Luke's Room!

Luke's Nursery

I have finally finished everything for Luke's room. We are now officially ready for Luke to arrive! Here are a few pics of the final product:

We decided to do a chic farm theme.

A closet already stuffed with cute baby clothes:

Changing area: I found the dresser at an antique store for a steal!

Love the little windows! It adds so much light to the room.

Remember these from a few posts earlier? The only thing missing is a chair that is on its way soon from Pottery Barn to go under these!

This is a little horse I found at a JBF sale. When my nephew comes over this is the first thing he runs to- he is always wanting to 'ride the horsey', so I know Luke is going to love playing on it!

A fantastic Garage Sale find that was cleaned, sanded down, and painted!

Our crib that we absolutely love! (Thanks Kristen!!)
And our farm animal bedding- loovveee Pottery Barn baby bedding!

I am a sucker for anything monogrammed, labeled, or named. Let's just say Luke is defiantly going to know his name and initials. Andrew thinks I have gone a little overboard, but I don't think so.

These are my ghetto curtains that I made. It is my first real sewing thing that I actually followed a pattern and made, so I am proud of myself, but also well aware that they aren't the best, but I made them with love for Luke, so that's all that counts right?? (I might be redoing these later.)
This is probably my favorite thing in the entire room. Andrew and I wanted to put something special above his crib that had meaning, and decided to read the book Luke (since his name is Luke..get it?)and pick a scripture from Luke to put on the wall. We found this and loved it! It really reminds me that Jesus has such a great love for children and we want this scripture to be a blessing for Luke. Andrew's mom has a very talented friend who came over one day and painted this on the wall for us! We love it! Every time I go into his room I read this.


One week from today is my due date...so Luke could come anytime now-- the sooner the better for me. I am getting pretty uncomfortable and I am very anxious to see him.

Crafty Things

I have been spending a lot of my time making things for Luke. Here are a few other things that I have done.

I ordered these online and painted them to match Luke's room:


Andrew has been working hard painting a rocking chair:


But one of our favorite things is Luke's coming home outfit. Andrew and I thought and thought about what we wanted him to come home in. I really wanted it to have some sort of meaning, and not just something cute. We decided that a little ACU outfit would be cute, comfy and something all our children, boy or girl, could wear home. Also when he gets bigger and has to choose where he goes to school I can show him that he was a wildcat since he was born, and hopefully he will choose to go to ACU. When we went to Abilene I went to the campus store to get something, and of course ACU doesn't make anything small than 6 months, so I had to be creative. I cut this paw and logo out on freezer paper and made this shirt.

Less than a month until Luke arrives! We can't wait!

Farm Art

Well I have been working very hard to decorate Luke's room and I have been working on several projects for him. One of them is that I made some farm animal art. I had been looking on ETSY and saw several different ideas, and I thought to myself "I can do that". Well I tweaked some things and came up with this:

First I got 4 canvases.


Then I painted them colors that matched his room:


Then I found animal shapes that I liked (I searched coloring book pages online so that the lines would be smooth and not so detailed) and I cut them out.:

I trace them onto scrapbook paper:


Once the animals were all made I glued them onto the canvas and coated the entire thing with Mod-Podge, and then Andrew hung them on the wall:


They are probably a little ghetto, but I made them with love, so I hope Luke enjoys them!

Drawer Liners

I worked on a project today for Luke's room. I had purchased a dresser several months back from an antique store, but the drawers weren't that great inside. I decided to cut fabric and line the drawers with the fabric so Luke's cute clothes would be stored on a clean cute surface. It turned out better than I thought.

Before:
I used liquid starch to dip the fabric in:

Then I spread out the fabric in each drawer and let them dry and I now have cute lined drawers!

Catching Up

Well I know it has been a long time since I have last blogged (sorry!), but a lot has been going on since my last post. The main reason is that we have moved again! We moved down the road to Colleyville into a wonderful home and I have been spending most of my time trying to organize/unpack/and decorate. We have been here since Aug. 15th, but we just got internet Tuesday- therefore I couldn't blog or do anything else internet related- it drove me crazy. I have spent 3 weeks using my I phone trying to order things for Luke, pay bills, etc. It was very frustrating, but thankfully now we are fully equipped with cable and internet. Instead of doing several posts to catch you up here is what we have been up to lately:
-We moved to Colleyville (I promise this is our last move for a while).


We have been cleaning out over grown flower beds.
Before:


After:

We took our friends out to the lake and had a blast on the boat.


We painted Luke's nursery.



I don't want to give to much away, but here is a sneak peak of the final color. When his room is totally finished I will reveal it all! :)

I found this huge spider outside my bedroom window! Any spider experts out there know what kind of spider this is??

I watched my adorable nephew one morning, and we had so much fun!

I have been learning my way around Colleyville, and I even went to the library and got a library card and a book to read. And did you know that libraries have current movies and tv series that you can check out for free, for a week?? I have been checking out House and Andrew and I are hooked. They also have story time and I can't wait till Luke is old enough to go- he is going to love books! I am getting settled and 'nesting' as they call it. Luke will be here in 6 and 1/2 weeks! Yikes! Tonight we are going to my little (I say little, but he is 6 '4 and an offensive lineman)brother's football game. Go Abilene High! I hope they make it to state so that Luke can go see his uncle play football!

My Brother, the Eagle Scout

A few weekends ago Andrew and I went to Abilene for my brother's Eagle Scout Ceremony. He has been working on this honor for a long time and we are so proud of him.


Nelson is also an Abilene High Eagle and will be playing football this fall. This is his senior year, and we hope the Eagles head to state again! Luke is going to love watching his uncle play!

Double Digits

Its true- 97 day until Luke arrives. Yikes! So excited, but freaking out at the same time! I just got really overwhelmed this morning when I was thinking about all I have to do before now and then. Here are a few of them:

- Move - yes I know what you are thinking "Abbi, didn't you just move like 2 month's ago?" Yes we did, but we are crazy and we are moving again. Andrew's brother is moving to North Carolina and we are going to move into the house that they were living in. It is a better situation for us, and it is just down then road in Colleyville, so it shouldn't be to hard. We will move sometime mid- August.
- With moving comes packing, so between now and August I need to pack up this house. I know it is a lot of work, but it will be worth it in the end.
-Plan, paint, and decorate the nursery. Which by the way I am about to go crazy trying to decide on what fabric/colors to choose. Right now as I type this I am looking at about 60 swatches of fabric on my coffee table. Just when I think I have a plan either Andrew doesn't like it, or the fabric isn't available anymore, or it doesn't match the carpet.
- Take our child birth classes.
- Take the pre-labor work out classes.
- Organize and unpack everything in our new house.
- Get everything a baby needs.
- Not stress out during all of this.
- Survive this miserable Texas heat.
- Finish my library book.
- Read about 10 other books on babies- who knew there was so much to know and decide on before Luke actually comes?!?

If you know me at all you are probably wondering how I am not just a royal mess, because I am a very planned person, who doesn't like the unexpected or craziness. My answer to you is that God is giving me peace and patience with this entire process. In the past year I have learned more about myself, what I can do, and God than I ever have in my entire life. Now I definitely have my moments where I freak out and get entirely overwhelmed, but I am learning to take things one day at a time. I hope I can accomplish all of this and more in 97 days! By the way, I can now feel Luke kick and punch me all day long- I can tell that he is getting very excited about meeting everyone!