every child has a color, they say.
and it isn’t so much what they look good in. it’s the color of them. the first color that comes to mind when you think of all that embodies your complex little little. (oh wait…it’s colour. yes, brit girl. it’s colour).
and i knew from day one that lainey was a yellow. strange really because, after ten days of hospitalized jaundice, yellow was the last color i wanted to see, and i forever joked that i’d never let her wear it because i would have done anything to see anything but yellow on her precious little skin.
but, as fate would have it, lainey is a yellow. it’s the color of her soul. it’s her personality. her name means sunshine, and every blessed drop of her essence is just so…yellow.
and being that sometimes when i’m bored, i design little kids’ rooms in my head…i have it all planned that when she gets an i’m-so-big bed (and actually sleeps in it), her big(ger) girl room will someday soon be yellow.
a buttery vintage shade of happiness like benjamin moore’s creme brulee or ralph lauren’s evocative sunlight
and a lovely coverlet like this one…
or this one…
and i will make little fabric bees that will happily dangle from the ceiling.
and i will frame pages from her beatrix potter books…
pages like this one…
(oh, jemima…she is a beaut)
or this one…
and we will hunt the thrift shops for old suitcases like this one to prop against the end of her bed holding treasures like baby dolls and dress up clothes.
and perhaps there will be a little pillow like this here ladybug one happily sitting on her bed…
and there will be pictures. lots of pictures. and crayon drawings. and watercolor kid paintings clothespinned to a gigham ribbon hanging from the wall. my grandma’s framed spoon and some battenburg lace somewhere. yes, battenburg lace. and books…lots of books. perhaps my russian nesting dolls will sit on her dresser along with the little madeline doll with marker on her face. and the old nubby teddy bear that used to be mine will welcome her from its perch on the bed.
i have it all planned out…it will be a happy place. …and it will be yellow.
oh, dreaming is so much fun.
~k
p.s. i think i’m a “red.”
is you are red and lainey is yellow, does that make brett like an orange?
i think i’m a bright pink. i think jonah is either orange or kelly green.
i love your room ideas! you should take that up on the side…children’s room decorator, as if you don’t have enough to do.
xoxo!
K –
Awesome.
I remember the jaundice thing with Beth. I would not leave the hospital without her. But we move on…….and never forget some things.
I do think that Lainey is yellow.
Red is you for sure.
Now I need to figure out what my girls are and what I am. I have to think about this…
I am so happy your life is happy. May the happiness just grow and grow.
Love you and yours….
LOVE LOVE LOVE the buttery yellow vintage sham and quilt with the raised roses on it…they sell it in purple too and i’m in love with it.
i love what you have dreamed up for her big girl room. beautiful. i know you will do great things in that room.
pinch me. seriously. i’m in the middle of creating stella’s big girl room. she’s a light pinkish – behr … hawaiian shell.
and we just put her duvet … from (yes i splurged) land of nod – full of fun pinks and greens.
and there is going to be a fairy door … and i’m making curtains. yes i’ll blog about it. when i finally finish.
i’m glad to hear that someone else dreams about the same things.
for the record … cora is a lavender and i’m a turquoise / fuschia girl.
by the way … if you wanna help with the room redo … feel free to come to mn!
I was thinking you were a red before you even said it!! That is a fun idea, to think what colors people are 🙂 What is Carin, I wonder? Or Brett?? I think I’m some shade of green maybe, or maybe brown…
I’m a orange, mulled spice to be exact…
I also love yellow , I think it is a tropical color that also lead us to sunshine and happiness.
I think that you have so nice ideas …what about becoming a web room designer …?
love,
Malu
I too am a yellow! How fun …
I especially like the yellow-striped shirt Lainey wore for the tricycle photo shoot.
One more thing …
Lainey quite possibly has the cutest wardrobe. Seriously, I’ll take one of each item. Like the leg warmers she wore in the Easter card pics … couldn’t get enough!
I think Lainey’s color (hey, what’s a ‘u’ between friends?) is most definitely yellow – how could such a sunny little soul be any other color? And I love that her name means sunshine. I think C is a sky blue with a tint of gooey pink. C’s room is yellow – I love her curtains the best, handmade with love by my mum, they have ladybugs on them (or ladybirds as we call them here, although I think ladybug sounds prettier).
And I have to say yay for Beatrix Potter! Seeing the pic of Jemima Puddle-Duck made me feel all nostalgic! She and Mrs Tiggy-Winkle were my favourite Potter characters when I was little. And I know Lainey’s room will be a palace of yellow fabulousness when it is complete!
Also, congratulations on the second yearbook. I loved all the spreads you posted, especially the favourite shots montage. As someone who has trouble uploading my photos on to my computer, I am just in awe of your accomplishment – it is fantastic. Have a lovely weekend!
Ooh, that comment was kinda long! Apologies – I think I got carried away!
I think I’m blue. Baylee is pink all the way. I love the little yellow headband. How fun to be planning for her next big girl room.
The jacket is Baby Gap last year. It’s 6-12 months, but I’ll be forcin’ her in it for months to come! ha1
oops…responded to wrong post…
Oh Kelle she is so beautiful she could be any color!
oh yes lainey love is a sunny pretty yellow girl. love her flower headband. i think samantha is some yellow and some pink..both so cheery! i am an all shade of pink but i do love white too. ps. i dream up ideas of sammy’s big-girl room at least once a week. heheheee. pss. wednesday for lunch sounds PERFECT! what should I make? xoxo
I don’t know if you still read the comments for way back when, but I have been reading your blog for awhile now and find your words and you view on life amazing. I also wanted to let you know that this blog especially hit me right at the heart, I never really had a room of my own or someplace to go and shelter myself from the pain, and craziness of the outside world. I guess what I’m trying to say is that this simple action of wanting Lainey to have a room that she can love is, well, beautiful.
better days.
Vanessa