BLOG PARTY and House Tour- Caleb's Room

Here's my little man's big boy/little boy room.

A few weeks before Caleb was born, I sat in the floor for hours making that alphabet wall art for him.  I am so glad I did! It has been such a versatile piece that has worked in all three of his rooms (we've had 3 homes in the 2 1/2 years he's been alive!)

All I did was grab a large canvas, paint it and then I cut letters out of scrapbook paper and glued them on.  Super easy, a little time consuming but well worth it!

Vintage globe borrowed from my parents.  One of my favorite parts of his room!

My mom made Caleb that cute pillow when he was just an infant.  It's something he will keep forever.

I had to add some Americana in here too :)

He loves playing in his big boy room.  One of his favorite things to do is to sit in front of his bookshelf and pull books out, one by one, looking through each page.  

I am excited about the challenge of creating a nursery for this new little one on the way.  It's a nursery and guest room all in one and it's a small space...plus we aren't finding out if we are having a boy or girl so it makes it even more challenging to decorate but I am totally up to it, thanks to Pinterest for a zillion great ideas!

Now it's your turn...we want to see YOUR kids room or nursery! Not finished with their room yet? That's okay...link up with your ideas or projects you've started!

You don't have any kids? That's okay too! Link up with your favorite kid/s room!

WIWW- What I Wore This Weekend- Blog PARTY!!!

Here's an outfit I wore this weekend:

Post a link letting us know what YOU wore this weekend (or any other day of the week)!

Can't wait to see all of your fabulous outfits :-)

Local Fashion

Here in Columbus, everyone knows about a cute little boutique called "The Blue Door".  I have lately been obsessed with flipping through their facebook albums.  They post new clothes every day and I drool over them all!  The great thing is that they also have an online shop.  I decided to share a few of my favorite styles with you all.  I hope my husband reads this post so that I just may be "surprised" with a gift card on my birthday, since this is my birthday month :)

Here is the owner in a really cute orange and hot pink top.  I love this color combo.

They had a fun contest this week on their facebook page.  Whoever had the best name for this dress, won it in their choice of color...and my friend Jessi won!  Her winning name was "Tahiti Sweetie".  She has bleach blonde hair and she picked the pink dress which will look fabulous on her! Lucky duck! 

I'm not a huge fan of rompers but this one is adorable!

Maxi SKIRT!!! 

This one is the one I would buy with my gift card.  It looks so comfortable and you can wear it just like it is or with a sweater when it gets cooler out...I love it!

The perfect work/church dress.  Modest without being frumpy!

Wait! Maybe I would choose this awesome turquoise dress!

How FUN are these tops?

The perfect summer dress, literally perfect!

Sometimes a bold look is the way to go!

Aren't these all soooo cute!?!?!?  Makes me want to throw out all my clothes and restock with clothes from their shop! :)

Happy Friday everyone!  It's the weekend, wear something cute and show us!!!  I'm gonna have a "What I Wore Weekend" Blog party next week, so dress up, take a picture and join the party!

Show us YOUR Blog!

ANNOUNCEMENT: I have been trying to reply to so many of your sweet comments but A LOT of you ladies don't have your "Reply-To-Email" set so that I can reply straight to your email address.  Will you please do one thing for me and set it by clicking HERE so that I can get to know you all better by being able to email you a reply? It only takes a second!  Thanks Gals!!!!!! 

Moving on....

I have been getting the sweetest comments and emails lately from some really wonderful ladies with GREAT blogs! I don't always get a chance to visit everyone of your blogs but I thought that I could have a blog party where everyone who would like can add their blog to the list so we can all go check each other's lives out :)  This is just a blog party to promote your blog and have the chance to meet some other great blog friends!

I am going to start by highlighting a few of my favorite new blogs that I have been enjoying:

Simply This, That...and the Other

Our Little Family

Mrs. GRITS

Now it's your turn :)

How we met our home

I am doing my first link up from Our Suburban Cottage called, "How I met my house".

Here goes!

After moving 6 times in 2 years, Seth and I decided that we would celebrate our first official duty station by buying our own home!  We were tired of landlords, deposits, people randomly showing up in the house to replace filters and loud neighbors...and mostly tired of throwing our money away every month when we handed over the rent check.

This is how it all went down.  We (mostly me) looked online for houses in the Fort Benning area.  We contacted a realtor regarding a particular house that we just knew was the one.  He was a very nice guy and was very helpful.  We told him that we wanted to come down (9 hour drive!) for a weekend and look at as many homes as we possibly could.  So, we packed up and headed down for our first house hunt, in which we HAD to find our house because we didn't have any more time to make a second trip down there.  When we got there, he showed us the house that we originally were in love with.  The only problem was that it was about 30 minutes from town!  We had no idea that it was going to be so far out of the way and we were really upset because it was a deal breaker for us, but we loved the house and the yard so much!  We expected to be able to come, check it out and make sure it was what we thought, then put an offer on it.  So, here we are back to step one.  Our man realtor called for reinforcement the next morning and a lovely lady realtor, Kim, came and took us to so many houses.  By the end of the day we still  hadn't found our dream home, although we found a short sale house that would work if it had to, but it was smaller than what we wanted.  We were almost ready to part ways when Kim remembered a new subdivision that we might be interested in.  Sure enough, we pulled into the subdivision and loved the quaintness of the homes.  They were all unique and craftsman style. 

 As we were driving to tour the first house, Seth and I both spotted a cute green home in the distance and said, "I hope that's the one she is going to show us!"  Sure enough, we pulled into the green house driveway and as soon as we walked in, we just knew that it was the house we wanted.  That afternoon, we put an offer on the house and purchased our first home!  We really love living here. God has been so good to us and has blessed us more than we could have ever imagined.  It is the first place I have felt was a true home for us and I hope we will be here for a few more years :)