A Room for Harlow

All A Flutter

I am so excited to share pictures of Harlow's finished nursery with all of you; it sure took us some time to finish up her room but it was well worth the wait. We used the same Pottery Barn Kids bedding we had in Paige's nursery and also bought a few new things from Pottery Barn Kids to finish it up.

I still have to get the butterfly rug that matches the bedding dry cleaned to put on the floor of her room. We are also going to remove the closet doors and put up some pretty sheer panels so all of Harlow's pretty things can be on "display" and we will use canvas buckets to store toys on the bottom of her closet (I will share pictures after that project is finished).

Jon did an amazing job on the wainscoting and crown-molding, he spent weeks working on the room and it shows in his meticulous work. I couldn't be happier with how the room turned out, it was really just how I envisioned it...all thanks to Jon!

Harlow had her first night in her crib on January 23rd and it took her about a week to get comfortable sleeping in her crib. Of course she moves all the way to the top corner where she settles in for the night. I had been working on getting her to take a good nap in her crib and as lucky would have it today was the day she slept for almost 3 hours...the best part was that I was able to get a few pictures of her sleeping before she woke up.

I had to get Harlow a pair of socks and couldn't resist taking a few pictures of all these sweet little baby socks and BabyLegs

I came across this music box from my childhood when I was pulling out some stuff to use in Harlow's room. It was in my baby nursery; my mom had it by my door and would pull the string to start the song every night as she closed the door. I cherish that memory and I will do the same for Harlow so it's on her wall just as you leave her room.

Sweet Harlow at nap time today

I hope to get another post up tomorrow with Harlow's 5 month pictures and again on Friday with Paige's 100 days of school celebration shirt so stay tuned.

35 Weeks + and Nesting

I had my 35 week appointment with my Mid-Wife Kathleen last week and everything was just as it should be. My belly measured right on, Harlow's heartbeat was perfect, my blood pressure was normal and she ran the last of the blood work she needed before delivery. Our next appointment, which will be next week will be a home visit where she will review the birthing tub set-up and other necessary details with Jon and I. Jon and I have gotten our at home birthing kit and purchased the other essentials yesterday so we are ready for Harlow to make her debut.

I have begun nesting and it's definitely been nice getting everything around the house in order. I plan on washing a few things in Dreft (love that smell!) for baby Harlow today and will get her moses bumper (I had the moses basket from Aiden) and other goodies I had made by the very talented Monique from Etsy in the mail tomorrow (see pictures below). Harlow won't have her nursery ready since we haven't been able to sell our guest bedroom furniture yet to clear out her room but we figure we have time as she will sleep in the moses basket in our room for at least 3+ months anyways. So I am using a nice bamboo clothing rack we already have along with canvas baskets for her clothes, diapers, etc. to set up a area for Harlow next to her moses basket in our room. I will take pictures of it all put together in the next few days.





Jon has been helping my need to nest by painting the playroom a pretty light blue and next is painting and putting together Paige and Aiden's PBK Dr. Seuss bathroom before Harlow makes her debut. I figured since we couldn't put our time and energy into Harlow's nursery we may as well get a few other things off of our to-do list in the meantime.

My Texas family of friends is hosting a baby shower for me on July 31st; I am really looking forward to getting together with all of my friends to celebrate Harlow's arrival. I also have my BIG (well you can't get much bigger then being 9 months pregnant...LOL!) 30th birthday coming up on August 11th; I hope to go out to a nice dinner with Jon to celebrate and have friends over a movie and some cake before Harlow makes her debut...guess we will see if that all works out. Well off to nest and tend to the kids.

31 weeks, 5 days and Counting Down for Her Debut

I had my 31 week appointment with my Mid-Wife Kathleen last week. Gosh, I can't believe I am already that far along and haven't really gotten anything together for baby Harlow. Usually Jon and I are already working on the nursery but I am thinking as long as I have her moses basket ready (I custom ordered a girl bumper for the moses basket we had for Aiden off of Etsy) and waiting we can work on the nursery in the months following her birth. We have to clear out the guest bedroom furniture first and order Aiden's big boy furniture after that so we have a few things on the to do list before we can really get started on it. I decided on using the Pottery Barn butterfly bedding and other room decor I had for Paige's nursery so at least that's one detail we won't have to worry about.

Harlow looked great at the appointment. She measured exactly 31 weeks, heartbeat sounded great and I didn't hear back on the blood work which I was told meant it was all normal. So now it's time to settle on the details of her birth which as I stated before will be here at our home in a birthing tub. I am now at the every 2 week appointment mark so the next appointment is set for July 1st.

The Texas heat hasn't made getting around with the kids very easy but I try to put my best foot forward every day to show the kids a fun filled day. I plan on staying indoors or in water as much as I can this summer to beat the heat. Pregnancy hormones have also made the day to day hard to contend with but I am doing my best to get over the hurdles emotions can put in my way to enjoy every day. Oh and I can't forget the insomnia in this pregnancy, sure is weird being up late into the night by myself without feeling the slightest bit tired but of course it makes it hard to get up to tend to the kids in the morning.

Oh the joys of pregnancy, Harlow is worth it all and we can't wait to meet her. Jon has been doing his best to put up with the crazy pregnant me and even sent me some pretty flowers to brighten my day today.

It's All in a Name...baby Harlow

I called her by Harlow since the beginning before I even had it confirmed she was indeed a girl. I just love that name and Jon does too. I think it fits her even though we haven't "officially" met her yet. Harlow sure is active these days and Jon now gets to enjoy some of her moves. We are still working on her middle name, any ideas?

Then we have to start on Harlow's nursery, well when I say we I really mean Jon since he is the labor behind my vision for how I want a room to look. Harlow will use the same Pottery Barn Kids furniture that both Paige and Aiden used, lucky us because it all still looks new.

I already picked out the bedding I want to use for her room, it has trees, owls and birds on it. I can't wait to get started on it...again I should say, I can't wait for Jon to get started on it. Harlow's room is what was our guest bedroom so we first have to clear it out before Jon can get started on her nursery.

Paige's Nursery - June 2004





Aiden's Nursery - February 2007