Getting Ready for Baby

This pregnancy has really done a number on me - I haven't felt like doing much. I kept waiting for the "nesting" instinct to kick in, but it really hadn't until the last couple of weeks. I've managed to get all the clothes out, washed and in the dresser. The bassinet is set up, the car seat all ready to go and the swing and bouncy chair in place waiting for the new arrival.

Now if I could just get Aiden used to his new bed we'd be all set! ;) He is having a hard time adjusting to sharing a room with Jack and often wakes in the middle of the night and wants to sleep in his crib. That is if he goes to sleep in the first place - he and Jack take turns keeping each other up at night giggling and yapping at each other.

After three babies, my boppy was getting pretty ragged. Ragged to the point of the seams popping and the stuffing coming out. I found a really good tutorial online here for sewing a cover. It turned out so cute and the total price was less than $5! A lot better than buying a new one!

I've also been making some headbands and flowers for the baby's little head. I have found a ton of great tutorials thanks to pinterest.

I crocheted this flower using the pattern found here and then attached it to soft fold over elastic that I purchased from etsy here.
I made the pink and yellow fabric flowers from a tutorial here. I used left-over fabric I had on hand from other projects.
The instructions for the felt flowers can be found here. They recommend using 100% wool felt, but I'm too cheap, so I just used the regular polyester stuff found in the craft store.


I was pleased with the way they turned out - it felt good to be hand-crafting something again!