these are the days of endless dreaming

i'm helping plan

one of the rooms

at our church's fall festival.

it's pretty crazy involved...

they really go all out

for this thing.

it makes me excited

to have my own kid(s?)

to take to a carnival

someday.

speaking of kids,

we made our first

baby purchase this weekend.

we bought a crib!

i had no idea how

complicated cribs could be!

i thought i knew which one i wanted

till we got to the store

and the lady started telling me

how "this one is a 9-in-1 crib!

it turns into 18 different kinds of beds

and eventually becomes a queen size bed!"

and plus they all come in

4 or 5 different shades of wood.

and it was quite overwhelming.

it's realllly hard for me to make

purchasing decisions anyway

without adding in 43 more options...

i mean, it's a baby bed!

i won't bore you with details,

but after an hour and a half

we made it out of the store

with the mother of all cribs.

and by that i mean,

brown and sturdy,

and has a matching

changing table.

plus after some successful

craigslist-ing on my part,

we ended up saving almost $200!

we are totally excited to

convert my office into a nursery

over the christmas break.

i finally chose fabrics to make

the bedding, it is going to be

so cute! i'll show you some

pictures as that goes along.

i also drew up the mural

i'm going to paint on the

wall behind the crib.

i'm pretty excited.

sawyer is going to love his room!

i think cassie,

my sister in law,

is going to go with me

sometime soon to do our

baby registries!

she is due 3 weeks after me

with their 2nd baby, also a boy!

3 boys in 2 years,

whew! my mom is going to be

so tired ;)

we met with and hired

our doula also this week.

she is awesome!

and i'm totally excited

that she's going to help

us make our baby's

grand entrance amazing.

i'm just really excited!

(i'm sure you couldn't tell)

well i think cate is up

from her nap.

so i'll be going.

happy last week of

october!

(can you believe it?!)