50 shades of gray

Get your mind outta the gutter, I'm not talking about THAT.  But I've been pretty busy this week and most of the pics I'm posting today are some kind of gray color, oddly enough, so why not entice my readership? ;)

First things first, we got ourselves a new living room this week.  I loved making slipcovers, but it wasn't really  what we were going for in the living room.  This is more like it, right?

I'm really happy with it.  I love the colors and it's super comfortable.

We also got Bean Sprout's room painted while we were away.  So, I'm thinking turquoise, white and gray is neutral enough for a boy or girl (and I would totally vomit in a pastel green/yellow room).  So here's our starting point:

I feel like now we can have fun with the rest of the decor and I'm excited to put some fun bright colors and prints in there!

That's the little elephant picture I bought for Sprout and box of loot in the corner from my mom, including Lady the Dog, who I've had to hide from Josie and Belle for obvious reasons.

I also bought a crib and changing table this week.  We decided to go for a higher quality crib that could convert to a toddler bed and then a big kid bed instead of just a standard crib.  I looked at about 100 white cribs before Scott found this one.  Nicely done, Husband.  They had a deal on buying the two pieces of furniture together so I figured, aw, why not?

http://www.pali-design.com/index.php?section=products&subsection=&page=products&product_serie_id=56&product_id=&product_photo_id=914&langue=en&view=photo_display

I also bought this rocking chair a few weeks ago which I think will look great with everything else.  We got the white with the darker bottom.

http://www.laylagrayce.com/Products/Nurseryworks-Empire-Rocker__NW65.aspx

What do you think?

Our last big purchase for the week was a new car for me.  I haven't really been very excited about this.  My Volkswagen that I have now has been the best car ever and is super cute, so I've been dreading the end of the lease.  But Scott says we need a "safe" car that is "sensible" for the Sprout.  I say the Sprout would be happy being the cool kid whose Mom has a sporty little two door convertible.  I mean, how can you not love Ellie Mae?

Man, I'm going to miss that car.  I had my heart set on a Jeep Wrangler 4-door because at least that doesn't look like you have to put on Mom-Jeans to drive it, but it wasn't meant to be (mostly because the sales guy screwed up big time at the last minute).  So, back to the drawing board.  Where was I going to find a boxy vehicle that is more like a truck than a crossover?  Since a G Wagon is not going to happen now, (I'll try again in 3 years!) meet Yoko:

It's really nice on the inside, has heated leather seats, a moon roof, blue tooth, satellite radio, and navigation, none of which the Jeep had...but I'd be lying if I said my heart didn't die a little buying a Toyota.  Now Jessica, you're saying, surely you know that a Volkswagen is not an American car?  Yes, I know.  But that's different!  Truthfully, I really like the car and if it was a Chevy I'd be so excited.  But it's hard to give up Ellie Mae.  I mean, truck drivers probably won't even honk at me when they drive alongside me in this, haha!

Anyway, Scott is super excited about this car because he loves Toyotas, it has a little thingamajig to pull his boat, and he thinks that this will make me more willing to go camping (it will NOT!).  And it looks like my pups will be much happier:

Anyway, Happy 4th of July to you all!  Remember to be thankful for all of your freedoms today and the people who work tirelessly to preserve it for us all.  God bless America!