Second post in one day-wow! haha

I have been working on decorating the kids bedrooms. We had a guest room set up and then a kids room. All of the toys were either in the kids bedroom-which Emma claimed as her own room and then the rest were downstairs in our family/playroom. Kolbe received a train set and a few other toys and Emma didnt want them in her girl room, so I decided to go ahead and turn the guest room into a little boy room. It has been great, they each have their own space, but end up playing together all of the time and now the family room isnt always a mess with toys, which makes me happy!

After we found out we were having a boy, I decided to make Emma feel special and surprise her by painting and decorating her room. The walls were just plain white and I have some pictures on the wall, but I decided to make it look extremely girly. I have always loved the idea of being a princess. I mean, even in college my friend Vickie and I would sometimes drive around listening to the disney princess soundtrack. God knew what he was doing when he gave us a girl first. :)

So now that I am basically finished with her room, I wanted to share some pictures!

I painted the room a light purple, because that is her favorite color. I love looking at pottery barn kids and always drool over some of their things and decided to make a canopy to hang over her bed. I bought a simple canopy at target and then decorated with flowers and ribbons. She loved it!

I took a few of the leftover flowers and glued them to a pink lampshade that was already in the room

I took the leftover ribbon and decorated the plain bulletin board that I had and now I think it looks much better! :)

I bought a few picture ledges at Ikea to use for storing books, and I painted two princess pictures to hang on the wall. ( the canvases were 5 for 20 bucks- 4 dollars for a piece of artwork is not bad!!) My mom brought the mirror back from my Grandmom's house and I thought it would be perfect in the room, for when she plays dress up.

I also took two curtains that i had and combined them with purple and pink ribbon- not perfect, but does the job!

I think she loves it!

It has been awhile, it is amazing how quickly the Christmas season goes by and then life just gets crazy again! We had a wonderful Christmas and great family time, I will post a few pictures in another post. Today I want to share a few pictures of our son who is growing in my womb. We are so excited to have another boy and have named him Joshua David.

Isn't he sweet? We decided to take Emma with us to the ultrasound. She was very excited to see the "magic wand" at work and reveal our baby on the screen. She was in awe of seeing this little baby that is growing inside of me. Her eyes were filled with wonder. You could tell that she understood. She knew her brother was growing and moving. She loved seeing the little hands and feet. It made her so excited for the baby to come.

Emma really wanted a baby sister. She would talk to Jesus and tell Him what she desired. We talked with her about how God has the best plan for our family and no matter what we will be so happy! When the nurse told us we were having a boy, Emma's face dropped and she turned and hid in Dan's shoulder. Of course I was just emotional all around and started crying out of joy and from seeing her reaction. But she was strong and didnt cry. She pretty quickly bounced back and was happy about having a brother. When we got home, Kolbe immediately ran to Emma first and hugged her. YOu could see in her face how much she loved Kolbe and now loved her new brother. It didnt matter anymore if he was a boy or girl, all that mattered was that we were a family. So needless to say, we are anxiously awaiting June!