Baby Time!

It's finally baby time! Only about three days until my scheduled C-section. Not my original plan, but the baby has refused to flip around, so she's breech. Now that I've been reading up on sections I had so boldly skipped in all my pregnancy books, and spoken with some friends, I'm feeling a bit better about the whole thing. It's still an overwhelming idea to be having surgery and a baby at the same time!

I think my nesting phase is now complete! After two showers, a major Target shopping spree, and lots of decorating, the nursery is looking cute and well stocked.

My Tulsa baby shower was so nice. Hosted by friends, Tony and Heather, we did a bird/spring time theme with fresh flowers and lots of spring decorations. We used flowers from Sam's and various decorations borrowed from our stashes.

We used the vase of branches as a wishing tree or name suggestions. We had a bunch of snacks and treats that Tony and Heather brought.



These ladies were nice enough to bring their new babies for everyone to coo at!

adorable knitted hats made by Heather

Holly made a cute giraffe toy and some great burp clothes for me, and Julia gave a gorgeous feather headband and felt barrette from her Feather by Feather collection. My neighbor crocheted a little blanket with hood too. I got lots of other lovely gifts from my registry.

These are the little felt birds Heather & I made for the the shower favors.  

Here is a little tour of the nursery:

The curtains are from some of the Echino fabric I bought orginally. My mom & I worked on those several months ago. Then I made the little wall hanging with some of the other coordinating fabric. The changing table is the Spoling from IKEA. It folds up and has some handy pouches all around it. I got the daybed from Overstock.com, the reversible bedspread from Amazon, and the sheets from Bed, Bath, & Beyond. The crib is from Target.com. I ended up getting the lampshade from Etsy, which is the same fabric as the curtains. I used an old base I had that I am still debating about painting. I had the chest & bookshelf (can't see it in this photo) already.

I got the idea for this little tree from browsing vinyl decals on Etsy. I thought it would be more fun to paint it myself! Plus, those rub-ons are not fun on the textured walls.

I made this coordinating collage with a canvas and my scrapbook paper. I used the wall paint for the background, so it blends in.

I just stapled on some of my Echino fabric, added the rick-rack, and used the turquoise paint in the background for this wall hanging.

I ordered this felt bird bunting from Willowbaus on Etsy. I was going to use it at the shower, but it didn't come in time, so I just made this paper flag bunting to put out on the porch.

I had this leaning bookshelf already. It was pretty much stocked with all my own children's books, like Narnia, Harry Potter, The Wizard of Oz, and other classics, plus a few of my childhood favorites. I added the Alice in Wonderland oval paintings I did and a Wizard of Oz print I got from Etsy.

All the superfluous stuff is ready now...just waiting on the actual baby!!