Baby Shower #2

I am extremely behind in my blogging theses days as being a 'Mommy' is ppppretty time consuming!! Ha! However, as we begin to get some sort of 'routine' back in our lives, I am hoping to get back to blogging on a regular basis because I REALLY miss it!! 

Back in June, Bailey hosted an AWESOME baby shower for Sophia and I and I never got to share about it on my blog! So that's the plan for today!! It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon, and we had a wonderful time chatting, eating, and sharing lots of baby cuddles! Unfortunatly this was during miss Sophia's peak 'colic' stage so she was a tad bit fussy...but at least she was still cute!! ha ha! 

Thank you to Shannon and Brit for taking all of these photos for me!!

Beautiful decorations!

All ready for the baby food testing game! 

I was AWFUL at that game!!

My special seat!

Yummy cupcakes!

Party favors! CANDY!! My fav!! 

Lots of yummy snacks!

My beautiful friends!

Mrs. Mackay, Jenn, Robyn

Amber getting some Sophia snuggles!

I have known these wonderful ladies since we were 5 years old!!

Me and miss Anna! And "Leon"! Ha ha!

Bailey explaining the games.

The wonderful host and Moi!

Jenna's turn to get some snuggles!

Mrs. Gilbert and Sophia!

Jenn's turn for snuggles!

Peek a boo!

Mrs. Mackay and Sophia!

Time for gifts!

Once again miss Sophia was SPOILED!!

By the end of the party Sophia was wiped right out!!

Thank you for the wonderful shower ladies!!

 Everything was perfect!!

The Nursery!

I've been meaning to blog about Sophia's nursery for MONTHS! And i just never got around to it!! I LOVE her nursery and am so pleased with how it turned out! When we found out that we were having a girl I knew right away that I DID NOT want a PINK girly nursery for our daughter!! Perhaps someday she will want a pink girly bedroom, but until then Mama got to pick and that is not what my vision was! I wanted the room to be clean, simple and calming. So instead of picking a 'theme' for the room, I chose a 'color scheme' and went with white, grey and yellow. Those colours are very 'in' right now, so I didn't have too much trouble finding items to accessorize the room with. 

Welcome to Sophia's nursery...

This is the view from the door.

 The main focal wall is grey and white stripes, and the rest of the walls are solid grey. 

I spy a baby in that crib!

We lucked out and found a dresser that doubled as a change table! There is a serious lack of wall space in this bedroom so I knew we didn't have room for a separate change table and dresser. This works perfect!

I made this fabric 'garland' after seeing something similar on pinterest! Sophia loves looking at it and it serves as a great distraction during diaper changes. That is until she is strong enough to try to rip it off the wall...Ha!

The chair was our biggest 'splurge' in the nursery and my goodness am I glad it was!! I have spent ALOT of time sleeping and feeding in that chair and it is EXTREMELY comfortable! Plus, when we no longer need it in our nursery it will make a great addition to our bonus room furniture! 

Ottoman and basket FULL of swaddle blankets! 

Its shocking how many of these I go through in just a single day!

Because I went with a very specific colour scheme, I knew I wasn't going to be able to find a mobile that would match the room. So I decided to make my own! It was a fairly easy project and only took me about 2 hours to make! And I LOVE how it turned out!!

On the 'closet wall' I decided to paint some trees with three small yellow birds. This took me FOREVER and a few times I wondered why on earth I thought this was a good idea!? However...I am glad I finished it and really like how they turned out!

The last wall in the nursery is quite small as it has the door to the hallway, as well as the door to her en suite bathroom. I decided to just put a small bookshelf in this space to store her books, toys, and shoes. The chevron bin is her laundry basket! 

On her bookshelf she has an apothecary jar FULL of all her bows and headbands, as well as a teacup to hold her hair clips and barrettes!

I painted that piggy bank for her before she was born! 

And that is Sophia's nursery! Like I said before, I LOVE how it turned out!

 And I think Sophia is pretty fond of it as well! Ha! 

Mexican Lasagna

This is one of the most requested dinners in our house these days! Damian LOVES this Mexican Lasagna!! And I LOVE it because it is very easy to prepare...which is key these days now that we have a newborn in the house!! 

Mexican Lasagna

What you need:

1 lb ground chicken 

(extra lean ground beef or turkey work as well!)

1/2 white onion, chopped

1 1/2 cups salsa

1 package taco seasoning

1 cup frozen corn

1 cup canned black beans, rinsed

3 large flour tortillas

2 cups shredded cheese 

Preheat oven to 400'

Brown the ground chicken and onion in a skillet.

Add the salsa, taco seasoning, corn and beans. Mix well.

Let simmer for 5 mins.

Spray the baking dish with Pam.

Place one tortilla on the bottom of the baking dish. 

(you may need to rip it to make it fit depending on the shape of your dish!)

Add a portion of the meat mixture to cover the entire tortilla, followed by a layer of shredded cheese.

Repeat all layers twice, or until ingredients are gone!

Bake, uncovered for 30 minutes.

Serve with shredded lettuce, sour cream, and salsa!

ENJOY!

ENJOY!