Decorating Finished?

The last few days I've had several requests to see Tamara's new room.

As you know from previous posts we bought her a Young America Isabella set.

I still liked the Waverly Sweet Violets better then anything I could find out there for her.

Unless you go with "character" spreads, curtains and linens your choices are very limited these days. And since Tamara doesn't know who Tinkerbell, Barbie or Dora are yet I thought having a pillow size Tinkerbell face staring at her might be too traumatic.

So we decided to stay with flowers.

I certainly hope she likes violet?

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This first picture is my inspiration picture.

Next we have our transition picture before the new furniture.

This one has the furniture with white tab curtains as I then realized Waverly Sweet Violets was discontinued. So finding enough in time was a challenge.. but you know me I love a challenge.

Her new bedroom
The bed is toddler height for now.. using the bed rails. As she grows the bed will be lifted. Eventually bed rails removed. And the trundle will be added for sleep overs.

The Waverly curtains for bed and windows as well as a new twin size comforter just arrived this week. In my search for Waverly I found a woman that makes custom teddy bears so I had her make Tamara a matching violets Teddy. He's seated at the foot of her bed on the toy chest.

FYI.. if you ever get this type of bed you need a full size bed skirt when you do a toddler height.

I thinned out the dolls. Packed away all the porcelains as well as all the dolls that are not age appropriate yet.

Found this wonderful porcelain frame for her room.

We've scattered photos of her all around the house so she feels at home. After our trip I will also frame photos of us 3 and her friends in Georgia so she makes the connection. Should also help her with home sickness.

So glad she likes dolls. The doll below (blue dress) is a reborn Lissi doll. No not the religious reborn. A reborn doll is when a an artist takes a vinyl doll and hand paints details to make them life like. The effect is pretty amazing. This little darling is actually Tamara's size.. although about 10 inches shorter. Since she has the same body measurements as Tamara we were able to use her to test out safety equipment. Try our safety harnesses and such. It was very helpful to have Lissi around. ;o) especially when doing baby gates.

When I saw this mint condition vintage pram on eBay I had to get it for Tamara. It reminded me of the one I had when I was little.

Lily what are you doing here?

Lily found My Twinn Cuddly Madeline's bed. For about a week I've been wondering why Madeline kept falling out of bed? Mystery solved. Like I said before... Lily will most likely be Tamara's cat. Always ready to play

What do you think?

Are we finished decorating? Please say yes.. I'm out of time.

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I'm Leaving on a JET Plane...

We're leaving on a jet plane... don't know when we'll be back again.

Yup... we're leaving

and it's been so hard keeping my mouth shut for the past few days while we make our final arrangements.

On my Birthday I received an email from our agency. It started out this way...

"Happy Birthday! We have a present for you ... A court date on May 22nd. "

Absolutely made my day!!!

they then went on to say...

"Tamara is doing well - still shy and all that. She is a nice girl and a girly girl, into babies and household stuff."

Woo Hoo I got my "Girly Girl" lol

Can you tell we're excited?

Aren't you excited too?

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OK our flights are booked and our apartment is reserved.

We'll be staying in the heart of the city. In their super duper luxury apartment.

Yes we will have Internet access in our apartment so we should be able to stay in touch and update our blog accordingly. But remember they do have power grid issues so let's not freak if we miss a day or two. OK?

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Today we finalized our flying and living accommodations and purchased medical / air evacuation coverage... just in case. This is the insurance plan that will basically send a floating ICU unit to come and pick us up in case something horrific should happen.

Just like ALL insurance policies you hope you never have to cash in on it but we'll sleep better knowing it's in place.

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Time to put the finishing touches on packing, check our lists and check them twice.

OK now for the freaky part...lol...

it's a mental list..lol...

even freakier... my brain. ;o)

OK..ok.. stop laughing... I can do this... honestly I don't do lists on paper.. never have.

So if I forget something I'll have no one to blame but myself... so of course we're taking "everything" So glad the apartment comes with a kitchen sink.

That was a packing issue for me. lol ;o)

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OK.. better get back to it ... more later!

So excited!

I'm gonna be a Mommy.... I'm gonna be a Mommy

OH.. No I just remembered Bruce is the Mommy :o(

I'm going to be a Dada... I'm gonna be a Dada

You gotta admit the language Mama / Dada thing is funny.