excited about it! Today I found a contest to win one in "Spice" so I'm entering... and if you want to enter too to try to win it for me, that would be GREAT! :) Here's the LINK TO ENTER THE CONTEST. You just have to leave your first name, email address and a quick comment saying why you want to win. :)