bla bla bla. . .

you're probably sick of hearing me talk about blabla dolls by now - but i just love them and think they make the perfect easter basket stuffers!  C & P received their first of these adorbs dollies from gammy {CBC's g-ma} before they born . . . lulu flower and mermaid.  swoon.  lulu and mermaid have since been discontinued {womp.} but look at all these other fine specimen up for grabs. . .

1. lolli the monkey 2. charles the lion 3. bernice the bear 4. melody the mermaid 5. claire the cow 6. josephine the elephant 7. splash the cat 8. clementine the monkey 9. suzette the fox 10. wooly the sheep 11. lilipop the frog 12. balthazar the bunny 13. harmony the mermaid 14. ulysse the horse 15. andiamo the dog 16. mirabelle the bunny

and could you imagine really spoiling your babes with a ginorm

pierre the bunny giant {also avail in normal size pierre the bunny}

or

fleur the bunny giant {also avail in normal size fleur the bunny}

LOVE.

here are some pics of c & p growing up with these fabulous blablas by their sides.

lulu watched over C in the NICU for 22 days.  look how tiny she was {that's my hand and i don't have man hands. obvs}

C gives lulu a nibble at 4 months.

i forgot my little waifs ever had those delicious rolls!

happy 8 monthers!

P sleeping with some of the troops last year

the girls with mimi & i at our fave blabla store- matilda's in stuart, florida
how cute is mimi?!

and here's the rest of the gang on this morning's unmade bed in the BGR.

unfortch, i had to fetch these guys out from under the bed as the giant minnie and mickey stuffed animals have snagged pole position at bedtime.  womp.

{dwell garland bedding - french tassel window panel - jenny lind bed

thibaut wallpaper - the wheatfield print}

i wish i had thought to have this adorbs blabla themed 1st birthday party that was featured on hostess with the mostess.

click here for more adorbs images from portraits by lucinda and full deets on HWTM.

happy spring and happy basket filling!

hooray for lulu DK

huge fan of lulu deKwiatkowski (lulu DK).  her cheerful designs exude warmth and happiness.  would really love to splurge on a couple of her prints for the BGR. 

spying them on one kings lane cheered me up on an effing freezing very cold january day.

hope they make you smile, too.

{head to OKL to view the entire sale}

wednesday walls: BGR

beds are here.  bedding is adorbs.  windows arrive tomorrow.

now what to put on the walls?  help!

too many fabulous options . . .

stumbled upon some winners on etsy last night.

via merelee made

we are big rihanna fans here {seriously}

 love this

obsessed with song lyrics.  

worship these from raw art letterpress

I walked down the aisle to this

and aunnie ashy walked down the aisle to this

seems we both have rather high opinions of ourselves.  ha!

this is so phoebes

and this is C

via color bee

via handz

via dazey chic

i've been a long time fan of the wheatfield by katie daisy

unfortch, c & p have inherited their mama's messy genes.  CBC calls them little tsunami-ettes, after dubbing me the human tsunami a few years back.

via breedingfancy

via rock the custard

also, love-love this one but not sure it's appopes for the 4 year old room.

monday fun{ny} day: BGR blues

dammit why do i want EVERYTHING?  and i want it all now.  right. now.

 prematurely switched the girls rooms yesterday because the beds are being delivered on wednesday.  so now they are sleeping on mattresses on the floor like squatters.  to add insult to injury, made a last minute target run for pillows , mattress covers, and since the bedding hasn't arrived yet, twin sheets.  they had hardly any in stock and wound up buying clearance green and orange Christmas tree ones for ten bucks.  yikes.  the room is not shaping up as i'd hoped.

BGR progress

so how am i doing?  new year's day post = FAIL.  and since i'm not using excuses anymore, i can't tell you why.   then i will have broken the only two publicly declared resolutions by day 2.  unacceptable.

i will offer up that we are finally taking the plunge on the big girl room!  the beds are being delivered next week and there is no turning back now.

we went with the land of nod beds i've been eyeing for quite some time and here are a few other goodies.  i'm exhausted from attempting to use photoshop for the first time in very long time. rusty?  understatement.  sort of embarrassed to even post this but it took me about 127 minutes so it's happening.  

{hey CK, i need a refresher, sister!}

1. the bob just had to send me the link to these serena & lily french tassel window panels.

2. it's really a lot harder than it should be to find adorbs little girl bedding.  but here's the front runner from dwellstudio.  totes not sold on this but i do think it's cute for a 4 year old . . . or two.  thoughts?

3.  the azure jenny lind land of nod twin beds .  done deal.  

4. creepy dog lady got a new picture frame from o'brien & schridde. holla! 

keep in mind, i'm moving them back to their original nursery where we just had all the fun with meredith and the confetti.  so we already have the striped wallpaper in that room.  CBC has made it very clear that we will not be taking down any wallpaper that i begged and pleaded for in the first place or painting. anything. ever.  such a horse's face sometimes. 

{oh and yes that's another aqua bed in the picture, because every family needs at least 3}

i truly welcome your feedback, unless it's bad. obvs.

frenchie friday: land of nod your head yes . . .

was thrilled to come across this lil guy in the new catalog from my first {and only. obvs.} sponsor, land of nod.

became increasingly excited as i turned every page.  LOVE love it all!  

c & p are beginning to look a bit awk in their toddler beds so the time is coming soon for the real deal version of big girl beds and that means decorating a/multiple BGR{s}!

i'm waiting to see if they want their own rooms or not.  so far one does, one doesn't.  hmph.

anyhoot, here are some of my front runners.

sherbert stripes bedding

in the mix bedding

petit chateau bedding

here are princess p's picks.

fade to pink bedding

tulle and the gang bedding

{while i appreciate the puntastic name- that is not happening under this roof}

and c's choice.  obvs.

yellow animales bedding

chick still worships yellow.

if they decide to be roomies for another few years i think i'll stick with my original . . .

watermelon stripe {seedless}

it's fun and cheerful, like them.

{unless i'm going all MD on them like the greater part of last week's heat wave}

BGR {big girl room} luuuuv

so for those of you who haven't checked out kiki's list yet- run don't walk for all the deets on this fabulous bedroom and much much more!  love-love this blog and adore the room krista lovingly designed for her daughter, lou.

precious.

lucky lou!

images by ryann colleen photography

we are rocking a similar color palate in c & p's room.  have been thinking about their new BGR - was going to stick with the color scheme - partially because it wasn't that long ago that CBC painted their ceiling a deep aqua - and largely due to the acquisition of this garland that we bought for baby june's sip & see.  i justified this purchase because i thought i could use in c & p's room for years to come.

{in a rando small world story - Lou's fabulous tinkerbell birthday party was featured on amy atlas the very same day as june's sip & see.}

 
remember these gorge images meredith took?

well, maybe i should frame one because yesterday while i was professing my love for kate middleton- 

this happened.

womp womp womp.

and it wasn't george!  it was C.

major BGR setback.

 might leave them in cribs forevah.

anyhoot, i worship Lou's room.  hey krista from kiki's list - you nailed it!