Kateli's new room is finally in progress...

So, we have been talking about getting Kateli's "big girl" room ready before the baby arrives, but until today it was all talk. I had ideas as to what I wanted to do in there, but just had been too lazy to do anything about it. Finally, yesterday I decided that I would get started today. We are going to be using my old bedroom furniture in her new room, except that we are getting it painted white to go with her decor. I want to get a set of tower shelves and a bench type shelf unit to frame out the window in her room, but I have yet to find a bench shelf that is wide enough for under her window. So those are still being searched for. Kateli will be graduating to a toddler bed when she moves into her new room. I finally found a really cute toddler sleigh bed in white (unfortunately, it is on backorder right now :() As far as decor, I wanted to do something girly and whimsical in her room, but nothing in the princess realm. My desire was to paint some kind of mural in her room but all I could find really were the princess castles and noah's ark and jungle animals...so I was getting discouraged. So after much searching on the internet, I finally found something that I liked and I'm pairing it with butterflies, dragonflies, flowers etc...etc. So, I rented an overhead projector--yes the type that has been outdated and that you would remember only from grade school--and got my pictures on the wall today. I also got started on the painting and so far it is looking good. Not real professional, but hey it's not like I do this for a living! Daddy got to spend a lot of quality time with Kateli today while I worked on the room. We spent some family time in the pool this afternoon and got to go out for dinner--AGAIN!!! We also enjoyed some outdoor music at the riverpark this evening before coming home to relax! More tomorrow!