More house adventures

I realize I'm sitting in the calm before the storm, but I've had LOTS of extra time on my hands lately. It's making for some pretty boring times and some posts that you may not find interesting...Oh well. You can either read on or not :). After not seeing our pics and stuff for over 9 months, I started unloading them and hanging them up.

Before we get into that, however; I'm SO proud of myself. I've found that a lot of recipes call for basil and TONS of Italian stuff that Jon makes does, so I decided to attempt growing some. Aren't my sprouts cute?? I'm so proud of them. Our house faces south, so in order for them to get sun, they're on our upstairs front balcony (nowhere near the kitchen), but since they are just babies that hasn't been a problem yet. I hope I can keep them alive. I really, really, really really want to grow strawberries, but due to lack of backyard (meaning there's no soil, it's all rock), I'm not sure they'd survive. They'd have to live in a pot on my balcony. Does anyone have any thoughts about that? that, and it'll be well over a 100 degrees for the next 6 months or so....

On to my most recent decorating attempts. Since it's nap time and {gasp} Mason is sleeping, I only have pics of the boys' room, or rather mason's room since he's the only boy thus far...

Side note: I gasp about the sleeping b/c we finally took the side off the crib with some success. The first night he fell out about 5 times, only waking up once. However, that wasn't a very good night's sleep.... Then, in the ensuing days, naps were pretty much non-existent due to his ability to get out...So, after three days and much grumpiness, I put the side back on so he would take a real nap. Although that aided the grumpiness, it didn't help at bedtime. That night he got out of bed a dozen times and finally I needed him to go to bed, so the side went back on. He didn't really appreciate that, but what do you do. So, finally, yesterday I took it off again and we went without a nap. He was still a little moody but not so bad, and he stayed in bed when we put him there. I didn't have much hope for a nap today, but I put him down over an hour and half ago and haven't heard a sound HOORAH!

On to my decorating. Here are the walls in the boys' room...I'm actually feeling pretty good about it... Can't wait until we can paint!
My sister is AMAZING at cross stitch... Brooklyn has one too... and the vinyl thing is from grandma, can't go wrong there...
Aren't all the blocks cute??? Thanks Shelly and Dawn!!
And, finally, the CUTE curtain I got on clearance that started it all. It's a perfect mesh of colors, I think. I'm all for blue, but I love that all the colors are coordinated together.

I've been keeping my eye out for a cute curtain rod for Brooklyn's room. They're a little pricier than I was hoping. Ok, so they're only $10, but after paying $1.50 for Mason's (that will be hidden).... But, no rush. I'm being patient. I'm going to find just the right one for just the right price and that will make it 10 times better! That and a comforter for her "new" bed. I'm WAY stoked about her getting a twin.

So, there's my attempts and I gotta say, it feels SO MUCH more like home with familiar wall decor around. I got used to bare walls at the apartment, but I just love walking into the two bedrooms and feeling like they're ours....I'm weird, I know :)