Baby Love

Our little Irish Burrito is already very loved, not only by us, but by all of our family and friends who remind us to start telling the baby that everyone already loves him/her and that they keep him/her in their prayers so everything continues to go well, and that they can't wait to meet him/her.  We are truly so blessed to have such a supportive family/friends even when they are scattered all across the world.

Below are some cute little items that our family and friends have already bought/made for our little bundle of joy.

Let the planning begin...

A quick 411 on our status!  This past weekend Dan and I headed out looking for a furniture piece that we could turn into a functional multipurpose/changing table.  Dan as some of you know, loves to be a handy man and took some wood classes back in high school.  Not to brag about Dan (actually why not).... but he also finished my mom's basement which has gotten a lot of compliments.

All mom's and dad's ideally would like for everything to be PERFECT for when their new baby arrives.  From the nursery decor to the outfit that they are going to be bringing the baby home from the hospital.  I am sure all you parents would say, "babies don't need much when they are that little", and yes, we understand that and that's where "we", well specifically "me" needs to constantly come back to REALITY and process what is a WANT vs a NEED.

As a soon to be new mom with a planning mode brain, I would love to get everything I like, but let's face it, we don't have the space nor the money to spend on things that are not something we need.  So, during this mental process that I am constantly going thru, I started to think of ideas of how we can best get those WANTS without forking out too much money while still satisfying those NEEDS.

Us being new to this parent club, started to put our THINKING CAPS ON and began to focus on the items that we would purchase vs items that we can refinish and turn into functional nursery furniture pieces.  So, our first project is to find as mentioned above, a functional piece of furniture that we could use for several things, including a changing table.  I realize that I can change the baby on the bed/floor etc.. but I still need a place to store baby items so why not make it a multipurpose piece.  Below are some images of what I am envisioning this piece of furniture to resemble once completed.

Project#1 - Finding a piece of furniture that we could refinish and resembles something similar to the pieces above.

We made a few stops at different places to see what our options were, but we haven't found anything worth refinishing (YET).  We'll continue our hunt in the coming weeks.  If you know of a place that we should look into, please don't hesitate to let us know!  Suggestions are ALWAYS welcomed!