+1 in 888: graph paper, ruler, pen, tape measure

I L-O-V-E graph paper.  Any opportunity to use it makes me very happy.  I remember using my dad's business graph paper quite frequently growing up.  There is something completely satisfying about basic drafting.

Ok, enough of me and my complete infatuation with straight lines, floorplans and room design.  We finally measured out the room to be shared with the nursery and our office.  I drafted it up and then cut out our furniture to scale plus an estimate for a crib.  I'm still missing a dresser/changing table and a possible extra bookcase, but I believe that this floorplan can help guide us into purchasing the right sized pieces.  We'll be on the hunt for some vintage pieces or maybe a lucky find at my beloved Horseshoe Craft & Flea Market.  The basic answer from my arrange/rearrange of the paper furniture pieces is that everything should fit...without wall-to-wall-to-wall furniture everywhere (my huge pet peeve).  We'll section off the office from the nursery with a curtain that will give us an extra faux wall and the opportunity to let some late-night workers section off from a hopefully sleepy baby.

On the design front, I have a few ideas in mind and am often on the virtual hunt for exactly what I'm looking for.  We'll have a few base colors, but all-in-all, I want to have a lot of color, different fabrics, and plenty of wall art.

+1 in 888: eames, please!

The Eames Rocker.  I like.  I like a lot.  There is something timeless, clean, simple and completely aesthetically pleasing about this design.  Little Lundy will be sharing a space with our office area and this rocker should fit in nicely with our tight quarters.  I'm also picturing making a quilt and pillow to add some coziness while spending some quality snug time with the little one.

life and times of the pregnant bridesmaid

whew!

I'm thinking my impromptu 11am naps are reason enough to believe I'm worn out...from traveling, watching friends and family tie the knot and dancing the night away, of course!

I had the extreme honor to be in two weddings happening back-to-back weekends, the first for my sister and the second for my lovely friend Liz.  One hitch, although these two ladies both reside in Seattle, my sister was getting married in Canada!  Off Kalin & I went on a two day road trip up to Banff, Alberta for Kayla's wedding.  It was a busy few days filled with family, decorating, a wee bit of hiking, too many mosquitos and a lot of love!

I was checking into my flight to Seattle for Liz's wedding while we were still on our road trip back from Canada - somewhere in Wyoming with luckily enough 3G reception.  I got home, threw in some wash, repacked my suitcases, snuggled my pup and by noon the next day, I was at DIA catching my flight to Seattle!  I arrive on Wednesday to get henna for Liz & Kaushik's Indian ceremony happening a few days before the other ceremony & reception.  It was so great to be with my friends that I miss dearly, have Kalin join us later in the week, watch some great dance rehearsal and celebrate the beautiful love of Liz & Kaushik!

After a barely-made-it-on-the-plane and stuck-on-the-runway return trip home, I was very happy to be back home and looking forward to the coming months where we've got to really start prepping everything for this little one.

Speaking of the little one, we will be able to stop calling it "it" come next week!  I'm very excited to see the baby again and too know boy or girl.  I say girl, Kalin says boy...at the end of the day, we don't know until the doctor tells us!  

r & r ... handmade beginnings

rest & relaxation

A recent week-long trip to California did amazing things for my pregnant self.  I slept SO well with cool breezes!  An escape from our 90s-100s here in Colorado were just what I needed.  On top of it all weeks 14/15 are proving wonderful on the energy front and I'm feeling like I'm actually getting things done.

Before we left for California, I went on a purge- and organization-spree that was quite amazing.  I've got a load of Goodwill to get out and I'm feeling like we are making a lot of progress.  Our last Dr. visit was great and Kalin was able to come for the first time to see this little one moving and shaking!  Baby didn't let us know what gender it was quite yet, so we're waiting until the end of the month until we find out - once we know, time to go to town on that nursery.

Back to CA - I had such a lovely trip and was able to spend a lot of precious time with Kalin's family!  Our little one is going to be so blessed with wonderful grandparents, great-grandparents, aunts and uncles - on both sides!  Lots of love that only grows.  My time in CA finished with a 2nd annual Lundquist girl's Stitch-a-roo, where we get together, stitch, sew, shop, eat and enjoy each other's company.  We were all quite successful with our projects and I got one in for the little one:

These little hoops will hang in the nursery and they have some of my favorite Dave Matthew's lyrics from the song "Oh".  We had this song at our wedding ceremony and I just absolutely love this simple little endearment.  

dear week 13...

I'm very, very happy with you.  I have been blessed with surges of energy throughout my day for the past few days and I am thrilled at this renewal!  Nausea has subsided and I'm just waiting for my full appetite to return.  Please, please, please can this trend continue?

With this newfound energy, I've taken on our big project of starting to make room for our Little Lundy. I've just about filled up our large recycle bin with tons of old magazines, papers, boxes.  I've got a growing pile of Goodwill items and then all sorts of other things that need to be sorted and decided on.  Oh, and lots of shredding.  Why, oh, why do we tote these papers, trinkets, all sorts of odds and ends around with us from home to home?  I think this is my most thorough purge yet.  It's just time for things to go.  Our space is valuable around here and I'm not giving too many things a second chance at collecting more dust.  I do have to admit, I'm on a maniacal mission to find some of our larger printed wedding pictures that I've never framed...somehow they are just not showing up.  I'm a wee bit afraid that we've lost them (sigh...)

It's also surprising with the little bit left over of things we actually need. I'm trying to keep these odds and ends organized into bins.  No more old moving boxes collecting our things that we never see again.

On the baby front, I'm definitely seeing a little bump action happening and the pants are starting to snug up.  Looks like a summer full of dresses for me!

planning ahead

I took our other child, Mochi the dog, into the vet today for a check-up and to get some vaccinations.  While I was in I asked our Vet about how best to prepare for bringing a baby home with our dog.  A special thing to note is that we L-O-V-E our crazy little 9 lb yorkie and well, he gets a whole lot of our attention.  When he's met babies, he quite curious and and wants to lick their toes.  2-3 year old kids asking to pet him make him a bit nervous and uncomfortable.  I'm just hoping there won't be any sort of huge issue that pops up.

Anywho, the Vet recommended we might need to bring in Mochi for a teeth cleaning before the baby comes and that I might get the year-long heart worm than the normal 6 month because that would run out right about the time that baby comes.  For the first time I felt like oh, we have 6 months until the little one arrives, so there may be some important things that we'll need to take care of.

Proactive.  Seriously, the first time this idea dawned on me.  I suppose through the haze of nauseousness, feeling weird, most likely acting weird for the past two months, I haven't truly thought ahead.  There are items for the baby that we'll of course need and then there's life after baby that I haven't even thought about.  I think this may be because as much as I imagine what motherhood will be like, I know I don't have the darndest clue - so me, kalin, baby and mochi will all get to learn together.

is it odd that the first pic up on this blog is of our dog?  who cares, I just love him!

11 weeks

So close to that second trimester!  It's going to be a huge milestone - I'm so looking forward to it!

Had an appointment last week and all things are looking good.  Ultrasounds are kind of amazing.  I saw the little one squirming and moving and that just made this all more real.  It's simply incredible.

Things are also getting more real in that this little one is already receiving a few items and we're starting a little stack that I'm sure will grow and grow.  I mean we have Buttpaste!  Essential for baby we're told.

Kalin took the initative this weekend while I was gone to Texas for my cousin's graduation to start the purging of closets and beginning the process of switching rooms.  Baby and office will share our current room and we'll hope our bed and dresser fit into the smaller room!  Things are starting to change!