Nursery Tour

Welcome to Mia's nursery. Also known as the princess room.

This is the view from the door.
















This is the reading/rocking corner.































This is the changing station.































I just love Mia's nursery. It is my favorite room in the house.
Mia's furniture is by Sorelle and her bedding and accessories are by Kidsline Rapunzel.


Here are some personalized touches to Mia's room:

I made this shadow box for Mia.
















Our cousins sent Mia this beautiful clock with her name on it.















Oma (Scott's mom)'s friend made this needle point for Mia.















My step aunt and uncle sent this chair for Mia. It is actually matches the clock perfectly! The clock and chair are from the same store in NY.















And here is Mia's step stool. The letters come out like puzzel pieces. This is from another friend of Oma's.

It's baby Monet... I mean baby Mia.

Today was so beautiful out, so Mia and I decided we would do some finger painting (with help from Scott)!
We used non-toxic paint, but even so, I did not let Mia put her hand by her mouth at all. She actually didn't even try to eat it.

















At first, Mia would only paint with her fist/knuckles.






































But before long, her whole hand was in the paint!































Admiring her works of art.

Playing with Mia

Mia is now at that age where she can sit and play with me. It is so much fun to watch her play with a toy by herself, rather than me just playing with it and her watching. Although I do love playing with her toys!

These are Mia's musical stack rings. They light up, too! She loves this toy.

This is Mia's music table. Today is the first time she really showed interest in it.















This is Mia's pop-up toy. She knows how to push all the animals down.















This is Mia's Laugh and Learn Kitchen. We love this.















Some tummy-time on Mia's play mat.















Mia rolling around.



















As you can see, we had a fun day today.

No-sew tutu tutorial

This is my attempt at a no-sew tutu tutorial. I made Mia a blue and white tutu for Chanukah and decided to make one for Valentine's Day as well. If my instructions completely confuse you, but you would like to make a no-sew tutu, you can find several video tutorials on YouTube. Just type in no-sew tutu tutorials.

Lets get started.

First, gather all your materials.
You will need:
A spool of ribbon (I used ribbon 1 1/2 inches wide)
Scissors
A tape measure or ruler
At least 3 yards tulle depending on size of baby (I used 1 yard of each color, which was enough when Mia was 5 months old, but at 7.5 months old-wearing size 12 month clothes-, I ran a little short. Luckily I had some left over white tulle from Chanukah)
















Next, use ribbon to measure baby's waist. Tie two knots to mark the size you need (tulle will go between the two knots. Be sure to leave extra ribbon on each end to tie into a bow.
















Here are my two knots.
















Next, take your 1 yard piece of fabric and cut in half.
















Next, take your half yard piece of fabric and fold in half. Do not cut in half.
















Next, starting at one end, roll tulle (I like to start at the folded end and roll towards myself).
















Next, cut the ends off so your roll of tulle will be the same thickness end to end.
















Next, using your tape measure or ruler, cut your roll of tulle into 3 inch pieces.































Now, take each piece of rolled tulle and loop onto your ribbon (in between the two knots).
























Then, slide each piece down towards the knot.

















I used 3 pieces of each color, alternating red-pink-white all the way down.

















Tie end pieces into a bow and you're done!
See where there are a bunch of white pieces in the back? That's where I ran short and had to use my leftover tulle from Chanukah.

































Pictures of little Miss Mia in her tutu to come.