Quick Hits

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Five weeks left in the “Baby N” countdown…

Heather has a cold, and is starting to feel uncomfortably large. I think we both are a little worried that the remaining five weeks are going to feel very long.

I confiscated my first cell phone tonight! (Yay Scouting?)

I was in Nebraska last weekend looking for deer, but didn’t manage to cross paths with anything worth shooting at.

Meanwhile, Heather was in Florida participating in a wedding. To make a long story short, she did just fine, but wouldn’t advise unnecessary trips this late in the pregnancy game. The important part is, I suppose, that she and the baby are home safe, it was a beautiful wedding, and she really enjoyed herself while she was there.

-Jordan

Pulling Out The Stops

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We are now under 50 days until the expected arrival of “Baby N”!

 

So far we have:

  • Prepared a room
  • Found and reconditioned baby furniture
  • Ordered and assembled a new crib
  • Decorated the room, complete with large hand made initials
  • packed enough clothes into the room that I suspect “Baby N” will never wear the same outfit twice until well after age 2
  • Performed extensive tune-up maintenance on our designated baby hauling vehicle.

What could be left you ask?

A photography studio! Not to fear though, pintrest has guided us to a whole host of ideas to build one right here in our living room!

As you can kind of see, the design is fairly simple. Just some 2×4 stands over some hardwood flooring, a piece of nice wide trim and a fabric backdrop and you have your very own mock room!

We found the flooring (Real bamboo!) at the local Habitat for Humanity “restore.” We were looking for, and found, a partial box of flooring to use, rather than having to pick up an entire case of something. We also found some scrap wood with neat texture to it that may end up in the background if we manage to get it cleaned up a little before it gets too cold.

Now, you may also be wondering, why this was all setup in our living room? Well because Heather had a friend with a two-week old baby who was willing to let her take some pictures. Sadly I forgot to clear it with Heather and the mom so… just to be on the safe side I will avoid posting anything from their session except to say I think you can look forward to some very nice pictures of our daughter in the near future!

-Jordan

 

 

Initials, Part One

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Every time I think the baby’s room is done, Heather reminds me of something else we had talked about doing…

Case in point, the unadorned wall over by the changing table. Heather was saving that space for the baby’s initials!

Technically I suppose this should be part two, as initial one won’t be revealed here for quite some time…

 

Anyway, after an extensive font search, and then some tracing (did you know that the easiest way to print an image across multiple pages is Microsoft Paint!?) We had some letters on plywood ready to cut out.

This wound up being the first time I have used my jigsaw, despite having been really excited to get it and try it out. The initial project I had in mind is still waiting for me to resolve some of the planning gaps. The letter cut out nicely, and Heather was happy with the results.

She had tried to describe her plans for the letters a few times and I just couldn’t envision what she had in mind. A few hours after I handed it off to her, and it was much easier to see the plan.

For obvious reasons we won’t be showing any pictures of the first initial for another eight weeks, but the baby’s room is one step closer to being completely ready!

-Jordan