I. MISS. SLEEP. {and a nursery update}

I'm swollen and tired!

The past couple weeks have gotten a little tougher. My wedding ring fits only if the temperature has dropped and it's nice and cool. My ankles disappear depending on what kind of dinner I have AND I get up 4-5 times a night to empty my bladder... for the love...I miss sleep! I'm not going to turn this into a complain session (well not totally) but I just have to put it out there that I. AM. TIRED. I'm sure the sleepless nights once Lilly Rose is here won't be as bad when I have her to cuddle (fingers crossed this is the truth and if not mommies please don't tell me otherwise, not right now anyway). But, until then...this is not what I thought my last couple months being childless would be like. Maybe I should find a room to go nap in while I'm at work, that may solve some of the sleepy issue. :) 

In other news, the nursery is coming along nicely. Billy painted and did a wonderful job. We ordered the dresser and I cannot wait to get it in, it's beautiful! Mom sewed the curtains and crib skirt this past weekend. I'll post a sneak peak pix below. I'm looking forward to putting all the pieces together and seeing my vision come to life. :)

Kriner Family Shower {celebrating Lilly Rose}

This past weekend Billy & I headed to Folkston for our Kriner family baby shower. Aunt Rosie & Uncle Ken hosted the celebration for our Lilly Rose. As always, they were the perfect host and everything was beautiful. Aunt Rosie had so many lovely little details and the dessert table was gorgeous (and yummy too!). It was good to catch up with family and visit with everyone. We feel so blessed for all the love they showed us in giving to our sweet baby girl.

28.5 weeks

The Kriner Girls

Beautiful Miss Sarah Kate

 Lilly Rose Shower Details - love!

 How cute are these?

Gifts

 Aunt Rosie with the twins & their Uncle Trey

 Silly Pops ("Papa")

 My big helper, Carlo - love this kid to pieces!

You've Got Mail {always brightens my day}

A few days ago I was having a rough morning. It was just one of those days and nothing seemed to be going good. At all. Until... I came home from my appointments and found this on my doorstep.

It was Lilly's glider for the nursery! It was a definite pick-me-up. Mail always brightens my day! Obviously I couldn't carry it into the house myself so I had to wait for Billy to get off work for the big reveal...

I was very excited because I wanted to see the glider in person before officially confirming the nursery paint color. We've decided to paint the nursery yellow with the dark cranberry red, shades of green, yellow, white and damask being used throughout the room. Here's just a brief idea of my vision...

These items were also on my doorstep that same afternoon! These packages knew just the moment to arrive at the Bird residence. ;)

Damask stencil for Lilly's Nursery, very excited about this! We won't be using this color of course. I'm thinking a pearlized paint or white on the yellow wall.

And, A Christmas outfit for next year...Lilly HAD to have it. :)

Birthday Celebration {33 years young}

Today is a very special day, it's Billy's Birthday! We've had a "Birthday Boy Weekend" and now "Birthday Boy Week" so there's been quite a bit of celebrating in our house. This morning we woke up bright and early to give Billy his gifts. Bright and early only because I have to work today (& because a certain someone is still a kid at heart and was very excited). :)  Actually, I think Oliver was more excited...he knew it was a different kind of morning with the festivities and was so happy dancing around the living room, no seriously! Here's just a few pictures from our early morning.

I'm looking forward to celebrating more with my Birthday guy this afternoon. Happy 33rd Birthday, Baby!

We love you,

Brooke, Lilly Rose & Oliver

PS: Today is 3 months out from my due date! January is just around the corner...

Lilly's new bed {crib building}

About a month ago when the crib arrived Billy and I were excited about putting it together to see how it would look. Since Mom and Dad ordered it online, I wasn’t exactly sure (except from the online pictures) what we were really getting. One Sunday afternoon Billy and I put Lilly’s new crib together! Well, Billy put it together and I helped hold up the pieces. :) It’s not exactly a “chili pepper red” as the description described but more of a dark cranberry, it’s really beautiful. I’m looking forward to decorating her nursery using the crib color as a ‘pop color’ throughout the room.

 Already one proud daddy! :-)

And I am verrrrrry excited to say that we are under the 100 day mark according to our baby app. We have about 97 days to go before we meet Miss Lilly Rose. I remember feeling good when we hit under the 200 day mark and this feels even better. :)