Baby on the Way

A dear friend of mine is expecting her first baby in October and two of us went to visit her in LA this past weekend. In addition to girl time, we helped her and her husband with their Baby Registry. First we worked on their registry at Babies R Us. Then the next day we headed to Pottery Barn Kids for the textiles and room decor. Having a baby and a Pre-schooler, it is easy to forget how over whelming all of the baby stuff is when you are planning for your first baby. The rest of the weekend we would point our gear that Moms and Dads we saw were using. I think we were all beat but they had a good introduction to baby stuff by the time we got done!

A couple of our favorite things we were sure to tell them about were:

Aden + Anais Blankets
My Breastfriend Nursing Pillows
The Container Store's wooden children's hangers

That's a good idea...

We had some friends over to watch the Kentucky Derby. I had a long menu planned with a lot of recipes to follow. I had the idea to take photo copies of the recipes I needed instead of having to clutter up the precious counter space with cookbooks. It made following the recipes easier, kept me organized, and allowed me to make notes on the recipes without writing in my cookbooks. This would work great during Holiday entertaining.

Our Baby Boy (at 3+ months now) still likes to have his multiple midnight snacks....this means that we just can't move him in with our Dear Daughter yet. So, the latest plan is to move the crib in our room.

I get a little obsessed with projects and research. Last night I was looking on line for some toddler beds to see my options. My Dear Daughter L-O-V-E-S the Disney Princesses (and Fairies) just as much as the next Preschooler. I came across some over the top beds.



Those are not really my style- even though my Dear Daughter would loose her mind to find one waiting for her. I think we'll stick with something more along these lines.



I'd really rather graduate her to a real big kid bed, but her room is small and we'd like to leave some space for when Baby Boy is ready to move in with her.

For now though, the 3 year old will be the only one sleeping peacefully in a quiet room.