Nursery Prep. The Transition of the Babycave.

We turned the 'ladycave' into the 'babycave'.  It is in transition..... to say the least.  We are still sanding the rocking chair. Still putting together the odds and ends. And of course we do still need a few more of the big details but it is really shaping up!  We kicked our butts into gear once the crib and crib mattress arrived from Joe's mom, Sandi. :)  And now it is finally starting to look more like a complete room for baby!

Here is the story of the transition (through photographs).  The last picture of the nursery is the latest image of what his room looks like now.

This weekend we are tackling the sanding of the rocking chair out on the deck in this nice weather!  Pictures to come of the rocking chair's transformation!

Week 27.  Crib arrives and Joe gets to work.

Reading the instructions (after going it alone).

Almost sorted out...

Finished product - a BEAUTIFUL crib.

Got bins this weekend for baby's clothes and toys.

Week 28.

The lovely Erin Williams bought us this book to honor part of the baby's namesake.

Baby's first 'shoes'.   Bets loves that they say 'ROAR'!

Baby's first funky onesie from B.

Ellie helped put together the baby's room. Took some getting used to with all of those fun toys laying around!

Little feet!

Joe playing guitar to the baby during an afternoon off.

Rattle from B.  Ellie thinks it is hers.

Baby's new buddies.

This has such sentimental value to me as it was the first thing I bought for baby the day after I found out the news.  I will always keep this to tell him about how I cried in the store picking it out.

BABYMOON!

During the doctor's visit where I first found out about the baby, my doctor asked 'you hadn't planned any trips in the next year had you?', to which I giggled.  We are always planning the next adventure.  Of course we had loosely planned trips to: NYC, Austin, Vegas and a big trip planned for Costa Rica/ Panama for 10 days.

"Well," my doctor said "you ought to think about planning your babymoon instead!  Get out of town, relax, spend time with family.  Make it memorable.".  So......... we did!  We wanted to go visit our dear friends, Kris & Geoff in Austin but as Joe was transitioning jobs and I am saving up PTO, we opted to stay closer.  Considering all of the things going on in our lives we figured: where better to spend the long weekend than Crested Butte?

My sister (auntie B), Joe & I road-tripped to Crested Butte to spend some time at home in the middle of the beautiful Gunnison Valley with my beautiful parents. We also coincidentally caught the Big Air on Elk Ave. competition that our friend, Kyle, was in and subsequently won!!!

Here are some highlights from the trip:

(sorry there are so many! It was hard narrowing them down!)

Jose enjoying the beautiful Colorado weather and the view from my dad's new deck.

Wouldn't be a babymoon without some grillin'!

Elliemuffin thought this trip was an Ellie-moon.  Crested Butte is her version of Heaven.

View from the window.

My amazing sister.  

'Auntie B!'

Ellie in her element.

The soon-to-be-parents waiting for the Big Air to start.

Baby-daddy.

Beautiful sunset.

Excited to see our friends compete!

Kyle.

Fun night.

Baby Love.

Grammy Sammy.  She is the best.

Celebratory dinner!

My hope in starting this blog is to chronicle this experience with as much detail as I want without worrying about clogging facebook feeds or inundating people with baby-prep and the subsequent baby-fever that is inevitable once he is actually here!

I hear every day from people that this will be the most rewarding, deeply emotional, cathartic experience of our lives. I want to be sure to write down these thoughts and save photos so that I can look back on this journey and remember the utter terror and anticipation that we feel every day waiting for him.

I'm going to post pictures of the baby prepping process and the fun stuff in gearing up for Little Man to get here.  I also want to be really candid about how I am feeling about the process and how my nerves are that week.  Turns out no matter how much we get ready, this process is terrifying!

Anyway - I hope you enjoy the pictures and the stories about Joe, Ellie & I's journey!  We have no idea what we are doing...... but we are just so excited for the adventure ahead of us and surrounded by so much love in the meantime!  Stay posted for more to come tomorrow!