Coming to a postage stamp near you...

Because square Christmas cards require $.52 stamps and $.52 stamps (or $.60 for that matter) only come in ugly non-festive looking eagles...and Annie deserves some top-billing before Baby B pushes her a notch down in February...

Only 99 days until Baby B!

I cannot believe the time is flying by so fast. Only 99 days until he is due to arrive! Luckily, my Mom & sister visited and we got some things accomplished to prepare for his arrival.
After all my hemming and hawing over fabric - I ended up buying a pre-made set after all! My Mom & sister visited last weekend and we discovered a wonderful place - that Land of Nod OUTLET. I'm in heaven - cute & cheap!
So, little Beetle Belton will sleep in luxury in what they have frighteningly named "Womb with a View" bedding:

And, even more exciting, we will store his little clothes in a fabulous new armoire - which we saved nearly $500 on by snagging it from the outlet and picking it up ourselves (well not me, but Zach & our neighbor!).

Lastly, my Mom & sister helped me register at good Ol' Babies R Us. That place is so overwhelming, I'm so glad they were there to help!

Slowly coming together

I've been working hard to figure out the Beetle's nursery. My Mom came up for a few days and I'm so excited - we found fabric! There is a blue with white dime sized polka dots, a blue/green/white plaid, and a wide green & white stripe. The pictures aren't the greatest, but I promise they look cute together!
Taffy Apple/Cascade Stripe/Beetlejuice My Mom is going to make the crib bumper out of the blue polka dot and then make a cording around the edge with the blue/green plaid. The crib skirt will be the green stripe with a border of blue/green plaid. And lastly, she'll make a simple window valance out of the blue/green plaid with a trim of the blue polka dot. I'm so excited!
Now that we found the bedding I can get moving on the painters. I cannot wait for his room to be bright green!

Well, my lovely sister sent me this and I really like the patterns, but I'm not sure if the green is bold enough to match the color I like for the room.

But, it made me realize - this is really what I want - a mixture of bold colors in assorts prints (I really like dots & stripes together), but that still "match" with one another. Thinking about talking my Mom into making a crib bumper and skirt instead of shelling out big bucks for a set!

Decorating Decisions!

Well, now that we are sure baby B is a BOY, I'm must determine my decorating strategy! I had already decided, girl or boy, that I'm painting the nursery a bright green color. It needs to look good with the rest of our tiny condo and not look too baby for when we sell it someday (so no big murals painted on the walls). I'm trying to avoid any thing too themey, but I'm finding that to be difficult.

Potential nursery bedding options...