big brother's hot rod room

before tackling baby girl's room, we had the task of big brother's "hot rod" room. we also had not painted the trim in either bedroom since transforming the rest of the house's orangey 80's oak trim to a honey milk white about a year ago. so off to lowe's we go.

for the walls we found a great denim blue color, appropriately named Jekyll. i found a couple of cool vintage race car prints online to replace some french soda ads i had framed when decorating my first baby's room.

before...

and after...


i needed a large piece for over his bed, but struggled with the prices of stretched canvas and large poster art. my walls are textured, so i can't really use those trendy decals. i considered tacking a rug or pegboard up, and then finally found this little gem. a 24 x 36 floor puzzle for $19 - jackpot! a silver frame and a little modpodge later... and voila!

(striking his best vanna white pose)

everything else is pretty much the same or other pieces that i already had (such as the blue side table). i think it turned out pretty cute!

(orbs!)

next up...

home remedies

i've had a killer sore throat for almost a week now, and since i can't take much medicine i decided to try a few home remedies.

first i sipped an apple cider vinegar/honey/lemon/warm water mix. it felt good going down and tasted surprisingly good, but not much of a lasting effect.

next i tried gargling cayenne pepper and warm water. holy moses! it wasn't super terrible, but not pleasant either. and i noticed no difference afterwards, other than a burning sensation in my mouth.

everyone kept telling me to do the salt water gargle, and i hadn't tried it yet because i had memories of it from when i was younger and never thought it worked. but it was worth another shot. it was definitely better than the cayenne pepper, and has made my throat a little more tolerable, but i was disappointed at 3am this morning when i woke up and couldn't swallow without extreme pain.

during the day i am doing better but night is what gets me. i don't think going to the doctor will do much good since i can't take anything, so back i go to my google research...

PINK

Thursday was my 20 week sonogram. And it's a.. girl! I couldn't believe it when the tech made the announcement. She double-checked and sure enough, girl! We're all so happy, as are the grandparents. First granddaughter on either side.


E will be the best big brother too. He already likes to rub the baby's back by patting my tummy, and wants to get something for the baby every time we go shopping or he sees a baby yogurt commercial.


Most importantly, the baby is healthy and looks perfect. I do have an anterior placenta, which just means I can't feel the baby move and kick as much as the more common posterior placenta. I can feel her roll around a little bit, but it may be a few more weeks before I feel definite kicks. Glad to have an explanation on that.


We are going to transform the guest room into baby's room, but to get to that point there is a big brother's room that needs to be redecorated first. He has requested a hot rod room. I ordered a couple cool vintage race car prints and daddio is currently painting the room a denim blue while we stay out of trouble (and out of the fumes).