Today I sewed the curtains. My mom and I found the fabric last weekend, and the colors really tie everything together. The way the fabric was printed is a little funky - not quite straight - so don't look too close!


This corner is probably where I'll spend a great deal of my time rocking and feeding late in the night, and I think I'll appreciate its beauty during those times.



My wonderful friend, Kristen, made the blanket for us. I love how it goes along with the zig zag fabric.



The circle frames are from my mother-in-law and were used in Henry's nursery. I just switched the fabric. Framing fabric is a wonderfully cost effective way to jazz up the walls of any room. I know I'll add some more art on the walls later, probably photos. But, for now, I think the room is ready!

I'm 37 weeks today/tomorrow depending on who is counting. It's been fun to document this pregnancy. I took weekly belly shots with Henry's pregnancy, but I never printed them, and now, sadly, I lost most of the pictures! I don't know what happened. I even wore the same outfit with just different colored tank tops and had Russ take the pictures! This time, it's just been a mirror shot each Friday.

I have a pregnancy tracking book from Henry's pregnancy too. I was good about writing in it. This time around, I wanted to try a different one, so I got The Belly Book. It's a little humorous compared to the book I had with Henry. Henry's book also just had more of a description of what was happening each week. The Belly Book is more just my thoughts relating to different questions. I took the time last week to organize and send for prints of all the belly shots this time around - starting at 9 weeks, and got them in the mail today.

I got them all taped in. I only need this week's and the next few!

I did find my 37 week shot from Henry, so here's a comparison

Since this baby will be little in the summer vs Henry being a winter baby, I felt I needed something to cover the car seat to keep the sunshine out, not the heavy warmth cover I used when he was little. There are lots of car seat canopies out there and many tutorials. I read a variety of tutorials and made it work for me. If you go to Pinterest and search for "car seat canopy tutorial," you will find many great explanations.
This post isn't a tutorial, just a sharing of what I made.
I bought a new pack of Carters receiving blankets at TJ Maxx that matched Henry's nursery bedroom set. Then I decided to change the nursery, so I didn't need to keep the receiving blankets in the nursery. Their measurements are a little smaller than the dimensions of the fabric in the tutorials I read, but I made it work by piecing a border on the top and bottom of the cover. I used the last scraps I had of the border receiving blanket for the straps of the canopy and made strap covers for the car seat as well.

I'm really pleased with how it turned out. I've grown a lot as a seamstress since Henry was born, so it's fun for this babe to have some new things. Enjoy some pictures of the project!

I would say nesting is in full force around here! I'm getting very anxious to find out what this baby is and when it will be here. I know many family and friends can't stand that we didn't find out the gender at 20 weeks. I go back and forth between wishing I knew and being glad I don't.

Another task on the to-do list of my spring break was to make going home onesies for each gender. One may appear in my Etsy shop when it goes unused. We'll see.





I also made an online baby pool because it's just fun! Feel free to take a guess.

We found a Craigslist dresser for Henry's nursery. It did well, but I was ready for something new. My mom and dad had this beauty in their basement, and I took them up on the offer to use it for this baby. It is old but is constructed pretty well. The top had many stains, so I thought I would paint it. I'd painted a dresser before, so I knew I could do it. This time I opted for one color instead of the paint chip effect I did with the one in our bedroom. The first task was selecting the color. I went to our local paint store and took the fabric sample I've been using as well as the wall color of the room (light green) with me. I didn't want to put my poor family through repainting the walls again (We painted them for Henry's nursery, and then I just had them paint Henry's big boy room.). I crowd sourced some ideas on Facebook and ended up going with a dark turquoise.



Here are a couple before shots of the dresser:



I don't mind the original hardware and wanted to keep the project low-budget, so I took off the handles and soaked it in some Dawn dish detergent + vinegar + hot water. It took off some of the grime. I just painted over the locks.

I used the same Zinsser primer I used with the other dresser. It had a strange layer of goop on top from sitting for a while, but I skimmed it off, and it seemed to be ok. I painted with a small foam roller and a brush for the tricky areas.