This one's for you Diane!

Matt's mom Diane is constantly asking for me to post pictures of myself on the blog. I typically don't because I am usually the one taking the pictures, not the one in the pictures. Also, being 34 weeks pregnant I haven't felt particularily photogenic. Luckily for her, last night I was feeling generous when we were at a friend's birthday party and I let Matt snap a few pictures. So, here you go Diane, this one's for you!

Cute huh?

Monster Nursery

Our monster nursery is still in the planning phase and I am getting more and more excited to decorate it. Yesterday I ordered the fabric to sew the bedding, changing pad, and curtains. I am getting pretty ambitious and hope to sew this quilt with a few slightly different fabrics. I'm definitely not making any promises about it being complete before the baby gets here.

Today I spent some time online ordering some monster books to display on the baby's bookshelf. I am also hoping that after looking through them I might find a few pages to use for art on the baby's wall. If anyone knows of any other good monster books I am up for suggestions!

Monsters on my Mind!

After my last post of "Babies on the Brain", the title of "Monsters on my mind" seemed fitting as now ALL I have been thinking about are these adorable little monsters. Why you may ask? I have decided to completely redo the nursery in a cute monster theme.

Jack's nursery was really a hodgepodge of what we acquired and never really had a plan or any thought put into it. With all of my extra time at home I have been looking at lots of cute blogs and I realized that our nursery was a completely underutilized decorating space! So... after going back and forth from the idea of lime and brown, circus animals, and an alphabet theme I eventually decided on the "cute monster" theme. It involves sewing new bedding and curtains, repainting a wall or two, choosing, ordering and applying wall decals, installing built in shelves, purchasing more "Uglydolls", and repainting the black rocker that I got new for $40! Matt doesn't know it yet, but this project may sidetrack him slightly from the basement project. As for a budget my goal is to complete this entire project for under $250. Hopefully it won't be long before I will be posting with our cute monster nursery.

P.S. For you curious family members, our son's name is not going to be Stuart, that is just the example of the monster eye letters that I will be ordering in his name!

Babies on the Brain!

While Matt and my dad were busy in the basement, I was busy preparing gifts for all of the babies about to come into this world. In March and April alone my friend Lindsay is due on the 15th, me on the 22nd, my friend Rebekah on the 27th?, my friend Ashley on April 7th, and my friend Sakeen at the end of April!

Here are the burp rags and bibs that I made:


In case you are feely crafty, or have eighteen billion pregnant friends, here are the tutorials I used: Bib, Burp Rag

We've Been Busy...

Jack continues to grow and is a little busybody. He had his 3rd haircut today, and looks much older. He absolutely loves the car and truck he got from Grandpa John and Grandma Debbie. When you shake them the engines rev and then when you set them down they take off. Jack walks around and around and around shaking them listening to their engines rev!

Today Jack got every single toy out of his basket, so that there was room for him in it! He is turning into a little ham when it comes to having his picture taken.

My parents are here for the week, all to help us with the basement remodel. It is a slightly bigger project then we originally realized, but it is great to have my dads help. Yesterday I went downstairs to take pictures to find my dad and Matt working with headlamps due to shorting a circuit! Luckily as of today all they electric work is done, whew! My mom is enjoying spending time with Jackson, and helping me out around the house.

Sleepy Boy

Jackson is still teething, and has 3 of his back molars coming in. Yesterday he was in so much pain that he absolutely would not nap. Then around 5pm I was making dinner, Jack was having a snack, and this is what happened! He slept for a full 45 minutes before we finally woke him up. What a cute little stinker.