Projects for baby

A few minutes after the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day, my friend and I (who happens to be due with her little girl a day after Jacob) realized that we were finally in the year that our children would be born.  Not only that, but we only have about sixty-ish something days before they arrive.  For some reason, sixty-ish something days sounds a lot closer than two months.

Either way, I realized I officially needed to get into gear for baby number two because time is definitely running out. 

Jacob's nursery is completely different than what I had done for Tommy over three years ago now.  My style and tastes have changed and I wanted to keep his nursery soft, boyish and simple.  I also have a much smaller budget this time around so I'm having to be extra creative with how I'm putting things together.  Thankfully we were given a crib and I found a changing table and dresser for super cheap online and through a garage sale, seeing as we sold Tommy's set early last year.

The walls have been painted and the furniture has been refinished, but now it's time to put the unique touches on his nursery - which is the fun part of course.  Naturally, I've scoured Pinterest for ideas to hack and came up with a fun idea for his name.

I found the wooden rings you use for cross-stitching and bought some fabric squares that coordinated with my bedding to insert into the rings.  I painted the letters of his name white and glued them to the fabric.

I love how it turned out.  It was a simple, easy and cheap project!  And the circles on the wall mimic the circles in the bedding.

I have a couple of other projects in mind - some kind of curtain or window treatment, a gallery wall of words and sayings, and some kind of shelf full of cuteness.  Not sure what I'll come up with, but I definitely need to get on it!

Life right now....

is preparing for a new baby boy. 

I made a mobile for Jacob's crib using the one I had from Tommy's nursery.  I wrapped it in yarn and then used felt to make the circles.  Everything I used to make it were items I already had on hand, so it's not too shabby of a craft considering it didn't cost me anything to make it!  My next craft is going to be making his name using an idea I swiped from Pinterest. 

And it's a bit premature to be hanging things up on the closet - especially since I still have to wash everything - but I couldn't help myself.  Is it obvious that I have a "thing" for sleepers?  They're so snuggly and sweet! 

Even Tommy is in on the preparation.  Last night, Tommy was up on my lap playing a game with me on his toy computer and I could feel Jacob kicking Tommy in the back.  Has the sibling rivalry already started?!  Tommy likes to pretend he has a baby in his tummy too - he thought this up all by himself!

I know I still have about three full months of pregnancy left, but the last trimester is very hard on me physically so I'm trying to get as much done as possible while I'm feeling up to it.  It feels easier in a way to prepare for a baby the second time around.  Probably because I've done this before and we know exactly what we'll need.  Of course it would be nice for Santa to drop a big bag of money under our tree so we can pay for all of the medical expenses and time off of work that I'm trying not to let consume me with worry - but hopefully we'll be ready there too come March.

Life is not all gloomy and down in my world.  Though I'm struggling with things and my hormones are off the charts with crazy (just as Todd about my purse meltdown this morning), I am so looking forward to holding our second child in our arms and being a mommy to TWO sweet boys.