Kaiya's 6 Month Pictures AND Her Nursery Reveal!!

I can't tell you guys how EXCITED I am to share this post!! Not only am I head over heels in love with the pictures of Kaiya that Melissa took, but I FINALLY get to share her nursery!! So much love went into the assembly of her nursery, and not just by John and me, but by many of the wonderful and creative women in Kaiya's life.

Prior to Kaiya's birth I sent out a bunch of hoops and accompanying craft supplies to the crafty women closest to me and John asking them to please participate in the decorating of Kaiya's nursery by creating a hoop as a representation of themselves. That it would be something that she will wake up to and fall asleep to everyday in the years to come and that she will know what crafty and caring women she had in her life just by the fact they took the time to make her something so thoughtful and beautiful. I didn't end up getting them all back (you ladies know who you are ;) but I got a good number of them and they are all beautiful, unique, and special in their own way. Kaiya is lucky to have so many thoughtful and creative women in her life!

Of course, it wouldn't have been possible for me to put together a nursery without my own crafts, so I constructed an ombre rainbow of flowers above her crib:

And I took a few stands of string lights, a fallen branch, and made a whole bunch of various paper flowers to create a cascade of flower lights:

It's hard to really get a feeling for how peaceful and serene this room is, but these pics at least show all the pieces; The pictures of all the grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins, the hand-knit blanket a co-worker made for Kaiya with her name and birthdate, the wooden shelf that my grandpa made me when I was a girl (filled with a nice collection of things from my childhood room and stuffed animals given to Kaiya), and the beautiful sheepskin over the back of the rocker sent to Kaiya by one of my best childhood friends and his family. I honestly love every single piece of this room.

Finally getting some awesome photos of Kaiya's nursery was awesome, but the real highlight of this shoot was, of course, Kaiya herself! They all came out so beautifully that I can't for the life of me pick a favorite!! So without further do: