The Name Game - Baby Francisco has a name!

 Baby Francisco has a name!  The Sheriff and I had three great girl names picked out, one I really liked, one he really liked and one that we both liked but put together we liked them all and I think we would have been happy with one of the three choices no matter which one we ultimately chose.  Actually, in my mind we really need to have three little girls so we could use them all, but that ship has sailed and it’s not happening.  Picking a boy name was a lot harder, I looked over tons of boy names, viewed the 100 most popular boy names online and kept going back to the first one we really discussed.  Since the baby is going to have a long last name I wanted him to have a long first name, I just like the way it looks and sounds.

So.....Baby Francisco's name is going to be....

His full name will be Benjamin Raphael Francisco, poor kid, his initials are going to BRF, thank goodness we do not live in the south where they monogram everything the kid owns.  The Sheriff really wanted to name him Raphael after his grandfather but I vetoed that right away, all I could think of was the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and there was just no way that could happen.  After greatly offending the Sheriff I agreed to Raphael as the middle name and I think it flows nicely. 

I’m not big on nicknames, but baby Benny, Benny and Kenny or Ben and Ken just kill me! How cute are they going to be together?   Mr. Pie’s name goes well with Benny and Kenny when shortened but we rarely call him by a shortened name these days but I did not want anyone thinking we left him out (I try very hard to make sure he is included in everything).  The one name I will make sure he is never called is BENJI, I absolutely hate it, no offense to the Benji’s out there but that name is not for me! J

And just for the record Mr. Pie does not like the name Benjamin at all!  Lol!  Every time I ask him he groans!  Now that the little guy has a name I can order the final piece of decor for his room.

16 weeks to go before we meet baby Benjamin!

Baby Kicks!

23 weeks, well 22 weeks and 6 days to be exact seemed to be the magic number for me to feel little itty bitty baby kicks!  Baby Boy was kicking up a storm all day Tuesday, took a union break most of Wednesday until about 8 pm and was back at it Thursday morning.  Baby Boy had his first adrenaline rush on Thursday due to a bit of work place drama (it’s all fun and games until the cops show up) and jumped all around for hours.  He was quite exhausted and slept the rest of the day but he is back in action today and has been a busy little guy.  He seems to wake up about 8:30-9 pm and move around, I sure hope this is not going to be his normal routine when he is out cause his old parents start wrapping things up about that time and head to bed.  This is just a little tidbit for the archives, someone asked me the other day if I planned on making a baby book, it was kind of like when my doctor asked me if we had picked a pediatrician yet, ummmm, hmmmm, I hadn’t really thought about it/the thought never crossed my mind.  Doh!  #momfail 

Baby Boy's Room!

The nesting phenomenon is REAL folks!  A few weeks ago I "needed" to get Baby Boy's room ready for him ASAP (because July is "right" around the corner, dontcha know), so I paid my dear friend Pinterest a visit for a few ideas.  I had originally looked at Pottery Barn Baby and The Land of Nod but did not find anything that really caught my eye (probably because we are in between seasons of the catalogs & merchandise), after a quick google search I found Carousel Designs and found the little guy's bedding and a quick trip back to Pinterest I found wall art from Hobby Lobby.  

I currently spend way too much time on Instagram looking at cute little baby boutique feeds (originally for all the cute little girl things, because I was the one believer that I was having a girl, but now for all things boy!) and somehow ran across Bending Birch Designs, they make wood wall art and I found the "camp Beckham" sign that I thought would go perfect in Baby's room (we just need to give him a name and it can be ordered).  Target had the cloud mobile and then there is Cuddle and Kind who makes these ridiculously cute & expensive stuffed animals.  I created a poll on my in my instastories so everyone could vote, the puppy was the clear winner but in my opinion the bear goes better with the room, however I am seriously considering buying both, apparently I have won the lottery or have a second job that pays for all of this, who knew, I sure didn't!

 The wall color was the next project on the list, I had to wait patiently for the bedding samples to come in the mail so I could pick the paint out!  After much deliberation and many lighting changes in the baby's room, it was decided that Dunn Edwards "silver spoon" was the winner.  I had zero desires to get paint samples (because July is coming and I 'NEED" to get this room painted, lol), so I just went with it hoping that I made a good choice.

The Baby's room was a light yellow when we bought our house, I actually really liked the color but I just felt I needed to make it our own with a different color.  The white trim was full of scuff and crayon marks from the little girls that used to live there so everything got a fresh coat or two of paint, especially the closet doors that had never been painted.

Note to self, paint the top before painting the bottom, paint splatters!  I was so anxious to paint that I painted all of the white first a few weeks ago just to get it out of the way.  Thankfully we were fully stocked in plastic and I was able to cover it all up and avoid any splatter.  

Painting Tip: Never skimp on blue tape or plastic, the more the better, I promise you!

I am so happy with the way the painting came out, the room is hard to take pictures of and the lighting and different times of day change the color, it is much lighter in person. 

After all the painting was done and a quick trip to Home Depot for some nuts and bolts (my brother misplaced them when they moved) the Sheriff was able to get the crib put together.  The mattress looks really thin, it came shrink wrapped and needs 48 hours to completely expand.  The corners of the room have shelves that go in them,  I need to sand and paint them and then they will be ready!  The dresser is from Ikea and will serve as our changing table and the night light is from Target, I found it yesterday and thought it was super cute so into the cart it went.

That is it so far, after painting all day Friday, washing infant carseat covers and all the little things here and there, I was exhausted and literally spent the rest of the weekend on the couch.  Hopefully the wall decor will go up in the next week or so, I still need to make a decision about a small book case and possibly a teepee.  I can't wait to show you all the rest of the room!