So, we’re nearly done with our nursery. I promise to get pics posted soon. The chandelier is hung, the window cornice board has been constructed and mounted, and Scott built a custom shelf for above the changing station. I admit to being partial, but I am so pleased with the outcome. It is bright and happy and unashamedly girly without being baby, baby, baby, which is what I wanted. My auntie is still in the midst of sewing the crib bedding, and I am waiting on several pieces to arrive from Etsy, but overall, project complete.
Scott and I washed and folded all baby girl’s clothes this weekend and loaded up her drawers and shelves. Tell you what, folding tiny clothes takes way more time than folding adult size clothes. Whereas one hamper full yields 12 adult items, one hamper full of baby clothes yields 50 items. It’s fun to see her drawers full and her room filled with life. Just waitin’ on her at this point.
Scott and I also bought a stroller over the weekend via Craigslist. We ended up getting a used Baby Jogger City Elite. It’s a 2008 version, so it has been used, but we got a decent price on it and it cleaned up well. Now we just need to buy the Chicco car seat attachment so I can get going right away on all my pre-pregnancy walks. Can’t wait to go trailblazing with little girl.
Monday, February 28, 2011
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Diaper Deals
I can tell I am easing my way into motherhood when a really good deal on diapers excites me. Yes, I am all jazzed about diapers: stinky poop & pee catchers.
When I found out I was pregnant, my nice friend Heather bought me a subscription to a baby magazine. She mentioned that the magazine often includes really good offers on diapers. She was right. Almost every issue has some type of coupon to be redeemed on Amazon. Sometimes it’s $10 off and other times it’s a percentage discount. On Sunday night I decided to take advantage of some of the coupons and my diapers should be arriving today via 2-day free ship.
I ended up getting an 84-count of newborn Pampers Swaddlers for just $3.15! Whoo-hoo! I also got a 216-count of size one swaddlers for less than $20.00. All in all, I figure I saved around $50.00.
As an aside, I have 59 days to go as of today. In many ways it seems far too long, and in other ways it feels like I just need to blink and she’ll be in my arms. I think a lot will depend on what sort of weather we experience in March. If March lives up to its name of being the snowiest month, I am pretty sure time will drag, however if we follow trend with the snowless March of 2010, I feel like I am well on my way. Hoping the latter is true.
When I found out I was pregnant, my nice friend Heather bought me a subscription to a baby magazine. She mentioned that the magazine often includes really good offers on diapers. She was right. Almost every issue has some type of coupon to be redeemed on Amazon. Sometimes it’s $10 off and other times it’s a percentage discount. On Sunday night I decided to take advantage of some of the coupons and my diapers should be arriving today via 2-day free ship.
I ended up getting an 84-count of newborn Pampers Swaddlers for just $3.15! Whoo-hoo! I also got a 216-count of size one swaddlers for less than $20.00. All in all, I figure I saved around $50.00.
As an aside, I have 59 days to go as of today. In many ways it seems far too long, and in other ways it feels like I just need to blink and she’ll be in my arms. I think a lot will depend on what sort of weather we experience in March. If March lives up to its name of being the snowiest month, I am pretty sure time will drag, however if we follow trend with the snowless March of 2010, I feel like I am well on my way. Hoping the latter is true.
Monday, February 21, 2011
Two Months to Go
Less than nine weeks to go. On Wednesday, I’ll be exactly two months out. I know I keep saying that I can hardly believe it, but I literally, I can hardly believe it!
I saw little Cecily Benson at church yesterday (gorgeous little doll-face), and she is 2 months old tomorrow. I feel like I was just over at the Benson’s place meeting baby Cecily for the first time and now she is as old as the distance I have to go before I meet my own baby girl. Crazy.
Our stabs at nursery are coming along very well. We hung curtains this weekend, finished painting our furniture pieces, and found a rug for the space. We also hung some of the accessories. We still have a chandelier to hang, a window cornice board to construct, more accessorizing, and much organization to figure out, but overall, it looks like a nursery and could easily welcome our babe at any time.
I just purchased a wooden letter from Etsy. What is picture below is just and example, she will make mine from scratch after she reviews my fabric choices. I plan to hang the letter off of ribbon on a vintage glass doorknob. How fun!
I saw little Cecily Benson at church yesterday (gorgeous little doll-face), and she is 2 months old tomorrow. I feel like I was just over at the Benson’s place meeting baby Cecily for the first time and now she is as old as the distance I have to go before I meet my own baby girl. Crazy.
Our stabs at nursery are coming along very well. We hung curtains this weekend, finished painting our furniture pieces, and found a rug for the space. We also hung some of the accessories. We still have a chandelier to hang, a window cornice board to construct, more accessorizing, and much organization to figure out, but overall, it looks like a nursery and could easily welcome our babe at any time.
I just purchased a wooden letter from Etsy. What is picture below is just and example, she will make mine from scratch after she reviews my fabric choices. I plan to hang the letter off of ribbon on a vintage glass doorknob. How fun!
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Bling for Baby
I am a girl that like sparkles—always have, always will. Not gaudy, drippy, or showy pieces, just subtle “bling” if you will. During this whole “nursery construction phase” the one thing that I have really wanted is a little chandelier for baby girl’s room. As we have short ceilings (7 ½ ft), I didn’t think this would be feasible. Lucky for me, I found a mini chandelier that is just 10 inches tall. It should be delivered next week. We are shooting for completion of nursery by the end of Feb. I will get pics posted at that time.
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Mother Load
The title of this entry is no exaggeration. I received the mother load of baby girl supplies as of yesterday evening.
To back up, one of the local MN sales reps that work with routinely discovered I was pregnant w/ a baby girl. She immediately contacted me to see if I was interested in any baby stuff. She is now done having kids, with her youngest daughter being almost a year. I told her I would be interested. She said, “bring a truck.”
Yesterday Scott and I went to her home in Excelsior and picked up a whole truck bed full of baby supplies. Let it be said now: The Johnson household will NOT need any onesies. Scott joked that we could “wear and toss” given the amount that she gave us—around 110 to be exact. In addition to tons of onesies, she gave me gobs of little socks, hats, outfits, musical CD’s/DVD’s, books, nursing covers, shoes, toys. She also gave me a very nice cherry wood crib for my parent’s house, a crib set, a really nice jumpy contraction, an interactive activity mat, a bumbo chair w/ try, a nice baby swing, a brand new boppy w/ multiple slipcovers, and all sorts of infant stimulation gadgets. My whole new porch addition is currently overflowing with baby surplus. It is definitely going to take me some time to go through everything, and it will likely take even longer to get it all washed and organized, but can I say thank you Jesus! This was a tremendous gift.
Once Scott installs the new closet organization system, I’ll take a pic of little girl’s brimming wardrobe. I do believe I am pretty near set.
To back up, one of the local MN sales reps that work with routinely discovered I was pregnant w/ a baby girl. She immediately contacted me to see if I was interested in any baby stuff. She is now done having kids, with her youngest daughter being almost a year. I told her I would be interested. She said, “bring a truck.”
Yesterday Scott and I went to her home in Excelsior and picked up a whole truck bed full of baby supplies. Let it be said now: The Johnson household will NOT need any onesies. Scott joked that we could “wear and toss” given the amount that she gave us—around 110 to be exact. In addition to tons of onesies, she gave me gobs of little socks, hats, outfits, musical CD’s/DVD’s, books, nursing covers, shoes, toys. She also gave me a very nice cherry wood crib for my parent’s house, a crib set, a really nice jumpy contraction, an interactive activity mat, a bumbo chair w/ try, a nice baby swing, a brand new boppy w/ multiple slipcovers, and all sorts of infant stimulation gadgets. My whole new porch addition is currently overflowing with baby surplus. It is definitely going to take me some time to go through everything, and it will likely take even longer to get it all washed and organized, but can I say thank you Jesus! This was a tremendous gift.
Once Scott installs the new closet organization system, I’ll take a pic of little girl’s brimming wardrobe. I do believe I am pretty near set.
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
28 Wks and Growing
As I compose this post, my innards are being pummeled by my sweet little girl. It’s the strangest thing to look down and watch my tummy twitch and shift with her movements. I cannot determine any specific body parts just yet, but at times, she appears to be at a diagonal, with one little foot or hand punching me to the left of my bladder while simultaneously, one little hand or foot punches me below my right rib. It’s not exactly pleasant, but as many moms will echo, I live for these little kicks. There’s so much vitality in them. It’s her way of letting me know she is alive and well, and for that, I am so thankful.
Over the weekend, my parents dropped off the crib and changing table that we’re planning to use. It’s been housed in a garage for the past twenty years, so it was quite dirty. Scott put things together on Sunday afternoon and we scoured it well. We checked everything out, and all meets code. As with the changing table, it’s going to need a fresh coat of paint and some tightening up, but overall, I am very pleased.
We still have a decent amount of work to do in the nursery, but we’re getting close. Trim went up over the weekend, and we’ll work on getting things painted over the course of the next week. For being a teeny, tiny space (11 x 9), I am completely charmed by the room and surprisingly, everything seems to fit just fine. It’s certainly big enough to house a 7 lbs baby (fingers crossed on that latter statement).
I’ve done a little shopping on Etsy as of late. I’ve purchased three little prints for the nursery that I plan on framing in vintage, white, distressed frames. See below:
Once things get arranged in the room, I'll make sure to get some pics posted. My plan is to finish sewing curtains over the weekend. It's an exciting time, race to the finish for sure.
Over the weekend, my parents dropped off the crib and changing table that we’re planning to use. It’s been housed in a garage for the past twenty years, so it was quite dirty. Scott put things together on Sunday afternoon and we scoured it well. We checked everything out, and all meets code. As with the changing table, it’s going to need a fresh coat of paint and some tightening up, but overall, I am very pleased.
We still have a decent amount of work to do in the nursery, but we’re getting close. Trim went up over the weekend, and we’ll work on getting things painted over the course of the next week. For being a teeny, tiny space (11 x 9), I am completely charmed by the room and surprisingly, everything seems to fit just fine. It’s certainly big enough to house a 7 lbs baby (fingers crossed on that latter statement).
I’ve done a little shopping on Etsy as of late. I’ve purchased three little prints for the nursery that I plan on framing in vintage, white, distressed frames. See below:
Once things get arranged in the room, I'll make sure to get some pics posted. My plan is to finish sewing curtains over the weekend. It's an exciting time, race to the finish for sure.
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