Our Nursery for Baby Boy

It still blows my mind that we will be welcoming a new bundle of joy. We were on the fence for quite some time about growing our family (if, when, all those questions you constantly think of). For some reason I never envisioned it to be in the home we currently live in. I couldn't wrap my head around putting a baby in the spare room upstairs. Thanks to my husband for immediately showing me with some new paint on the walls it could become a brand new space. What a difference it made! With our last room having a bit more color & wall decals I felt like this time I wanted something more neutral. I had envisioned whites, greys, along with stripes, polka dots & some natural tones as well. With not knowing the gender until 22 weeks I felt it was our best bet to keep it quite gender neutral anyhow. Here is how it looks below: 

Melissa xo

Traveling with Toddlers (Why I think it can wait)

I feel like there's a lot of fluff out there these days. From super posed photos, to always acting like life is "perfect" & the list goes on. Let me tell you traveling with a 2.5 year old was no walk in the park.... 

I had always heard that kids need routine (which I've always been good about keeping) until we went on vacation. Even the one hour time change difference threw a wrench in our environment. We tried hard to explore, indulge in delicious food & to get a swim in each day at the pool. All things I thought a 2.5 year old would be thrilled about! But each time she was asked to do something it was though teeth were being pulled. Don't get me wrong there were some highlights to the trip! But all in all it ended up being way more work to make progress every day. With just shedding the nap after Christmas she was in an in between stage where some days she really needed a sleep & other days it was just way too late to nap. Maybe it was a combination of being in a new space or missing her toys/ stuffies but there was definitely a lot of acting out & misbehaving. 

Avery loved the "Palm Palm" trees that lined all the streets. 

I had asked Avery the day after arriving home what her favorite part of the vacation was. She excitedly yelled out "the bus ride!!!" Which made me laugh because she was referring to the shuttle bus that picked us up at the airport to take us to the park n' fly parking lot where our car was. It was maybe a 3 minute ride. Which leads me to conclude that traveling with toddlers isn't worth it. They enjoy the simple things & from now on I will remember that. I think you can save yourself a lot of money as well as stress by taking them on small day trips where they will be just as happy!