Feeling Happy

I'm seriously happy this morning! I'm not exactly sure why (and isn't it strange that I would even look for a reason for random joy??). We have a lovely weekend. Saturday, we spent running around. We drove about an hour away for Kelly's hair appointment (there are some things that we couldn't give up when we moved to the other side of Maryland...our hair styist was one of them!). After that we headed over to my boss's home for brunch and some pile-diving in her basement. Honestly, she had all kinds of fun (and free!) baby and kids stuff that we took home with us. I love the way that baby things are handed around. Honestly, what person really needs to buy everything? With so much out there just sitting in people's basements and storage units, it's amazing that anyone would need to purchase anything new. With that said, we are picky, and will actually be purchasing quite a bit new...but that is beside the point! It was a lovely experience and some good quality visiting time! After brunch we spent some time at Great Beginnings. This was a new baby store to us. It was fun, but nothing spectacular. There really wasn't anything there that doesn't exist at Buy Buy Baby or Baby's R Us. And the prices were a little more. But it was fun to look. We bought some bottles, a bottle brush, some medical supplies for the medicine kit and some cute receiving blankets. We did a good job sticking to the list of "must haves" that we've made.

The other big news of the weekend is that we finished the painting and border in the nursery! We have moved the furniture that we do have into place. Now, we need to stain the dresser, put in the ceiling fan/light and put up the wood blind. Mom is getting us a fabulous rocker that is going to complete the look, and once that arrives, we are finished! All said, the nursery is wonderful. It's absolutely everything that we wanted. It's 100% unisex (good because we're not changing it for a LONG time) and it's a room that Bailey (and any future children) can grow into. It's big, it's open, it's bright, it's colorful and it is absolutely perfect!!!! We are both so incredibly happy to have it done. We are going to wait a couple of weeks to post pictures, because we want to finish purchasing things, and get the finishing touches done. It really is a work of art in there, and Kelly gets ALL the credit. I helped paste some border on the walls, but that's it. She's done all the painting, the trim, the decorating, the cutting, and the putting up of all the "little details". You just wait...it's awesome!!!!!

We had a great weekend. Hopefully this week will follow suit!