Showered with Gifts

On Saturday, March 6th, Great Aunt Betty threw a lovely baby shower for Jennifer. She stayed true to the Noah's Ark theme, which is also the theme of Baby Brown's nursery. We had a great time playing games and Betty had huge sugar cookies made in the shape of lots of animals. It was adorable! There was also a darling Noah's Ark cake, which was delicious. Most of all it was a great time to see family and hang out. I felt so blessed by everyone's attendance and generosity. Some of Justin's family was even able to make the long trip up from Texas to join in the festivities.



As you can see, the cookies were so adorable. We only had a chance to take a picture of a few of them, but you can imagine. Lions and Tigers and Bears, oh my! And, they tasted great!



You can see how generous everyone was...we could barely fit it all in the nursery! It's all beginning to come together now, getting everything unpacked and such. We are so blessed to have such great family and friends! And there's even another shower planned!

"Curtains Up"

The Nursery project is moving along. We now have the curtain up! Plenty of animals to go around to fit in the Noah's Ark theme.

Assembling the Crib

Start Time: 7:43pm, End Time: 8:14pm

Assembling the crib did not take as long as we expected. Maybe that's because it's simply made of solid wood and metal. No particle board and plastic for this baby! And as you can see, if you click one of the photos and check out the gallery, Jennifer, as always, is responsible for reading the instructions...and Justin is the manual labor.



Another project checked off our to-do list!

Painting the Nursery

Lots of bright colors in here. Lots more to come, though!

Lesson learned: a 6-inch stripe around an 11x11 room does not require a gallon of paint! What else shall we paint bright green?