Big Girl Bedroom

So we decided to turn our spare bedroom into Nyah's bedroom so the nursery will be available for the baby. Nyah has always been in the crib and has never tried to "escape" so we had just left her in that room. However, once we mentioned her having a big girl bed and a new room, she was super excited. We picked out the comforter and then had to move on to paint colors. I am not a decorator by any means. First of all, I'm not any good at it. Second of all, I don't even like it (those two comments are perhaps linked). I wish I had lots and lots of money and then I would just pay somebody to come and do all of the designing and they could do the painting as well. :) Having said that, I really did end up liking the end result.

We kind of put ourselves in a tight spot trying to get it done before Nyah's birthday and before Ryan's mom and sister came to town. The first picture is of Nyah sitting in front of the computer with a pillow and blankets watching cartoons. Since we had to work on it every evening after work, she had to entertain herself quite a bit.

This next picture is when she decided she REALLY wanted to help! She kept coming into the bedroom, and I'm afraid she doesn't really understand the concept of wet paint. She kept bumping into things and getting paint on herself. It was too funny. I did help her paint for a bit though so she could be part of the action. She was so excited to be involved. What a cutie.

Following is the end result of her new room.

She is loving her new bedroom. There have definitely been some challenges with this additional "freedom" at bedtime, but she's adjusting well. Plus she has done really well considering she has been in her new room for about 3 weeks and has "shared" her room for almost 10 of those days. She stayed in her "old bedroom" so her room could be a guest bedroom again. We sure love this little girl!

Handy Man

I'm so grateful that Ryan is such a great "handy man". We are going to be moving Nyah into our other bedroom so she can be in a "big bed" and the baby can be in the nursery. As we talked about what we wanted to do to the room, one of the things we wanted to do was install a light fixture/ceiling fan. When the house was built, they just put in switched outlets and "lamps" rather than actual light fixtures and it's kind of a pain.


Anyway, we bought some light fixtures/ceiling fans and Ryan ran the electrical yesterday and installed them. It took some time but I love the result. It looks so much better! He also installed dimmer lights so that will be really nice. Last night, Nyah decided she wanted to sleep with a "little light". We love the new light fixture, such a nice change. This is something we should have done a long time ago. :)



Nyah is super excited for her new room so I really need to get going on it. After talking to Lisa and Shari, I think I have finalized how I'm going to paint. One thing is for sure, if I had an unlimited supply of money, I would pay somebody to come and decorate my house. Not only am I not good at it, I don't even enjoy it (I realize these two statements are probably linked). So it goes.... Plus we waited to do the nursery until I was about 8 months pregnant so I'm determined to do it sooner than that this time around.

So one last thing, Nyah is finally getting to where she likes when I take her picture because she wants to see it on the camera. Good deal for me. :) I love this little girl!

It's a Boy

We had our ultrasound on Friday and found out we are having a boy! I'm the oldest of my siblings and then number two in my family is a boy as well. I'm sure Nyah will be a great big sister and super helpful.

Technology is simply amazing. I can't believe all of the things they can tell in the ultrasound, and the amount of detail they can see considering the baby is only .8 lbs at this point and about 10 inches long. We took Nyah and it went fine, but her attention span didn't last nearly long enough. I don't know how much she really understood... It was definitely more work for Ryan to try and entertain her and keep her happy. Now we know. :)

Christmas Lights at Temple Square

While we were in Idaho over the Christmas holidays, we decided to go down to Utah to see the lights at Temple Square. Aaron thought this was a long ways to go to see Christmas lights, but we figured it's a lot closer than we usually are to Temple Square. Plus we decided we thought Nyah would really enjoy it, and we weren't disappointed. She loved them. The thing we didn't anticipate is she also absolutely loved the water features. I never realized there were so many water features at Temple Square. When you stop at each one for a few minutes and it's 25 degrees outside, you soon realize just how many there really are! We kept going into the different buildings to warm up so that was handy. It had been years since we had been there. It really is amazing how many lights there are at Temple Square.

My mom and Jana went with us to enjoy the evening. Thanks for coming with us. It is so fun to be able to spend time with Jana again. We are so glad she is home from her mission!

Nyah and Her Backpack

A couple of months ago Nyah started loading up one of my old backpacks and hauling her stuff around in it so we decided we should get her one of her own. She has used it a ton and carries things like her baby doll and blanket Grandma made, lovies, her juice, and anything else she can fit inside. :) She also took it on the airplane when we went to Idaho and did a good job of carrying it most of the time.

It has been nice to have all of her things together and she feels so big with her own backpack.