Wall letters

Just in time! I just got notice from the seller that Avery's Wall letters are completed... just in time for her arrival, right? I bought these from "The Funky Boutique" off of Ebay. This is a picture of the nursery/crib that these will go over.

Closet full of clothes

I realized w/ all the pictures I've posted, I hadn't uploaded a picture of Miss Avery's closet. I tore out the builder's special closet rod and we bought this organizer at Target for $40. Robert and his mom assembled it while I supervised. The canvas storage cubes came from Lowe's.

5 weeks to go!

I can't believe we only have 5 weeks to go... in 2 weeks, Miss Avery will be "full term" and I could go into labor at any minute...holy cow!!! Here's the latest updates. Thursday night I woke up in the middle of the night and felt a little warm, so I got up to turn down the thermostat. I noticed that Milo was not sleeping at the end of the bed with us. When I went down the hall to the thermostat, I spotted something in the corner of my eye. The cats have taken up sleeping on the Changing Table in the nursery. I snapped a late night picture...the expressions on their faces sort of say "Mom, please do not disturb us"... Now, at any time of the day or night, at least one of them is sleeping on the contoured changing pad. Saturday, August 30, marked the beginning of Alabama's football season. I couldn't find an ALABAMA maternity shirt so I settled for a top in crimson (well it's berry, but close enough). I definitely think I have dropped a little and am getting huger by the minute. In the corner of the nursery we have a small nook that I thought it would be nice to put shelves in. So after one unlevel shelf, I finished the job, as Robert had to go run an errand. Here is the finished product. I'm pretty darn proud of them! We definitely need more books for little miss though!

2 more months!

Time is flying by... Wednesday I have a dr appt and it seems like just yesterday they were sending me off to my glucose tolerance test telling me that hopefully they wouldn't be talking to me until August 6. 3 weeks of sitting on pins and needles has passed... I think it's safe to say that I do NOT have gestational diabetes!!! THANK GOODNESS!!! So here is where I spend most of my time at home now... Our Glider is fantastic! It's by Best Chairs Storytime series. I LOVE IT! It will be great when the bambino arrives. And for all you who care, here is a ~31 week photo of the "the bump".

Nursery Beginnings...

Beginnings of nursery set up - I think I am officially "nesting" now. I just want everything organized and set up. I can't wait to meet my baby girl!!! (but...she's allowed to stay in there for AS LONG AS SHE LIKES!)

Dresser - We bought it at Bedz (the name is so incredibly cheezy). It's a Vaughan-Basset brand dresser - not sure if that means good or bad, but it was on sale, ready to take home and I didn't have to assemble it. I might change out the drawer pulls to match the changing table. Excuse the mess. I am still unpacking from the shower and I need to line the drawers in the dresser.

All the cute baby clothes. Would it be entirely OCD of me to get labels for "0-3" months, "3-6" months, etc? I still need to get some more closet shelf things to go down half the closet. I can't wait!!!

I hung sheers today - with a tension rod. We have this curtain rod to hang the valance with that I haven't done yet. (picture of bedding at bottom of post). The glider will go in this corner. You can sort of make out the crib - in the box - on the lower left hand side. Above the glider, I'm going to put a pale pink paper lamp shade there for some soft light while we rock and change diapers :)

Changing table. Purchased at JCP. It's a little "redder" than the dresser but for the most part everything will coordinate. I hope... Diapers are starting to accumulate (the mess is driving me crazy!!!)

Here is the bedding we have. We registered for Target Dwell Studio "Olivia" accents to add some pink to the room. I think it's going to look fantastic.

Crib was purchased at JCP as well. It's still in the box - on the floor - in the nursery.

Crib? Check! Changer? Check!

We were able to check TWO things off our list today!!! I couldn't be happier!!!

I bought the book "Baby Bargains" last week after I had a mini panic attack about the timeline!

Can you believe it! Today is exactly 5 months from my due date! that's not a lot of time! And if you consider that I'm going home in July for my shower, that means that invites need to go out in June - so I need to know where I'm going to register at like yesterday! So far, we signed up online at Babies R Us but I'm still debating Target, even though their new return policy apparently isn't that great.

So anyways, Baby Bargains, has product reviews and suggestions and the crib that I have been wanting had an "A" rating to it and I knew it was on back order, so I went ahead and ordered it today. Along with it, I ordered the changing table. I have a dresser that I am in the process of refinishing and staining to match the wood tones of the new stuff. The furniture came from JC Penny. I hope I like it when it comes in JULY!

This is the changing table. I liked it because it has both open shelves and drawers - for easy access AND organization.

I liked this crib because of the "solid" back and since it converts to a double bed, I thought it looked the best when converted.