Cupcake's Dresser

Well, dear readers, it is apparently baby room improvement week here on the blog!

My parents, being the first-time grandparents of baby Cupcake, are pretty pumped, to say the least. Mom calls me about every day with something she's read or heard or seen or thought up about the baby or her room or supplies we might need after she arrives. It's pretty great seeing them this excited about their granddaughter--they are going to be AWESOME grandparents.

As Aaron and I were trying to decide how to furnish and arrange Cupcake's room without breaking the bank or crowding the space too much, my mom called to let me know she had an idea (she has lots of ideas, and they're usually good). She said she had an old dresser that she thought they could build a changing table top for, saving us the need to buy either of those two things. The old art supply chest of drawers from the garage was going to be the subject of the renovation, and I have to admit, at first I was a little skeptical. That thing had been out there for ages and ages, and I'm pretty sure there was at least a pound of glitter spread among the drawers.

However, with a little TLC (and some assistance from my carpentry-loving brother-in-law, Cameron) I am pretty sure this is the best dresser ever! Check out the photos!

A Furry Friend for Cupcake

I had dinner with my friend Amy P last night and she helped me review my registry and think of things I might be missing. While I was there, her ADORABLE son Aidan ran in with a box from Build-a-Bear and gave me (and the baby) this!

Aidan tells me his name is Monkey, and Amy said he picked it out, kissed the heart he put inside, and wanted it to be Cupcake's first furry friend. I'm SO excited to add this to our nursery décor!

What a lovely evening with some wonderful friends!

Wannabe Design Star

I've been looking at fabrics and knick-knacks for Cupcake's room since I found out we were having a baby--any excuse to design a new space! There's a great store in Springfield my mom discovered years ago, called FM (no idea what that stands for). If you drove past it you'd never give it a second look--it looks like a junk shop where you might be able to buy some really cheesy and cheap silk flowers. Inside, however, is a different story. They carry TONS of great decorator fabrics, so after we told my parents we were pregnant, it was one of my first Springfield stops.

At that point we didn't know whether Cupcake was a boy or girl, so I went in thinking I'd pick some fabrics I liked for a boy and some I liked for a girl. I walked out with fabrics that have chocolate brown, orange, sage green, and blue, and that's what will be used to decorate Cupcake's room.

The big squares of decorator fabric will be used for curtains, bumper, and crib skirt, with accents of orange and brown REALLY soft minky dimple fabrics (inside of the bumper, on a super soft blanket, back of a throw pillow for the rocking chair). Then we'll add a few monkey accents, too--a mobile, some wall hangings, etc. Aaron is a big fan of monkeys, and we thought it would add some playfulness to this otherwise very sophisticated room.

My oh-so-talented mother is going to work some magic and put these fabrics together to create a nursery design that I am going to love, and even though it isn't pink, I think the Cupcake will like it, too.

More to come on the furniture soon!

A Little Late

OmGEEE people, I have let myself down on this blog.

It was going to be this fabulous documentation of each moment leading up to the birth of my child, and then the experience of raising said child thereafter, and instead…

You get a lame update every 10 weeks.

Whatev.

Here is what's happening with me and Cupcake these days:

1. Cupcake is a girl, in case you hadn't heard. Aaron guessed it the week we found out we were pregnant. I refused to let my brain decide one way or the other for fear of getting fixated on one sex, and then being disappointed when it was the opposite. Toward the end I think I kind of thought it would be a boy (because I wanted to be the opposite of Aaron), but I didn't really care which. She's going to be awesome, and maybe some day she'll have a brother (who I hope does not want to play football, but I think Aaron would like that a lot).

2. I have still been feeling pretty much amazing, thanks for asking! It's everyone's favorite question these days, and sometimes I feel a bit guilty about answering, "I feel AWESOME!" I didn't have one moment of morning sickness, and I really wasn't all that tired. I probably get about the same amount tired now as I did first trimester—maybe because of the heat? This summer has been brutal in the Midwest.

3. The house is STILL for sale, but we've (well, I've) put a deadline of August 30th on that whole thing—then I need to hunker down and DECORATE! The current house is fine for us and a baby—we'll do a little bit of rearranging, but we don't NEED that other room or basement we were hoping to be getting…what we really need is less stuff. I imagine September will be the month of purging, rearranging, and redecorating. I'm not sure Aaron is as excited about all of that as I am…

4. Cupcake moves ALL THE TIME! I have a nagging fear that she will NEVER sleep and therefore I will never sleep after she is born…but hopefully this is not the case. She kicks and punches and does flips in there all day and I have a hard time not giggling every time I feel her. It is an AWESOME feeling. Aaron felt her moving once, but sometimes it seems like every time I grab his hand and put it on my stomach, she stops. Hmm…sounds like a joke her daddy would play on someone.

5. Baby registry—I just took a crack at that the last week. It's very overwhelming to walk into one of those giant baby super stores—there is SO much stuff in there! Thankfully I have great friends who can help me figure out where to start. (Thanks Missy and Amy P!)

So, that's a "quick" catch up. I would promise to do better but who knows when I'd rather be napping than blogging…so I'll just say here you go for now and try my best to keep up!