getting things in order

So James and I have been working to try to get our condo in order.  Rearranging, discarding, donating, organizing.  James has been really great at this.  Especially for things like scrubbing the baseboards in our room because my giant belly gets in the way.  Th was also SUPER at organizing the top shelf of our closet.

Oh he also surprised me with three black and white large format (18×24) prints of photos of the two of us.  Two are now in the living room and one is in our room over our new dressers.  We are trying to become very efficient in our storage techniques. With two closets in the entire place we need to get creative.

We are still making progress on the nursery too.  Mom’s curtains (and everything else she made) look great!  I made a mobile. Finished my pop art name project and James hung some shelves over the dresser/changing table.  We were able to fit our futon up there AND our new rocker and ottoman.  It is a little bit tighter than I had envisioned but still fairly simple and clean.  We still need to finish up a few things and decide on lighting.

Tomorrow we have a co-ed baby shower hosted by 10…yes 10… fabulous friends here in Atlanta.  We are expectng about 50 people.  Or dear friends Leah, Wooden and baby Christopher are coming in from Augusta for the shower and we are excited about that. it is always so nice to see them!

Comfort…

I am all about double duty.  My mom bought a little newborn sized outfit and it is cute and simple.  We paired the pants booties and hat will a t-shirt(so it is more comfortable for his belly with the umbilical cord) that she added embelishment to and I think it is the perfect comfortable outfit to bring Elliot home in. Cute and confortable makes a happy baby.

Cute stuff from my mom.

My wonderful mother made SO MUCH STUFF for the baby.  I wanted to share a few of our faves of the moment.

She knitted & sewed these blocks with the baby’s initials.  The close up of the E has booties and a hat on it that Mom knitted of yarn that was my grandmothers.  She also made this cute bear to match his bedding and an afgan that she made.

2 showers – baby and snow

Last weekend our dog, Rocky, moved to Michigan fr a little while.  I have been super upset about it but now that he’s there and haveing a blast I am feeling better.  He loves my brother and parents and they even created a “private” dog park for him.

Dad and Wren drove down to get The Rockstar and I and we all drove back to Michigan.  My aunts and dear friends had a shower for me on Saturday. Sunday there was a snowstorm and I flew back home on Monday.  It was such a great time and everyone was so generous and thoughtful with their gifts.

I don’t have any photos of the snow digitally right now but I will update later with them.  For now I have a few of the shower and one of Rocky in his dog park.

Mom,me, Gail,Steph, Jamie( 22 weeks pregant & 8 weeks behind me), Joni. My best friends from childhood and our moms

fabulous friends and family. Amy took wonderful notes for me!