The beginnings of a nursery

The nursery is starting to take shape. The walls have been painted pale green since before the wedding. We were replacing the carpet upstairs and that was the last room left, so we decided that we would go ahead and paint it a baby friendly color. It will be perfect for the theme we've (I've) chosen. Brian just rolls with the punches.

The furniture - a crib, bookcase, dresser and mirror - were delivered this morning. The crib is still in the box and will probably remain there until the weekend since Brian is traveling. I'm not sure if I can wait that long and may at least lay all of the parts out so that I can see what it looks like. We also bought the components to convert the crib to a big girl bed later on. It's hard to imagine that! The furniture is beautiful and will hopefully grow with our little monkey into her teen years (and beyond...). I'll post pictures once it's set up.

We've also decided on the theme for her room and are crossing our fingers that my mom can come during her spring break and help us paint a "mural" on the walls. At Carter's party, Mom had some really cute paper guest towels in the bathroom. I snagged one and that is the inspiration. It has lots of cute little monkeys on it and is perfect for what I want to do in our little monkey's room.

The Newest Addition - A BOY!

Quen and Daryl's baby boy was born last night - January 9, 2008 around 10 PM. Hayden Robert Marchant weighs 8 lbs. 4 oz. - thankfully a pound smaller than his big brother! Mom and baby are doing well. I'll post photos as soon as I get them. Quen says they'll try to send them today, but he looks like Logan. Pops says Logan knows that Hayden is his baby brother and was giving him lots of kisses - he's a little rough with him, but at 17 months old - you have to understand.

Congratulations to Quen, Daryl and Logan!

Happy New Year!

Well, the holidays swept by and now we are on to the New Year! I could not imagine at the beginning of 2007 what wonderful things would happen - and 2008 holds even more. I'm half way through the pregnancy and feeling great.

We ordered nursery furniture on Monday and expect delivery in February - maybe sooner. I love it - it's exactly what I pictured for a little girl and will grow with her as it's as perfect for a baby as it is for a teenager (did I just say that? - can't even fathom having a teen!)

We are off to make a surprise visit to "someone to be named later" this weekend. Brian has started coaching basketball, so we'll actually have some weekends at home coming up. We have another one planned for Williamsburg in a couple of weeks. We are going to see "Ring of Fire" at the theater with his parents - which I'm very excited about.

I got a call from Carter (my little brother) - they found out the gender of their baby today - but I won't be a blabbermouth and let Betsy and Carter tell... I'm really excited for them. Daryl, my other sister-in-law is scheduled to be induced on the 9th. Logan is in for a real surprise - a baby brother to share the attention!

I'll try to post some more on Sunday when we get back.