Little Girl's Nursey (Sneak Peak)

Here is where Lil' girl will be resting her sweet head during her first several months. I love this moses basket and holder, the minkey blanket and bunny, AND the beautifully handmade, original pillow by Heather at LulluBelle's Couture.



Don't worry - I know that I must remove all the pretty stuff before I actually put her down.

DIY: Cloth Wipes

If you are going to venture into sing cloth diapers, you might as well bite the bullet and use cloth wipes. They aren't really going to "add" to the laundry any....and they are budget and earth friendly.

I made mine last night (for free), a big thanks to ye' 'ol Purple Martin fabric stock. Sure do miss my business. Anyhow. It was too easy. Get some flannel, cut it to the size you would like (I chose 8x10 rectangles) , serge the edges. Done and Done.

A great deal...

 Friday morning I woke up to an empty bed at 6:00am in the morning. Naturally, called out for Hubs. Hubs was very patiently doing his morning reading...so, I slipped out of the bed, grabbed my Bible, and proceeded to join him. When we had each finished our respective readings for the days, I was told, "Get dressed. We're going on a date." It was 6:30 in the morning?!

I'm told street clothes are fine. No hiking boots, layers, or swimwear needed. We load up and drive. We're talking and for the first time since a few very well planned Christmas dates years ago, I really have no idea where we are going. Enter the IHOP.

Hubs and I have few guilty pleasures in life - IHOP is one of them. We love going to IHOP. The waitresses are always pleasant, we sit for hours (at least) and have some of the best conversations ever, and we just ARE for a few moments. You're never over-dressed or under-dressed at the IHOP. IHOP is indeed the great equalizer.

So, somehow we got it into our head that we needed to go to Sears. Sears doesn't open until 10am. Stay with me, it's only 6:35am when we arrive at the IHOP. We kill a few hours and then head to Target. We look at baby stuff, buy a diaper pail, and still have an hour to kill. So, over to Kohl's where Hubs buys a belt and a wallet (on sale, of course). He's needed a belt for the past EVER. I'm very glad he finally just bit the bullet and bought one. Then, we head to Sears - we check out a few things, buy nothing, move on. Then, on the way home we notice a Sears Outlet. AWESOME.

You have to dig, but they have a few great deals. For example, Lands' End crib skirt and crib pillow sham for the low low price of $5....total. I thought they might dress up lil' girl's simple quilt...and then I put them next to the quilt - disaster. One pink is too red, one is too purple. CLASH city.

So, I go to JoAnne's and purchase RIT in scarlet. Leave the items in for 5 minutes and WALL-LA. A now coral, faded red crib skirt. Considering it cost a grand total of $8, I am pretty psyched. 

FINALLY Finished Object: Baby Girl's Quilt

Last night I finished Lil' Miss' quilt.

It is my first ever completed quilt. First time with batting and batting. First time binding. First time with those mitered corners. Needless to say when it was all said and done, I did my very own lil' pregnant lady happy dance. Then, the true test came: would it make it through it's first wash or would it fray beyond recognition and be reduced to one tiny scrap of very pretty fabric.I stayed up until around 11:30pm waiting for it to fully dry and was met with SUCCESS! Yay. Lil' one can come now - well, in about 4-5 weeks.

Next projects in the queue: nursing cover, baby sling, Christmas stocking. I'll keep you posted.

New Ground Rules for the Blog

With baby girl almost here, the Hubs and I are really thinking about HOW we use the blog. We supposedly have a shared blog: The Georgia-gonians, but Hubs is "in charge" of that one and has a love/hate relationship with Blogger; it rarely gets updated. So, we have recognized the fact that most friends and family will start looking at my blog more regularly for updates, stories, etc. once our lil' one is here. So, we've been thinking a lot about the blog, those who can view it, and how we will employ it to protect our privacy and our lil' girl (you never know).

I immediately voted for making it a "private" blog. A Day's Grace has had a good run. It's a fun blog and I have had so much fun meeting new people through it, but I definitely want to know whose looking at it once I begin posting pictures or videos of our family on a more regular basis. Hubs votes to keep it public - mostly, because some of our family (on occasion) are not as technically savvy & he wants to avoid having to walk several folks through the "registering to view a private blog" process.

What do you all think? I know that I have tons of friends and family (with kiddos) who have both private and public blogs. How do, did, will, or would you navigate this situation?

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