So much to do, so little time!

I have been running around like a mad woman lately!  I started working in my classroom a few weeks ago.  I went back so early because I wanted to be ready.  I didn't want to have to put in 12 hour days (at 7 months preggers to boot) because I waited until the last minute.  I have done some things different this year and have added a few touches that I really enjoy.  Too bad I'm only going to be able to enjoy it for a month and a half before I have to leave to go on maternity leave.  I will do a classroom reveal in a week or so when I'm all done!

I have also been doing some things for the nursery.  I have been awful at taking pictures lately, but I promise I will show some of the things I have done!

One thing I plan on working on soon are some hanging flower balls for the nursery.  I found this tutorial and fell in love.  And it looks so easy!!  Look how cute they are:

Shelley over at House of Smiths did a fabulous job on these and made the tutorial seem very easy!  So I'm going to give it a shot!  We'll see how it works for me.

I also finally decided on a car seat and stroller.  We decided on the Chicco KeyFit 30.  It was the top rated on Consumer Reports.  Can't go wrong there, right?  But, the patterns are not that cute!  So.....I found some super cute car seat covers! 

So cute!!  And it kind of matches the nursery!

Eeeeep!

*melt*

So the only problem is.....I CAN'T DECIDE WHICH ONE I LIKE BEST!!  They're all so cute and I would be happy with any of them.  Only problem is.....how do you register for something like that when it's on a specialty website?  Those bad boys are $100 a pop!  Yikes!  But this is the website that has them all.  They're sooooo cute!  I wish I were talented enough to make these.

Oh well.

We are off to our 4D ultrasound now!  Yay!  I cannot wait to see my precious baby girl.  Pictures from that in the next post!

Holy Closet, Batman!

We finished Lil' Waller's closet last night!!  Hooray for checking things off the proverbial "nursery to-do" list!  It really wasn't as hard as I thought it was going to be and didn't take us quite as long as I thought it would.  We had already installed a closet system just like this in our last home, so I think we were pretty familiar with how this works!  Here are some photos to show the progress:

The closet started like this with one single shelf (keep in mind, this is actually a pretty darn big coset):

Pretty plain, right?

So we ran to Home Depot and bought this puppy:

We also bought some cabinet doors and a couple drawers, but I forgot to take pictures of those.  Whoops.

We had to take the shelf that was in there out.  Since it was put into the wall with drywall anchors, it left huge holes in the wall when we removed it.  So, we had to spackle and paint and wait for all that jazz to dry!

After all that was done, we got to work assembling (and by we, I mean my dearest hubby).

All the lovely pieces.

Gotta anchor it to the wall.  Safety first, people!

Just call me Vanna.

Almost there!!

And the final product..........

(well, until she gets more stuff)

So there you have it folks!  An amazing new closet for our negative 4 month old and it only took a few hours!  Can't beat it with a cane!

Next on the nursery list......the chair!  My wonderful parents have offered to pick up the tab on the rocker/swivel/recliner chair I found!  Sweet!  So now I need to go order that and find a little "nightstand" style side table that doesn't cost an arm and a leg. 

Please share your closet and/or nursery transformations!  I'd love to see!

Nursery Progress

Well, I am happy to report that the nursery furniture was delivered last Monday!  I LOVE IT!  It was a floor model, but it looks pretty much brand new.  We got such a good deal on it.  So, it has been sitting in a blank room since Monday.  We went to Lowe's and bought some paint samples to see what color we wanted to paint the room.  I love that they sell those little sample cans.  So handy!  Because of said magnificent sample cans, we found our paint color!!!  It's called Lucky Leprechaun!  Pretty funny since Scott is Irish!  I say all that to say......SCOTT PAINTED THE ROOM YESTERDAY!  And it looks fabulous!!!  I love it.  It's very green, but I love it!  Here are some pictures to show the transformation!

The room before:

Scott painting the room:

And the finished product:

And there ya have it, folks!  Now we just need some lamps, a bookshelf, a rocker/glider thingy-ma-bob, and a baby and I think we'll be good to go! 

Stay tuned for the final product.......

check, check, check (that's me checking my list off)

Well, today was a very eventful day! We woke up this morning and drove to Thomasville to go to Our New Baby!  We looked around at some bedding, strollers, pack & plays, and nursery furniture.  We didn't really see anything that we were in love with.  On our way out of the store, the sales associate told us about a super mega Our New Baby in Dothan, AL.  He said it was huge and they had a ton more stuff.  So, we decided to make the 2 hour drive to Dothan!  Why not!  We had nothing better to do today.  I am SO glad we went!  We found our crib and dresser/changing table there!!  I LOVE it!  It is so cute and girly!  It is great quality, too.  Here are some pictures:

I am so excited about it!  It should be here next weekend!!!  We also bought some bedding, but I am not sure I am in love with it.  I'll probably take it back because I ordered the bedding I really wanted when we got home. 

Here is the bedding we bought today:

Here is the one I really love and ordered when we got home:

I think we're going to stick to the last bedding set and take the other one back.  Besides, that will give me an good excuse to go back to Our New Baby!  :)

When we got in the car to head home, I looked in the back at the crib mattress and bedding set we bought and I just started crying.  I think I was just excited.  I can't believe we are going to have a baby girl to love and to hold.  It's amazing.  By the way, we got confirmation on Friday that it definitely is a girl.  We had an appointment with Dr. Willis at the Maternal & Fetal Medicine at TMH and he confirmed that it definitely is a girl!!!  We are so excited! 

In other news, Friday was the kids' last day of school!  I still have to go back on Monday and Tuesday but I am HOME FREEEEE!!!!  I don't think I like working very much (but really, who does?!?!).  I am excited to have the summer to get ready for this baby.  Next weekend, we are heading to Miami to see everyone.  That should be pretty exciting!  I especially can't wait to see Mariola, who is pregnant also!  She is due one day before me!  I hope to also check out some Petunia Pickle Bottom diaper bags while I'm down there.

Yay!  Life is good.  I miss my girls, but life is good. 

Thank you, Lord!  I am blessed!