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My birthday celebration with the sibs.  I think we ate on this piece of cake for days after!

I had a great birthday this year- dinner with the sibs and spouses, breakfast date with the parentals, a photo shoot that I'll treasure, lunch with my BFF is ya know what I mean, dinner with our fabulous friends that made steaks and mini cookie cakes for the occasion.  I am one loved lady!

Model For A Day

Our fabulous BFF, Heath, took our maternity pictures a couple of weeks ago.  Actually, it was on my birthday to be exact!  The weather was horrendous, it was cold and rainy.  I don't know how on earth she was able to get so many amazing shots but she rocks.  I was 30 weeks along at this point.

Visit her photography site at H-Alexandra.com

Lady Street, because we're having a little lady.

My sweet, sweet hubby.

The bump.

Striking a pose in a parking garage while it poured rain outside.

Just me!

I love the texture that the brick adds to this picture.

How cool is that tiled wall behind us?!

Out Of The Closet

Since moving into our 1950's rental our biggest complaint has been closet space. There are plenty of closets but not where we need them the most. The Hubs and I were using the standard sized closet in the master plus another standard closet in the hallway and it still wasn't working out. We started having major laundry issues, the clothes got cleaned but weren't put away because there was no room.

The Hubs and I started thinking about one of the guest rooms right across the hallway from the master and decided that it was the perfect room for a proper master closet. We could afford to loose a room because it still left us with a guest room as well as the nursery. We went to Lowe's and grabbed about 16 feet worth of racks and ended up with this:

One Lucky Girl

So, remember how I was on the prowl for the perfect Mom bag? I didn't like any diaper bags I saw except for ones that went above my price range...curse my practicality! I was really trying to find a big purse that had good pockets and some pizzazz but wasn't having much success. Fast forward to this Saturday. One of my girlfriends has a friend that had a baby girl last February. (Did you follow that?!) She was going through her baby stuff to get rid of what wasn't sentimental and my friend suggested that I go check it out. So, we went and picked out a few outfits and other baby gear that we couldn't live without. All of the stuff was in perfect condition, much of it with the tags still on. Before leaving the woman asked if we wanted to check out the stuff in the basement...but it was mostly boy stuff. We figured, why not! She opened an armoire that she had the clothes in and I heard a choir of angels sing as I saw the Kate Spade diaper bag that I had been lusting over but couldn't get over the $300+ price tag. I mean, I'm not crazy...I know what kind of stuff is going to go down in that bag! She had forgotten about the bag, she bought it and never used it. She asked me if I was interested in it and I tried to wipe the cheesy grin off my face as I told her I was. $50 later and I am the proud owner of the mom bag of my dreams. Thanks to my girl Mare for the hook up!

A Bed For Baby

Well, we ordered the crib. I think that this purchase finalizes the nursery....except for curtains and any other random accessory I feel like I can't live without. What can I say? I love me some accessories!

Now to focus on all the rest- car seat, stroller, bottles, pacifiers, diapers...All the boring but necessary stuff. One thing is for sure- the girl has enough blankets to keep a small country warm!

Wasting Time

A.K.A. What I've been up to lately-

Jessica Simpson bag...a possibility.

 Shopping for the perfect "Mom Bag"...I refuse to carry a diaper bag unless I find one that is super fabulous.  So far no luck.

I didn't even make it a whole day in this get up.

 Complaining about maternity clothes.  Luckily I didn't invest in many pieces because I still hate them all.  I mean, is this a shirt or dress?!  Super UN-flattering.

Years and years of writing.

 Typing up my Nana's writings.  My Nana was an exceptional poet...we are lucky to have page after page of her original writings.  Ugly cry count: 1.  I consider this quite the accomplishment.  My Dad's family is compiling all of her writings into a book to be printed.

You don't know Mitt about Mitt...props to my bro for that slogan.  Can we please get that on a t-shirt?!

Attending political events.  Okay, so just one since the whole Bachman thing months ago...but I'm pretty sure I've met my lifetime quota.  That would be the hubs and myself in the bottom left hand corner. Don't be fooled into thinking that I stood the whole time.  At some point one of my nieces got tired and I volunteered to take her to sit down in the back.

One of the fabrics for Lo's room.  The series of fabrics that I chose is named "Roco Beat"...if you know my family you can appreciate the humor there.  If you're just blog stalking, sorry you won't get the joke!

Convincing myself that I need to be nesting.  I don't know when that whole phase is supposed to happen but I think I might have skipped over it.  I did finally settle on a group of fabrics for nursery decor and purchased them.  Mimi is already whipping up baby bedding as I type this.

Please don't sell out before I get my buns in gear... I can't just have a wood tone or white crib for my child's nursery.

Talking about ordering this sleek navy blue crib.  You would think that I would have learned my lesson after the gray crib of my dreams sold out forcing me to go back to the drawing board for the entire nursery scheme...but sadly, no!  Maybe I'll order it tomorrow...or the day after that, or the day after that.  

And lastly, compiling a list of more people than I would like to admit to for the baby shower.  I haven't done one since my wedding 8+ years ago and I don't care to do another one for a very long time.  You're always going to forget someone or offend someone...or how about the person that you DO invite that wonders why you did.  Too much pressure!  In all seriousness, I am looking forward to the baby extravaganza in a few weeks.

So to sum it up- baby, baby, baby, baby and BABY!  Oh heavens, I've turned into THAT person.

Jackpot

It only took 23 days but we finally started getting mail...hooray!