Thursday, June 30, 2011

Isle of Palms

Ever since I have been "in the picture" with Eliot, the Peace family has only gone to the beach for long weekends. This year, we all got a nice treat in honor of Mr. Peace's 60th birthday. We all checked our schedules and found a week where we all (yes, even Madison who lives in NYC) could go to the beach for an entire week together. We went to the Isle of Palms and stayed in a house complete with everything we could possibly need for an enjoyable beach trip, even a room full of toys for the boys.

It was so much fun watching Bradford really enjoy the beach. Last year, he mostly just took naps in the sun tent. This year, he was all over the place.
Malcolm and Bradford loved taking rides in the golf cart.


Playing in the sand...
                                                                        

The water...


The cool sunglasses...


Lounging in the beach chairs while sipping on some ice cold apple juice....


Jumping the waves with daddy and granddaddy...


And even being hit by the waves.

I thoroughly enjoyed watching every moment and I look forward to seeing him at the beach with my family in a couple weeks.

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Baby Girl's Nursery

Baby Girl Peace only has six weeks until her anticipated arrival. She is kicking and punching like crazy, which must mean she can't wait to get out and come meet us. I am excited beyond words of having a daughter. I love all the little pink things, the hair bows, the jewelry, the baby dolls, and all the cute clothes.

Eliot and I had many long discussions as to whether she would get her own room or share with Bradford. We finally decided that, for now, they will have separate rooms. At least until she is sleeping through the night, like Bradford. So, for now, her room is a combination of a nursery and the guest room. If anyone needs a place to stay, she will just transition to our room and sleep in the pac-n-play. And, I imagine, that for the first 4-6 weeks she will be in our room all night...if she eats anything like her big brother did.

Here is the view from the hallway. Notice the antique pink arm chair that was given to me by my parents. It was given to my mom by my grandfather. I'm so excited to use it in her room.


This is her crib (Wal-Mart $99), bedding (Pottery Barn Outlet $50), and wall decal (Kohl's $12).  I'm not quite sure about the wall decal, but thankfully it will just peel off if I choose to remove it. The wonderful Aunt Madi is quite the artist and one of her paintings might end up replacing the decal.





I am so excited about her hair bows. I just hope she has enough hair so she can wear them. If not, I'll be pulling out the head bands.




Here is some wall art I made to fill in some empty space on the wall.




Now, all we need is Baby Girl Peace to complete the nursery. Six more weeks...