nursery time

I finally decided to separate summer & emsley into different cribs when they would practically roll up on top of each other. not safe! thankfully, they love their separate cribs! it took a little getting used to, but now they love to roll around and stretch all over the place. I think they also like to coo and scream just so that they know they aren't alone in the room.
they "talk" to each other--its cute :)



I painted the rocking chair, changing table, and then this dresser:

this dresser was a disaster to sand and paint. Maybe it was because I was 30 weeks pregnant and doing it, or maybe it was because it was a rainbow of colors underneath. If you can see in the picture, it had first a layer of cream, then purple, then green, and I painted it orange without sanding any of it away (great idea?) so I had to get all that junk off and start fresh with the blue that I love. then I coated it with polyacrylic and ta-dah!

before:

after:

love!

my latest {beauty} favorites

and now for a post that has nothing to do with babies, and everything to do with some of my latest and greatest product finds.

neutrogena naturals purifying pore scrub
first off is this great scrub that I recieved as a gift (thanks mom!)
I love a good exfoliating scrub, and this one is really fine-grit so you can use it daily. I also love how it lathers like a face wash but leaves my face feeling like a cream cleanser does.

the next two are what I like to call mad-dash products. these are things that get amazing reviews on different beauty blogs and suddenly there is a this crazy hysteria get to the store to buy it (um, butter london nail polish anyone?)

urban decay primer potion
so I try to avoid getting caught up in the craziness, but the urban decay primer potion is really worth the hype if you wear eye makeup.
google it. you will love it. enough said.


maybelline instant age rewind eraser dark circles (in "brightener")
I've tried a ton of eye products that range from really expensive to dirt cheap. I love it when a drugstore product (like this) works BETTER than a sephora high-end brand product. I have yet to find an undereye brightener better than this (my last favorites post included benefit's eye bright pencil, which I still love, but this product beats it up)
behold:


this lotion gets me out of my fall-winter-nastiness gloom. if something could smell like the opposite of winter, this would take the prize. it smells SO so so SO good!


and finally, a hand cream that I first bought randomly in an airport Body Shop store, and it was my instant favorite hand cream EVER EVER EVER. this coming from someone with hands as dry as a desert...

5 months!

5 months old today and finally a smiling picture!


tickle tickle!




--Just this week we started having the girls sleep in separate cribs (more to come on that later). They definitely love to stretch out and move around in their own little space, but I think its making it hard for them to fall asleep!

--They are eating 5 times a day and taking 2 long naps and 1 short catnap

--Summer has figured out that she can roll onto her side from her back...

--Both girls love to coo and talk, especially when we are talking.

--Emsley likes to let out a big scream and then look around like "Did I do that?"

We love our happy girls!

(emsley on the right in all these pictures)