Bee's Nest

Welcome to my Sweet Pea's little nest. Oh! My girl loves her bed so much! She loves to go to sleep and is so easy to put to bed. We just rock her for a few minutes while she sucks her thumb and rubs her satin blanket. Next we put her in her bed on her tummy and she scoots her bottom in the air, snuggles under her blanket, pops her thumb in her mouth and rubs her satin with her other hand. The next thing you know she is having sweet Bee dreams. I am really jealous of how easy it is for her to fall asleep. I think she gets this from her daddy!

My mother made this bedding. We went to every fabric store in Houston at least three times before I picked this fabric. Thanks for putting up with my indecisive pregnancy brain, mom! The bumper is a blue toille and has toddlers playing in a park. So sweet! The skirt is velvet and the whole thing is washable!

My mother stitched two sets of sheets for the crib. This set is a sweet lamb and the other is three bunnies. Ellen loves these little details.

This is one view of Ellen's mobile. My mother made this also. We wanted it to have contrast so that Ellen could see it even when she was newborn but didn't want it to be black and white. Ellen still loves to lay in her bed and look at these little animals and see the shape swing around. Some mornings she just lays in bed singing and talking to herself and her mobile.

This is Ellen's bassinet. I didn't want a pink nursery because I knew my Lovebug would be covered in pink but we decided that pink would be fun for the bassinet. I thought Ellen would sleep in this by our bed as a newborn. There was something that Ellen did not like about the bassinet and this didn't work out. I'm not sure what it was though. Now it is at Cece's house filled with toys and later she will be able to play with her dolls in it. I love Ellen's room and I think she does too! I hope you enjoyed the tour! Elizabeth

Nursery Tour

Let's take a tour of Ellen's nursery! We'll start with my favorite part - her closet filled with sweet baby girl clothes. A lot of her first clothes belonged to my sister and I. I loved dressing her in these. We have more for her to grow into but the newborn stuff was the best. I have already cleaned out her closet twice. She is growing so fast. My mom and I are alike in a lot of ways but there is something so different about the way she holds on to everything and how much I love to get rid of stuff! I am so grateful that she kept all of our baby things and have really cherished that Ellen has been able to use them.

Here is the Bee's bookshelf. It is full of books and stuffed animals. Bee loves to read her books. Her first favorite book had photos of babies and animals. She would laugh at the page of a baby and lion sticking out their tongues. To the left of her shelf is an oil painting my mom did of one of my sister's paperwhite dresses. It looks so good in Bee's room.

I guess I have lots of favorite spots in her nursery. This is another one! This chaise used to be in my room at my parents house. My mom had it recovered and the fabric worked well in her nursery. The pillow on the chaise has a Pomeranian on it and my mom had that made for me a while back. The table has a linen table cloth that my mother sewed. The goose light was in my nursery. I love sitting in the rocking chair and rocking my Angel to sleep. My mom painted the chair and covered it in linen. She also gave us the pillow that sits in it that has a bee on it. There are two Tip and Mittens prints in Ellen's room. You can see one here. My mom found these at the Round Top Antique show and framed them for us. When I was pregnant Lloyd would often find me sitting on the chaise with Muffy just loving Ellen's room and waiting for her to get here. I was so excited to think about her in this room that we planned so carefully. I couldn't wait to see what she would be like and what part she would love. It quickly become my favorite room in the house.

Here is Muffy waiting for Ellen in her crib. The yellow rabbit pillow plays music and was needlepointed by one of our friends, Kay Simonds, for me in my nursery. After 31 years it still works and Ellen loves to hear it play. I love that my parents still have the same friends after all these years and that we have grown up with them. The other white bunny pillow is from Olivine in The Village. My mom got it for me and gave it to me at one of my showers. I love it!

Here is the other Tip and Mittens print above her changing table/dresser. Lloyd stripped and painted this dresser for me and my mother painted robin's eggs on the knobs. The top two knobs are ceramic robins from Anthropologie. My mom painted little branches that they sit on. The grey elephant is a wicker laundry basket. This was also in my nursery but was painted to match Ellen's nursery. I was lucky to have all the painting help when I was pregnant and was avoiding paint fumes. I will post later about her bedding. I am so happy to have my Little Bee fill this room. I hope she loves it as much as we loved designing it for her. Love y'all, Elizabeth

Meeting Santa

After Ellen's stellar Christmas school performance she got to meet Santa and tell him her Christmas wishes. Our PTO arranged to have this Santa and he was great! We love our school so much!

Mommy, who is this guy?

What is this stuff on his face?

This is after Santa told Ellen she was too young to get an iPhone for Christmas.

Then Santa felt bad for making the Sweet Girl cry so he cried too! Oh well, Bee. We'll try again next year for the iPhone and a photo with Santa. Love y'all!

Ellen's Christmas Pageant

Ellen's school did the cutest Christmas Pageant! The older kids acted out the story of Jesus's birth. They sang and narrated the birth story. So sweet! Ellen's class started the show by getting all dressed up in their Christmas best and being strolled in by Miss Angela. That is her in the back. We are so crazy about Miss Angela! That is Ellen in front with her BFF, Betsy.

Here is our Christmas Angel when she saw Mommy in the audience. "Look at me, Mommy! I am on stage!" We were so proud of our Little Star. She remembered all her lines and delivered them with perfect timing.

Ellen and Betsy were so cute in the front of the Bye-Bye Buggy! This is one of the items that our PTO purchased this year. Ellen's class loves to go for walks when it is pretty out. After the show Ellen got to meet Santa! Stay tuned for those pictures! Love y'all, Elizabeth

Merry Christmas from The Little Bee

Mommy took a much needed break from blogging these past few months. Our Little Bee has been battling one illness after the other and my attention was on her and helping her to feel better. Mommy first, blogger second! Good news! After an ear infection that lasted about two months and through three rounds of antibiotics, our Angel is a healthy girl! This was the best Christmas present Mommy and Daddy could have gotten. I am going to work on a few posts to update y'all on what the Bee was up to that you missed. Merry First Christmas from The Little Bee!