Polka Dot Polka Dot Polka Dot Party

I didn't get to have a baby shower because Caeden was born the day my baby shower was scheduled, so we had a first birthday party for him! Not that he will remember. But we will, and it was so much fun. 

Everyone decorated t-shirts for him:

And wrote things they see in him now on little "polka dots" and put them in a tin so when he is older, he can look back and see they kind of baby he was. 

Caeden cried when everyone sang, "Happy Birthday" to him and didn't eat any of his cake. Which left more for the rest of us! 

I Love Rainbows.

It is one of the things I have in common with my eleven (almost 12!) year old sister. I don't know what that says about me. Whatever.

I also love everything shabby chic.

Rainbow love+shabby chic love=contradiction.

The one thing I know about shabby chic-ness, is that it mostly involves ruffles, lace, grouping stuffs, and WHITE. Lots and lots of whites.

But I love rainbows.

So trying to figure out how to decorate my house has been a little bit of a problem.

I want shabby chic,
but I also want colors.

I LOVE THE RAINBOW!

Its like this battle going on constantly in my head.

Our room is pretty much all white and I love it, but I wanted something more...

To satisfy my dueling personalities, I decided on white walls downstairs and...

colored ceilings!

It's like a rainbow in our house!

[caption id="attachment_1027" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Second Living Room
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Yes, it is orange. "Ripe Tangerine" to be exact.

[caption id="attachment_1030" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Dining room...please excuse the blue tape.[/caption]



[caption id="attachment_1032" align="aligncenter" width="300"] from the kitchen looking into the dining room.[/caption]

We painted the ceiling "Bright Sunshine".

I've got sunshiii-eee-ine!

[caption id="attachment_1029" align="aligncenter" width="614"] Also, some proof that I DO work and not just take pictures[/caption]

That isn't all we've been doing...we also finished the floor in the second living room. Which means we can move everything out of living room number one (you will see pictures soooon!) so I can paint that ceiling and finish the floors. Stay tuned for an update on that in the next couple of days.