The Finished Nursery

At this point, I think it is safe to say that the nursery is finally complete! Everything is hung up, put away and organized as it should be.

After months of picturing the room in my head, looking online for inspiration and finally seeing it come to life - I am quite happy with how it turned out!

Below are some photos for your viewing pleasure:

a close up of the crib

a close up of the wall shelves, hooks & my childhood highchair

a close up of the changing table/dresser and my art project I created for the room!

a close up of the rocking chair, side table & my baby bassinet full of stuffed animals

A Letter

To Our Dearest Baby James,

Your nursery is complete. Your clothes are washed. Your crib is ready to go. The baby monitor is set up. The hospital bags are packed. The car seat is in the car.

You can come now.

You do not need to wait for your due date. We do not mind if you show up early.

Please.

We love you so much that we cannot wait to meet you!

Love,

Mom and Dad

Baby Clothes

I should not be allowed to shop online.

I just happened to be on the GAP/Old Navy website early today and decided to take a quick peek at the baby boy clothes section. That was a bad idea. Now, all I can think about is all the adorable baby boy summer clothes that I want to buy little James!

While we have a bunch of onesies and other cute outfits for James when he is wearing 0-3 months sizes, we are lacking on some 3-6 month outfits. We have a few - but he is going to need a lot more clothes for that period of his life as he will be heading off to daycare and taking a week long trip to Mexico!

Here are some of the clothes I plan to buy the little guy (as soon as they go on sale!):

plaid overall shorts

plaid cargo shorts (just like his daddy wears!)

cargo shorts

plaid swim trunks

monster swim trunks

matching monster swim/summer hat

Are these not just the cutest baby clothes you have ever seen?? I predict that I will be spending a lot of money in the future on buying clothes for this kiddo. :)

2 Weeks To Go!

Today, I am 38 weeks pregnant. Only two more weeks to go until our official due date! Whether little James will show up before, on, or after that day is still to be determined. Brian has a feeling about the 8th of February and I used to have a feeling about the 9th, but I am not so sure anymore. Personally, I think it would be funny if he decided to make his appearance on Super Bowl Sunday (which is the 7th).

Anyone want to place bets on what date he will show up?


I realize that I have not taken any belly shots in a long time, so I finally had Brian take one tonight. Here is my 38 week shot. You cannot really tell by the picture - but I have officially "dropped" - Jamie is hanging out very low in my pelvis which in turn makes me look a little smaller than I did just a few short weeks ago!

38 weeks

In other baby updates, Brian and I have been busy getting everything together for our little guy. The nursery is just about done and our game room is starting to look like a baby store with the Pack N Play, Swing, Bouncer, Play Mat and Travel Crib all set up! Below are some shots of Brian putting his handiness to work on the Bouncer and Swing.

so... what do I need to do?

ok - that one was easy to put together!

uh oh - this one has a LOT of pieces...slowly coming together

all done... I am the man!

More Maternity Photos

Just wanted to share with you all some more of our photos from our maternity shoot!

36 weeks

Today I am officially 36 weeks pregnant.

Which means I have 4 weeks to go.

Which means I have 28 days left to get ready for this baby.

In less than a month, our lives will be forever changed!

I had my weekly check-up this past Wednesday and everything is looking good and we are right on track. Baby James is head down and has already dropped quite low (which explains why I have to go potty all the time)! At our next appointment, we will get one more ultrasound to see how big our little boy is and this will be the last time we get to see him before we meet him for real.

I cannot even begin to describe how excited and scared I am at the same time. Brian and I were sitting in the baby's room last night and I was trying to imagine what it will be like to have little Jamie there in the room with us. It is hard to believe that this journey is almost over... and that soon we will be a family of three!

Maternity Photo Shoot & Room Updates

This past Sunday, Brian and I had our maternity photo shoot with an amazing photographer - Mollie. We had a hard time trying to figure out where to take the photos and would go back and forth on taking them at the house or taking them outside somewhere. Ultimately, we decided to take the pictures at The University of Texas campus and I think it was the perfect choice! The weather cooperated for the most part - it was sunny and beautiful - but pretty cold! Click here to see a sneak peek of our session.

What do you all think??

The past few weeks I have slowly, but surely, been working on putting the baby room together. I have been VERY indecisive on how I want the room organized and decorated - thus the delay in posting some photos! I will put something up and then decide the next day that I no longer like it. I just want the room to be perfect...

I did manage to get done loads and loads of laundry of baby clothes, bibs, burp pads and blankets. My parents saved all of my baby blankets from when I was little, so our little guy already has quite the collection of blankets to keep him warm and cozy! I have also been working on getting together all the stuff that me and the baby will need at the hospital. I think at this point I have everything I need - I just need to pack it all up!

While I try my best to finish this room in the next few weeks, enjoy the following shots of some of the special touches in the room:

a little Notre Dame accent

and you cannot forget about the Texas Longhorns!

my baby shoes from when I was little

framed artwork