Nursery Done!!!

So the nursery is offically done!

The furniture is in.

The art is hung.

The linens are clean.

The clothes are hung.

The baby items have been sorted and organized.

The glider was picked up last weekend thanks to the help of the awesome people at Buy Buy Baby helping me get it into my parent's car because Joe was busy with work.

Here are some photos-

I love how it turned out!!!

Clemson's new favorite spot in bug's room.

He is waiting to meet him!

My mom's and mine childhood rocking chair with Pierre the Bear!

We decided to hang photos above the changing table which we will rotate photos as the years go by.

View of the crib- minus his name which will be going over it.  

Again Clemson waiting for bug to get here!!

Joe's childhood bookshelf that we repainted.  

Our glider which was our only spurge for this room.  

I love it, especially with Joe's childhood turtle footrest which he painted to match the room.

Storage area for quilts and extra items. 

Wall art from various people- including shower invite framed, hand made animals made by Susan, childhood "treasures" such as baby rattle, etc

Bug's closet!
I have hats in one bin, shoes in another, and misc in the third such as all his swim gear.
A lot of the clothes I received as gifts I am holding off on hanging/taking tags off because of the weird sizes and seasons.  Bug will be born at the end of winter/beginning of Spring right into to summer.  

Joe did this and he did such a great job.  

I totally love his room and know that because he is a boy- he will not care but I have loved putting it together and can not wait till he is here sleeping in his crib, 

because only then will it really be complete!

Full Term!

As a midwife and a previous high risk labor and delivery nurse there are certain times in a pregnancy that I knew would be important if I were ever pregnant.  

24 weeks = viability , i.e the baby can survive if born early

32 weeks= More mature lungs, less likely to have cranial bleeding if born early

35 weeks= Near full term- less likely to have lung issues

37 weeks = Full term.

This week is the week that I have waited for a while and can now let out a breath. 

While we would like him to stay in there until March, I know that if he comes now he will most likely have no lung transition issues and for the most part will probably stay out of the NICU.

So Happy Full Term Baby OH....

Thank you for be such a good baby and not giving us trouble up to this point!

Now we are just waiting on you to decided when we get to meet you...

Which by the way we can't wait!!!!!

But please please stay in there till March if you can....

Maternity Photos

When we starting announcing our pregnancy to friends and family, we were meet with the normal questions

-Sex- Boy!

-Name- Which will be a surprise

-Due date- Which we have not shared

-Where we were registering

-If we were going to have Maternity Photos.

At first I thought this was kind of odd because I actually HATE having pictures taken of me and I knew that for reasons me looking at myself gaining weight would probably be the hardest things for me to handle in the pregnancy.  After talking a little with Joe- he really really wanted to have photos done and so I gave in and said ok.  It was his "push gift" in a way.  

I started looking for a photographer and my jaw hit the floor at some of the pricing.  

We then got a recommendation from a friend who's friend was just starting out as a photographer.

I contacted her and was able to work out Maternity, Newborn, and 6 month family pictures for the price that we were happy spending.  

We went with LinDC Photography

At first we had planned to do them around the holidays but I was only 31 weeks and barely showing so we decided to wait till the 34-35 weeks which I am happy that we did.  

I had a couple ideas of pictures Joe and I liked and Lindsay was wonderful at making suggestions and also working with Clemson.  

And also keeping the name a secret!

All of us in Bug's Room

Fun Art Shot!

I love this photo so much!!!

Lindsay suggested this and it turned out amazing!

Please stay in there until March!

One of my favorites of Joe and I!

My two little boys.... Clemson and Bug

Another Art Shot!

Of course a kissing picture...

Joe's absolute favorite picture of them all.....

Me and Bug!!!!!!

Thank you so much Lindsay- We can't wait for the newborn photos!

Preparing for bugs arrival....

  

With now than 3 weeks to go to hopefully Bugs arrival,

(He has been ordered to stay in until March 1st but is encouraged to vacate anytime after that ASAP!)

Joe and I have entered the trying to get the little things done phase of the pregnancy.  

Over the last couple of weeks as I have made dinners for us, I have made doubles of a couple thing sot freeze.  This way we will have some meals on reserve for the first couple of weeks as backup.

Our freezer is offically packed and I do not think I am planning on making anything additional.  

So what is in our freezer:

Extra steaks

Extra Shrimp

2 small chicken pot pies

Beef stew with gnocchi 

Manicotti 

Lasagna

I think this will help us out a great deal in the first two to three weeks.  

Also on my list was getting the car seat inspected.  

We had been set to do this on January 26th thru the Fairfax County Police Department.

They offer this service once a month, however because of the snow (or lack of snow) they decided to cancel last minute.  Their next one would not be till the end of February, I was worried this might be pushing it close so I started calling around to police departments.  For this most part this was not alot of help- most only offered appointments due the day which does not work for working people.  

However, the I called the Reston police department and explained our story and she actually offered to come out to our house to check both of the car seats as it was on her way home!

Score one for the Reston Police.

She showed up and was very knowledgable and helpful.  

For the most part- Joe installed everything correctly but she did give us some good tips on car safety for the baby as well as car seat safety.

For example:

- No toys in the car seat that might be smothering

-Police do not recommend heavy Bundle me Fleece covers- they just recommend a nice blanket to cover the baby if it is cold.  

I had read up on this previous but it would good for Joe to hear it.

She also showed us how to put the baby in, adjust the straps for newborn, infant, toddler, etc.   

All in all it took 20 minutes and was very informative and also super convenient for us.

Thanks to the Reston Police Station!