Show Us Your Life…Master Bedroom

I love looking at the decorating styles of others, so I thoroughly enjoy Kelly’s “Show Us Your Life” series. This week everyone is showing off their Master Bedrooms…here’s ours.

 

This is the view of our bedroom from the door.  Our bed is just about my favorite piece of furniture in the entire house.  It just makes me feel so grown up!

This is my bedside table (complete with a peek of the boppy pillow in the corner and Ryan’s basket full of diapers, wipes, extra clothes, and burp cloths).  Our table lamps were used in Paige’s bedroom before we moved to our new house. 

Stephen’s bedside table…Ryan’s monitor and the alarm clock are on his side!

 

This is the view from standing right in front of my bedside table.  The full length mirror was made by my godfather many years ago.  It’s traveled with me from my parent’s house!

This is a view of our vanity/sink area that is directly off of our master bedroom.  I wasn’t sure if I’d like this layout at first, but I’ve really come to love having it this way.

This is on the wall beside my side of the bed.  I love actually getting to have my hope chest in our house-it’s the first house I’ve had room for it in!  I made my wall art using painter’s canvas from Hobby Lobby and covering them with fabric and trimming each of them with decorative tacks. 

Close-up of the stuff on top of the hope chest…I made the Banning sign and re-did the blue vase (it used to be leopard print!).

 

We really enjoy our bedroom (or at least I do…I don’t think Stephen honestly cares about the decor!)  To be honest, though, I’m wanting to re-paint the bathroom.  It’s currently the robin’s egg blue color and I’m wanting a grayish blue color.  I’m trying not to make a rash decision!

Tummy Time!

I’m not the world’s best at remembering to put Ryan on his Boppy pillow for tummy time, but I’m trying to be better!  He usually lasts 5-10 minutes like this before he gets pretty mad and then I switch him over to his back so he can see what’s going on around him. 

He wouldn’t do it for me after I got the camera out, but before the pictures started Ryan was pushing up with his hands and holding his head up so well!  His neck muscles are getting so strong!

Paige likes to talk to Ryan and basically annoy him to death while he’s on the floor!  That’s what big sisters are for, right?!

Big sisters are also good at holding your hand…just because.

4 Weeks Old…already?

Ryan is 4 weeks old today!  We celebrated by going to the library, getting Paige’s haircut, and taking our first walk in the stroller.  Paige got to ride her bike while Ryan and I walked. 

Just this afternoon I put Ryan’s first size 1 diaper on him…I can’t believe he’s out of newborn diapers!  I actually think Paige was out of them sooner, but she was almost a pound larger than him at birth.  He’s still wearing mainly newborn clothes with some 0-3 month sizes mixed in.  He’s sleeping very well at night and typically only wakes up once a night.  The time varies but it always works out that we start our morning around 7 or 7:30 am.  Ryan has kept his easy going personality thus far and is good to just go with our flow! 

We love our Ryan!

Routine

Just because I want to remember what our days are like at this point, here’s a typical day at our house right now:

7:00 or 7:30am-Some mornings(like today) Ryan woke himself up and was ready to eat.  Other days I have to wake him up to get the day going.  I’ll feed him, change his diaper, and keep him awake until 8 or 8:30.  Most of the time Paige wakes up during this time and climbs in bed with Ryan and I and we watch Playhouse Disney or Noggin. 

8:00 or 8:30am-I’ll swaddle Ryan in his blanket and lay him back down for more sleep.  Paige and I will eat breakfast and lounge for awhile (we’re NOT morning people). 

9:00-I shower while Paige plays on the computer, draws, or watches TV.  Ryan is still sleeping.

9:30-Paige has been enjoying playing on our back porch lately, so many mornings she will play outside during this time.

10:00 or 10:30-Ryan will eat again while Paige continues to play.  After his feeding, Ryan gets a bath.  This is normally a very sleepy time of the day for him so a bath helps to wake him up and keep him awake for awhile. 

11:00ish-If we have errands to run, we’ll typically do them now.  We’ll also use this time to go to the park or library.  Ryan will fall asleep in his car seat most of the time. 

12:00-We’re normally home from errands or playtime by now…when we get home, I lay Ryan down in his crib and fix Paige and I lunch. 

1:00 or 1:30-Ryan eats again and we stay up until about 2:00.

2:00-Paige and Ryan both go down for their afternoon naps and I will either be productive and clean and pick up the house or somedays I just need to sit in the recliner and play on the computer and watch TV (something other than a cartoon!) Ryan will sleep until 4 or 4:30 and Paige is about the same.  Sometimes she wakes up earlier and if she does I get her a snack and we snuggle.

4:00 or 4:30-Ryan eats some more!  He gets extremely tired at this time so he’s normally back to sleep by 5:15.  On game nights, we are typically leaving to go to a game by this point. 

6:00-On non-game nights, Stephen is getting home from practice and Paige, Stephen, and I are sitting down to eat supper together.  After supper, Stephen and Paige play a game together or go outside to play while I clean up the kitchen.  I’ll make Stephen’s lunch for the next day also. 

7:00 or 7:30-Ryan eats yet again!  Paige gets her bath during this time and we start winding down our day.  Everybody gets PJs on. 

8:30-Ryan lays down for some more sleep…it’s his fussy time of the day so sometimes he cries off and on for about 30 minutes before he goes to sleep.  This is my most stressful time of the day!  When Ryan is asleep, the rest of us snuggle in our bed and read a story and watch Olivia. 

9:00-Paige goes to bed.  Stephen and I finally have more than 5 minutes of alone time. 

9:30-We wake Ryan up for one more feeding and put him right back down for bedtime.  He’s been sleeping SO well for about the last week and a half.  For a couple of nights, he eats at 9:30 then doesn’t wake up again until 4:00am-ish (when Stephen has to wake him up because I’m about to explode and NEED to feed the boy!).  Last night he woke up on his own at 3am to eat and went back to bed until 7am. 

 

That’s our day right now!! I try to be flexible, but the routine really is my lifesaver.  I need to know what’s coming next and having a routine gives me that.  Of course in between all of these feedings and playing I’m doing laundry, cleaning, preparing supper, etc.  No wonder I’m exhausted!

3 Weeks Old

Yes, I realize I skipped 2 weeks.  Sue me…and then look at my last post because he’s 2 weeks old in those pictures (and they are much better than my pictures!). 

Paige would be saying “Look at those big boy eyes!”  She’s super at helping keep him awake during feedings and for awake time. 

Don’t get me wrong, Ryan loves keeping his legs “frogged” like most newborns do, but he actually really enjoys having his long legs stretched out.  Bless his heart, looks like his blue eyes and his long legs are the only things he will inherit from me.  Everything else about him is just like his Daddy!

And for everyone that never sees Ryan get worked up…here’s proof!  He was ticked at me for making him wake up to eat.  He’d much rather just keep snoozing.  Sorry kiddo!

 

Ryan is still wearing newborn diapers (although the Huggies newborns are getting a bit snug) and newborn clothes.  Last Wednesday (when he was 2 weeks old) he had gained even more weight and tipped the scales at 8 pounds even!  I’m figuring he’s around 8 pounds 5 ounces this week.  He’s really filling out (especially under his chin!) and I can tell he’s getting heavier when I’m holding him.  I think we have our days and nights figured out now…thank goodness!  Last night, Ryan only woke up once to eat in the middle of the night.  I fed him his late night feeding around 10:30pm and he didn’t wake up until 3:30!  Then he went back down and didn’t eat again until 7am!  We’re so thankful that he seems to be falling right into his routine.  I’m way too Type A to not have a routine.

I can hardly remember what not having Ryan here was like-yes, I miss sleeping 9-10 hours a night, but 7 1/2 is getting me through and I’m still being productive during the day.  This time of the year is nuts around our house with football season in full swing…and Stephen is completing his Master’s Degree this semester, adding more time away from us and stress.  I’m so thankful that Ryan is easy going and adaptable.  If he wasn’t, I’d be in trouble!  He’s already been to 5 football games (will be 6 on Friday!)…such is the life of a coach’s kid! 

Sneak Peek

 

We had Ryan’s newborn pictures taken last Thursday with Liz Chrisman.  She did our maternity/family pictures back in July and we knew she would be our forever photographer!  She’s amazing with Paige and is always open to my sometimes crazy ideas.  These are just a taste of what she got…I’ll get the cd in the mail hopefully later this week and share more!

Bath Time

Ryan looks drunk…on his milk in this picture!  He doesn’t hate bathtime, but he doesn’t exactly love it either.  Our routine is that after his 10:00 or 10:30 am feeding, I give Ryan his bath.  It’s a good way for him to stay awake some after he eats and I love giving him a bath because I get to put baby lotion on him afterwards and it’s one of my favorite smells! 

Gotta wash that fuzz on top of his head!

Ryan’s starting to show his true feelings for bathtime…

And here’s how he really feels…

Drying off is much better!

And being all dressed is EVEN better!