Projects, Projects, Projects

I can't believe we are in the last stages of preparing for the arrival of our little one. Only 5 more weeks until the due date, so we have to be ready all the time. Something that makes me laugh and I think is really cute is that everytime I call Johns work, his heart skips a little beat and he asks if I am having contractions and going into labor. It is safe to say he is excited too!!
We have attended our prenatal classes, washed all the baby gear and clothes, almost finished the nursery, bought ALMOST all the necessities, and soaked in the fact that it is almost here!! We have been working on several do it ourself projects to save money and keep things unique, and there are only a couple more...but here is what we have finished:

John and my Dad spent hours on this beautiful changing table that is absolutely PERFECT. They made it all from scratch...what handy guys I have. An awesome feature is the top changing station part comes off so it can be used as a regular dresser as well.This old high chair was mine and my siblings when we were little. Greatest thing is my parents have kept all of our old stuff so we got a crib, dresser, rocking chair, and high chair for FREE!! All they needed was a fresh coat of paint and a little TLC. I painted and recovered this chair and I really like the way it turned out!

I had some left over fabric from the bedding my mother in law made for us (pictures of that later) so I decided to make a car seat cover for our little guy!

We had this lamp in one of our closets from our old apartment and it was just wrapped up in plastic doing NOTHING...so I mod podged some fabric to match the bedding and some scrapbook owls onto it. It now hangs above his crib.

Since I can't make headbands for our little man, I have been crocheting beanies for him. Good thing he is going to be a winter baby!

Last but not least...the diaper bag. I decided to make my own bag 1. because my friend Cole had a pattern that I loved and 2. I think diaper bags are boring. I won't lie...first time around with this bag was sooooo hard. I did it all by myself and the instructions were so so bad. Lets just say there was a lot of taking seams out (with the help from John)...but it is finished and I LOVE IT!