37 weeks & counting...

I am now in my 37th week of pregnancy. I can't believe that her arrival is just weeks away, but I am so excited to hold her! Brooklyn is getting anxious, she keeps asking when Charlotte is going to get here. Yesterday she and I put together her little pack and play (which will be Charlie's temporary bed until we are able to move into our house) and afterward Brooklyn put a little cup of flowers next to her bed. It was so sweet. She is going to be the best big sister!

Its been very cold here. Our house doesn't have any heat, and that has made it very hard to work...but we do have a new heating unit, and hopefully it will be installed in fairly short order. Then here is the list for the girls' room:

1. tape/mud/spackle
2. sand/clean
3.paint Brooklyn's pretty purple
4.paint trim
5.move in/decorate!

I am really excited about the decorating! This last fall, an antique store here in town was getting ready for a move and had marked down lots of inventory. I had been eyeing an oak bed from the 1800's for Brooklyn. Even with its reduced price, it was out of my price range. I went in shortly before the move, and the owner took an additional $75 off the price! I grabbed it up! It is such a pretty old bed, with faint carvings of flowers. I will have to take a picture and post it.

For Charlotte, I found a pottery barn kids crib with the crib mattress, in like new condition at a garage sale. I walked up, fearing the price would be too high or it would already be sold. It was priced at $100! I was thrilled and grabbed it up too. It is a cottage white crib, simple and elegant.

I was on the search for a dresser...it had to be just the right height for a changing table. I found one at a second hand store. It was old, needed some love and paint and new hardware, but for $30 I couldn't pass it up.

I can't wait to fill their room with the pretty things I have found! I wish that it was all ready for Charlotte to come home to. I will be sure to share pictures.

On a side note, I watched Fried Green Tomatoes last night. It is a great movie!

love and blessings,
kali