So.... What have I been up to lately?

Many of you know that I have been having CRAZY nesting urges since early DECEMBER! I don't know if I'm just panicked about having three kids or if I'm trying to escape the harsh realities of the past year (with Dan busy at school and not being able to find a job, etc.) or if it's just normal pregnancy hormones. (It's probably all three and much, much more.) Many of you have heard me refer to myself as a "crazy woman," well that's because that is how I feel inside my brain. And now that I just have a few precious weeks left until my little kicker is born, I am in super panic mode. I feel like she's coming TOMORROW and I have to do everything TODAY! Here are just a few things that have been occupying my mind as of late:

decorating

This whole mess started when I decided to move Emma out of the crib and into a twin bed. Two years ago I found these INCREDIBLE matching antique bed frames at a yard sale and have been DYING to use them ever since.

When we moved back into our house, I was so excited to finally get my chance; unfortunately, we couldn't fit both beds in the room with the wide dresser we had at the time. So, in November I decided to sell the dresser on KSL and bought this really cute taller dresser instead.


And, of course, I already had my ADORABLE vintage quilt to complete the look. The problem was that now I had to find another quilt to put on the other bed that "matched" this one!


All my time was CONSUMED by looking for vintage quilts on EBay, KSL, Craigslist, Etsy, and several cute boutiques in Salt Lake. It really drove me crazy. I finally found this incredible quilt and actually bought it, but the lady couldn't find it and refunded the money (luckily) which is probably for the best since I don't think it would've matched anyway.


I finally realized that I wouldn't be able to find "just the right" quilt and couldn't really afford it right now anyways, so I just got a solid blue quilt that was on clearance at target. It actually looks pretty good.

crafts

In the process of looking for quilts, I stumbled upon THIS! These are pre-cut squares of vintage chenille that I found on EBay and just fell in love with. After many justifications, which I now somewhat regret, I decided I just HAD to make a baby blanket out of these squares. Well, now I've gotten myself into a project that's WAY over my head! If anyone out there knows how to sew chenille, I'd love some pointers!


And then there is the lovely distraction that my dear friend Amber introduced me to: homemade hair bows! Here is a picture of Emma with one of my homemade bows in her hair. They're super easy and fun (I think), and if anyone is interested, I think we should have a bow making party sometime!


And finally, in the "crafts" department, I have some antique picture frames that I want to use in the girls' room, but one is new and doesn't match the others. I tried painting it and antiquing it with sand paper, but it didn't turn out well. Does anyone have any pointers on how to "antique" things?

shopping for baby

Besides the normal urges to clean and organize every inch of my house, there have been some things I've needed to do to get ready specifically for baby to come. Back in November we got all our baby stuff out of my sister's basement where we had been storing it while we lived in our two bedroom apartment. Thanks to those good ole' nesting urges and not much storage room, I decided that much of my stuff was superfluous and/or too old to use. As mentioned above, I was already addicted to KSL Classifieds, so I got on once more to sell the old and buy the new (well, new for me anyways). I learned about expiration dates on car seats, and cringed a bit as I threw our old one in the dumpster. But all was forgotten when I found a cute one year old Graco Snugride (my personal fav.) on KSL for ONLY $25! I also bought a new-in-package boppy with a cute cover for only $15. And I had planned on selling my old swing and bouncer (which I did) and using the money to replace them both with the more compact portable swing. My sweet sister-in-law Chersten saved me the time and money by offering to let me use her adorable portable Boppy swing. It's SOOO cute and I'm super excited to use it!


There's probably more, but I'm tired of typing and I'm sure you're sick of reading. I still have three weeks and SO much to do, so, until next time...