100 Days!

If our son comes on his due date, we are 100 days away from his arrival!! This weekend we bought his crib (which was on sale!) and bedding so at least he has a place to sleep! This is not his crib but you can see the bedding. We didn't buy all of the accessories but I think the bedding is super cute.

We also bought him some cute outfits this weekend! My parents evidentally went a little crazy this weekend and bought him a bunch of stuff too. Can you tell we are excited? Hope you had a great weekend and happy Monday.

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I linked to this blog from my friend Shannon's. Her friend Melissa is opening a new store and is having a website release party. If you comment on her blog post, you are entered to win this cute bag. So go do it!

I have an sewing addiction

I had loads of UNC fabric left over from a previous project so I've been trying to come up with fun projects to use it up. Today's project was an infant bib. This bib is lined with fleece and plastic on the inside to hopefully keep our sons clothes as clean as possible. (Try is the key word here). Because Little Cox will be born right in the middle of football season (right at the Notre Dame game to be exact..my dad reminds me all the time) so he needs some game day apparrel. Here's the finish project. Disclaimer: I am in no way a perfectionist when it comes to sewing so don't look too closely to see the imperfections...esp. by the neck. These have all been first attempts so I think the next time around they will be much better.

My friend Byerly is pregnant as well and she saw my burp cloths and I asked if I could make some UNC ones for her and her husband because he is a fellow alum as well. We went to Walmart yesterday and they had changed the fabric from white to blue but here are her burp cloths.

I'm out of projects now. I really need to take a break before I get burned out. It's happen before when I was sewing purses one summer. Thanks for all your fun comments about my stuff. :)

Baby Booties

Today's project was my own version of Robeez. These soft soled shoes are $30 in the stores and I made mine from some scrap fabric I had left over from the nursing covers. They aren't the easiest things in the world because of their size, but I think they turned out pretty well. Thanks Alyson for your help and extra set of hands. Our son is going to be super cute in these! I can't wait to see how they will look on his cute little feet. :)

Another Sewing Project

After a fun lunch with lunch with Lauren, I came back to the apartment and started up my next sewing project. When our son is born, I plan on breastfeeding so for this project I made a nursing cover. Nursing covers are great so that you can still nurse but be in the presence of friends, family, etc. These covers, which have another fun name, are sold for $35 and I made mine for less than $5. Below are pictures of my final product.

Here it just looks like an apron, but at the top it has some boning in it that makes a window for me to see down inside.

Here is a side view where you can tell how it sticks out a little at the top.

You can tell a little more in this picture how the top sticks out. Imagine a baby under there now. :) Can't wait to meet the little guy! Speaking of which, we have about 5 names we like but have not made an official commitment to his name. I have posted a poll over on the right. Give us your thoughts.

I posted twice today so there is another post below so don't miss out.

Weekend in Review

We had a busy weekend so beware this is a long post!

First I got to hang out with my high school best friend, Lindsay and her husband this weekend while I was in RM. We got in a quick cup of coffee and some catch up time before I had to move onto the next weekend. Sadly, I don't have a picture of this but Lins, know that I had a great time and it was so good to hang out and catch up. Thank you for the sweet baby gift.
This was weekend #3 in a row that we attended a wedding. This weekend was my friend Amy's wedding. Amy and I grew up on the same street and shared many fun times together. Our parents are best friends and do just about everything together. It was so fun to see her get married and she was beautiful and so happy! Here are some pics from the event.

The beautiful altar they had set up. It was candlelit and very romantic.

The happy couple, Amy and Kyle Jones.

Amy and her dad, Steve.

Amy and Kyle leading the Love Train.

Dad and I shagging to "My Girl."

Taking a rest from dancing.

The bride and me

Dare, another childhood neighbor, and I

The cutest little flower girl. She was obsessed with dancing and then the band asked her to play the tamborine. She was so cute!

We had a great time and I'm excited for Amy and Kyle. Congrats again guys!

Sunday after church we hung out with the Derbys. I used my sewing skills to help Stef with a project for her class. Stef doesn't know how to sew but I gave her a quick lesson and she was off and running.

On the way home from Durham, my little white Hyundai rolled over 100,000 miles. Jeremy risked our lives to take this picture. :)

So that's the end of the weekend rewind. Next weekend surprisingly we don't have a wedding to go to so we might actually stay home. Call us if you want to hang out. :)

Sewing Projects

It's summer time, which means I have time for stuff that I wouldn't normally have time to do during the school year. One thing I love to do is sew. With our son coming this fall, I decided to do some projects that would benefit him. The first project was homemade burp cloths. I searched the internet and found this super crafty girl's blog I found her tutorial as well as some other fun projects I'm going to make.

Here are my final products.

I made three different ones. The first 3 (l to r) I used some left over UNC fabric. The middle 4 are made with baby flannel and the last one is some left over lamb fabric. I made 2 different sizes after creating my own template.

Here is a close up shot of each of them. The middle one uses the fraying technique I learned on the blog but the outer do not because of the fabric they were made from. They were all super easy and will make great baby gifts for all the showers to come.

These pictures were taken with the new camera. It's way more complicated and fancier that what we used to have so please forgive me if they aren't the best pictures. Jeremy is currently obsessed with the camera and has been reading all about it and playing with it constantly. Boys and their toys. :)

(On another note, please pray for him on Monday. He has a job interview with a local college in their media dept. It's very similar to what he is doing now, so we're hoping he has a good chance.)

All Things Baby (well for baby)

In the last post, I told you that Jeremy wanted a new camera. Well miraculously, we sold ours on Craig's List and picked a new one all in one day. This afternoon, we are meeting the people to give them ours and nn a few days, we will be the proud new owners of a Canon Digital Rebel XSI 12MP Digital SLR Camera. We are going to have some awesome pictures of our new baby boy now. :)

A couple weeks ago, the travel system I registered for was recalled. Evidentally the LATCH system had some difficulties so they took it off the market. I was very sad as I was obsessed with this carseat/stroller. Now that I'm out of school, I have time to research baby products and update the registry. I found another travel system that I like though I secretly hope that my other one comes back. We went to Cary last night to see it (for some reason, only USABaby carries it) and we liked it. Here is the pic of the new one. Because we didn't want to register there just for a stroller/car seat, I have created an Amazon registry that includes many items you can't get on our other registries. Here is the link. If you care, we also are registered at Babies 'R Us and Target.

Are you sick of hearing about baby stuff yet? Too bad... Jeremy's one request was that our diaper bag not be girly and that it would be something he would actually carry. I have searched and searched for manly and not super expensive diaper bag for weeks. I read many message boards and one lady said she used a TimBuk2 bag as her diaper bag. It was roomy, waterproof all over, and something that her husband would carry. I checked into them but they were pricey. REI.com was having a sale and got this cute one for half price! We went to see it in person last night and Jeremy approved so we now have our diaper bag.

Ok I'll stop boring you with all the random baby stuff. The moms out there will care. :)

Also I need a project to occupy all my new-found free time. I thought about pulling out the sewing machine again since I have time, but I need suggestions. So all you crafty folks out there, send your suggestions.

Review, More Weddings and Father's Day

Jeremy returned home from Indy on Thursday morning and headed over to my school to help me finish moving classrooms. I was so excited to see him and was so grateful that his boss let him have the day off. I finally got everything moved, cleaned up, and was out of there by lunch time. Friday I babysat for one of my students and had a fun day of playing in the pool.

This weekend we traveled to RM yet again for another wedding. Last week we celebrated with Brandon and Morgan Norris and this weekend with Chris and Meredith Falk. Before the wedding, I did get over to visit Allison and her new daughter Ramsey. She is precious and I can't wait to have my own little one.

Since we were already home, we stayed overnight to celebrate Father's Day with my dad. For the last 2 weeks Jeremy and I have been working hard to get his present ready. As most people know, Dad and I both are HUGE Tarheel fans and we go to all the home football games each fall. To enhance the tailgate experience, Jeremy and I built (well J built and I helped paint) Dad a set of Cornhole game boards. He has played the game with my brother and his fraternity in the past and now wanted his own set.

Here is a picture of our final project. It took quite a bit of work in the detailing of the logos but we were proud of the results.

We were excited about how they turned out and couldn't wait to give them to him. He was super excited about them. My brother ordered the coordinating beanbags but sadly they had not arrived yet so we couldn't play.

Technically, it is Jeremy's first Father's Day even though his son is not born yet. I pondered and pondered on what to get him and went through many ideas. I couldn't commit to anything because many of them were too expensive. When he returned home on Thursday, I ran through the ideas with him and he has now decided to combine all of his holidays (Father's Day, anniversary, birthday) plus his graduation money to buy a fancier camera. We have a good camera but he wants more of a professional camera. The boy is a researcher though, so by the time he finishes, the baby may be here. :) We are selling our other camera so if you are in the market, let me know.

I'm really excited that school is over and I have NO plans for this week. It will be nice to sit, relax, and read. :) Call me if you're home and want to hang out.

School's Out for Summer

Yay! The school year is finally over!! The kids left yesterday and I have just one more to clean up and then I'm out. If we stay in Wake Forest and I work, I am moving down to second grade next year. I'm excited about the change but not excited about having to change classrooms yet again this year. This year I have the added bonus of being pregnant, which is not easy when you need to move heavy things. My handy dandy helper, Jeremy, is out of town for the Southern Baptist Convention, so I haven't had my normal help. Luckily I was blessed by my sweet neighbor Alyson who came to school today to help me. Surprisingly most of it is done and there is just some organizing to do.

I am so excited that Jeremy is finally coming home tomorrow after being in Indiana for a week. This is the longest time I've been without him; I did go to Africa for 2 weeks 2 summers ago but I was busy...this time, I have lots of down time. J have missed him tons! I think it hasn't helped that I went to a wedding in the same church we were married in and I watched lots of sappy movies and shows. I'm really glad that the wait is almost over.

No news on the job front...Jeremy called them last week but they have not called him back. We're taking it as a closed door and are continuing to look elsewhere. I really just want to know what the Lord has in store for us. We're learning a lot about patience to say the least.

22 weeks and 4 days

Today marks my 22nd week of the pregnancy. I went to the doctor this morning and she said everything looks great. I only gained 2 lbs. and his heartbeat was strong and fast. :) She said he was moving around a lot...great my child is going to be hyper. Next appointment I will have to do the glucose test to see if I have gestional diabetes.

4 days left of this school year!! I am swamped with endless paperwork, where I have to document everything for every kid a million times. It is really dumb and monotous. I'm on the last part which is report cards, so there is a light at the end of the tunnel. If I can just keep the kids from killing each other or my nerves, we will be golden.

Jeremy leaves tomorrow for Indiana to work the Southern Baptist Convention. He'll be gone for a week so I'll be home all by my lonesome. Luckily I have a wedding in RM this Saturday so I'll go to my parents for the weekend.

Many have asked about Jeremy's interviews. He got email this week from the agency in Durham and they said they really like him and think he will mesh well with them, but they would like another work sample. He created another sample and sent that yesterday afternoon. We are waiting now to hear back from them. Please continue to pray for this situation.