Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Baby Shower

At the beginning of this month (literally, the 1st!) I got to enjoy visiting with lots of friends and family at my baby shower! It was SUCH a fun time and just beautiful. I feel so blessed to have got to spend time with everyone there and Nora was showered with lots of love from so many important people! Here are some pictures from the great day!

with Krista & mom (Mimi)

Beautiful ladies!

CES loves! 

 



There's one with the bump! 


Thanks everyone who came and everyone who sent love from far away! We are so lucky to have each of you in our lives and cannot wait for you all to meet Nora Lane this summer/fall!


July Happenings

July has been busy and fun!

I have been working on my two BIG projects:

1. Getting things ready for baby at home.

2. Getting things ready for students at school.

Now that it is almost August and we're roughly 5 1/2 weeks away from the due date, I am finally starting to feel like these big projects are getting somewhere.

The nursery is really coming along and basically ready. I am refusing to say it's "finished" since I am feeling like there is still some work to be done with organization, but it is definitely ready and able to be used!

I worked on a few crafty projects in there over the last few weeks...

Exhibit A: Drawer Organizers




Definitely nesting in full swing...

Exhibit B: Burp Cloths




I've been holding on to these cloth diapers and fabric for months and 
just now got around to actually sewing them together.
I was super proud of my sewing skills, since I really have none.
It took me an hour just to figure out how to thread the needle. HA!

Exhibit C: Mobile



No sewing involved!!
 Unlike the burp cloths, this took me ALL day to make. 
Kind of hard on the pregnant hips!

A few other July happenings...

We started childbirth classes! 
We have one more and I can't decide whether they are 
making me feel more prepared or just more scared. 
I am imagining I will get to the point where I won't 
be as freaked out by the hospital and I'll just be "ready".

We decided on a pediatrician!

We pre-registered at the hospital!
Now I guess we will officially be ready when Nora is...

We took maternity pictures!
Can't wait to see them and share them!

And I learned what Ford does all day while we are working... poor reindeer.


   


And that's all for now! I'm going to see what else I can accomplish this evening while I have the energy...