Finally... moving along a little.

By this point in my pregnancy with Tuff, we had everything. We also had everything done. I thought I would be the same way with this pregnancy because me and Jordan are both on the same page when it comes to being prepared.... I was wrong. There have been alot of changes since I was pregnant with Tuff and being pregnant now. 1.) We have a (almost) 2 year old to keep up with at ALL times. By the time his lights go out for the night, mine are ready to go out too. Especially being pregnant. Which doesn't make much time for other things to get done. 2.) We had NO bills when I was pregnant with Tuff because we were still living with my in laws. Which made it alot easier to get things done when we had all the money we ever needed to buy everything that our sweet boy was going to need. Boy, how things change when you buy a house. Anyone who owns a house, knows what I'm talking about....

Anyways, after almost 2 months of finding out that our little strawberry was definitely a BOY, we have started working on ideas for his nursery. Now, I decided from the beginning of this pregnancy that I wanted customized bedding for this baby. No baby-ish "theme" like we did with Tuff. (Note: Had I of known anything about customized bedding when I was pregnant with Tuff, he would have never had a "theme" either.) Anyways, back to ideas. I started with a color scheme... I did NOT want blue. Maybe a little blue was ok, but I didn't want the main color to be blue. I wanted something different but still boy-ish. So I started with orange and then came up with the idea of orange and brown. Once I came up with those colors and ok'd it with the hubby, of course, I started googling. About a month ago, I ran across this retro looking pattern.

After showing it to my mom and getting her "ehhh" opinion, I decided to keep looking. But through all my mad searching, looking and googling, I kept coming back to THIS very pattern. Then I decided to take a little break.

Last week when I was doing my 29 week post, I started thinking to myself  "Wow, we don't have much time... we really need to get started." I knew from the beginning of my pregnancy that a friend of the family would be making Gunner's bedding so I called her up. When I told her we only had 11 weeks she agreed that we definitely needed to get started! Saturday morning I headed over to her house to talk about what we needed/how much we needed/etc. Monday morning at work, I started my searching process again. But once again, I still kept coming back to this particular pattern. I started searching through the websites of our local fabric stores and couldn't find anything like this or close to this. So, I called my sewing friend back up and told her my issue. She sent me to fabric.com and I found this pattern within 10 minutes. The best part is they ship within 48 hours, guaranteed. So... praying the hubby would like this pattern as much as I did, I ordered the amount we'd need! (Luckily, hubby liked it just as much) There are a few things about the bedding in the picture above that will be changed. Let me show you.

(click on the picture to enlarge and see my notes/arrows)

1. Quilt- We have some better ideas for the quilt. So the quilt in this picture, will not be used.
2. Bumper- SINCE this particular material is so expensive, I had to buy it at a local fabric store rather than getting it online. I couldn't find anyone who carried it in this burnt orange color. So, we will be using brown in place of the orange on the bumper.
3. There's something about this pattern that bothers me. Don't get me wrong, I think it's adorable, but I don't think it goes with the retro boxes in the material above it. So, once I get the material in that has the boxes on it, I will venture out to see what else I can find that will match it better. Whether it be just a plain color or another (more simple) pattern, I just don't know yet...

Sooo... What do ya'll think? Like I said earlier, my mom's first opinion was "ehhh" but yesterday she said she thinks she likes it. She said it was something that grows on you. The good news is, everyone else I've shown it to (my sister, sewing friend and hubby) all LOVE it!!! I'm super excited to see the outcome. Now, as soon as we get the fabric in, we will start working on matching it with paint. I have NO idea what I want to do as far as painting yet, but you all know it has to be something different. I don't want to just throw one color on all 4 walls. In Tuff's nursery, his main wall is green and all of the others are blue. But with Gunner's walls, I plan to do something a little more fun. We'll just have to see!

This post will be a "To be continued...." post!

Hope you're all having a wonderful week. Friday is just right around the corner! Can't wait to celebrate our wonderful father's and my wonderful hubby, of course.

One more thing, my Granny (mom's mom) is in the hospital waiting to have a cat scan done today. Yesterday, the doctor felt some tightening in her neck and said it didn't sound right so he sent her to have it looked at somewhere else and they told her she was in the 90th percentile of having a stoke or heart attack from possible blockage in her left artery. They admitted her to the hospital last night to keep an eye on her until she could have her scan. My granny is 70 years old and never had any health problems. She's also never been hospitalized other than having babies. I'm sure you can all imagine how scared/nervous she is. And if the scan shows & confirms the blockage, they will have to do surgery to put in a stint. Please keep her in your prayers. She definitely needs them!