More Vintage Fun {on a dime}!

I was searching for more vintage ideas for Hudson's room and I came across these great scrapbook kits by Kathryn Balint-I am thinking I could make some type of neat digital hybrid canvas for his room:

And look at these awesome alphabet cards! For six dollars you can buy the entire set and either print at home or have printed. If you're a scrapper you can use them for your digi pages, print on card stock for your kids, or print and frame. Sure beats the $30 set at Land of Nod I was looking at.

Name and Nursery!

Jeff and I made it home last night from CO minus Landree. Jeff's been excited about our free time until about 5:15 when we were telling Landree goodbye and he realized it's going to be 20 something days before he gets to see her. I will be heading back to TX next Thursday, but Jeff will be heading out of town on a mission trip. Reality set in and he was sad. We did all our Landree impressions at the airport and on the plane. However, we did enjoy sleeping in until 9:45 this morning (which really wasn't sleeping in considering we didn't go to bed until after 1 am.

Today our plan as been to do nothing, and I'd have to say we've done a great job at it. We have watched TV and played online all day! So relaxing.

We've decided on a baby name...drum roll please...Hudson it is! It's so funny, because so many of you commented that it was your favorite, but I should point out it wasn't because you read each others comments, because I published most of them at the same time. We love it. I even bought letters for his nursery yesterday on sale at Babies R Us. Which brings me to nursery talk...

I thought I had in mind what I was wanting-my mom found some cute bedding at a great price, and I really don't want to spend a lot on the nursery. We went over the top with Landree's bedding, but now it just doesn't seem that important, and since we don't have a room anyway it really doesn't seem like such a big deal, but I'm getting excited and want to at least have in mind what I want to in his room {enter Polyvore} I am loving it by the way-it's similar to an online idea board. You can clip pictures from various sites and put it all together. So here's room number one I've been working on:

A little explanation: The chair is a must! I had a glider with Landree and we still use it to rock and read books in, but I can see myself sleeping and nursing and rocking in this must have chair, and since we don't have so many other necessities to purchase this time I am definitely getting the chair! The name/monogram paintings by Small Words are all so cute and I love them, but I did pick up letters on sale yesterday at Babies R Us-they are polka dot and striped and I think it might be a little much to have his name in letters and then the monogram too, but I love them both. The bedding is all basic, but I kind of like that it's more mix and match-able. I love the canvas storage from Pottery Barn! I would get the polka dot in brown and possibly the solid with a brown bottom. I love the vintage type pictures and cards, but I'm not sure if they mix. What do you think?

Brown and Blue Room by jennifergray02 on Polyvore.com

I {love} Henry's nursery! Holly pulls everything together so effortlessly! I used several of her ideas above like the Sarah and Abraham print and the vintage cards.

Here's option number 2 (which isn't what I was thinking at first, but I'm starting to love now)

Here are a couple of variables/questions: We have a Jenny Lind bed which is white, but if I used it with the below things I could paint it red or navy...but does that go with the brown chair? I could get a navy chair, but I feel like the brown would last longer or we would be able to be used in other rooms later. I saw plain red and denim bumpers at Babies R Us in TX. I could paint the crib red and use the denim bumpers with the print sheets or could I just use the same brown bedding as the room above? Agh! My head is hurting!

Vintage Room by jennifergray02 on Polyvore.com

What do you think? Over all I think I'm starting to like the vintage look better? I know I would spend more on all the fabulous accessories, and I think the color of the crib and bedding will really make a difference. What to do? I need your help!

Happy 4th of July

We've had a great week in CO this week with Jeff's family. We will be heading home tomorrow. Landree will be staying with my mom and dad for the next 10 days and I'll go to pick her up when Jeff heads on mission trip. Here is just a sneak peek at a few of the pictures from today's parade. Thank goodness for my sister in law. I wasn't in the picture taking mood most days. Happy 4th!

Enjoying an empty cone...then she wanted the ice cream so we had to go back and get it in a cup.

Twins (not me, them)

Even my mom was worried when she saw the title of the post this morning; so I've updated it. I'm not having twins :)

My momma came to town to visit and help me with Landree while Jeff was at Jr. High beach camp. We had such a fun time together-here is a picture of the twins with their matching hair bows. They needed them to keep the hair out of their faces.

Beach Beauty

My little beach beauty and I headed to Garden City last weekend to visit Jeff. He's been at beach camp the last week and a half. Normally, he comes home in between camps, but we thought it might be fun to join him on the weekend this time instead of him coming home. He coordinated lots of great volunteers to help him get Sr. high kids off on Sunday and we all stayed at the camp for the weekend. There were a few other chaperons and cooks that stayed in between and we had a great time. We were exhausted when we got home on Sunday, but I was really happy with how well Landree did. Landree and I slept on two bunk beds pushed together and even though she went to bed late she was out like a light when she fell asleep. Like clockwork every morning she was up at 7 am. Poor Jeff may be more tired than ever after camp this year because when he's home I try to let him sleep in and he was right up with us at 7 every morning. And he never napped either because he went to do all his laundry on Saturday afternoon while we napped.

Saturday morning we headed to the beach-it was miserable. There was barely a breeze on the water at 8 am. I know I could have gotten so many cute pictures of Landree, but I was too tired to get out of my beach chair. Here are a few of the shots of caught:

28 weeks and names

This is the never ending draft of a post. I'm 28 weeks along with baby #2. I went to the doctor yesterday. Everything looks good-I've gained 16 pounds so far-a few more than I had with Landree, but I'm still on track to only gain about 27-28 pounds so I'm good with that. My little guy moves around all the time! I love feeling him moving around. I'm just adding this instead of editing this post...once again.

I started this post when I was 23 weeks and now...I'm already 26 weeks-this pregnancy is going so fast. I can't believe we don't have a name picked out yet or a room decorated, and the kicker, that I'm not stressed about it!

I had another ultra sound May 13th, and I'm so happy to report everything is perfect! Thank you so much for all of you who prayed for us! The placenta has moved so I can go ahead with a normal delivery and his {unnamed baby boy} heart is perfect!

The hunt for the perfect name is on-here are a few we have on our list:

Hudson {this is one of my favorites}

Jackson {we have a friend named this, but this is one of our top picks-it's actually Jeff's favorite and was the name we had picked out for Landree if she was a boy}

Walker {I love this name, but Jeff said he thinks of Chuck Norris and Walker Texas Ranger. He thinks everyone will make fun of us since we are from Texas, but I think it fits us :) Only the grown ups would make fun of us. Kids his age wouldn't have any idea who the Texas Ranger is, right?}

Jones {the name my dad has pick out for this baby and what he'll call the baby no matter what-no one is called by their real name. Actually, he calls Landree Jack because we liked the name Jackson}

Grayson {some of our friends/beach camp chaperons suggested this and I {love} the name, but I'm wondering if it's too much: Grayson Gray. What do you think?

So really Jackson, Hudson, and Walker are the top choices. We like Roberts as his middle name, that's my maiden name. Any other suggestions? I like trendy-ish, nothing too weird, or too normal, no Matthew, Mark or John's.

No belly shot today. I will get one soon to post! My momma can tell you I'm really pregnant. She saw me last week.

Little Monkey Song

Landree has been going to 'beach camp' this week at her preschool. They are doing lots of fun 'beach' themed activities, singing, playing, etc. Yesterday after her nap she wanted to sing the monkey song. I thought she meant Monkeys Jumping on the Bed. She quickly corrected me and started singing something like this:

Two little monkeys swinging on a tree
Teasing Mr. Alligator, can't catch me
Along came Mr. Alligator
Quiet as can be (I think)
SNAP!

One little monkey...

I was lucky enough to have her sing it for me on video. Her hair is a mess and truth be told she was naked-hence the face only video (she was about to take a bath). I even convinced her to sing, If you're happy and you know it before the last min. of us talking and her wanting to see what I was videoing. I wasn't sure how to edit that part out so just skip it when you get there :)

Little Monkey Song from Jennifer Gray on Vimeo.

For you Poppee!

My momma made it into town last night after her flight being canceled and then her new flight being delayed (weather). We are so excited for her to be here. We have a busy summer ahead of us beginning now! Jeff is leaving Sunday for beach camp for the next two weeks so Momma came to stay a week to help me. This picture is especially for Poppee; we wish you were here too.

This is from Cooper's birthday party. More coming soon!

Lake Day

Jeff is the youth and college pastor at our church. The college family group meets at our house on Thursday evenings. Landree {loves; adores} the college kids, she knows them all by name and asks if each of them are coming each week. A few weeks ago we had a lake day where Pastor Bill brought his boat out and Jeff grilled chicken wings. There is this great private island that we able to use through a church member-they have sand volleyball courts, picnic areas, a playground and beach. Landree and I ended up not swimming (it was a little cool), but she had so much fun playing with her new bucket that her preschool teachers gave her in the volleyball sand, playing on the playground, and of course hanging out with the college kids.

Fun with friends

Last Wednesday we headed to the park with Jack and Caleb to play one more time before Jackson headed out of town on Thursday. I was able to get some really cute pictures of the trio as they played. And what outing would be complete without lunch at Chick-fil-a? Afterward Landree and I, along with Tricia and Caleb, headed to Target to get Cooper's birthday present {a baseball helmet and a Lightening McQueen Car}