Nursery Slideshow

We finally finished the nursery!  Check it out at this link: Nursery Slideshow

Now we are all set, all that is left is the baby!!  No change at my last doctor's appointment.  Addison is still cooking, I guess!

I have a few last minute things to do, like pack my hospital bag, install the car seat, and return a few things. I ordered a Lawn Stork today!

I am so ready for her to be here!  I packed a few outfits for her to wear in the hospital-- that was fun.  I am obsessed with baby girl clothes!  As you can tell by the very full closet in the slide show!  :)

One week till my due date!  I will keep you posted.

Every good and perfect gift comes from above. James 1:17

Nursery sneak peak

So, today after church some friends and I went to Smoke for lunch.  It was actually really yummy!  Then our friends came over and helped John carry our nursery furniture upstairs to the nursery.  Thanks Laura & Kevin!!

  The furniture had been downstairs in the living room, airing out. (I watched this segment on Good Morning America stating that all furniture produces gasses from the chemicals that they are finished with and made with, so it is good practice to air them out before putting them in the house, but I'm not trying to leave my brand new furniture outside for a week like they suggested, so we just aired them out downstairs before putting them in the nursery)

Our nursery is not decorated, however I thought I would post some pics about the progress we have made so far.  So here they are:

During the process of clearing out the office

John painting 

Today after we moved the furniture in

I will be posting more pics as we finish up the decor and organization.  We still need to buy the glider and I also want to mod podge a small table to put next to the glider.

Seeing the furniture set up makes it all so real.  I am so excited for Addison's arrival!  John and I spent the day washing baby clothes.  The little socks and jeans make me smile.  It looks like doll clothes!!!  Just think, there will be a little baby wearing all these cute outfits in less than 2 months!

I have my first appointment with a chiropractor tomorrow.  My back ache has progressively gotten worse and my hour commute is almost impossible.  I am also getting a massage on Tuesday.  Hopefully, one of the two help!

My last natural birth class in on Wednesday.  I really enjoyed it.  On Friday, we will be meeting with our doula to make our birth plan.  That should be cool.  I'm not really sure what to expect. On Saturday, John and I plan to celebrate Valentines day, a few days late.  We are going to the Melting Pot and the movie, The Vow.  I am really excited.  The Melting Pot is special to us, we went there the day we found out we were pregnant.

Well, I'm off to my community group (small group/ Bible study).  Y'all have a blessed week!!!  xoxo

DIY Nursery Project

Perfect study break relaxation technique?? Nursery crafting!!!
Ok, after a long study session at Barnes N' Noble, sipping my favorite-- salted caramel hot chocolate-- and reading up on various Marriage and Family Theories... I decided I needed a break.

What better way to do that than to head to Michael's Craft Store? Lucky me, it happened to be a Michael's Dollar Deal Day! I got 5 pieces of scrapbook paper, originally 59 cents for 20 cents each, 2 sponge brushes, originally a dollar for 7 cents each, and 3 white wooden letters usually 4 dollars each for 3 dollars each. So, that leaves me with a grand total of $10.14 + tax. The only other supply I used to complete this project was Mod Podge which I had left over from my DIY socket covers.

So, here is how the project went:

Supplies

My new BFF craft supply- Mod Podge

Cut out pieces of various colored scrapbook paper and arranged them on the letters
I recommend taking a picture of it when you have it all laid out, so you remember where to mod podge the pieces.

Once you have it arranged as you would like, start mod podging the paper to the letter .  Then seal it with 2 coats of mod podge on the top. 

VOILA!  Unique nursery letters!


They have plain wooden letter at Babies R' Us for 6.99 + tax each and they are not anywhere near as cute!  

Babies R' Us letters

So, these DIY letters were a good deal -- not to mention super cute and super fun to make!
When the nursery is complete, I will post a picture of them hanging on my nursery wall!  (Did you notice some of the design matches the DIY socket covers I made?-- it's all about the details, people! LOL)

Alright, back to the books... BLAH!
Have a blessed day~