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{Mommy Monday} I’m a mom

August 15, 2011 6 Comments Motherhood

So, in case you were wondering where I was this past week… my little guy is here!

I went into early labor at 3 AM four full days before my little guy was born… I was in early labor for a LONG time and didn’t hit active labor until about 2 days before the kiddo was born…it was a LONG and hard labor.

Nothing went “too plan” but everything ended up working out great because our son is beautiful and healthy.

We had wonderful doctors and nurses who took great care of us and took my wishes into consideration every step of the way. I’m so very happy with my experience.

I’m so in love with him.

I’m just getting used to being a parent… so, please bare with me and the blog in the following weeks.

I do have several awesome guest posts, real parties and a couple of fun tutorials in preparation for this time. But, I still need to load them all in and get them ready for publication!

If you like birth stories…

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Packing for a Hospital Birth

July 19, 2011 4 Comments A Well Crafted Kid

Well, it is here… I’m 36 weeks. He can come any day now and my doc won’t stop him from coming. (Although, we all hope he makes it another couple of weeks to grow a bit stronger.) But, since I am here at the possible last month of pregnancy it is now time to pack our hospital bags and get them in the car. I’ve read the checklists and tried to figure out what I would need in packing for a hospital birth. I assembled my own sort of list (which I am sharing today) but, would love your advice!

Packing Bags for Baby's Birth at the Hospital - A Well Crafted Party

We have 3 bags (my bag, my hubby’s bag and the baby’s bag) that are going to the hospital with us along with my Boppy, laptop and purse. I still have a few things to clean and pack away and then we’ll also have the last minute items of chargers and other such electronics. But, overall it is almost done!

Hospital Bag Items to Pack for Mommy to Be - A Well Crafted Party

What I Packed for the Mommy-to-be Hospital Bag:

*For During Labor*

—Birthing Gown (Didn’t want to wear the hospital one)

— Robe

—Slippers

— Chapstick

—Hair Ties

—Ipod stocked with music

—Mints and Hard Candies

*For After Birth*

—PJs

— Nursing Tops

—Nursing Bra

—Nursing Pads

—Industrial Sized Pads

—Underwear

—Toiletries

—Makeup (I just bought a whole new basic set to keep in the bag)

—Contacts/Contact Solution (Will Grab Glasses Last Minute)

—Hair Dryer

—Going Home Outfit (that will fit my big bloated self)

What I packed for the Daddy-to-be’s Hospital Bag:

—Snacks

—Comfortable Clothing for two nights/days

—Toiletries

—Laptop & Phone filled with games/entertainment/books

—Camera!

—Binder with Must Call list, birth plan (with extra copies), insurance information, directions to hospital from several different areas, list of area restaurants near hospital

—Gifts for Nurses (see below for more info)

—Banner from baby shower to put in room that says, “Welcome Small Human”

Babys Hospital Bag Packing List - A Well Crafted Party

What I packed for my baby’s hospital bag:

—One Swaddling Cloth

—1 Baby Blanket

—A couple pairs of socks (one for his little hands)

— Diapers (we are doing gDiapers so we wanted to have some with us)

— Small Stuffed Animal

— Button on shirts

—Going home outfit

—Also will have car seat in car—

Nurse Thank You Gift Printable - A Well Crafted Party

In my last Mommy Monday post I wrote about how we are bringing Thank You gifts for our nurses and those people that help us during our labor and delivery. We packed 5 of them and made them look super cute with a printable. I thought I’d upload the printable for anyone who wanted to use them! They say, “Thank you for taking care of us on this special day!”

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CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE THANK YOU PRINTABLE DOWNLOAD

What did you find that you needed or didn’t need when you were packing for a hospital birth?

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{Mommy Monday} Decorating the Nursery Pt. 1

May 16, 2011 1 Comment A Well Crafted Home

Thank you to everyone who responded to last week’s {Mommy Monday} Recent Reads.

I really enjoyed the responses and am excited to pick up a few of those books suggested!

So, I have approximately 13 weeks before baby.

(if he arrives on his due date that is…)

YIKES!!!

I need to get things ready! I think I just now hit that time they call “Nesting.”

I’ve been planning out his room the past few weeks, but am just now getting around to doing something about it. This weekend I bought paint samples, material for his crib sheets, and organized the clothes we have into plastic bins. I also started going through ALL of my entertaining supplies trying to condense them into one closet instead of the three that they are currently in.

Theme

We decided to go with a vintage(ish) robot theme for the nursery.

(Which I’m SUPER excited about.)

Paint Samples

Like I said…. I went to Home Depot over the weekend and hmm’d and haw’d over paint chips for a while. I ended up buying three samples for wall paint and then brought home some paint chips of the colors I’d like to feature as accents throughout the room.

The colors look a little distorted from what they actually look like on the wall. I think we’ve decided on the middle color (a light grey) for the walls with the yellow, blue, green and orange as accent colors. (Although… not as dark as they are pictured.)

I bought orange material to make a few crib sheets—I’m super excited to use the crib sheet tutorial from Prudent Baby to sew up a few sheets for the little man’s bed.

UPDATE: Click here to see how the Robot Nursery turned out!