More Goodies Made with Love from Grammy!

Handmade nightgowns and booties, and a beautifully knit afghan in Grandma Soporito tradition. Grandma Sop always knit each family this afghan for their first baby, and since she is no longer with us to continue that tradition, Mom recovered the pattern she used and carried it on for us. We have it draped over Grandma's rocker, in memory of her.

Baby Bedding from Grammy Grams!

My mom is the most skilled craftswoman I know. She has been working so hard to create the most beautiful custom-made nursery linens for Baby, and the package arrived yesterday much to our excitement! Everything was done to perfection- notice how even the bees line up on the crib-skirt pleat. Thank you Grammy Grams for all of the beautifully made baby bedding! We will treasure these for many years to come :)

Baby Belly at 38 weeks

Monday marks 2 weeks until our due date. Baby can come at any time now! We have been trying to soak up our last few days alone together before the big arrival. Today we headed down to Alexandria, VA for a taste of the frozen custard at Dairy Godmother's, a cute little shop that President Obama made famous earlier this summer when he took his girls there. They whip up really yummy homemade custard and sorbet. I had chocolate custard, and then went back for a kiddie scoop of lemon lavender sorbet. Why not? William of course opted for the large sundae!

Then we headed down into Old Town and walked around a bit until we became too hot and tired to keep going, so we came home for a nap. Tomorrow it's back to work for me... not looking forward to that :( Hoping Baby comes soon so I don't have to start teaching!

We snapped a few pics in Old Town to remember the full-term baby belly.

Baby's furniture all ready!

So Baby could come at any time now, and we've been working hard to get the little space we have ready for him or her. Last weekend my good friend Jody was over to help me paint the old dresser from mom's house, and my other friend Elisa brought Grandma Sop's rocking chair back from Amish Country, PA with a brand new seat on it, hand-woven by an old Amish man. My mom did the re-finishing work to peel about 50 or more years of paint off the chair and stain it. It is so special to us! I even had time this week to put a new fabric cover on the baby's hamper so it would match the crib skirt that my mom is making for the Baby. So exciting!