Laundry & projects for the little girl that finally has a name!

I went shopping this weekend to run some errands and may get in some xmas shopping. My first stop was Michael’s to get ribbon for the paintings I want to hang in the nursery. I was probably in there for a ½ hour…. Well by the time I was in line to check out, I was completely spent. My feet were just aching...still are... and I was getting pains in my abdomen. Ugh, how annoying! How the hell am I going to get anything done with I can’t stand to be on my feet for more than a ½ hour?? Ok, so maybe I added to the problem by wearing my cute little leopard print flats instead of my comfy (a.k.a. more supportive) flip flops. What can I say... any small attempt to still feel "cute" these days seems worth the effort. Well, after this weekend I will just have to settle for "obviously pregnant".

So, some kinda big news; we finally decided on a name today... (drum roll please) ... McKenna.

I think it’s the name that Craig has liked all along. After all, It was his contribution to the name list. I’ve liked it form the beginning too, but wanted to feel like I had explored ALL other options first. So anyway… we are going to name our little girl McKenna. Yay! It’s so nice to be able to call her by her name instead of "her", "she", or "the baby".

So, part of what I picked up at Michael’s this weekend was wooden letters to paint and hang on the wall in the nursery. Here are the projects I've got lined up for the nursery. The letters will be painted in that Grenadine (dark salmon color pink) color that I originally intended to paint the nursery. I'm going to put thin ribbon all along the outside edges... so the sides that you don't see looking at the letters straight on, but only from the side. I included a photo of the ribbon I'm going to use. I'm going to alternate between all of the patterns. That is, of course, if it doesn't look like total crap placed along the edges. :)




I also bought a frame... not sure if I'll paint it white or the grenadine color as well or maybe even stain them. Either way, I'll use these cute little stickers to personalize the frame. Don't really have a plan yet, but will figure it out as I go.


Lastly, I bought ribbon to hang the Amy Coe prints that I want to use in the nursery. I was worried that the brown/white in the paintings would look a bit too boyish on the green walls. So... these are the ribbons I picked up. However, a friend pointed out to me that a solid colored ribbon would probably looked best considering the prints have a lot goin' on. Duh. For whatever reason, that never even crossed my mind. I'm going to blame that on "pregnancy brain". ;) I plan to take these back and go with a bright pink/salmon color ribbon.


I spent all day today doing laundry! All the baby clothes are washed, bedding, changing pads, boppy covers, swing/bouncy covers, you name it.... I washed it. All that collecting, washing & folding wore me out. Nothing a nice hour long nap on the couch couldn't fix.