redo

     Before West was born, I made poor Stephen drive out in the middle of nowhere to buy this chair from craigslist. It was a great chair in theory- wide, modern, and neutral enough that I could use it in another room when he didn't need a rocker anymore. However, it was horribly uncomfortable. Also, tan microfiber is possibly the worst fabric on the face of the earth. Every fingerprint, speck of dirt, and stain was magnified by the terrible fabric.
    SO, my mom came up this weekend (because she is amazing, awesome, and loves me a lot!) and spent hours and hours helping me recover it with some fabric that I found on super clearance at my favorite fabric outlet near Asheville.

     It is now AMAZING! The fabric we used is ridiculously soft wide corduroy in velvet. Needless to say every living thing in my house loves it. Westley has actually just stood there rubbing his face against the arms a few times. I am a little sad that the pretty blue-gray color of the chair clashes terribly with the color of my bedroom. But that is where the chair will need to live while we are still in this house. Now all I need to do is find a moses basket stand for our room and I will finally be able to stop hyperventilating because our boy will actually have a place to sleep.
   

and deeeeeep breath

this weekend was a very long one.

saturday morning started out with stephen heading to little league evaluations and harry waking up extra early (and extra cranky).

by 10 i HAD to get out of the house. my mom and i went to raleigh to look for some fabric. i forget the name of the store, but it was a little quilting shop that had a ton of fabrics that places like joanns or hancock doesn't carry. my score of the day was a pretty yard of some gorgeous amy butler fabric that will eventually become something baby related....after the fabric store and a very interesting coffee shop (let's just say that it was the most "spiritual" coffee shop that i have ever seen), harry and i spent a few hours with aunt dusty looking for comfy sweats and hoodies. (nothing fits the same when you're pregnant).

stephen was home when we got back, and our little family of three headed over to our pastor's house to spend some time with some good friends and eat good food.

by 8 it was definitely time to head home, and while stephen and harry were spending time getting ready for bed, i sewed. i actually completed a project this weekend, too. (which is a miracle in and of itself). the pattern is from one of the books i got for my birthday (yeah the one in august). it wasn't the easiest pattern i have ever used... i am not a huge fan of using patterns from books... but it was clear enough to get the job done. and viola. the newest newborn accessory... a snuggler. i am pretty much in love with the result.

sunday has been gloriously low key. breakfast downtown, church, thrifting with aimee and an afternoon/evening of relaxation with some pretty awesome neighbors. after ending the weekend on such a high note, it would be nice to have a great week. we'll see how it pans out. stephen is going to be gone a lot this week for little league, and i try to keep myself well paced to last the entire week by myself with a rambunctious 2 year old and a very large belly. so... there it is.

maybe i will get really brave and get a vision for the pathetic excuse for a nursery that continues to remain behind closed doors at the end of the hall... or maybe i will be content to hang out in the living room for 5 straight days just trying to survive. ha. lovely....

and here is a terrible picture of my largeness at 34 weeks and 2 days.....

oh how pretty

is it wrong that i spend the time while harry is napping to look at pretty things on etsy???

like this...