Welcome baby Katie

Kathryn Charlotte Broom joined our family on January 22, 2012 at 10:03am. She came exactly 1 week early which we are very thankful for since she weighed 8lbs 2oz and was 20 inches long.

She has been such a good baby this last week home with her. Zoe and Sophie are in love with their sister. They want her to go everywhere with them. They want to hold her a lot and Zoe just sits and watches her frequently. They have been very sweet with her.

I am a week late getting this out but it has been a little hectic around here. I'll write more hopefully in the coming days.

To see pictures of Katie click here.

Fit for a baby

As we rapidly approach the end of this pregnancy we have been working a lot on getting the room ready for this little girl. We decided to give up our dedicated guest room for the baby to have her own room.

Months ago I started thinking about what kind of room I wanted to create for this baby. Thanks to John's stepmom Sharon, (aka Mama Shar), we got a starting point with fabric when she was visiting in October. She volunteered to make the bumper pad for the crib which is a big deal since our crib is the one John's dad built when John was a baby and is not a standard size. She went home with some fabric to make the bumper pad and I kept some of it to make a few pillows to coordinate. She did an amazing job and shipped them to us. Decor somewhat underway.....

Now, what to do with all the furniture in the room. The queen size bed departed for my parents guest bedroom in early December, and Zoe got the twin size & trundle from their house. The Cedar hope chest my parents gave me in high school remains in the room. The rocking chair my parents had when I was little made its way from their house to the baby's room. Some of the other pieces from the room made their way to Goodwill while a couple others are still trying to find a home in our garage. We finally got the crib set up the week before Christmas and my dad generously took a day off from work to come paint the room for me which was a surprise for John. A surprise for John because he has been working soooo much the last 4 months that I wanted to take something off his list of "things to do" so that he wouldn't have to find time to do it. We did manage to surprise him. Zoe even made him close his eyes when he came up the stairs as she guided him in the room and said "Surprise!" as she flung her arms out. Thanks Dad!

I eventually decided on a wall decal for her room, and after much searching online, got one ordered just before Christmas. John and I started working on getting it on the wall while he was home after Christmas. We finally finished the last of the decal on Sunday with Zoe helping John put up the last flying bird. I have to say we both are very happy with the way it came out and had a lot of fun doing it together.

I made the Cornice board for the window and the bed skirt over the weekend and John put it all together to have a completed room ....finally.

To view all the pictures click here.