catch up

Sorry the posts have been few & far between lately.  Thought I'd better play catch up, though.  Last week the kids had their first full week of school & it went pretty well.  The long weekend definitely helped.  This week they have a short week, having Monday off, as well as Friday {there's a annual rodeo in Fort Madison this week & by Friday, it's pretty nuts around there!}.  I was pretty much home with the kids all weekend, as Dan was helping my brother roof our rental house.  Poor guy, didn't get much of a weekend... he was up at 5:30 Sat, Sun & Mon.  They did stop earlier in the day on Sunday since it was so hot, so we traveled to see our new niece/cousin in Marion.  They seem to be doing well... we all forgot how tiny & sweet new babies are!  We didn't stay too long, Lydia has been teething over the last week or so & she was extremely cranky & restless.  Here are some pics of little cutie Ashlyn.

  

While Dan was working away, I tried to get the kids out & about to do a few things.  We've been looking for furniture for Lydia's room, so we decided to travel around to some local antique stores to see what we could find.  The boys actually like going into the stores & checking out all the knick knacks.  They found a few small things to buy at Apple Tree Antiques, which is near Donnellson.  I got a great deal on this cute dresser too for Lydie's room.  I'm going to sand it down a little more, paint it & put some crystal knobs on it.

 

I've also been looking for a bed for her, for when she's ready to move from the crib.  Didn't have any luck w/ that over the weekend, but on my way home today from a meeting in Coralville, I ventured over to Sister's Garden, near Kalona.  I believe my mom & sister took me to this place several years ago & I was immediately in love.  I've bought 2-3 pieces of furniture from here since we bought our house, but I've not been able to get over there for probably 2 years.  Today I decided to take a little time to stop & I'm so glad I did.  LOVE THIS PLACE.  There are so many cool ideas.  Anyway, I found a little treasure behind another piece of furniture & I had to have it!

 

So, this is just the headboard, but it has a matching footboard & rails.  Right now it's not much to look at, but this will be so cute when I'm done with it.  It reminded me of a bed I saw in Pottery Barn Kids.  They have theirs painted up bright red or in white.  I'm trying to decide what to paint this.  I'm working with a color scheme of dk brown, hot pink, lt turquoise, green & ivory.  I was thinking of doing it in a color, since her walls are beadboard painted ivory.  Let me know what you think in the comments.... I could use some suggestions!