Monday, January 18, 2010

The Fairy Garden Princess Palace

Ladies and Gentleman, Drumroll Please....We have *finally* finished Josie's big girl room! 
Here are some photos from her new room - complete with full-sized bed, lack of changing table, and lots of other big-girl upgrades.  She calls it her "fairy garden princess" room and you will soon see why.

But first - the "before photo" -

That's right; For much longer than we care to admit, Josie was sleeping on a blow-up air mattress on her floor while we decided what was next.  In the end, we decided to go ahead and convert her crib into the full-sized bed and the rest of the plans just sort of followed from there.

And here are the long-awaited "after" photos -

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
And here comes the fairy garden princess herself - who spends quite a bit of times in a tutu and wings these days -

Lou had her laughing about something, which yielded some great super-smiley pics. I love these! And for some reason, she looks so grown-up in them (which I don't love, but what are you gonna do?)

 
 
This is Josie's surprised/excited face, which she perfected at Christmas but still uses when the mood strikes her - 
 

I'll also leave you with a few photos from around the house over the weekend. As I said, this little lady is obsessed with tutus and in this case - tutus and rain boots. The best is that she says, "Check out my fashion" whenever she puts together a little get-up like this one.

Here she is admiring a couple of the "posters" she made that we hung on the wall. Also pictured is her trike that she now zooms around the condo riding. Look closely to see how she has plastered it with stickers.

And finally an action-shot of our little fairy mid-spin.

...Oh yea, still sporting the rain boots.

6 comments:

Catherine said...

LOVE her big girl room! It is so beautiful and very exciting that she's ready for this!! Ronan gets his big boy room this summer when we move back to Florida. I'm so not ready!

Anonymous said...

Carrie, her big girl room is beautiful. You did a great job. I love all the photos. Laurie

Anonymous said...

love the new pictures. Love Grandma

Charissa Talsma said...

Love the room! You guys did a spectacular job. I also am relieved at the fact that my daughter is not the only girl who has plastered her things with stickers...I also have a piano bench that is now refinished with stickers--at least it was a cheap refinishing project!

FourAustins said...

I am one of those people who check their email while driving to work so when I saw your email that you had posted pics on the blog...after a few honking horns I decided it would be best for all if I pulled over...so yep...didn't make it to work...had to pull over and see the pics as quickly as possible:):) Her room is fabulous!!!! PERFECT!!! Great job!

Valerie Louis said...

I love the tree and flower decals and the ABC art...of and the ladybugs! Can I move into that room?!! It is fabulous!