It is pretty apparent that nurses love to give other nurses, nursing related gifts. I have to say, Marta was pretty excited to register for the baby healthcare/grooming kit when we were at Babies ‘R Us, but we weren’t really expecting the gift-givers to be just as or even more excited about giving us the hand little healthcare set.
Marta just had her baby shower with her nurse friends from the hospital…here’s what she came home with (among other things)
My mom came into town and we were extra-productive on Saturday. We bought a dresser for the baby’s room, picked a paint color, bought the shelf rail/moulding for half way up the wall and we went to work. We got a good 3 coats of “grape green” paint (somehow it still needs some touch-up work) and my mom wallpapered the back of the bookcase with the vintage airplane wallpaper that was gifted to us from the Mayotte’s…
And then Sunday was the baby shower with the family. We got lots and lots of baby clothes with monkeys and puppies and monsters on them. Thanks to everyone for the gifts! And of course, Henry couldn’t escape the weekend without showing off his halloween costume…
Registration has begun. The baby shower invites are being sent out in the next few days and we thought we should have our registrations ready for all those eager grandparents, family, and friends. It has been a little disappointing with the selection of baby-related merchandise that all seems so cliché, not to mention an overwhelming amount of these items and “must-haves!” So currently we are a little stumped on how to proceed. Any suggestions? And don’t tell us to make everything on our own! This is the 21st century for goodness sakes, who has time for handmade anything 
But seriously, any suggestions? We sort of wanted to do a typography-themed room and/or may go with an aviation theme since we do have a series of 3 childish paintings we did awhile back called “bird” “plane” and “hot air balloon”. I can’t find a photo of them right now, but I did just find some awesome illustrations by Paul Thurlby. I’m excited again…there is hope!
Check out his Alphabet Shop to see all of them.
I was needing an excuse to come up with some new monsters for the series and my friend and coworker at JLOOP Courtney gave me just that. She saw the pillow monsters I made for Sloane and Ella and asked me if I could make a couple more for two of her friends that had upcoming baby showers. I got a little crazy and gave Max arms AND legs, but then I went back to the basic one set of limbs for Jason! I really like how the fabric and shape of Max turned out, but I definitely still prefer the large teeth and one large eye on Jason! (also, I like inserting ! at the end of awesome names) Anyways, here are the new monsters…
Also, follow Courtney’s family blog. She always has awesome photos of her son in superman costumes.
Our good friends are expecting little ones very soon. Marta went to the baby shower this morning and we handmade some fun stuff for them. Marta is a genius when it comes to sewing and I try to pick up some pointers from her. I made the monster pillows to match the booties Marta made. And now I’ve decided to start a series of creations, drawings, animations, anything monster-inspired called “MEGAWESOME MONSTERS”
More to come soon…
