A Whole Lot of Blue Going On...

10 Years Ago...
on this past Saturday,

We welcomed a sweet BLUE bundle of joy

into our family!

~ David ~

Born 5 years, 3 months, and 11 minutes after his sister.

(by David's calculations, LOL!)

A boy who loves animals...

Is pretty intelligent, although as your mother, I'm probably biased! :)

(...posing in the "Thinker" pose)

Did I mention Drama KING! :)

Is a really cool kid...

Loves adventure and is afraid of very little....

My dare devil!

Which keeps me on my toes, (and on my knees in prayer! :) )

'Cause sometimes the adventures don't turn out too well!

You keep life interesting, ....never a dull moment!

And I love you more than words could ever express!

I can't remember what life was without you TEN years ago.

I'm so glad your sister prayed for you to come....(inside family joke!)

Happy TENTH Birthday, David!

I love you, ~Mom

~~~~~~~~~

To share just a little more BLUE,

I'm posting my newly remodeled BLUE bedroom.

Remember a few weeks ago, I stripped the white wallpaper down?

~ Click HERE, to see the before pictures... ~

The room was bland and clinical, even after many trials with various color schemes, bedding, and accessories.

I had two factors that I needed to work with in determining the color. One, my current bedding. Not that I love the looks of it, took awhile to grow on me. Actually I detested it when I ordered it from Pottery Barn, but it sleeps so well! It is warm in the winter, yet cool enough in the summer, and just a great weight.

And secondly, the room connects to my husband's study below, which is open as a cathedral two-story room, and is painted a very dark olive green. (accidently deleted the picture).

My first choice of paint for my bedroom would have been some shade of green, which Kevin and I both love and find very soothing. But the color of the office canceled that option. My next choice, chocolate brown, which didn't work!

So I settled on a light teal-grayish blue. (It is a more subtle color than appears in the following pictures.) Compliments the green of the office well, and I really am pleased with it.

Most everything in this room I already had, though some things were "borrowed" from other rooms in the house. The only things new, were the two lamps and frames for the bird prints.

Tapestry piece I found at an antique store.

We replaced the doors in the room, and had them trimed out with new molding.

The blue print spread alone, didn't quite work. So I paired it with an off-white comforter and shams from storage.

I found the two bird prints below, on eBay....

View from the master bathroom...

The tapestry piece on this wall (below), was a gift from my MIL many years ago, found at a yard sale. It is hand-needlepoint, lined with blue velvet. ...one of my favorite pieces.

I hope to show more of our remodeling in the weeks to come, as I post my Christmas decorations. But, I've just started, so don't hold your breath! LOL!

Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

For more BLUE posts, visit Sally at Smiling Sally.

~Rhonda :)