crib sheet = done

i finally got my butt upstairs and got my craft on over the weekend. that's right, friends! i finally got one (of two) crib sheets made. this is the second one i've ever made (the first being for cayden's room when he was still in the crib) and i am thrilled to say that this one turned out so. much. better. maybe it's because i feel a little more confident in my sewing skills, or maybe the tutorial i used this time was just a little more accurate.

can i tell you the biggest pain about making a crib sheet though? (and also probably the most time consuming?) threading that freakin' elastic through! thankfully it's a really mindless task and super-easy to do while watching tv. but i think it took me somewhere between 30 and 45 minutes to get it all the way 'round. otherwise? making this crib sheet was a piece of cake! i have one more pattern that i want to use for the other sheet (and we have a solid white sheet left from nursery 1.0), then i should be able to move on to the crib skirt. yay, progress!

and we can't forget the photographer's assistant, can we? he followed me in the room and kept shoving his arms through the crib and yelling "cheese." so one can only presume that he wanted his photo taken too. love my little helper. he's going to be a fantastic big brother!

we have a closet system!

friends, i know this post is about as boring as they get. but can we just rejoice in the fact that the closet system has been installed in the nursery? wahoo! we installed a couple more shelves in that top part after i snapped this photo, but you get the general idea. now i just have to get all the itty bitty clothes from the attic, wash them and fill this closet up! oh, and fyi, newborn diapers? are tiny! i don't remember them being that small. but they totally are.

what a silly thing

so it turns out that cayden wants to start dressing himself. which is totally awesome with us. we most definitely want to encourage his independent spirit and help him develop creatively. (i mean, with two creative parents at home, we absolutely don't want to stifle anything.)

but when said child wants to wear a long sleeve jersey on a day when it's going to be 80-something degrees out, what do you do? you let him wear it, of course! the sad cries of "roll tide" were too much to take. and believe me, he completely freaked out as jeremy tried to put an undershirt on (more "roll tide" cries ensued, but the undershirt did go on). once a pair of shorts were found to kind of go with it, he was all good to go.

he proudly walked around the house this morning saying "eme-fant" and pointing to the small elephant logo on his chest. and then he cheesed it up for the camera this morning. good grief, i love this kid!

{wordless wednesday} playing at daycare

so, remember last week...

... when i mentioned that the nursery might not be ready for an infant to come home to? well, here's proof. i'll be 28 weeks tomorrow, so that gives us 12ish weekends to get things in order. sawyer? you better stay put for a while, ok dude?