Office/Library

We bought a third book case this week as part of the nursery/office transition. We will get one more while they're still on sale, but I am very impressed with how it is looking in the office. Brad flipped all of the furniture and assembled the new book case. I loaded the books yesterday morning and love the way it looks in there! It's amazing how much bigger the room looks when you look in and see the shelves.

Decorating the Nursery

It has been a fun and busy week! I got the call a week ago telling me that our nursery furniture would be delivered on Thursday the 29th. That meant there was a LOT of work to do! In addition to getting the office together I had to get everything out of the nursery. Mom came up on Tuesday and did all of the priming to get rid of those old polka dots and flowers. By that evening we were able to start painting. Something I could help with a little bit, though, I didn't stay in there all that long. When we were done the paint was streaky and looked pretty bad. We were afraid we would have to paint a second coat after the furniture arrived. But, when we woke up in the morning it was beautiful! Thank you, mom, for doing all that work to get us ready!

The furniture arrived right on time and looks beautiful in there! Next step will be for us to get the bedding. Then the fun little decorations can follow.

Hobby or something more!? Books, books and more books!

In order to finish clearing out the nursery for painting and furniture delivery I emptied all of the book cases in there and in the office. We are going to flip the office in order to fit a third matching book case for my books that were in the studio.

I put all of the books lining the hallway and, wow! It doesn't seem like so much when they're on the shelves. But, laid out like this I think we could open a small book store. This does not include any baby books we have or the books I have at school. I'm also thinking about the many Eric Carle books I added to the Target registry and those I know we'll collect for her. I already know I want to get a small book shelf for her room asap.

I try reading my books to her out loud when I'm home alone, but I feel a little silly. Sometimes I grab one or two of the books she has already and read them aloud. But, I know once she's here we'll be reading to her ALL the time and we won't feel silly at all.

5 Months Complete!

20 Week Ultrasound

We had our 20 week ultrasound on July 7, even though we weren't quite at 20 weeks yet. But, we got amazing photos and were able to find out that we're having a baby girl! Here's the proof! And, check out those cute little feet!

1,2,3 Kick!

Today was the first time I felt kicks on the outside! Is that how you say it!? I had my arm laying across my stomach and felt a nice little bump. I didn't know if I really felt it on my arm or not, so I laid my hand in the same spot and waited. There it was again! Another kick that I clearly felt with my hand. I quickly called Brad in. He put his hand on my stomach and...nothing! She quit and didn't kick any more.

Later this afternoon, while starting this blog in fact, I felt another good kick. I put my hand on my stomach and could see it make my hand move! I called Brad back over and...nothing! I think she's playing a game with us!

I told him he's going to have to find a way to get comfortable sitting with his hand on my stomach in the evenings so he can feel this sooner rather than later! It sure is cool, though!!

It's a....

We had our 20 week ultrasound on July 7. We were actually a little ahead of 20 weeks, but I was leaving for my trip to Ohio with my parents that day. I couldn't possibly wait another 2 weeks to find out Baby's gender!

It was tough to keep the secret from friends at home while telling my parents, Brad's family, and family in Ohio. But, we knew we wanted to have a fun reveal party when I got home. So, the secret stayed safe. We almost lost it a couple of times, but managed to keep everyone in the dark.

On July 17, many of our friends came over for the big reveal. We had Melissa make a cake that was modeled after our bedding. It looked amazing! At 6:30pm we cut the cake, revealing PINK icing in the middle!

It's a GIRL!

Of course, mom and I had our first shopping spree for baby clothes while I was in Houston. It was so much fun! I came back with 2 bags of clothes. I think this little girl is going to be quite spoiled. Grandma's already working on it!

Baby Furniture

On July 1 we ordered baby furniture! We chose the Bonavita Sheffield Lifestyle crib. It is solid wood and transitions from crib to toddler bed to day bed to full bed. We ordered it in distressed black. We also ordered the dresser. The top comes with a removable lip so that we can use it as a changing station as well.

These images are from Lone Star Baby's website.


We also registered for our bedding that day. LOVE it! It's Harlow by Cocalo Couture. This picture is also from Lone Star Baby.