A Few Fun Finds

...has been SUPER busy. We moved. Cash just turned FIVE months old. (Can't believe it).  Lots of doctor appointments. Lots of exciting things. Speaking of moving, we're still adjusting to our house. I mean neither of us have ever lived in anything together over 1500 sq ft.  Or with more than one bathroom. Or with a bathroom actually ATTACHED to our room. Progress, y'all.  Also Cash's room is upstairs and ours is down so I've had to get used to hauling a 21 pound baby up and down stairs all day. All I have to say is my butt better look DAMN good after this. No but really I'm in love with our house and can't wait to show you guys pictures as we start to get furniture in.  Also living in Houston is just flat out amazing. My mom comes over all the time to help out. We can go to Los Tios whenever we want. I can eat El Tiempo's lobster fajitas any day I want. It's just spectacular. See a trend here? On to Cash, I seriously can't believe he is 5...

As I'm typing this, I just spent 20 minutes trying to get Cash down for his morning nap.  We swaddled, we rocked, we shhh-ed, we did everything. I gently set him down in his rocker (we aren't to the crib yet) and fast forward 5 minutes later he is WIDE AWAKE LAUGHING AT THE FAN.  Ok and now he is crying. I have so many questions I don't even know where to begin. Let's go back. Around 6 weeks we started Cash on a bedtime routine-- this coupled with the miracle blanket and an elevated sleeper was our ticket to sleep.  He's been sleeping through the night ever since. (I know hate me all you want.)  But along with that comes having to rock him to sleep and perfect the "put down'' aka transferring him from our arms to the rocker (we aren't to the crib yet).  And that was totally fine in the newborn stage but now he needs to be rocked and shh-ed to sleep before bed and every nap.  I always said around 4 months I'm going to start sleep training per...

Like major. Behold: ZEEEEEEEEEEBRAS! Like...everything I would ever want in a fabric. I first saw it over on Peppermint Bliss (surprise, surprise) since she's using it for a new client.  Here's her vision for it: I wish I could copy every.single.element.  But that would be over a billion dollars. Then look at this table perfection: Equally obsessed with the pairing of staffordshire dogs all over the table.  You can find those here .  I'm snatching up some pairs immediately for the new house.  They'd be quite comfy up in there. Here's my take on the whole situation-- I'm thinking mrs. zebra (bc she's sophisticated) would be a perfect match for the dining room.  My mom is handing me down her dining room table that's mr. duncan phyfe's twin. (Look a like pictured--->) Then I snatched up two of these via Ballard because they are on major sale. And mrs. zebra would look MIGHTY fine on them. Don't you think? Tho...

Picking lights for a house is E-X-H-A-U-S-T-I-N-G.  And by far the hardest decisions we've had to make.  I couldn't even deal with ceiling fans and just told the builder to pick what they thought was best #fingerscrossed.  But choices have been made and details finalized SO I shall give you a sneak peek. ENTRYWAY: STAIRWAY SCONES: DINING ROOM: KITCHEN: BREAKFAST ROOM: GUEST BATHROOM: MASTER BATHROOM: CASH'S BATHROOM: Refresher---> to be paired with blue penny tile sailboat wallpaper Speaking of wallpaper, I have some in my POSSESSION. Here's a little snippet of the powder room walls. (Don't wanna give too much away you know, gotta make that it's own story) And the lights for dat room: IT'S ALL HAPPENING. xoxo, ryann

Or is it game room? Who really knows. All I know is I've missed you.  And that I have the cutest 3 month old baby- but that's besides the point.  For his (and future bambinos) play area, I chose to go with this rug: Rug- Tutti Frutti Paired with a sectional because I hear it's pretty much mandatory in those vicinities and there may or may not be some football watching during play time.  So we could go with splurge and recover one in this perty velvet fabric: OR go with my trusty friend West Elm: But imagine bigger. And rectangular. In the midst of all this will sit this number: And finally Cash's toys will be stored in the IKEA Expedit shelf but painted: Can you see it? Make it werk. xoxo, ryann

Of course every time I sit down to write this post, Cash wakes up from his cat nap, but this time I have him trapped in the ERGO carrier and it puts him out like a light.  (Insert baby product promo) If you've been following this blog from the beginning when I was writing about building West 26th (RIP)...   Which by the way, the guy who bought the lot from us is just letting deteriorate with weeds and grass. The horror... But anyways, if you've been following along you've heard me mention this wallpaper numerous times. In fact you've heard me mention the use of wallpaper a MILLION times and it's never happened.  Now that we actually have a house I am so tempted to put this in Cash's bathroom.  I've been dreaming about it for 2 years now and think it's time to bite the bullet.  Our builder suggested putting bead-boards up half the wall to minimize how many rolls we would need (save some pennies) which I think sounds like an excellent idea. You...

I know every baby is different, but here are a few things that Cash (and me let's be honest) can't live without & a few things just for fun. If you do one thing and one thing only by reading this blog post, GET THE MIRACLE BLANKET . Seriously.  I pray it works for you like it did for us, but the first night we used that thing he slept for 8 hours straight.  Another device that I swear by (thanks to the recommendations of many fam and friends) is the Fisher Price Rock N Play Sleeper . This mainly is a life saver because Cash has GERD (bad acid reflux) and it keeps him elevated for sleep.  But I do know other people who love it just as much for a bassinet by their bed for the first few months. Miracle Blanket + Rock N Play Sleeper = sanity and sleep for Ryann & B Just do it. Now on to playing... I LOVE LOVE all the toys from Sassy Baby and Lamaze.  He has these little nuggets: Sassy Ring Sassy Birds Jacque!! Newborn...