the bumbo

I thought I had to wait until Aiden was 3 months old to use the bumbo seat, but then I saw some friends pictures where they had their 4 week old in it. Aiden is really strong so I pulled it out and gave it a shot.

The first time Aiden kept leaning off to one side... not to sure about it.


Then the second time he wouldn't hold his head up, he was being really goofy laying his head back like he was looking for a head rest. (I didn't get a picture because he looked way to uncomfortable)

On the third time he was on old pro and now he enjoys dining with the family and being able to look around. Lula loves it that he is right on her level and she can kiss him all she wants.

Baby's Room Phase 2

We are finally "done" (it will always be a work in progress) with baby's room. I've been nesting like crazy because everyone keeps telling me "any day now..." and I don't want to leave for the hospital in the middle of the night and have to come home to a messy house. I think Ryan likes this part of pregnancy... besides the chores he has to do.

Here is baby's crib... the quilt on the end was made by Ryan's mom (more on that in a future post)

The changing table... Ryan made the shelves and I'm currently trying to make baskets for the cubbies, but a horrible tutorial has gotten the best of me and I had to take a break.
The view from the doorway.Baby's bed in our room sitting on the dresser. Our room is too small for a bassinet so I found this awesome bed. I'm in LOVE with it. Serene on the inside, fun and funky on the outside. It is really soft and cozy too. When I opened the box everyone said "oh Lula is going to love that". I haven't given her the opportunity to try it out, but if I leave it lying around I know she will cozy up in it.
OK baby, were ready... you can come out now.

Granny fever

Granny fever has really hit my mom :-) We stopped off at Lily Lu the other day, just to browse, but my mom turned into a kid in a candy store it was hilarious. She was in LOVE with so many cute little baby things. Most of it fancy girl things. I'm in love with what she picked out to purchase though! This cute monkey onesie from Small Paul. She loved it so much she bought TWO so that baby can wear it from 0-6+ months.



The nursery has a little bit of a sock monkey theme so it fits perfectly.

Shopping SPREE!!

There are two people in my life that I would NEVER choose to go on a shopping spree with, my husband and my dad. We all know Ryan doesn't like to spend money (unless he is the one spending it) and if you are shopping he is hovering wondering when we are going to be done. And Dad, well he just doesn't like to shop, ever. That all changes for both of the them when a shopping trip includes IKEA! and the apple store.

Ryan and I along with my parents made the 6.5 hour drive down to Salt Lake City over President's day weekend. I've heard sitting for that long while pregnant isn't fun, but I though "heck I sit on my butt all day at work this should be fine." Six months pregnant and I was not fine. My back hurt, my feet were swollen (a first so far) and I was exhausted, I even walked around every time we stopped.

We spent the first 2+ hours of our Saturday in the apple store. I thought these guys didn't like shopping? We hit up Mimi Maternity (expensive, but nice) the California Pizza Kitchen and of course the apple store again. :-) Ryan then found a Nordstom's Rack via his blackberry and decided he wanted to go there too (I promise he really doesn't like to shop). We then made our way over the the Cheesecake Factory for the three hour dinner wait! Yikes! We broke up the three hours with a trip to Babies R Us, but it was a long day. After dinner we were beyond stuffed and exhausted.

Then on Sunday we got to go to IKEA! Our plan was to spend 2 hours in IKEA and get on the road by noon because Ryan wanted to hit up the Patagonia sale in Dillion (I really really swear he doesn't like to shop!). 4 hours later, 1 shopping cart and 3 flat carts later we walked out of IKEA. I guess Ryan and my dad do like to shop! We loaded up the back of the truck and headed home with empty wallets and exhausted bodies.
As you can see we got a TON of boxes. Only two...yes two of those boxes are for the baby!

Stay tuned for photos of our new bedroom (hence all of the boxes) and hopefully project pictures of the nursery.

Thanks to anyone who is still actually reading this really really long post :-)