Adventure Nursery

In effort not to "baby bomb" Facebook, Brendan and I decided awhile back we would try to keep most of the little man stuff to the blog. We figured this either gives people the option to click the link and see it if they are interested otherwise we don't want to be the obsessed my child is amazing post a million pictures on Facebook couple.
We finally finished the nursery a few weeks back and are excited to share all the fun details. Early on we decided to do an antique, adventure is out there type theme. It came together so much more then our expectations. Enjoy!

This is the view from the door, we took our hideous mauve room and painted it a grey/blue and a hunter green accent wall. Most of the furniture is a dark espresso wood color. 

Some cool details is this is our canoe bookshelf. The shower Aunt Laura threw me had a book theme so we were able to fill this in nicely. The bike trunk is filled with toys for the little guy. 

Family is very important to Brendan and I so we were lucky enough to get a photo mobile for a shower gift, I recently got all the photos on it to show the little man. We also picked up this sweet map at Homegoods that matches the theme of the room.

This corner has the rocking chair, we didn't want a glider but more a chair we might use elsewhere around the house afterwards. We got lucky and got the last one of these at Buy Buy baby before they discontinued them. Bren also hung the airplanes in the corner and the cool magnet map that was used as shower decorations.

This is the changing table, we just used a regular dresser and added a changing pad. The baskets above have all the goods needed for changing the man. The shelf above that has a train, sailboat, a big ship, a globe and a car. These were decorations from the showers again.

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The handsome Daddy to be!

This is the paddle above the book shelf, it has a Wild jersey for our favorite hockey team, a painting my Godmother made us and a "up" onsies that my Brother Ross drew.

Also right after Thanksgiving we did maternity photos. We had Darren from Darren Solomon Photography come out to our house to do the photos, they turned out awesome. Continuing with our UP adventure theme we got a huge bouquet of balloons we included too. Here are a few of my favorite pictures.

We are excited for our first Christmas in Utah! 

Love,

Brendan, Alyssa and Baby White

MN Baby Shower and Thanksgiving

8 weeks to go until Baby Boy White! I cannot believe how little that amount of time is and how fast it will go with all the holiday excitement coming up. November has been a wonderful month, we went home to MN for an absolutely, lovely shower our Aunt Laura threw for me. It was an amazing day that I didn't want to end. Seeing so many family in friends in one place was such a gift in itself. Then the shower was like nothing I had seen or been to before they went all out in the decorations, food and the whole thing. We are so lucky and spoiled. I have included some pictures from that day below. So many of our wonderful friends and family were so generous and thoughtful with their gifts as well. It was a great trip to MN.

As you can see from the pictures it was another amazing shower. Today is black friday yesterday was Thanksgiving and we did our usual tradition and ran a turkey day 5k and Thanksgiving with our awesome friends. I ran/walked the turkey day 5k in under 45 minutes which I was really proud of. 

Today we will up our Christmas decorations and just relax. Love this time of year. Coming soon on the next blog, maternity photos and photos of the nursery almost completed!

Love,

Brendan, Alyssa and Baby White

Utah Baby shower, Halloween and Beer Brewing

It seems like a great, snuggly morning to update our blog. Its snowing and blustery outside and with the clocks finally changing a nice morning to sleep in late. Our lovely little old man puppy got in on the action too!

October was a great month, my lovely friends Sara and Erin threw me a wonderful baby shower here in Utah with my friends. Both my Moms and my Dad flew into town for the weekend. The shower was so cute they went with our adventure nursery theme and had such cute details like the aviator bear made from burp rags and bottle brush. I wanted to include some pictures as well. Enjoy!

This year we ended up not having any type of costume party and we were too lazy to throw one ourselves. Instead the Monday before Halloween we had friends over and we had chili and carved pumpkins. It was really fun and might end up becoming a tradition too. Here are some pictures from that evening.

November is looking to be a busy and great month as well. We will be flying to MN soon for our baby shower there with friends and family, this little boy is very spoiled already. We have felt so blessed with all the love from family and friends. Both of us have busy work months and are looking forward to the usual turkey day 5k and Thanksgiving with friends here. I am officially third trimester and baby boy is doing great. My tummy keeps moving out and its crazy how quickly time is going. Brendan has picked up a new hobby of brewing beer to make the time go a little quicker as well. Here is a picture of him and Andy working on their second batch. 

Until the next blog....

Love,

Alyssa, Brendan and Baby White

What would fall be without cold?

I mean both types of cold both the kind that knocks puts you on the couch and also the type that proceeds winter. We have been lucky enough to experience both of these this October. Brendan started the cold at the end September and since we love each other so damn much he was kind enough to share it with me well over a week ago. I am finally feeling a little bit more like myself but my goodness I never realized the love I have for Dayquil and Nyquil until this past cold. Since baby boy White is still baking along I was very limited with what I could and couldn't take and these were not on the list.

 Pregnancy is going great almost 26 weeks and just about rolling into third trimester. I haven't really minded pregnancy too much, now that he is bigger and moving I love the little nudges and kicks. I think my only complaint is maternity clothes are just not all that cute or cheap. I might just try to live in dresses and leggings with boots on the weekends. Funny enough I was more sick second trimester then I ever was during first trimester, very odd. The work on the nursery has continued as we are slowing piecing together the furniture.

We have an exciting weekend ahead my lovely friends are throwing me a shower here in Utah, both my Moms are coming to town for it and my Daddy too. I am a very lucky girl! Can't wait to spend time with everyone and just take it all in. I am hoping the weather behaves, something unique about where we live with higher altitude we get some strange weather. We have already had snow two days so far this fall, none has stuck around. During the fall and spring we also get strange patches of fog that look like right out of a scary movie. Hoping for sunshine and great fall weather.

Love,
Alyssa and Brendan