Profile Progress- Month 7, and the nursery

The pregnancy is going great, and we're having a wonderful time getting ready for Baby Goodman's arrival!  Last weekend, Julian's parents came to town and my parents joined us as well to make the big transition from guest room to nursery.  We've moved the bedroom furniture over to Lauren's, painted, and got most of the big things in place, so now we're picking artwork and thinking through the details.  It was lots of fun looking through childhood books and furniture and getting ready to bring them all back to life.

Before...

So thankful for Dad's professional painting job

Helping out with curtain rod hardware

Julian hard at work

So happy Mom got the curtains perfectly trimmed up just right

Just days after the nursery was set up, the crib arrived! Julian doing what he does best: reading and following directions.

Alton followed along in the directions to make sure it was being done to specifications

Coming along...

Tightening the bolts

Alton posing it in front of the finished product

Kitty kisses

Lindsay's childhood bedroom furniture and the changing table her dad made circa 1985

The crib you watched us assemble, the bent wood rocker from the Bendler house,  nightstand from Lindsay's childhood, a few new baskets, and the curtains Judy worked on

And drumroll...you can finally see one heck of a baby bump!  He's in there, kicking away everyday!

28 weeks...and Alton and Olive jumping in the shot

Profile Progress- Month 6, and the Babymoon

We can't believe it's already been 6 months!  Baby prep is starting to swing into gear.  We are starting to get an idea about the name (not telling - sorry).

We (mostly a Lindsay project) have picked a "vintage amusement park" theme for the nursery, with muted primaries, visions of little boys and girls on ferris wheels and roller coasters and carnival candy.  A fair number of things have been gathered, but nothing actually set up just yet.  We will hopefully head out looking at cribs soon.

A few weekends ago, our courageous friends Pam and Cara, both mothers themselves, accompanied us on our very first trip to Babies "R" Us and helped us get the lay of the land while Julian zapped things with a scanner.  It was extremely helpful having their guidance and gave us a good start towards understanding all the little things this little guy will need once he gets here.

Pam, Cara, and Cara's son Garrett

Last week we took a "babymoon," a relaxing vacation best taken before arrival of the baby. Also, it was nice to get out of the snow and ice for a week. We stayed on the northernmost tip of Captiva Island, which is north of Sanibel, which is across a 3-mile bridge from the Fort Myers area.  We read on the beach, looked at wildlife, saw a movie (to escape a torrential Florida thunderstorm), ate, and relaxed.

J.N. "Ding" Darling Wildlife Refuge 

And because it wouldn't be an official profile update without a profile pic:

Daddy-to-be

Mommy-to-be and the bump