Baby Stuff

Here are some of the awesome gifts we received from our family and friends at my baby shower on 2/9/08. We are so thankful!!

Gorgeous bassinet and high chair from Matt's parents and brothers and sisters

Our hamper from the Metzger's and diaper bags from Aunt Darlene and family, and my seester Pam

The baskets we wanted! These will eventually go on the changing table, once we get one!

And a closer shot of the desk area

For Ryder's Room, I'm feeling crafty again!

And lots more, but I didn't think you'd want to see pictures of the diaper genie and the butt paste, haha. Only 4 more weeks! Woot!

Belly Update Time!

OK, it's that time again! I haven't had a belly update since November! Here is the last post in case you want to refresh your memory on the progress...

http://mrscartyscreations.blogspot.com/2007/11/belly-update.html

And here's my update! This was taken January 11, 2008.

And this was taken today February 17, 2008. Only 34 more days!!

The Transformation!

Finally, the nursery is ready! We are so excited! It's amazing what a few decorative items and some paint can do for a room! The room was yellow with wood trim and the first thing Matt did was paint the trim white. I don't have any pictures of the dark trim but it was very outdated.

Here it is with the bright white trim:

And, of course, the blue painters tape. Matt is the taper and I'm the painter. This is a little cubby hole desk thing that we are going to keep the baby's books on.

The next step was to choose the paint colors. What a decision! We went back and forth, bringing home sample colors from Lowe's and finally decided on Taupe and a blue shade called Sterling Silver.

And finally....

The curtains, the wall hangings, the border and the gorgeous crib! My parents bought us our crib and we love, love, love it! It's so adorable!

And my grandma's rocking chair that we've moved from house to house, knowing someday we would need it!! It goes so perfectly in the room!

Here's a closer shot of the crib and the blankie that Tonya bought for the baby. She didn't even know what our colors were or anything, and she couldn't have found anything more PERFECT!

We don't have our changing table yet or any of our storage baskets so there are a still a few things missing. Once we get it all setup I'll take more pictures. We also don't have bedding for the crib yet (or the mattress), but I just wanted to show you all the progress so far! It's all starting to seem so real. We feel so much better now that we at least have a space dedicated to the baby!