A very touching gift

We came home to a package on our door step today and were completely touched by the present inside. Kerry’s step-mom lost her battle with cancer in December 2006 and today Baby V received a gift from her. Erin, Kerry’s sister, sent us the nice package and the card let us know that Terri had worked on this as a surprise for Kerry and his future child. Somehow she knew! We both could not believe that she had done this (Kerry still has the blanket she made him many years ago). We decided it would look great hanging in the nursery:

Here is a close-up of all the beautiful cross-stitch work:

I remember when I first met Terri that we got a good laugh about the similar names (Terri, Kerry, Cory and Torey) and anytime someone mistakenly calls me or Kerry ‘Terry’ I think of her.

Also, in the package was some very cute clothes from Aunt Erin and Uncle Cory and a whole set of shoes. Baby V has tennis shoes, pink shoes, mary janes and the cutest pair of sparkly baby converse.

Erin, Cory and Elliott are going to come visit us in the fall and we are all excited to have the two cousins meet each other! Elliott also has some stylin’ shoes.

We are excited to have Baby V meet her aunt, uncle and cousin and to show them around DC! Thanks again for the wonderful gifts! Baby V is VERY lucky.

The beginning of home rest

I think this home rest/modified bed rest thing should otherwise be known as house arrest. Today was not so bad- it is beautiful outside so I opened up all the windows, worked from home and visited the doctor. The doctor thinks Baby V has decided to stay put for a few more days so he was happy about that.

Yesterday, Kerry and I almost finished the nursery. We are just missing a mirror above the white cabinet, Mom’s painting for above the dresser and a few other decorations. I guess after our weekend experience it was pretty official that we will be bringing a baby home very soon

The bookshelf was the perfect place to hang the spy camera.

Also, on the agenda this week is to get the carseat installed in the car.

Thanks to everyone who has offered to entertain me, feed me, bring me coloring books and all the nice phone calls! We will keep you posted!

Sewing Project

I have been searching for curtains and some pillows for the nursery and have not found anything I liked so I decided to sew them myself. (I guess those fibers classes I had to take when I was getting my Art degree do come in handy). The nursery seems to be almost all pink, chocolate and white and I found some great fabric yesterday to coordinate:

I finished one pillow and started on the curtains before having to get ready for Leigh’s birthday lunch!

The curtains are WAY too long so I will be finishing up the one side, hemming and adding some finishing details later today.

Here is the pillow:

Beautiful weather in DC!

We have had wonderful weather this weekend! Bright, sunny and in the 60s- perfect weather for Kerry to wear shorts. We went to Annapolis today to celebrate mom’s birthday (her birthday is tomorrow) and had a great lunch at the new Austin Grill.  And, we even got a picture!

I am officially at 32 weeks and 3 days (only 53 days to go) and she has definitely dropped some. It must have happened over the weekend because my clothes are fitting a little different than they did on Friday and my heartburn is not as bad.

Mom has been working on a watercolor for the nursery and we got a sneak peak today. It is really great and it is a little hard to tell in the picture below but there will be a giraffe, monkey and toucan when it is all complete. We think it will look great in our nursery.

Here is a close-up of the blue-eyed elephant and the lion. Kerry and I wonder if Coco was the model for the lion.

We are excited to see the finished product and to hang it up in the nursery! Thanks Mom!

More nursery photos

We got nursery bedding as part of our Christmas gift from Mom and now we only need some wall decorations and it will be complete. Enjoy!

Kerry has been busy!

Kerry has been working very hard (and it is much appreciated) on the nursery furniture and room. He has painted the dresser, bookshelf and cabinet and replaced all the knobs, cleaned out the closet, fixed the curtain rod, patched the wall, fixed the rocking chair and moved all the other furniture out. Yesterday he had the day off and when I got home, everything was complete! It looks so great and when our crib arrives next week we will be almost done. Thanks Kerry!

It’s starting to feel a lot like Christmas

We went to Old Town today to see the Scottish Christmas Walk Parade and it was fun to see (and hear) all the different bagpipe bands. The parade went through the streets of Old Town and there were lots of people (and dogs) out for the festivities.

And, what parade does not have a mini-tank?

We tried to have someone take our picture but she did not have a very steady hand so here is our attempt to take a photo of ourselves.

After running a few errands, purchasing the ‘elf hat’ and getting home in time to watch the SEC Championship Game- Kerry decided it was time to finally use the fireplace. Not sure why we never used it last winter!

And, we got our first official snow! It has already stopped and it barely covered the cars or grass but it was pretty to see it coming down.

I have spent most of the afternoon and evening baking since Leigh and I are hosting a holiday cookie party tomorrow. Here is a sneak peak of recipes to come:

In between football games, Kerry finished painting the furniture for the nursery. I am sure there will be more elf hat sightings this holiday season! Hope you have had a nice weekend!

Nursery updates

Kerry found a great dresser on Craigslist over the weekend and it was a steal! It is an antique pine dresser that is in great condition (all the drawers work great, there are no major dings or dents and it is the perfect size).

We are going to paint it chocolate brown and replace the handles with these knobs and handles (in silver):

And, I found this cute rug that should arrive in the next few weeks!

Our animal themed (well, almost safari themed) nursery is slowly coming together! I will keep you posted on our designs.