So, still no baby. I’m starting to think she’s enjoying the womb a little too much. I’ve been so judicious about shopping the past few months, but now I’ve got the shopping bug. Today at Target I found Miss Petrie a down comforter for her twin bed reduced from $60 to $15. Can you believe [...]
We have one digital camera. It is used a lot and I have taken great pains to keep Miss Petrie away from it. In December at my baby shower I relented and let Miss Petrie take some photos. Last weekend we let her take some more photos and some of them were pretty amazing! A [...]
Okay, baby, we’re ready for you. I know I can’t take on any big projects right now, but I’m trying to maintain the cleanliness of our house. My dogs are making this process a lot more work! Fur, barf, blood, spit, food…it never ends!! I normally find cleaning up after the dogs to be a [...]
When Miss Petrie came home from preschool on Tuesday she desperately wanted to make pink cupcakes a la Pinkalicious. She wanted to turn pink like Pinkalicious. I had frozen chocolate cupcakes and after they thawed we decorated them with cherry frosting and sprinkles. We used Pampered Chef frosting tips to create a fancy look with [...]
We’ve accomplished most of what was on The BIG Getting Ready for Baby List, so I thought I’d revise what we need to do as we wait for Baby Deux. The New and Revised BIG Getting Ready for Baby List Organize hall bathroom cabinet Organize gift closet Take more stuff to Goodwill and the dump [...]
Last weekend we thinned out the library and really cleaned it. I also moved some books to make room for our musical instruments. Books can get incredibly dusty, so we had to move each book and dust it. I know these shelves look full, but we took out bags and bags of books! The bottom [...]
The BIG Getting Ready for Baby List (The text highlighted in red shows the work done in the past week.) Clean and adjust infant carseat; get car washed and vacuumed DONE Wash and organize baby clothes DONE (5 bins of clothes later…) Buy: baby wipes, baby soap, baby lotion, bath mat, large containers for clothes [...]
The baby’s bag is packed! This gorgeous diaper bag was a gift from my baby shower. I packed two outfits, two blankets, baby hats, baby socks, burp cloths, a couple of diapers (usually you get a ton of diapers at the hospital), and a baby calendar that doubles as a baby book. Now we’re just [...]
One of my BIG Getting Ready for Baby projects was to organize the changing station and baby clothing, diapers/wipes, and burp cloths/blankets. I plan on using cloth diapers when the baby grows into them, but we will have to use disposables until then. My friend Christine gave us tons of cloth diapers and covers and [...]
As you know, we worked on our bathroom over the holidays. We were lucky to receive lots of gift cards for Christmas and that allowed me to do some accessory shopping over the past few days. If you haven’t seen the master bath before and afters, click here. Have a wonderful day!