catching up and some nursery cuteness...

Ok, so a little over a month has gone by with no new post. Oops!

 One of my friends mentioned the fact that I haven't updated in a while. So, here goes a month of updates!

34 weeks {July 13th}! Wow! I am definitely feeling large and in charge! There is no denying there's a big growing baby in there! These days, my favorite thing is when baby Cole gets the hiccups! He gets them at least twice every day. It's so fun and I can't wait to see him with his cute hiccups in person in just a few short weeks!

Maternity shoot at 35 weeks. We had the pleasure of hanging out with our good friends Todd and Dianne Personett as they captured this fun time in our lives. They are the sweetest husband and wife photography duo. Check out the entire photo shoot here.

Cutest diaper cake I've ever seen! Homemade with love by one of my sweet friends and co-workers! I hated to take this apart, but glad that hubs captured the cuteness before it was demolished. 

One of the first things that I did in the nursery was to order this monogram from Etsy and paint this stripe on the largest wall. I absolutely love how it turned out! 

I have placed these cute chevron plaques on one of the other walls. I found four wooden plaques in the garage (no idea where they came from)! Decided to paint them white, tape them off in a chevron pattern and paint them my favorite colors to coordinate with my nursery theme. Printed some gender reveal pictures to transform them into picture frames.

On the top ledge of the book shelves, I decided to add a personalized picture frame I made out of scrapbook paper of his name and a canvas with a scripture painted on it.

 

Ahhhhh! Just love this rug, found on Overstock.com. I pinned this rug on one of my Pinterest boards months ago and hubs found it for a great price. I was so excited when it finally arrived and now I can add all of the other items to complete this room!

I am really into yard sales these days. I look forward to friday nights when I can search the internet to find yard sales around my area. Saturday mornings involve a 6:30am wake-up call, coffee in hand, and a map of my morning route- in search of great deals! My first time out was a success! Baby items galore! I found these cute clothes and this Combi bouncer {found here for $69} ALL for just 10 bucks! 

First onesie that mama has embellished for sweet baby boy! Don't look too closely, it's a little jacked up around the edges. Haha!

Love this freebie! I saw this ladder at my sweet friend, Emily Knotts' house {check her out here} and told her I had been looking for something like that for the nursery. She was very excited to give it to baby cole as a baby gift! All I did was add a little water to some white paint and did a quick brush over the entire ladder to give it a shabby chic look! Perfect place for all of baby Babb's blankies!

I learned how to sew an envelope cover {so easy!} and have been going crazy with covering pillows!

Best gift ever! My BFF Jessica {check her out here} came over today and gave me this handmade crib mobile in my favorite pattern...you guessed it. CHEVRON! :) I absolutely love it and it completes the room perfectly!

Baby Cole is so blessed to have his Nana and her amazing sewing skills. Here is his "couture" nursery bedding! hehe! Isn't it beautiful?!

This was a fun project! I found this inexpensive lamp at Target and gave it a nice face lift with some CHEAP {$2.00} fabric from Ikea.

The swivel/glider that I found on SALE at Buy Buy Baby! I am guilty of sitting here for a few moments every night, looking around and imagining what life will be like with our little boy! :)

I heart organization and baby clothes!! Why not combine the two?! Found these baby clothes Size-It Organizers. Love!

Cutest night light ever! Put this on the changing table for some extra low lighting during night-time changes.

The finished product. Done. Done. Done. And ready for baby Cole!

 And the bags are packed....

i heart my baby boy! :)

31 weeks seems SOOOO close to 40, but yet so far away! I've been dreaming about holding, snuggling, and loving on my baby boy since the day we found out we were preggers. And now I feel like I'm about to burst if I don't get to hold him soon. But for now, I'll just keep being the incubator. Loving the increased movement and the fact that he's getting so big, I can feel his actual body parts poking out. 

This weekend we went to a wedding, so you get a side-of-the-mountain belly pic instead of in front of our handy dandy chalkboard. I have finally reached double digits in my weight gain, so that makes me feel good about baby boy's growth...and yet so scared for what the last 9 weeks has to offer in this area, haha! 

Hubs was in the wedding....he looks so handsome in a tux! ;)

31 1/2 weeks

baby shower cuteness and 30 weeks

Today marks my 30th week of pregnancy. People always ask me how I feel and, to be honest, I feel great! I am pretty mobile, able to work out daily, and don't feel too hot or exhausted {yet}! This pregnancy has been wonderful...no complications, minor sickness {only in the beginning}, and the majority of things that I am not thrilled about are superficial changes that I have no control over. So, I am very grateful and blessed! 

Here's what my belly looks like at 30 weeks. Baby Cole is getting so big! :)

Sorry for the work out attire. It's my summer wardrobe!!

This past Sunday my amazing friends, Jess, Melissa and Christie threw me the most adorable baby shower ever! We had so much fun! They are the sweetest and I am SO grateful to have such amazing friends in my life who love me and support me! 

Here is just a glimpse of what I was blessed with this weekend:

My cute cute diaper bag.

My amazing bestie made this for baby cole. Hop on over to her blog and check out pics from my baby shower too!

Cuteness for after the bath! I cannot WAIT to put him in this!

How adorable are these?!!

Cute onesie and matching blanket from Petunia Pickle Bottom

LOVE this set! Those pants are amazing and the onesie says, "Handsome Like Daddy"...AWWWWW!

Again, the amazing work of my friend, Jess. I love these handmade gifts!!!

Been working on the nursery a bit this week. More pics to come....

favorite things and sneak peeks

These last few weeks have been very exciting and a lot has changed! I finished school and have officially entered "retirement" and major nesting! Sweet hubs finally cleared out what will now be Cole's nursery and things are really coming together nicely. The nursery is beginning to reflect my inspiration room and I'm loving it!! Here's a sneak peek at what's been going on in baby Cole's sweet nursery!




basket for all of his toys

book shelves for baby babb's books. i started reading to cole this week. i read him a few stories from his bible each night. and last night petey wanted to read a few books to him. it was the sweetest thing! almost cried! :)

Curtain project:

yes. i painted his curtains! i saw this on pinterest {of course} and have been wanting to try it. it worked so well and we're very happy with the outcome!

my sweet aunt colleen gave me this pillow for the nursery. i'm hoping to remember {even during the midnight feedings} to enjoy each and every phase of this journey!

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Another great dr.'s visit this week. Last Friday I had to take my glucose tolerance test and I was able to see our baby in 3D again!! I never heard back from the dr. office, so no news is good news...no gestational diabetes! Yay!

Here's our sweet baby boy!

Look at those precious lips and sweet cheeks!! We're in love already! :)

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I've had one baby shower so far and a few of my kiddos gave baby Cole gifts on the last day of school. Here are some of my favorite things so far.

My stroller. The Aprica. It's so great! I am so glad I found it because it will last us through years of baby cole's life. It fits his car seat and then turns into an umbrella stroller when he gets bigger. My amazing mother-in-law ordered it for us. It arrived yesterday and was immediately opened, assembled and placed in the nursery. Excited to use it in 3 short months!!!

baby cole's bottom and back will thank me for this memory foam changing pad {from ah goo baby}! i saw this at one of my co-worker's homes and she made sure to order it for my school's baby shower! i was so excited!!

next up, baby cole's car seat handle cushion {from padalily}. i think this will come in handy as it will save our arms from hurting as we carry cole around in his car seat.

my sweet college friends are throwing me a baby shower this sunday. i feel so blessed and i'm really looking forward to seeing everyone and celebrating sweet baby boy!