During Ethan’s nap this afternoon, I found myself in the craft room trying to decide where to begin. I have boxes up boxes and piles upon piles of things that need to be put away, yet I have no clue where to begin. Tomorrow our neighbor will be coming to stack the boxes into piles based upon what they are so that I may begin my long, awaited journey of learning new things.

Sewing is number one my list, as many of you already know. I’d love to be able to make baby blankets, curtains, burp cloths, quilts, etc. I am not sure that I would do these things to make a profit, but it would be a useful thing to know. Knitting and crocheting are also on my list of things to learn, but sewing must come first.

With all of that said, I’d like to share a few of my favorite stores/boutiques online:

• Kait Emerson Designs
• The Trendy Tadpole
• Daisy Lane Boutique
• Tick-A-Too
• 2 Lil Angels Boutique

Oh, how I wish I had their talents!

I never post much about pregnancy because there really is not much to tell this time around, until now. I didn’t feel Addison move at all last night, which those of you who followed my pregnancy with Ethan might remember happened then too. No alarm went off for Jeff and I seeing as we have been there before. Sometime around 10pm my stomach tightened up and I started getting sharp pains in my left side. It hurt to touch, move, etc.. We began to worry a little bit, so Jeff called up to the hospital. The nurses had me lay on my right side to take the pressure off of my left, but when I woke up this morning I was still having some pain. The left side of my belly is no longer hurting, but now my belly button is killing me. Sigh… I can’t win!

So now, onto the nursery..

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Sometime this Spring, Jeff and I went to the mall in search of swimsuits for Ethan and myself, but could not find anything.

I needed a smaller maternity suit than I had when I was pregnant with Ethan, but could only find ones that I either swam in or that I would have to butter myself up to get into.  And my hubby, being the smart one in our relationship at times, suggested I try on my pre-pregnancy swimsuit and what do you know?  The darn thing actually fits!  The girls are some what oozing out the top, but hey… the rest of it fits!

Ethan sadly is a lost cause for new trunks.  It seems that most of the boys around his age are all wearing a 2T, so they did not have any hanging around the stores.  I’m just glad for those Lil Swimmers diapers, otherwise my son would have to swim naked.  Pretty sure he wouldn’t mind that, but other kids might be hesitant to jump in the pool after he was done, no?

Besides the pool mambo jambo, I do have pictures of the nursery to share with everyone.  Only problem is, I completely forget to take my camera out of Ethan’s bedroom before his nap time/bed time.  If I wait long enough during his nap, I’m sure I’ll be able to sneak in there without a problem so that I can show you all.  Just don’t be too surprised by the dullness of the room.  We have managed to get the walls painted, valance hung, crib together, and bedding in the crib.  We still need to purchase a dresser/changing table, rocking chair, and some more decor for the nursery.  We are just waiting to get those things until after my mama’s surprise birthday party, as we may need to use the nursery as a guest bedroom that weekend.  Anyways, I’m off… need to finish our grocery list and do some cleaning before Ethan wakes up from his nap.