Bringing Home Baby, Part 1

Well, in approximately 16 days, we will be meeting the newest precious angel of our family. We are so excited, and can't believe the time is finally here! With Kenadie, we were obviously beyond excited awaiting her arrival, but we just didn't exactly know how much JOY she would bring to our lives. I can't wait to see if Berkley favors Kenadie, will she have any hair, how big will she be... And speaking of "how big will she be", I have just recently started referring to Berkley as a toddler! For those of you who never knew or may not remember, Kenadie weighed 9.1, one week early!!! I have a hunch that this baby is going to be bigger than Kenadie. I am actually having an ultra sound this Wednesday to get a ballpark of how big she is. At my appointment this week, my doctor agreed with me in thinking that she was going to be big! Another side note about Kenadie... I felt like she was going to be big, and my doctor assured me she would only weigh between 6 & 7 lbs. I remember specifically asking "so not even 8lbs?" to which he said "no way!" Well, he was right about one thing, she didn't weigh 8 lbs... :) we totally skipped that number! I guess a mother's intuition can be right :)

I was wanting to post nursery pictures when it was completely finished, but seeings how I have been patiently waiting 2.5 months for a large frame to come in that I ordered/paid for at Mistletoe... I may be waiting a while longer apparently. The nice lady has contacted me twice, but yet I still have NO beautiful frame! Just last week, I started calling every other day/leaving messages to which have all been failed attempts :( Oh well, hopefully I will EVENTUALLY get my frame, and perhaps it will still be during the time Berkley's room is referred to as a nursery.

My gem of a mother actually made this bedding, and we used it for Kenadie. When we found out we were having another girl, I was ever so excited to get to use the bedding again, as was my mother, seeings how it was her summer project of '07! I'll just tell you this, I have hardly any sewing skills, but when it came time to hem the dust ruffle, my mom quickly invited me to join her bedding project :) I will never forget, we sat on her couch and in one day, we EQUALLY put in 12 hours on hemming that thing! That's a grand total of 24 hours! And yes, it DID have to be done by hand! So, here ya go folks, some nursery pics...

Kenadie's room had a lovely mural on 3 walls of her room, as well as a pink crystal chandelier that did make the move with us, however; the ceilings in this house are taller and Berkley's room is a little bigger than Kenadie's old room, so the chandelier that I had to "fight" to keep from the buyers of our previous home... yeah, well it's not being used here... oh well. That's a total post for another day... But, before you speculate, I DID ask our realtor if I should take it down to which she INSISTED I NOT do!!! It was supposed to be in the paperwork that it went with us, but didn't make it into the agreement. In the end, I still have my chandelier, that I MAY use one day... but until then, it has a lovely home in our attic :)

If you are looking for a good baby pink paint, the wall color is Benjamin Moore "Elephant Pink". We used it in Kenadie's room. It's just a good pink that doesn't pick up any lavenders, just a true "baby pink".

Here's the mobile, and yes, there is a reason they tell you to take it down when your baby starts to pull up... hence the stranded bunny on top who needs to be secured back in her original place with the other 4.

This next picture is of some random items that I either threw away or that needed to be replaced. Let me just tell you how strange it felt adding these things to my shopping cart! With Kenadie, someone gave us all these types of things and they were all tucked away neatly in her closet, MONTHS before her arrival. Second go round... I just threw these staples into my buggy like they were milk and bread. Kinda made me sad for some strange reason, but the important thing is, Berkley will have all the things she needs, regardless if they weren't on hand months before her arrival :) I'm determined not to fall into the "you won't do that for your second" trap :) I want to make things just as special and take just as many pictures of Berkley as I have Kenadie :)

So what's left to be done??? Not too terribly much. I need to pack our bags. Kenadie didn't come early, I was induced with her. Berkley seems to not be going anywhere anytime soon, so I really don't feel too much pressure just yet on getting our bags packed. All clothes/articles are clean and on a list of what needs to be packed, so I feel pretty good there. We need to put the car seat in at some time, pick up some formula and diapers, and I think we will be pretty much set :) Enjoy your weekend. I think I am about to go back to bed. I started this post about an hour ago at 4:00 a.m. when I was unable to sleep. So long for now :)