One down, one to go...

One of the wall drawings is now finished and looks so awesome! The other one is a bit more detailed, so its going to take a lot more work, so it is still in progress!

The crib!

Well, we finally got the crib and Jason put it together this week. The bedding color is way off from the wall color, but oh well. It should dull out a little after we wash it, which I figure will happen quite frequently once Eli gets here! :) I didn't find anything else I loved and I can't see spending a ton of money on it anyway.

Nursery Progress...

The Pack N Play was easy to set up and take down. Let's hope Eli likes to relax in there while Momma cleans the house!

The nursery is coming along slowly but surely. We have SO much stuff thanks to all of our generous family and friends....and the clearance racks at Kohls! The furniture is in so we will hopefully be getting it this week. The closet will be much easier to organize once we get the crib and dresser all set up!
Here is one of the drawings that will be on the walls. It's the Astros' mascot rabbit. He's still in progress, but looking cute already!

7 more weeks to go!

The painted nursery

Well, the nursery is painted! Now we just have to do the black trim in the middle and maybe get some characters painted on there!

Nursery Progress...and a recent card!

Jason managed to get all the walls primed in the nursery last week and has started on the red. It looks like it might take 2 coats of red paint, so stay tuned for that.

I managed to sit down tonight and make a card with my new stamp set! It was so fun to be creative!

March 18th!

Mark your calendars! We will find out the sex of the baby! Yay! I do have to admit that I went shopping a little at the beginning of the week and picked up a few outfits. They were winter clothes that were on a great clearance sale at Kohls. If we are having a girl, I will have to return a couple of them since they are blue. Or, keep them since I know about 4 other pregnant friends! I was hoping to go look at baby furniture this weekend but I've been really sick for most of the week. I don't know if its just a cold or maybe the flu, but it's kept me in bed for 3 days now. I started a round of antibiotics last night so I hope that will help it clear up. I always end up with a sinus infection every single winter, so that's probably part of it.

Here are the outfits I got, as well as Horton, who goes along with one of the books we bought a few weeks ago. I also put the new nursery furniture we like. I just have to figure out a place locally to get some of the furniture we like! I decided to focus on cribs that are JPMA certified since they have passed safety tests. I like this set because it is simple yet beautiful. I can see it becoming furniture for a toddler, and then a kid!

Hard at Work!

Jason is hard at work this weekend staining the awesome litterbox cover my good friend at work made for us. I love it and I can't wait to get it all set up! Moving and hiding those will be the first step in getting the future nursery all ready for the baby. We did manage to get the old bed out last weekend, so hopefully the whole room will be cleared out by the end of the month! I can't wait to start working on it. My next doctor's appointment is tomorrow, so cross your fingers that they set up a time next month for the BIG ultrasound to find out the sex of the baby!

We did buy the baby something yesterday, so I thought I would share! I LOVE the little giraffe; he's musical AND soft! :)

Nursery Furniture

I found these at JC Penny and I absolutely love them! I think we may get these and then a cheap changing table to match. I liked the changing table that comes with it, but I don't think it will be that useful after a few years. I'd rather save that money for other things! Jason likes it too, so I think we will probably get it once we start working on the nursery! Yay
http://www4.jcpenney.com/jcp/X6.aspx?GrpTyp=PRD&ItemID=137b9ae&RefPage=X6&deptID=42249&catID=42332&cmOrigID=137b9b8&cmPosID=1&CmCatId=EXTERNAL423304233142332CrossSell

I know its still really early, but...

how cute is this??? I love it! I have some good ideas for boy rooms too (Astros, of course!), but I really had not found any girl stuff that I was crazy over until this one. I LOVE it! http://www.babysupermall.com/main/products/kli/kli8501bed4.html