Wednesday, April 18, 2012

The Big Girl Room

We've been working on Kariana's big girl room for a few weeks and it's finally finished! It started with a trip to Pottery Barn Kids to try out big girl beds and figure out how to consolidate all of Kariana's toys into her room. The toys were starting to take over the house.

We kept most of the artwork from her nursery because I still really like all of it. We added these great magnetic frames that hold Kariana's artwork from school. Kariana chose the artwork that she wanted to display in the frames, but its easy to swap out with new artwork she creates.


The stuffed animals were also taking over her room so I found this great basket at Restoration Hardware Baby & Child. My Zachary Bear and Tobin's Paddington Bear maintained their proper place on the shelf.

These storage cabinets are also from Pottery Barn Kids and hold all of Kariana's toys. Her play kitchen is now out of our dining room and in her bedroom!

Kariana and Lou named her elephant "Rose" because she has delicate pink roses all over her.

Kariana loves Thomas the Train and her train table so Thomas and the table had to stay.

Easter Sunday


We took our trip to California to visit Baby Annika during Kariana's Easter Break from school. These are pictures from Easter Sunday.

Aunt Kari and Kariana before church.

Kariana was very excited when the Easter Bunny showed up at the restaurant where we were having brunch and she couldn't wait to have her picture taken with him.

A proud daddy and uncle with Kariana and Baby Annika.

Half Moon Bay with Kariana & Baby Annika



We spent a beautiful day on the beach at Half Moon Bay with Aunt Kari, Uncle Eddie and Baby Annika. I think Kariana enjoyed herself the most playing in the sand and getting her toes wet in the water. Baby Annika slept in her infant carrier most of the time. She must be the easiest baby in the world but she did wake up to grace us with a few photos.


Kariana - 3 1/2 years
Annika - 2 1/2 months


Lunch on the patio at the Pro Shop.