Welcome to the story of us as we experience the journey to becoming first time parents!! We are very blessed and super excited to embark on this next chapter of our lives together.

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Adventures in Baby Land

Finally, with two weeks to spare, we have everything ready in Landry’s room!!  It was a long process finding everything that I wanted to use in our little boy’s room.  Now I can finally relax.  Our bags are packed and baby’s outfits are picked out for the hospital. Here are some pictures of his room and some special things people gave us to make his room special…

First, here are the letters that I spray painted and my mom and I hot glued them to twine and hung them on little cloth covered spools.  I think it turned out perfectly! Also, the little corner shelf came from an antique mall and matched the furniture just perfectly.  We have lots of books and antique cars displayed on his little shelf.

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Here are some other pictures of things around his room and the little shelves that Mike and my dad hung.

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How cute are these little planes that Mike hung?

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The little lamp and vintage cars my grandmother bought to match the room

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Thanks to my friend Tamra for making this diaper wreath to hang at the hospital when Landry is born.

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And finally, the glider…my in-laws so graciously gave me one of their gliders and Yomaida, Silvia, and I decided to paint it.  It was quite the process.  It was a billion degrees in our garage and I was hot and sweaty.  We spray painted it blue and painted over it with a tan color that matched the stripes in his room.  The idea was to sand down the paint so you could see a little of the blue underneath.  However, because Yomaida is such an expert painter after hours of sanding you still couldn’t see the blue paint.  Here are the beginnings of our madness

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In the end, my mom and I added several other colors to the glider to get the perfect “distressed” look.  Then we were going to recover the cushions to be a navy blue but in the end we left them the way they were.  They actually match the blues in the room and I must say that I am happy with how it turned out.

Taaa daa…

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Now that everything is ready we are just eagerly awaiting the arrival of our little guy!  Here are just a couple more pictures of the little outfits we picked out to take to the hospital with Landry.  They could potentially be picture outfits or coming home outfits.  I can’t wait to dress him all up and post more pics of him!

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The little shirts say Mommy Rocks and Daddy’s Rockstar. I hope they fit!

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Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Maternity Pics and Baby E

A double post since I haven’t posted in awhile.  First, some super adorable maternity pics that my good friend Yomaida took.  She is a fantastic photographer and has quite a gift.  In fact, she has done several Christmas cards for us and hopefully soon she will be able to take newborn pics and announcements for little Landry!  She has a really cute blog if anyone needs pictures taken please check her out: http://yomaida-capturing-memories.blogspot.com/.

Yomaida was even willing to get up early one Saturday morning and meet us in beautiful downtown McKinney.  I will say we had a great time despite the humidity and Y kept us laughing the whole time.  I wish I had pictures of her taking pictures, it was quite a site. Smile There were a few times when she fell off of her stool, did the splits in the middle of the street, and even laid flat on her stomach to get a good shot.  Like I said, she’s the best!  She would take us to random places that you would never think would make a good picture like in an alley, against a torn down building and even at a little magic shop.  I think I was about 20 weeks along so the bump isn’t huge but definitely adorable.  Enjoy…

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                                One of my favorites

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And in other news…Welcome to the world my precious nephew Easton Rocky Fallwell.

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For the next couple of weeks I can definitely say that he is the cutest little thing I have ever laid eyes on.  He is such a doll and a great baby.  He is already a good sleeper and keeps all of us entertained.  Here are some of my favorite little pics that I snapped during my visit with Matt, Jamie and Easton!

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He was a big boy weighing in at 8 lbs. 9 ounces

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Spending time in the incubator in his super hero mask

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With his beautiful momma and proud poppa

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Look at those squishy little cheeks

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                         Welcome home Fallwell family!

 

I can’t wait to post pics of little E with his new cousin in just a couple of weeks!

37 Weeks

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Pregnancy Highlights
How Far Along:
37 weeks
Size of baby: 6 1/3 lbs. and 19 inches long
Total Weight Gain/Loss: 30 lbs.  (I’ve caught up with Mike, oops)
Maternity Clothes: yes
Gender: IT’S A BOY!!
Movement: his legs are in my ribs and his fists are in my hip bone
What I miss: sleeping on my back 
Cravings: everything
Symptoms: I can’t complain about a thing!
Best Moment this week: Finding out we get to meet Landry a week early!!!  I’m scheduled to be induced July 25th if he doesn’t decide to come sooner!!