The crib

After a few false starts, the directions weren't all together clear, the crib is officially assembled. I love it even more than I thought. The bedding is scheduled to be delivered on Valentine's Day, so I'll post a picture of the full nursery then. Now, I just have to figure out what to do for window treatments. I'm clueless other than knowing that it needs to be something that will block out the sun/heat. The nursery is the one room in the house that gets direct sunlight for most of the day and also gets extremely warm in the summertime. We also need to install a ceiling fan which will assist in the cooling down efforts. I've been looking for one, but haven't found anything appropriate yet.

I'm feeling great, but am a little dismayed at the number of people that have told me that I don't look pregnant. I'm pretty sure that I do as evidenced by the daily increase in the size of my belly. I'm 27 weeks which translates to about 6 months - only 93 days to go. I had every intention of taking weekly or bi-weekly pictures, but it hasn't been that dramatic yet. Although, now it seems like everyday I wake up a little bit bigger. One person said that I must just have the right build for carrying a child - that's great as long as it carries over into labor and delivery! I'd rather have that! We have a maternity center tour at the hospital next weekend - which I'm really looking forward to. It will be nice to see in person. I've only seen the "marketing" pictures from the brochure.

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!