Ready for Baby!

I just put up our maternity pictures on Facebook, and it is hard for me to believe that we are going to be done with our baby bump album in just a week or so (less than that, please God!) Even though the last few weeks have dragged on, nine months flew by overall.

We are all set for Baby to get here. Tonight we ran our last errand- we got a baby book so we can start filling it out while we're at the hospital and the memories are still fresh. The nursery is done, the clothes have been washed, and now we are just paying attention to every little ache and pain, in hopes that it means baby is on her way.

Here is a little look at what we have been working on the past couple of months!

 

Baby Crafts

I am thankful for all of my friends, and this weekend, I was especially thankful for Eleanor, who lent me some of her interior decorating talents and donated her time to help with a BIG nursery craft that I kept putting off.

Nathan's mom gave us a beautiful wooden rocker, but it was just so uncomfortable that it needed cushions.  All of the cushions I found either were not the right size or were just ugly.  So I ordered some fabric with the intent of making it into cushions. I scoured the Internet for patterns.  I look on Pinterest for ideas.  The fabric sat there for weeks, and I was pretty sure I'd never work up the courage or motivation to get the job done.

Enter Eleanor.

Eleanor didn't need patterns or Pinterest.  Once I knew the size of the cushions I wanted, we started snipping, pinning, and sewing (she did the machine sewing- I am still afraid of my sewing machine!) It took us a little over three hours, but the end result was better than anything I could have schemed up myself.

It is reversible, so when I get bored of the pattern, I can just flip it over. I forgot to buy white ribbon for the ties, so after a little bit of rummaging in my sewing trunk, we found tulle.  I love the way it adds a little bit of whimsy and frill to it!

After Eleanor left, my nesting instincts were still kicked into high gear, and I still had some batting and fabric left over for the chair cushions.  I decided to get started on a bow board, which I also have been thinking of doing for ages. All it took was the batting, fabric, elastic, a staple gun, and some hot glue.

I wasn't sure how I was going to hang the headbands, but the elastic did the trick.  Now I feel like the nursery is all set, just in case Baby girl decides to come a little bit early!  

Six Months Later- Seven Months Pregnant

Six months ago, we hadn't found out that I'm pregnant.  Six months ago, we still lived in Wash Park. Six months ago was the last time I updated our blog.  Someday I will get better at doing things consistently.

I am 30 weeks pregnant today.  At first, pregnancy felt like it was creeping by, especially when I kept hearing the words, "You don't even look pregnant!"  Now it feels like it's flying by, and as the countdown gets shorter (70 days), the to-do list gets longer.

We are moving along with the nursery.  I ordered pretty coral chevron striped fabric online and now I have to muster up the confidence to make it into curtains. To be honest, this will probably be a project that Mama Cathy will have to help me with when she's here in January!

Here are a few pictures of how the nursery (and bump) are coming along!

21 Weeks- With Kiowa, my shadow.

24 Weeks- Bead board is up! 

27 Weeks- Starting to buy sweet little decorations, but we haven't hung them yet.