I love this little guy. Even if he was being difficult, crying and pooped all over the place that day. (yup you read right) I think we got some sweet pictures.

So ever since baby has been home, he’s had tummy aches. I mean, poor lil guy… he is in so much pain twisting and moving in hopes to find a position that doesn’t hurt. Now, I am not sure these are so-called colics, but if they aren’t then, what the hell are they?

It pains me but other than hold him close to my body and hoping my body heat helps relieve his pain… there isn’t much I can do.

I’ve had friends tell me that they too had babies with intense tummy aches, and realized baby was intolerant to the dairy intake or more like the effects it has on the breast milk. (guess it changes the taste or something)

So I thought I would do the test. Stop all dairy products for a few days to see if there’s a difference. Sucks though, because I just bought a tub of brownie ice-cream and I love me a glass of chocolate milk… but I would do anything for baby boy…. even cut the cheese. (yup you read right)

Who knows, this might be an even better way to shed the weight. No?

Morning of his monthday… I filmed him.

Happy 1 month birthday baby, mommy loves you xox

Inspiration :

It all started off with the already painted wall. Purple-ish gray hue with white wainscoting. We had painted this room when we moved in our house taking into account this would “one day” be the room of baby. I wanted something that was neutral so we could either go boy or girl with pops of color. I love gray so it was only appropriate to incorporate that in major elements in the room.

I chose tone on tone gray houndstooth fabric for the modern glider that would fit perfectly in the corner of the room. A gray shag rug which would be placed under the dark wood crib would accent the gray in the glider. I was getting custom bedding made and because it would be handmade, I wanted to choose colors that were gender neutral so that I can use this amazing bedding for baby #2 if we happen to have one I wanted modern prints; stripes and dots in bright colors ; blues, yellows and green.

Theme? Well you can say that I went pinwheel crazy. I guess that’s the theme. Modern Bright Pinwheel gender neutral nursery. Phew… that is a long title, but seems to be right on the dot. I loved pinwheels as a child and realized it was something that wasn’t being used much in nurseries (well anyway I haven’t seen any) … so I went all out. Making this colorful paper toys was a great inexpensive DIY project and I scattered them all around the room. I made a wall of custom art (all designed by me) framed in white frames (so that they would pop on the gray wall) and added a couple of pinwheels to the layout.

I also added some pinwheels in the pom clusters I also DIY-ed. I didn’t want to have a mobile in the room so I figured having a cluster would be a more modern way to go about it. I included 2 white paper lanterns I took home from my baby shower as well as green and blue paper lanterns I found at the party store. They fit perfectly with the greens and blues in the bedding. Lastly, I wanted to incorporate typography somehow, so I got custom letters made out of bamboo and hung them from the cluster.

I am really happy with the outcome of the room, I just hope baby boy will too.

Here is a movie I made of a mini tour of Mavi’s nursery. With custom bedding to DIY frames and PomPom clusters, this blue, yellow, green and gray modern nursery is perfect for this little boy. (Well I seem to think so)

For those interested here is the cost break-down of the nursery decor.

Cluster Garland :

DIY Pinwheels : approx 10.00$

DIY Pom Clusters :  3.00$

Color Paper Lanterns :  Party Expert – 15$ / 2

White Paper Lanterns : Already owned

Custom Bamboo cut-out letters :  LuxeCuts™ – gift (12.50$ per letter = 50$ value)

Furniture :

Crib, 4-drawer cabinet, changing table : Toys r’ Us – gift  ( 400$ value)

Upholstered Glider : Dutalier – gift (1000$ value)

Custom Quilt Bedding with assorted pillows : Bijou Lovely Designs – gift (460$ value)

Accessoires:

5 x 7 white frames : Ikea – 2.99$ /2 each ( 6$ total )

DIY Art Prints : 12.50$

Large White Frame : Ikea – 9.99$

Lamp with shade : Bouclair Maison - 24.99$

White flower pot & Plant : Ikea – 2.49$ + 2.99$

Yellow Tin Vase : Homesense – 6.99$

Grey garbage : Homesense – 9.99$

Curtain & Blind : Bouclair –  49.99$

Gray Shag Rug : Bouclair Maison – 89.99$

White Desk Clock : Already owned

Storage :

Baby Blue shelves : Ikea – 5.99$ / each

White Brackets  : Ikea – 1.99$ / each ( 8$ total)

Green Storage Boxes : Ikea – 9.99$ / 3  (20$ total)

White Photo Storage Boxes : Ikea – 3.99$ / 2

Wicker Basket : gift (value unknown)

Introducing
Mavrick

Born Tuesday July 13th 2010
Weighing : 9 lbs
Measuring: 21.75 “

Both the hubs and are in love. More than we thought was possible. It was all worth it. (even if they lie and say you forget the pain right after you see your baby… I remember the pain… heck yes. But ya, it was all worth it)  I’ll share my birth story with all of yous in a bit. But for now, back to my new job; being a mommy.

I’ll be back to regular posting in a bit. Until then, hope you enjoy the guest bloggers

]]> http://blushink.com/introducing-baby-mavrick/feed/ 14 http://blushink.com/its-time-well-7-days-late/ http://blushink.com/its-time-well-7-days-late/#comments Tue, 13 Jul 2010 11:31:18 +0000 Kelly | Glamour This! http://blushink.com/its-time-well-7-days-late/ I write this on my iPhone on my way to the hospital for the big day (even if it’s 7 days after my official July 6th due date)

I have to admit I am exhausted. I didn’t sleep much and it wasn’t because of the nerves. Up until last night, or should I say early morning I haven’t really had contractions. Well let me tell you that wasn’t the case yesterday since from midnight to 4 in the morning I was tracking my contractions with my very useful iPhone app.

So ya, I slept 2 hours, 3 tops but that won’t get me down. I am beyond excited that I’m going into the hospital 2 and coming out 3.

For the rest of the week (starting tomorrow) I will have guest bloggers while I enjoy time with family and friends… More specifically my little one. Don’t worry I’ll keep you updated (even more so via twitter if you follow me @blushink)

So be friendly by welcoming my guest bloggers with lots of comments. See you soon

Kelly

Of course the nursery is complete and almost ready to share with the blog-o-sphere… but for now, I am just giving you a sneek peek of 1 major element in the room. Remember I blogged about clusters? Well here is my version :

I am all for creating suspense… so hopefully you will want to see the rest. All you need to know is this… yellow, green and blue (with a hint of gray) are the colors that make up the room. Elements of typography, paper pinwheels, and patterns make up the decor of the room.

I made all the pinwheels and pompoms myself, and well that awesome bamboo typography, courtesy of LuxeCuts™

Looking forward to showing you the rest

Since I am due on July 6th and obviously having a newborn and getting adjusted to being a new mom isn’t super easy, I decided it would be best to have some guest bloggers for the next couple of weeks. That way, you won’t be hung out to dry with lack of posts, you will “meet” new bloggers and maybe discover a few things that I don’t generally blog about. This will be the first time having guest bloggers on Glamour This! and I am actually pretty excited about the whole thing.

I will blog updates in between guest posts (don’t worry… I won’t disappear on you) and will share my new bundle of joy with you (if I can convince the hubby) So please be kind and welcome our guest bloggers with open arms and comments

Oh and if, and I say IF... I go past my due date… then the guest blogging will be pushed back. I mean the whole point is to allow me to have a semi-blogging maternity leave. So stay tunned for some blogging amazingness. Alright I’m off, gonna go bounce on a ball… walk a mile and wash the floors on all fours in hopes to kick start labour

Oh and I almost forgot. Happy 4th of July.

]]> http://blushink.com/im-due-real-real-soon/feed/ 1 http://blushink.com/weekend-projects-the-nursery/ http://blushink.com/weekend-projects-the-nursery/#comments Sat, 19 Jun 2010 17:23:11 +0000 Kelly | Glamour This! http://blushink.com/?p=3297 Happy Weekend everyone! Hope you have great things planned ahead. (and Happy Father’s day to the daddy’s of the world) I have a pretty jammed packed weekend. Heading into week 38 of my pregnancy, I’m still not done with the nursery. (I know… I am behind) Don’t get me wrong, everything is ready when it comes to the crib, changing table and even the clothes… but the walls are bare and there is no decoration in the room what-so-ever.

I’ve been DIYing all week…

• Designing Posters to frame in the room
• Tissue Pom-Poms
• Paper Pinwheels
• Closet Clothes Dividers
• DIYing a lampshade to match crib fabric
• Painting Mirroir to a new hue

Though I haven’t taken pics of everything (simply because I am not completely finished) I thought I could share a few. I have not-so-artsy people in my family, and they sometimes look at me weird with a “where are you going with this?” look. But don’t worry… I have a vision and I am sure it will look great when it’s all together.

Hopefully with these few pics, you can where I am going with this.
I apologize for the not-so-awesome iPhone pics.

All this crafting has given me the bug all over again. I forgot how fun DIY-ing was. Obviously with a baby around, the crafting will be put on a hold, but am I weird to say I am beyond excited to start drawing, playdoh-ing and making handmade birthday cards with the little guy?

Happy Weekend!!!

Last time I left off, we decided on the final quilt design, and I was waiting for Holly to do her magic. This is what it looked like :

Well… (I’m sure many of yous have seen my tweets) the bedding is done!!! Whoot Whoot! and you know what? it look better than I could of ever imagined. The colors are bright, and work so well together. Plus, that darker brown pattern fabric adds something to the overall design. Don’t you think? Watch out for picture overload.

Remember I mentionned that I was getting a crib skirt, bumper and pillows made. Well we decided on getting 4 pillows made. 3 square and 1 longer version to put on my glider (post to come) Well look at these pretty pretty pillows. It’s so bright and cheerful.

At the moment there are no pics of the bumper and skirt, but don’t worry, once its all set up in the nursery I will be sure to reveal the whole look. The package was sent in the mail last weekend so I should receive it sometime this week. I haven’t been more excited about receiving something in the mail (yup this beats wedding gifts) lol

More nursery details to come…

{images courtesy of : Bijou Lovely }