Nature Nusery

Finally the room is almost complete!  After the hustle and bustle of Christmas, GiGi helped me put up the tree in the nursery.  I've had the tree for about two months now but the feat of putting it up was overwhelming.  Now the finished product looks great!  All of the furniture is complete with a new crib and the cradle which was beautifully finished by GiGi and the room is nearly ready.  With a little over 3 weeks left, we just need the baby to determine what crib bedding we are going to use.

Grandma is also going to help this upcoming weekend by making a beautiful cushion for the rocking chair and the cradle. She is a master sewer and does a great job!  I cant' wait until the nursery is complete!

Doctor visit this week says the baby is in position so hopefully Little P will arrive right on time.  As Evan says he wants it get out of 'baby jail'.  I think he just wants to play with it!  Here is a sneak peek of how big I am!

Happy New Year!

Childbirth 101

It's been a little while since my last entry, so time to catch everyone up on the latest.

I think now I understand why my OB told me NOT to take a birthing class.  Although I'm glad I went and now I know what can happen and what to expect, I'm not exactly sure I wanted that much detail.  I've also never seen Evan laugh so hard in his life.  It was quite funny, let's hope my 'breathing coach' doesn't have me hyperventilating with his crafty hand signals day of.  It lightened the mood of a full day class which was nice!

The next morning I woke up in a sweat worried about how I was going to actually get this baby out of me. I almost thought about throwing the book away that they gave me to be sure I'd never look at it again. But after a few days I calmed down and whatever happens happens.  If so many women in the world go through it (multiple times) I'm sure I can handle it. Maybe after the whole childbirth round one, I won't be such a baby myself.  I'm more worried about Evan having to deal with my labor. But I know he will be a big help in getting me through it semi calmly, hopefully.  Good thing I'm not into Scientology!

Everything else is moving along.  Still waiting on pieces from the crib but at least there is a place for the baby to sleep when it comes home.  Clothing and sheets are washed and put in the dresser, changing table is set, blinds are up, we are moving along.  This coming week GiGi will be helping me put the wall art on the walls and get some last minute things ready for Little P.

The little newborn diapers are so small and cute, I've never seen anything like it.

Only 5 weeks left!!!! At the doctor on a weekly basis starting this week, let's hope the baby is preparing for arrival on time. We know Evan doesnt' like to be late baby!

Now I lay me down to sleep

I was starting to get quite paranoid that our new baby was not going to have a place to sleep upon coming home!  We keep running into challenges with the crib we ordered and have yet to receive the new pieces to put it together. To top that off, the Bassinet we ordered was on back order and no longer available.  Figures!  


Anyhow we had a busy weekend this past weekend which included some time in Babies R Us.  While there we found a new Bassinet which is perfect and I put together all by myself!  I feel a little more settled knowing that at least the baby has a place to sleep.  I'll feel even better when the room is all set up!  We also got the house ready for Christmas and went to our traditional tree farm to get our fresh cut tree!  I can't wait to have the baby's first Christmas next year, it's going to be so exciting.  I've already thought of a new tradition to start.