Is it too early to start on baby projects?

I've been having an irresistable desire to sew lately. Of course, there's always my knitting fetish too, but there's something to the nearly instant gratification of sewing.

I found a wonderful local fabric shop last weekend, and stocked up on some cute fabric for making baby things.

I love these little sock monkeys:

I also found this cute apple fabric in three different colors. An obvious choice for bibs!

Finally, I borrowed this body pillow from a friend (which has made forcing myself to sleep on my side a lot easier - but I still can't wait to sleep on my stomach again!) but I thought it needed a new pillowcase. Good thing I bought a coordinating fabric because I used up the entire bolt of the floral one!

First Round of Belly Shots

Okay, they're not that exciting yet, but friends far away have been asking to see them!

12 weeks: bulking up a little, or is that all the bagels I ate in New York?

14 weeks:

16 weeks: is anything going on in there?

18 weeks: pop!

It's my Kid in a Box

Jared is working hard to convert our one bedroom condo into a 1 1/4 bedroom condo. We would like to stay in our current home as long as possible, but we'd also like to preserve some of our own space (ie. our bedroom) and have some dedicated space for our little one. The solution: Baby in a Box.



Here's a before picture of our wide hallway/office space:

We cleaned out a few bookshelves, downgraded from a 4 drawer to a 2 drawer file cabinet, and turned the desk 90°.

Here's the first wall being framed in:

You can see the new file cabinet being built in as part of this wall. There will also be a fold down changing table on this side:

This picture shows where the bed will be located inside the room, as well as the second wall frame which will include a sliding pocket door.

Under the bed will be storage for the stroller, etc. There will also be lots of shelves inside and on the changing table wall.

Here's our house as a construction site:

The door being installed:


That's all for today!