Baby Shower (1)

Last Saturday, Yann and I had our first baby shower.. I had a lot of fun. I am so grateful for everyone that was involved in making it happened especially Kary. She has done such a good job organising everything. The games were fun and the food was delicious. I LOVE the diaper cake that Tiffany made for us. I still have it on display in my house, and don't really want to take it apart. Because they are size 3 diaper, I can keep it the way it is for a little bit longer. We got a lot of presents which I was really grateful for. We were given clothes, beautiful blankets, books (I love books), toys, and so on.
Jen was our photographer that day. Her pictures are GREAT!!! She did such an AWESOME job.

Photos are from Jen:

Kari and my cutie pie.

Mommy and baby.

Baby is wearing a sweater that used to belong to his dad.

The sweater is over 30 years old.

Guests.

More guests.

The awesome quilt my mother in law made for baby.

She went for a polynesian theme.

Heather.

 Faith.

Diaper cake :)

Gifts! 

Kary went with a jungle theme because of my nursery which was awesome. I love the plates, napkins and little figurines Tiffany got.

4 weeks old!

Our baby is 4 weeks old today. It's amazing how time just flew by. We look at him all day (literally all day, lol), and can't believe how much he has changed already. We can never have enough of him. We find him so darn cute that our hearts literally melt away even when he is screaming as if we pinched him or something, lol.

Baby doesn't like to be bathed, and is getting better at having his diaper changed. Changing his diaper can be quite a race. Yes, a race! Race against him sprinkling us, or the walls (even the floor sometimes) with his "built in sprinkler". It can be quite funny at times :). Yann still wakes up every 2 hours to be fed. He eats quite a lot. When he feels like it, he lets me sleep for 3 to 4 hours BUT that doesn't happen a lot. The only positive thing about waking up every 2 hours is the fact that I get to see a lot of the cute things he does with his little mouth when he sleeps, or see him do the cutest things with his hands.

I like the fact that he stays awake a lot during the day, so I can entertain him with my NOT so good singing voice, lol. I sing him songs from my childhood which is fun to do. Sometimes, I even change the words, lol.

The first week of motherhood was probably the hardest one for me. I enjoy being my baby's mom. He brings me so much joy even when I look like a zombie and feel like I am half asleep, lol.

Yann is a tough baby, well, we think so. A couple weeks ago, he underwent a minor surgery. The doctor said that he would be fussing a lot but that didn't happen. He seems to tolerate pain really well (he gets it from me, hihi).

We love our son. Every day, we try to fight the urge to snuggle with him all day long without ever wanting to put him down, lol. So far, so good!!! Life is so AWESOME!!!

One more sunday!

So, Marc will be working one more Sunday then after that, he is returning on a normal shift, Monday to Friday (8am to 5pm). We are really excited about it. For two years, he was working a 4 on 4 off shift which took him away from church one month at a time. We want our family to be able to go to church together. It's important that we do that for ourselves but also for our son. We want him to know how important church is. We are probably both going to miss his days off but I'd rather have him coming to church with me than being all by myself. I can't wait to seat with him at church with our baby by our side :).

January 10th, 2012!

On Tuesday, January 10th, my husband celebrated his 33rd birthday, and we also celebrated the birth of our beautiful son. It was a special day for both of us, and also for our immediate family. We have waited for that day for years, so you can only imagine the way we felt when we left that morning to go to the hospital. We knew that in a matter of a couple of hours, we would get to meet our miracle baby. I was really excited yet a little bit nervous too about the c-section.

We left the house at 6am. Once there, I got monitors on me before they pushed me down to the delivery room. At exactly 8am, I was in the delivery room. The nurses prepared me for the surgery. I think the preparation time took longer than the surgery itself. By the time they brought Marc to the room, the doctors had already made the incision, and a couple minutes later, baby was out. Marc saw when Dr Naude pulled baby out of my tummy, I honestly wished I've seen it too. All I felt is the doctors pushing, and doing things with my tummy. Once baby was out, our family doctor examined him then handed baby to Marc. I've never seen such a big, and beautiful smile on my husband's face before. Of course, I cried. I got to see him for a couple minutes before they (Marc and Dr Gerber) went upstairs to the nursery in the maternity ward. To be honest, I was really sad that I couldn't hold him right away. While Marc was upstairs with our son, I had to wait in the recovery room for one hour. It seemed like it was the longest hour ever. All I thought about was my husband and son.

9:30am, the nurse took me back upstairs. My heart was beating so strongly. I could not wait to see my son again, and to finally hold him, and give him kisses. It was a great moment for me. I have never seen such a beautiful baby in my whole life (I am biased, I know, lol!) My heart just melted once I had him in my arms. He was here at last. Marc and I couldn't keep smiling all day. We were/are so happy to have him in our lives, and feel so blessed to be his parents. Grandma and grandpa B came to visit that day along with a couple friends. They brought presents for baby and for daddy. What a GREAT day it was!!!

Nursery!

Finally pics of the nursery. It is not overly kiddish but we love it. It is warm, and I think cozy enough for our little boy. We did some re-purposing like the rug which was taken out of our downstairs master bedroom. The chair, and foot stool were taken out of the living room. I love that chair, it is really comfortable. I bought the stool at work last year, lol. Anyway, enough said :)

Dresser, letters and stuffed animals :)

Vue from the door.

Crib and pictures. I just got the bedding at walmart.

It was the only one that have the colors we like.

The fitted sheet with cute little monkeys :)

His bookshelf :)

Growth chart. I just got it to give it a childish feel to the room :).

Bad photo :(

Blankets :)

His closet as a storage, lol. 

Darn false labors!

I have two more days of work then I have to take an early maternity leave. I feel like it is a "forced" maternity leave, lol. Saturday 10th will be my last day at work. I'll miss all of the girls that I work with. If it wasn't for me having almost daily false labour, I probably would have stick with my plan to stop work on December 30th, but it is not the case. Going into false labour really hurts. Especially my back. I don't know what I am going to do with myself for the remaining of my pregnancy. All the crafty things I wanted to do for my baby's room are done. Maybe I should make a rag blanket. Marc and the doctor want me to take it easy meaning I have to rest, and nap. I don't really like doing that, not yet anyway :) So, I'll have to find something that is not too hard and that doesn't require me to be walking too much. The goal is too keep our baby inside my tummy for a few more weeks, and not have him before Christmas :).

I am longing to spend time with my son once he is born. I am so looking forward to having him at home. I've decided to go back to work once my leave is over. But I would only work on Marc's days off, so we wouldn't have to hire a babysitter. I won't be doing full shift either. I honestly don't need to go back to work but I think it would be nice to do so. Marc would have a lot of time to bond with his son and create memories together. And it would probably be good for my sanity, lol, just kidding! Nothing is written in stone yet. Either way, our lives are going to change for the better :).

Wooden Letters!

So, the wooden letters we made are finally done, and they are hanging in baby's room. The idea was really simple, however doing it was a little bit of a pain. My first try was a complete disaster, lol. Fortunately for me, Marc had an epiphany, and he was able to help me with the letters. I went back to the store to buy another set of wooden letters. Here's the making of the letters, lol.

Stencils that we used to trace on the paper.

The wooden letters.

Me using the stencils Marc made,
so I can trace it on the scrapbook papers.

The letters are cut out of the nice paper. They just sat on top of the wooden letters
instead of trying to wrap  them around the whole thing.

We sanded the letters, then primed them, then sanded them again.
After that, we painted  them white.

Marc gluing the paper on top of the wooden letter.
I did the A and C, haha!!!

The finish result! I really like it! I did mod podge it once the paper was glued.
We put the hanging hardware on the back of each letters,
and hanged them  in baby's room.

I will put a picture of the letters on the wall later. Maybe when I post pictures of the nursery :).

Book ends!

The home made book ends are finally done! They were since last week but I just now thought that I would post it in my blog :).

BEFORE:

AFTER:

IN BABY'S BOOKSHELF:

Because of the size of the shelf, I had to use the book ends differently. I still love it though.

Fun Night!

Went out to my friend's house for a craft activity. We learned how to make a Christmas wreath using Christmas ornaments. We had a lot of fun making them. I made a blue and silver one. Blue being my favorite color, and not because I am having a boy, lol. The wreath was really easy to make. All you need is a wire coat hanger, a pliers and lots of cute ornaments. It doesn't take a lot of time to do it either.

Once we were all done, I came back home, and a good surprised was waiting for me. Marc made millionaire squares while I was gone. It was so delicious! Today was a good day. Life is good :).

My wreath!

A little mouse ate a square already :). So yummy!!!

A wonderful surprise!

Last night around 6pm, a man came knocking on my door. He handed me a parcel with our names on. I was quite surprised because first, I didn't know who this man was, and second, I had no idea who has sent us the parcel.
After looking at the parcel for a while, I decided to open it. I found several neatly wrapped presents in the box, accompanied by a nice card. After reading the card, and realising where the parcel had come from, tears was falling down my cheeks. I was wonderfully surprised and touched by the gesture.

We have received clothes and a beautiful blanket for our baby. Marc and I really LOVE the blanket, and of course everything else that came with :). We cannot wait to have our baby use it. The only thing I was sure of, when I first got the parcel in my hand is that, it was something for my baby. Here's why:

I cut the drawings and glued them in the baby journal Marc has started the day we found out that we were pregnant. I also kept the ribbons that came with the presents, and am hoping to use it in my baby's room.

THANK YOU for the wonderful, and beautiful presents. We love them all.

It's done!

My diaper caddy (aka basket) is done. Got buttons at the scrapbook store, the ribbons at walmart, and the basket at work today. Glue things together, and now it's done. It didn't take too much time. I like it! I just have to put some diapers, wipes and all in, and we are good to go, lol.

I didn't make anything extravagant, lol.
Something simple and easy to do :). 

Finally filled the empty place
next to my jumbo giraffe bank :).

New project!

The nursery is coming along really good now. The pictures are hanging on the walls. I just got the dressers at Ikea on Wednesday and bought a few more things to make the room look nice. I have enjoyed making the framed arts, and other crafts, so I decided to do one more project. After looking around town for a diaper caddy (not that you really need one, lol), I thought why not make one myself, at least partly. All I really need is a nice wicker basket, some cute ribbons and maybe buttons, and my favorite glue gun and some creativity. I am sure I could do it, not that I am overly crafty, but, I can try, lol. Crafting somehow has allowed me to feel rested, if that makes any sense at all :). I can't wait to go on a hunt for ribbons and all. I could probably find some nice baskets at work. I like crafting! I would post pictures once it is done, of course :). There's an empty space left on my baby's bookshelf. It would be the perfect spot for my diaper caddy.

Craft Day 2!!!

More framed scrapbook papers :

Craft Day!!!

So, today I decided to do some crafts for my baby's room. On my way home from work, I stopped at the scrapbook store, and got some cute scrapbook papers. I then framed the cute papers in a big frame that I bought at work (today, lol).

After I finished framing :)

On the wall in baby's room. Wall by the windows.

After I was done doing this, which didn't take much time, I decided to make some labels for the baskets in the bookshelf. I used the left overs blue papers I used in the framed art with some card stocks I've already had in my scrapbook drawer. I used some left overs velcro that I had to attach the labels to the baskets. At first, I wanted to use grads. I don't have a label maker yet, so I just hand wrote on the labels myself.

Here's the label for the stuffed animals basket, lol. 

I need to get another wooden toy to fill the empty cube, hihi.
I love wooden toys.

Once that was done, I decided to finally do my baby wreath. I used yarn, and a whole bunch of cardboard animals (and others) decorations that I got at the scrapbook store. The glue gun was really effective for this little project. I didn't buy any foam wreath. What I did is use a foam form that came with the changing pad I got a while ago, then shaped the form to make it look like a wreath, I know I am so cheap, lol. I wrapped the yarn around the wreath and went on  gluing. I used a dotted ribbon to hang the wreath on the door. The back ground paper I used in the framed art has dots on it, so I thought it will all kind of flow together :).

Note: The foam I used wasn't really big around,
so the wreath doesn't really look big and bulky. Maybe I'll get a REAL wreath at Michael's
when we go to Edmonton next week, we'll see!

If you noticed, there are a lot of elephants, monkeys, lions in my crafts. We decided to go with a jungle theme for baby's room.
I still have a few crafts that I want to do for my baby's room. I have to finished the book ends we started to do. Also, I want to frame 3 more artsy craft papers to put on the wall where the crib is. The baby's room has a really warm mood to it, and I thought that I would use colors in the accessories.

Here's a picture of the unfinished book ends. What I did is buy some cheap wooden letters cubes at the dollar store, then glued them together. I just need to buy some MDF to glue the letters on to make the shape of the book ends, so that it would be heavy enough to hold the books.

I have enjoyed my day today :))))