Living life one incredible day at a time...

Living life one incredible day at a time...
DECORATE * RENOVATE * CREATE * APPRECIATE

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Greetings Friends, Family, Fellow Blogging Community!! I'm a 30-something year old music teacher and enthusiastic self-taught decorator, who loves to spend time with my tremendously talented and handsome one-of-a-kind husband, Jon, our two amazing children, Clara and Carson, and my wonderful loving family and friends!! I love all things creative and artsy, including design, music, dance, art, scrapbooking, you name it!! I decided to commence this blog in order to create a fun and creative on-line journal showcasing the exciting adventurous journey of the Botbyl family, and in order to keep in touch with and hopefully inspire other individuals, like myself who love to share a wonderful life's design consisting of love of family, friends, and creative living!! Please leave me a message/comment if you decide to visit my blog, or add yourself to my list of "followers" so that I can visit your awesome blog or Facebook!! Look extremely forward to hearing from you!! Have an incredibly amazing day!!

Monday, March 18, 2013

Clara's vintage antique nursery room tour

 Welcome to our little sweet Clara's vintage antique nursery!! I had previously created a post dedicated to our daughter's nursery a couple months back, before she was born, but I've updated the room since and have been planning to give you an updated nursery tour!! I'm excited and satisfied with the final product, but still plan to add a few extra vintage flourishes as time goes on!!  
Here it is:



Thank you so much for stopping by!! God Bless!!

Friday, March 8, 2013

Good Morning Wonderful World!!

Hello World!! 
(Above photos taken by Tanya Burton)
Binky, Wawa, Boopie, Popo, or Paci?
 After contemplating and laboring over the question, we've decided to go with "MR. BINKS!!" which is exactly how we've been enthusiastically saying it..."MR. BINKS!!" Decisions, Decisions Decisions!! Some small, harmless regardless, and just-a-matter-of-personal-preference, such as how to refer to something...and some...I'm-scared-to-death-I-will-totally-scar-my-child-for-life-magnitude such as "Is it ok for Clara to nap on her tummy, which she prefers?"

But all in all, still Decisions Decisions and some more Decisions for brand new, wet-behind-the-ears, 1st time parents as well as for new self-discovering baby who may not know if her limbs are actually attached to her precious little body as she anxiously flails about!! As Clara curiously discovers randomness and seeks adventure in this new exciting world, we ask just as many questions of ourselves as new parents!!
Clara must be thinking :
"Oooh Mom!! Where am I?" and why is my hair sticking straight up? "
 "One thing's for sure, I LOVE my baths!!"
"...Until my friend, Mr. Gas Bubble pays me a frequent, but (still) unexpected visit, in which case, my lovely inquisitive appearance will quickly, in a matter of seconds change to this...
or this...
"I'm definitely meeting interesting folk...that's for sure!! I've never seen so many wrinkles beauty creases!!" (did I say that out loud?)
"Spending time with my boyfriend, Alexander!! He's such a serious guy..."
"Honestly...Why am I wearing this ridiculous(ly cute) outfit?? I look like a little boy!!"
 "Who in the world are these weirdos?? (I gather they think we're related? uh, hyeah...)"
 
 Jon and I are thinking :
Why does Desitin smell so bad?
How many times do we need to reorganize this pack n' play?
Why does the baby need to eat for an hour?
How come Clara's vitamins look and stink like hair dye?
 Is our child voluntary smiling, or is that just a fart?
The Botbyl Family will continue to experience new exciting discoveries each and every day!! Thank you so much for tuning in to "Botbylsmile" and enthusiastically sharing awesome adventures with us. God Bless!!


(Select photos taken by Tanya Burton)