These are a Few…

Some of the excitement of having a baby is, of course, all the fun little things we get to buy or have new. It’s like a grown up game of house… when sometimes you remember that an actual baby is going to come out of this little game you’re playing. Woo! Anyway, here are a few of my favorites that I can’t wait to use or share with our little baby.
Handmade love! The blanket on the left was made by Adrian’s mom, and the one on the right my aunt made. I don’t think of either of these people as old enough to be the grandma or great-aunt who crochets… but they clearly have talent. Did that sentence make any sense? Anyway, I love these and I hope the baby likes snuggling in them.
Finger puppets are cool. That’s all there is to it. My mom bought these and I want to play with them. Having the kid to entertain is really just an excuse for me.
Ironed receiving blankets. Yes, I’m weird. The rest of them are stacked in the bag to take for labor, but something about having soft flannel blankets all ironed and folded makes me feel happy.
This awesome wrap. It’s like a Moby wrap, but I got it off etsy, so it is also handmade love… just not from anyone I know. I wanted one like this ever since we went to the babywearing class because it seems really snuggly for little babies. So I’m very excited to try it out with an actual baby in it. I tried it on over my belly and it just didn’t seem to quite work the same.

[I'm sorry the color on that picture is weird. I don't like using flash when I can avoid it. But then my pictures come out funny sometimes, even in the day... because we live in a really cloudy place. Clouds usually are actually better for photography than direct sun, but it's just really grey here. There are only two places in the house where I can even try for good natural light, so basically all the pictures come from them. And even then it's not great. Sorry. It's just how it has to be for now.]
This is a preview of the actual crib bedding for the little one. It’s just not all set up in anything right now, and all I have is this cool Boppy cover my mom found. People on ebay get creative, and apparently someone bought a crib sheet and made it into a cover. So now at least there’s a preview of what her room will someday look like, and looking at it and thinking of the rest of it makes me smile.