Show and tell; babies!

1. Tell us your favorite baby names? Aside from your own babies, if you have some :)

I'll be honest here and say I don't have a list of baby names that I 'love.' It's been so hard choosing names for us & obviously these were names that we both loved. I like Ryder & Emma for a girl and for a boy? I have no idea! I've never had to think about a boy name!

2. Show me your "dream" nursery {can be your baby's nursery or one that you love}
I'm still not 100% done with our nursery & I was hoping to be done by this post was live, but that didn't happen. Here are a few sneak peeks of it though.

This frame has since been taken down and lowered (my wonderful hubby thought it was a good idea to put it that high...uh no.)

And that's about all you get to see right now.

These were taken a while back when we just finished painting so some stuff is different. I can't wait to show the big reveal!

3. How many children would you like to have? How far apart?

I want to have as many as we can financially afford & with that being said- we are done after #2 (unless we hit the lottery.) I love the idea of having lots of babies running around, but our pockets & my patience probably can't handle it. We want to be able to financially afford our kids college, weddings & whatever else may come up. I don't want the girls to pay for their college & wedding like I had to.

4. Tell us what you think the importance of parenting is?

I think the importance of parenting is BEING there for them. I see a lot of moms/dads that are so into buying the coolest/most expensive thing for their kids & yet they're not even present in their life. Kids need their moms/dads. They won't remember the most expensive present they received as a kid, but they will remember you playing with them for endless amount of hours & all of the laughs. I think a lot of parents forget about that. I hope our girls look back on their life one day and say 'I may not have had every toy out there, but I remember my mom and dad always dropping everything they could to do what was necessary.'

5. Show us your favorite newborn photo {can be your children or random}

Of course this is my baby because we all think our kid is the cutest, ever, right?! =)

 Looking back at these pictures- I think this is my favorite just because she still sleeps with her little mouth open like this.

6.  Tell us some things you promise to never do as a parent {and if you are a parent, did you stick to it}

My parents have showed me a lot on what not to do. I will never, ever put a man before my kids. My girls come first and always will.