To move or not to move??

Last week after such a long discussion weighing our options, Jey and I decided to take the house off the market!! We are no longer moving and are planning our long existence in this house. There are many reasons, one being that this house was built specifically for our liking and we really do love the house. We used to say it was "too big" for us but now with another baby on the way it's beginning to seem not "too big" after all. As we start to fill another bedroom, it's been extremely exciting to see our little family really growing. Plus, I think it's really hard for Jey to let go of his unfinished media room that he swears is going to be finished soon. Jackson loves his preschool and the school district we are in is great as the kids get older. So, here we stay for many years to come and we are both left happy with our decision to take it off the market!!

Now that we are staying in the house, it's time to really make it our own and start messing up walls!! :) This morning was my appointment with a muralist, Melissa. She was highly recommended to me by our painter and I'm am really pleased with what she and I discussed about the nursery. I had never seen her work until this morning and I was left feeling more confident with her abilities and the outcome should we decide to go this route.

I wasn't exactly 100% sure what I was wanting, but after showing her the bedding and some wall pieces she just ran with all these great ideas! Things I never really even imagined or thought of. Here are some examples of the nurseries she has done in the past:

Jey and I are definitely not doing cartoony stuff, but she is wonderful at realistic painting and does everything freehand which is even nicer. I realized after doing Jackson's nursery that cartoony stuff just needs to be changed out a couple years later, so I am making this nursery something that the baby can grow into over the years!! I'm even thinking about having her do some stuff in Jackson's room. His room really needs to be personalized for him...its pretty plain right now.

Spring Cleaning starts this week, well at least for one day because I'm working tomorrow night!!