The Nursery

Well, I know that some of you have been waiting a long time for pictures of the nursery. I am happy to say, it's finally done! After all the improvements that we have made to our house, we just knew that Andrea needed a re-modeled room of her own to welcome her into our family. After a few baby showers it took me a while to get everything situated but it feels so good to have it ready! Here are some "before"s and "after"s of each area.

Looking into the room before....

And after.....

We even changed the carpet, which made a huge difference! When we pulled up the old carpet we were so happy that we had decided to replace it. I think it was original which would be 30 years old.

Towards the window before....

And after.....Then....

And now....
I'm so happy I managed to get Tessy in both pictures, what a funny dog!

As you can tell Ryan did SO mush work putting up the bead board and shelving. He did the routing on all the shelves himself. I love looking at the perfect details of it, he curved each shelf at the end where the curtains and door would have hit, it looks so great! I felt as though I should put some work into the room so I chose to stencil her name on the wall, but it was Ryan's idea to overlap the squares, dang him and his good ideas!

I was also lucky enough to have a baby shower at work last week, I've always loved the people I work with and it was great to have so much support! So between the two showers this baby is ready! I just had to take a picture of her jam-packed closet. Notice the tupperware tubs filled with more clothes, and this picture does not include the drawers on the crib that are stuffed, and the diapers in the hall closet.

So now it's just a waiting game, all the bags are packed, and only 4 more days of work so we are ready! I just cannot believe this day is here! My entire life I have wanted children and to stay at home to raise them... I don't know quite how to react now that it's a reality.

Baby Shower

This Saturday I had my baby shower, it was so wonderful! I had been looking forward to my shower more than I was looking forward to Christmas and it didn't disappoint! Of course the snow had to interfere with our perfect plans... Ryan had been up all Friday night plowing and then was a good enough guy to go make sure all the parents and grandparents driveways were cleared to get to the shower on Saturday morning. He even plowed out the church parking lot, which wasn't his obligation. I know that Kristi, Tara, and John were stressing and I felt so bad!When I first found out I was pregnant the thought of a baby shower occurred to me, and without sisters, I didn't know what might happen. Luckily I have the best friends any girl could ask for, Tara and Kristi were not only willing to throw a shower but just as excited as I was. My sister-in-law Amy also stepped up and wanted to make sure I had some fun games. All three girls did such a wonderful job! The invitations were perfect, the decorations were adorable, the games were so fun, and food was delicious.

I was so happy with the turnout, it was wonderful having so many women I love all in the same place at the same time. And, of course, the most important part is that Andrea has so many great items to welcome her into the world! Thank you for all those that came and to Kristi, Tara, and Amy for all your hard work!