Making progress (at last!) toward being baby-prepared...

Well, Tank, we're finally getting around to doing the "important" things to get ready to welcome you home - you know, like installing car seats and getting my hair colored.

This weekend we did install both car seat bases (don't worry, I've got a call in to the Noblesville Police Department for a safety inspection), got the crib and dresser delivered and crib built, got all the laundry items pre-washed, installed the car baby mirror and window shades, and got the nursery looking a little less chaotic and a little more like somewhere a baby would sleep. Whew!

 Our original furniture from buy buy Baby was delayed past your due date, so they hooked us up with a higher-end crib and dresser that were in stock! Great customer service and so pretty! (don't worry, you will get a mattress if you're a good girl)

Car seat bases wouldn't stay put in the middle of either of our cars, but we think we've got them secured properly on the passenger sides.

37 weeks down - "early term"!

Wow, Tank, we will meet you VERY soon! We've gotten a ton more stuff to fill out our baby supplies (though I'm sure we've forgotten some very important things that we'll discover as soon as we bring you home), your crib and dresser should be delivered this weekend, and I've been washing all your clothes, blankets, and baby things like a crazy woman. Brian calls this "nesting", but I just call it panicking. Either way, we are closer to being ready for your arrival (though nothing will make us 100% prepared). We also met with our birth doula, Sarah, and we feel excited about adding her to your welcoming team.

Part of my "preparation" was getting my hair professionally colored for the first time since before our wedding last September. It's a little more "purple" than I'd imagined, but it's WAY better than the gray/straw combo I had going on before.

Maternity pictures!

Aunt Sarah of Sarah Hodgin Designs (https://www.facebook.com/SarahHodginPhotography) took some maternity pics of us at Potter's Bridge Park right in Noblesville, one of our favorite new places to walk. We got some great ones!

 Note the belly bump shadow in the distance.

 This one is my absolute favorite. B looks so sweet.

36 weeks down - a busy time!

Tank, after weeks of denial and telling myself that you'll arrive AFTER July 30th because first-time moms often go into labor late, I realized there's also a chance you could come EARLY, and I needed to get on it with buying our last supplies and getting your room ready!

 We put together the Pack and Play, and Sox isn't too sure about it except as something to hide beneath.

 Our friends Marcia and Scott came over with their adorable kids, and B got to practice holding baby Everly.

 Uncle Luke and Aunt Sarah are expecting a new cousin for you in January - so you'll have someone a little smaller than you to play with soon!

 Speaking of small, these newborn size diapers look so tiny in my hand...

More trouble getting a "normal" belly pick... I think B made a bad joke here.