The Weekender

This weekend was a busy one!  I had my shower on Saturday and it was great!  I am so thankful for my family and friends and their generosity for our sweet little girl.  Mommy, Daddy and Marissa got LOTS of goodies this weekend.  I've been spending the day washing baby clothes and finding a place for everything in the nursery.  I even wrote out all of my thank you cards today (go me) and they are ready for the mail tomorrow.  I really hate putting off thank you cards, I want everyone to know how thankful we are for everything they did for us, so the sooner they are out, the better.  :)  I had a lot of fun at the shower, the food was delicious and I couldn't have asked for more!

Before any guests arrived

The gift table ~ Baby Girl

Loved the chocolate bars!  Soo cute!

Cake Table

Danny and I

Cierra and I

Liz, Kristin, Amanda and I

My mom and I

Mickey and I

Linda and I

The Ladies ~ Minus just a few...

After the shower, we cleaned up and headed home to play with some of our new gifts.  Danny tried on the moby wrap with Jeremy and Mickey's baby, Hunter.  He is 10 weeks old and was the perfect test model.  After a little more research on you tube, I think we have a better understanding of how to use the moby wrap.  

He's going to be such a cute dad!!

Can A Closet...

...Ever be too organized!?  I.think.not!

Okay, I'm at it again...my obsessive compulsive disorder to have all things organized has officially taken over Marissa's closet.  But it looks sooo cute and everything is now labeled so there is no mistaking where things go (hint, hint, Daddy)!

I made these basket labels for things like blankets, sheets, burp cloths, socks, hats and bibs.  With a little time on the cricut and a few sheets of scrapbook paper, I have custom labels that match the clothing dividers I made awhile back.

Without further ado:

A little bootie

A Pea in a Pod

Rattle

Notice the moon for blankets which = sleep?

I can now rest easy that Marissa's closet will be nice and organized.  =)  Wow...I seriously need help, don't I!?  He~he!!

*Good night blogger world*

Love you Marissa! <3

My Cloth Diaper Stash

I'm showing off my stash for this blog:
http://vanessascraftynest.blogspot.com/2010/07/cloth-diaper-week-show-off-your-fluff.html

  

So here is an update to my cloth diaper stash posts from the past!

This is our changing table/dresser/hutch combo station.  I'm hoping I get a changing pad soon but my husband keeps telling me to hold off until my shower.  Boo!

Cloth wipes, essential oils, snappis, spray bottle and accessories are kept in the white basket to the right.  Fleece liners, extra inserts and prepping/washing instructions are kept in the right drawer.  I love being organized!  Anyone who knows me, knows that well. 

Here is another picture taken over the weekend, I've been rearranging things to fit my needs...

This is what is currently in my stash:

6 SmartiPants One Size (OS) Pocket Diapers

3 FuzziBunz (FB) OS Pocket Diapers

1 BumGenius (BG) All-In-One (AIO) Organic Diaper 

2 BG Sized Pocket Diapers

2 (PINK!) Rumparooz OS Pocket Diapers (not pictured, they are waiting to be prepped)

28 Prefolds

5 Thirsties XS Diaper Covers

3 Kissaluvs Size 0 Diapers

3 Dozen Cloth Wipes

2 Hemp Doublers

4 Snappis

2 Planet Wise Wetbags - 1 medium/1 large (in super cute patterns)

2 Planet Wise Pail Liners (chocolate and pink to match the nursery)

And I made about 3 dozen Fleece Liners from some no pill fleece I got at the craft store.

I'm waiting to buy more OS Pocket Diapers after we figure out what works best on Marissa.  It is my plan to not buy anymore gender specific colors, but pink is soooo hard to resist.  =)

I will probably throw the prefolds in the wash one last time before Marissa gets here.  A friend of mine also gave us some newborn disposable diapers they had left over so I'm thinking we will use those during the meconium stage.  Our washer and dryer is in the basement so I don't know if I will be up to running up and down the stairs immediately after delivery to do laundry, so we'll probably use those until we run out.  And though we've put on our registry that we are cloth diapering, I expect that someone will buy us disposables for my shower.  Guess we'll see this Saturday!  Wahoo!!

Happy 4th!

Happy 4th of  July!!!

Thank goodness for a long weekend.  We've had time to relax for a change which has been really nice.  We're heading to the in-laws today to celebrate Danny's mom's birthday.  We went and watched fire works last night which was fun.  Marissa slept through most of them but towards the end she started bouncing around in there!  I wonder what she was thinking!?

This morning I made some DIY pacifier clips and I'm really happy with how they turned out.  I want to go buy more ribbon and make more.  =)  Know anyone who needs pacifier clips?  Stores like Target want $5.00 for a pacifier clip and I made 4 for about $5.00.  Can't beat that!

Love the polka dots!

We also got our lamp stand in the mail yesterday so Danny and I put it together.  I think it looks pretty good.  I'm so in love with the nursery.  I just like sitting in there and taking it all in.  I guess it's a good thing I like the nursery because in a few short weeks I will be spending  A LOT of time in there.

I found this adorable little box that says "baby" on it yesterday at the store.  It matches our pink and brown theme and it has cute polka dots on it.  Marissa's first doll is to the right of the box, it's handmade which is really neat!  My mom's friend gave it to us.  

The letter "M" that I painted awhile back also found its home on Marissa's door.  It's not perfect but I still think it's cute.

I can't believe my family/friend shower is next Saturday!!!  I'm so excited to get together with everyone and eat lots of yummy food!  We are going to have a full house.  My parents are coming in to stay with us, my best friend, my brother and his girl friend and my cousin is coming as well.  Plus, I think some of the guys are going to be hanging out, drinking beer while the girls are at the shower.

Eli and Sadie haven't made a blog appearance lately, so here's some pictures that I took yesterday:

 Our handsome brown hound

Miss Sadie being shy for the camera

I hope everyone has a happy and safe 4th of July!!

My Poor Blog Has Been Neglected

I've been wanting to blog all week but haven't found the time or energy to log in, so here it is Thursday and I'm just getting around to last weekend's adventures.

To begin, last Saturday we went to a friend's 1st anniversary cook-out/pool party.  It was a lot of fun.  I got to sit my big fat belly in the pool, eat delicious food, take a boat ride and relax with friends.  I can't complain.

The view from the pool

Pretty Hibiscus

Danny & I on the boat

The sun beginning its closure on the day

And of course, what's an anniversary party without the bride and groom - Sean & Kristin

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Sunday I did three large loads of baby laundry.  Talk about exhausting!  But with laundry comes a finished closet thanks to my wonderful husband and Father in Law (FIL).  It was so much fun going through all of the clothes.  I can't believe how tiny some of the outfits are.  Here is the GRAND reveal....

It is such a relief to have the closet finished.  Now all we need to do in the nursery is order the wooden blinds for the window, possibly install a new ceiling fan and put away any items we get at my showers.  Oh yeah, and have a baby. :)  We've already received all of these clothes from friends and family, did I mention I haven't even had my showers yet?  Miss Marissa ought to be one stylish little girl!

I'm really proud of the nursery, Danny and I have both put in a lot of hard work, and I'm glad to see it has paid off.

I sit in my glider quite often, thinking about how in just a few short weeks, our little angel will be here.  

I was a good wifey on Sunday and made Danny his favorite dessert...strawberry cupcakes with cream cheese icing.  And he didn't even have to ask me to make them.  I think that deserves some brownie points, but who is keeping score?

Monday, June 28th marked 32 weeks for me.  I've gained about 21 pounds total (on a good day, the above mentioned cupcakes for breakfast probably don't help the scale) and Marissa appears to be growing on track.  I've been feeling her hiccups lately, which is really neat.  She has been pretty active, some days it feels like she is doing somersaults!  I wish I had x-ray vision so I could see what exactly she is up to all day.  I still haven't had a single craving, which is kind of a bummer!  You think that when you are pregnant you will have lots of cravings, sooo not true for me.  I guess I eat a pretty rounded diet so maybe that's why I don't really crave sweets, salt, etc.  So here we are at 32 weeks:

Marissa is getting B-I-G!

I'm ready for the long Holiday weekend ahead of us.  We don't have any real plans other than celebrating Danny's mom's birthday on the 4th.  We need to get some yard work done and I need to do some stuff before my shower next weekend.  Hopefully we will have some time to relax and spend some quality husband and wife time together.

Have a Happy and safe 4th of July!!!

Adult Drinks and Quiet Time

So being pregnant puts a bit of a damper on the whole adult drinking thing.  To be honest, I haven't missed the hang overs, binge drinking and sleeping until early afternoon.  I haven't craved a beer, a glass of wine or any fruity concoctions (yet).  It doesn't bother me to be around other people who drink, I can still hang out with my friends and have a good time.  But tonight, I wanted to jazz things up a bit!  So Danny poured me a glass of the finest 100% White Grape Peach Juice in my all time favorite wine glass.  He looked at me like I had three heads when I pulled the wine glass down and asked for it to be filled up.  I like to live on the edge!

I remember the days of "Thirsty Thursday's" and "Whiskey Wednesday's!"  Not that I partook in any such events. :)  Hahaha! 
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I will say that I look forward to being able to enjoy a glass of wine again, or to have a beer after a long day at work.  I hope that I can have girl nights where we open a bottle of wine and catch up, but don't feel the need to open 3 more bottles before the night ends.  I don't need beer pong, flip cup or beer bongs to entertain me.  Not that I'm above any of those things, I'm just in a different place now.  But, what I really need are friends and family that support our decision to take this step into parenthood.  To be there when I'm frazzled and need a break from diapers, laundry and the never ending chores.  Friends who make sure that I talk about things other than just diapers, laundry, chores and how much I adore Marissa.  I hope that my friends and family can come to our house and not expect everything to be in perfect order.  Anyone that knows me, knows that I like things a certain way, that I need order in my home and I feel good when at the end of the day the floor isn't covered in dog hair, the coffee table doesn't have a layer of dust on it and the dishes and laundry are put away.  I take great pride in our little home.  It isn't the nicest house, the fanciest or the biggest, but it's our home and there's a lot of love in it.

I know I'm going to have to let some of my OCD ways take the back burner while I figure this whole "parenting" thing out.  So if you come to visit us after Marissa gets here and you see the house a total wreck, don't be surprised.  Not that our house is the cleanest on the block (I mean seriously, we have two labs, anyone who has ever had a lab knows that it's nearly impossible to have a spotless house, let alone a spotless house with two of the rug rats).  Anyway, I digress...I know our house will probably never be as organized as I would like, so I guess I better get used to the idea, huh?!  One day I know I will look back on these pictures and think..."What happened to our home!?"

So I will cherish these photos as I sit here quietly with nothing but the sound of fingers tapping on the keyboard.  The dogs have settled into their cozy spots, soaking up every inch of AC they can, there's a quiet rumble of the battleground coming from downstairs as my husband plays World of Warcraft and the rest is just silence.  No TV, music or the sound of shuffling dog feet are heard.  It's nice, it's peaceful...yes, I have too much time on my hands, and yes, I know I need to get a life, but these are moments that will be few and far between in my near future.  So I'm going to kick back and enjoy it while it lasts!