Nursery Updates

I promise that if you hang around, I've got some pretty good posts (and pictures) up my sleeves. We have really been putting the finishing touches on several different rooms around our house. I plan to finish up the last few things, and then I'll be back with some great before/after pictures!!! I'm also going to get the hubby to take a picture of me and my ever growing tummy. I've been bad about taking pictures lately. Kevin has been very busy with work, sports, and house projects, so I forget to have him take my picture before I get into my grungy clothes...and then it's too late :-)

 

Updates on the Nursery:

 

Update #1: Last night I spent several hours cleaning and labeling my rubbermaid baskets that I had saved from teaching (I knew those would come in handy one day:-) I used them to organize the closet in the nursery! It turned out really cute and organized in an OCD - but very practical - way. Now everyone (postpartum-me, Kevin, grandparents, babysitters, etc...) will easily know exactly where everything is (or at least where it is supposed to go). I've also got bins in the top of his closet of clothes that are too big for him (labeled by their size - of course:-) I'll take & post a picture of the results soon - I promise.

 

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Update #2: We have finally decided on and ordered a travel system (carseat, base, and stroller), and it's supposed to be arriving on Friday!!!! So, as of Friday, we'll be able to at least get Carter home, should he decide to arrive early (my siblings and I were all a couple days early and Kevin was 3 weeks early...I'm keeping that in mind :-)

 

I've been going back and forth on which travel system to get (if any), and soliciting feedback from various moms for months now. I decided to allow myself to splurge in this area because I was told by so many moms that, "This is the single most important piece of baby equipment you'll buy...get a good one...it'll make life easier!" We decided on the Peg Perego Pliko P3 travel system (in Java), and I found it online for over $100 less than the store here in town was selling it for (with free shipping & no sales tax)! I'm a nerd when it comes to researching gadgets, and the features that "sold" me on this stroller were:

• It only weighs 16 lbs!!!! That's practically nothing compared to some of the travel systems out there!!!
• It has a compact umbrella fold (VERY important to us because we travel to Auburn so often - with a lab & huge dog crate in tow!)

I've heard so many moms say that they don't use their travel system because it takes up so much room in their car and is so big and bulky!

• It has both the convenience of an umbrella stroller and has storage options. 

I want this to be a stroller I'll still want to use when I'm no longer snapping in the infant seat! I can't tell you how many moms have told me "Don't get a travel system - just get an umbrella stroller...that's all you'll use once they are able to hold their head up."

• It has a rear footboard.

**Thinking ahead for an older sibling who's tired of walking.** I hope to, one day, have more than one child - the reviewers who had more than one child really loved this feature! I'm pretty sure Carter will have fun buming a ride off a little brother or sister one day :-)

 

I'm pretty excited about playing with it this weekend :-) I may even take a baby doll for a ride!

 

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Update #3: I've purchased Carter's letters....you know.... C A R T E R ....to hang on the wall :-) I found them for pretty cheap at Michael's. They need to be painted, and I'm thinking that I'm going to paint them navy with white "stitching" around the edges. I dont' think I'm going to hang them with ribbon, but I have not made the final call on that yet. I've decided that I'm a little too OCD to hang things with ribbon...although I LOVE the idea (and I have things hanging from ribbon in my guest room) ....it is IMPOSSIBLE to get them to hang perfectly!!!

 

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Update #4:  My furniture is supposed to be on a truck headed this way in the next week or so. We shall see...

 

That's all for now folks!!!

Kevin and I are off to Breastfeeding Class tonight - oh dear :-)

I promise...more pictures...fewer words next time :-)