I now have my shelf layout setup at work! Lately, I haven't been able to do anything more because we are getting ready for our baby! My baby girl is going to LOVE trains a Legos!
Peter also did a little photo shoot this week! He's so cute!
Also!
Thank you SO much to everyone who went (or contributed) to the baby shower last week at Grandma Lieber's house! The box arrived this weekend and, holy cow, someone is a GREAT packer!
This box:
Looked like this when opened:
And contained ALL OF THIS!
I find that impressive!
In other news, I've been crafting.
I made this baby quilt (guided by picture instructions):
And this hooded towel--I used an old bath sheet (huge for an infant, I know) and hand towel.
I used this tutorial from Make it and Love it as a guide. I didn't attach the bear ears, but I went ahead and made them from the towel scraps just in case I want to add them later. The towel was super easy though, and I already owned all the pieces to make it. It took me about an hour and a half while watching tv. I probably went kind of slow too--I'm not very good at pinning things, especially really thick towels.
So, now we're ready for a little baby to arrive!
Any day now.
We installed the car seat this weekend and finished the nursery, bought diapers and wipes--we're all set! And because we're pretty much ready for her arrival, I'm thinking the next few weeks will feel incredibly long! Up until now time has passed fairly quickly because there was always something left that needed to be done. Admittedly, there are a few more projects I'd like to finish, including preparing freezer meals.
One last thing.
Yesterday my friend Amy and I got mani/pedis. Oh, it felt nice! They rubbed my feet for something like 40 minutes!
Bliss!
And now my pudgy fingers and toes are well groomed.
Also, if you look closely at my left foot, you can see the puffiness all bunched up because I had been sitting on my foot. The left edge is flattened and then there is a mound of swollen foot. Haha.
We decided that we wanted to learn how to use our camera rather than pay for a professional for many of our photos. This Sunday, I got an extra sheet, pinned it to the ceiling and used the afternoon sun to light up our new studio. I had so much fun taking pictures of our soon to be family. Here are some highlights.
Here is what my amazing wife can to with photoshop!
After months of humming and hawing, we finally got a chest of drawers for our baby room. We share the baby room with the office, but it looks real nice! We spent Sunday afternoon putting it together, which was fun, and now we can get all the baby stuff that is littering the house put away :).
One
Our 4th of July weekend was pretty mellow but Oh-So welcomed!
We started our Saturday with shopping for a chest of drawers for the nursery after which Peter spent a few hours at work.
Sunday we set up his train layout at work.
Monday Peter went to work after we picked up some fruit and lunch items. He came home early, we ate lunch by the pool then went swimming. We then spent time making watermelon sorbet which turned out disgusting! I don't know if it was bad because of the recipe, the watermelon, or if we just don't like watermelon sorbet. At about 9pm we drove up Communication Hill and watched fireworks from all over the valley until 10pm. There were probably 10 different spots where they were shooting off fireworks. It's hard to know how many of them were legitimate shows considering that Santa Clara county has a strict no-fireworks policy. All the same, it was SO cool to be able to look in any direction and see fireworks coloring the sky.
It was awesome to just spend time with Peter without the pressures or worries of getting things done or ready. Not too much longer until we won't have hours of time alone together ever again.
Which brings us to NumberTwo
Our little girl.
After countless failed attempts over the course of several days I was finally able to capture a video of Claire moving inside of my belly. She was terribly camera shy, and I almost thought that I had waited too long to actually see big movements.
So here it is, my baby girl dancing in my belly.
The video is kind of long (about 4 min) and she doesn't move the WHOLE time, but it's still really weird and fun to see. Don't confuse my breathing with her movements. I assure you, I am entirely incapable of moving my stomach from side to side.
I actually got the idea of video-ing my belly from one of my friends. It's just something that doesn't happen every day to normal people, and it's our first interactions with our little girl. And therefore belly movements are video worthy!
So another week down. There are still things that need to be done, but when won't there be!
We just take each day one at a time and somehow the weeks pass.
