Too big and a brag

I guess Emily isn't quite ready for this gown yet. This is how I found her this morning after I unwrapped her.

Also, I have to brag on my friend Gayla. She is an incredible artist and painted this for Emily.

More showers

In the past three days, I had two more fabulous showers. I have pictures, but they're all at home on the camera and I'm at work. Besides, I don't think any of the pictures were all that exciting, but if I think about it I'll post some later.

Sunday was the shower given by Skillman Church of Christ. My mom & sister were able to come and share that day with me so it was even better. We got a lot of great gifts, including our high chair.

Yesterday, my friend Jennifer at work (and a couple other girls) threw a wonderful shower with lots of food! The best gift, though, was our stroller & car seat. Phillip and I had already planned to buy that, but now, we can spend that money elsewhere! I was so excited to see that. We put it together last night and it is so easy to use! Now, we just need to install the car seat in the car itself!

Most everything is ready for the baby...clothes, diapers & blankets/sheets have been washed. I just need to put a few finishing, organizing touches on the "nursery" and I'll post that picture up here. As you might imagine, we won't actually use this room as a nursery since we'll be moving, but it does house all the baby stuff for now. I can't wait to set up a real nursery!

I forgot!

This is something else we bought at the Just Between Friends consignment sale--a First Year frame. I just forgot to take a picture of it.

Fun purchases

Here's the stuff we bought at the Just Between Friends consignment sale last night.

Retail value: $45

We paid: $15

These were just too cute!!

Total paid: $3.50

Retail value: $100

We paid: $30

Retail value: $15
We paid: $7

The Exersaucer could use a good cleaning, but overall, everything is in really good shape!

Cara and I picked out the fabric for the bedding today! She and her mom make baby stuff and offered to make mine. So, the three of us (and Cara's son Jackson) went today to find fabric. The ties for the bumper and the trim where needed will be some kind of black & white fabric to go with the ribbon on our sign.

This microdot chenille will be the inside of the bumper (closest to the baby) and one side of the blanket.

This cotton fabric will be the outside of the bumper (facing the room), a liner for the baskets for the changing table and one side of the blanket.

This sheer will be an overlay on the bedskirt. Cara & her mom are going to find a solid olive cotton fabric that matches the microdot chenille for under this fabric. The solid fabric will also be a liner for the baskets for the changing table.

It was a fun day picking out what will be our baby's home for the next couple years. Yea!!

Fun stuff

I've been meaning to post these pictures all week, but I've been too busy to get out the camera! Last weekend, while with Phillip's parents, we went to San Angelo and looked at some antique stores. We found this sign that will be perfect for the nursery!



Also last weekend, we went shopping with my parents and bought the baby book--"The Big Story of Little Me"!

Today was a busy day. Phillip and I went to Babies R Us to register! We picked out all kinds of fun stuff, mostly the big ticket items, because, honestly, I don't really care what blankets, onesies & socks people buy for us! We did add a few things once we got home, but we had a good time.

Thanks to my good friend, Cara, we have a glider and ottoman. Today we also picked out paint for the changing table that matched the glider.