nursery

As soon as I found out that we were having a baby girl I couldn't wait to decorate a nursery for her. Little did I know it is really hard to find cute bedding at a decent price. Everything that I liked was over $500 and that was obviously over my price range. So I had to get creative because I didn't want to settle with something that I didn't love. I went to the fabric store and found some that I loved. Then I googled and read everything I could on making crib bedding and it turned out to be a lot easier than I thought. We (my amazing mom helped) made the crib skirt, pillow for the chair, and pad for the changing table. I bought a white bumper and cut off the ties and sewed on fabric ties to match. Then my sweet sis jess made a quilt to match everything. I still have a lot of work to do ie something on the walls but we are working on it. It is not finished but this is what we have so far...

photos by Chantel Tripp

ten weeks

She...

Loves to be held.

Doesn't love to be startled.

Loves to look at hands and feet.

Loves white noise, the fan in the bathroom is her favorite.

Loves the bath.

Doesn't love her arms to be swaddled up.

Loves her bink.

Sometimes loves her car seat.

Loves to smile.

Wishing she loved to giggle. (we are working on it)

Loves a 3am snack.

Loves to stretch her legs.

Loves to be naked.

Loves to hold her head up and look around.

Loves us :)

Baby Claire

I am aware that I owe you about 6 new posts... let's just say that life has gotten pretty busy. My sweet baby is now 9 weeks old! I can't believe how fast time has gone by. I love this baby so much.

I know I am very lucky to say that so far I have enjoyed being pregnant. I really haven't been sick just a little nausea here and there and a lot of heartburn. I am in love with the feeling of her swimming around and yesterday we saw her move from the outside and I am dying to see it again. My bellybutton is quickly getting more and more shallow, and it is getting harder to get dressed and find something that actually looks decent. I have four months until she arrives and a whole lot to do to get ready, (and I don't really even know what it is that I need to do...).

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

avocado

Our sweet little baby is now the size of an avocado. I feel like lately all I can think about is babies... this weekend I got to hold precious baby Max, we watched the movie Babies (yes, WE jeff watched it with me isn't he the best?) and my doctor offers a sex check ultrasound for an extra fee and we thought we could be patient and wait three more weeks but I am getting pretty anxious and may call tomorrow to set up an appointment.

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I can't hold it in any longer...we are having a baby!!!!

Due March 21st.

August marked three years of being married. I feel so lucky to have such an amazing husband. I love him so much and he makes me so happy! It seams like lately we have both been so busy that any time we get together is golden. We spent our anniversary in Houston. We went downtown to a recommend sushi restaurant (thank you Ryan and Mandy) then went to an Astro’s game.

I have loved the past three years and I can’t wait to see what our future will hold for us!