Audrey's growing wardrobe

When Brent and I found out we were having a girl, we celebrated by hitting up the baby sale at Gymboree and buying a few must-have pieces.



When my mom found out we were having a girl, she did the same thing, just on a whole new level.



Yeah, my mom is just a tad excited. When I confronted my mom last year about Brent and I having issues in the fertility department, she got a little ahead of herself and starting purchasing clothes when a sale was too good to pass up. (For those wondering about the risky gamble she took by purchasing girl clothing, let's just say there's baby boy clothing stashed in her house somewhere).

And for those who noticed the title of this post, that's right, we have a name – Audrey Elizabeth. :)

The first nursery decision

I knew I wanted a focal wall in the nursery, and after much debate – I'm going with this:


Hello argyle! I am so excited. And yes, those are the nursery colors. Black will also be added to the mix, but every time I added it into the argyle it looked to harsh. So I'll toss it in elsewhere.

I'm not exactly sure how one goes about creating an argyle wall, but that's an issue for my dear husband to figure out. I see lots of measuring and creative language in his future.

In other news: Beer party, the sequel, is this weekend! It feels so weird, because well, I've basically done nothing for it. I still have so much leftover from last year's party, that it didn't make sense spending money on making it different. There will be one big difference for this year's party though, I will be sober. Being around all the fabulous pumpkin beer will be a challenge. I wonder if my guests will get weird out if I start sniffing the beer?

Ummm...I like penguins

In case you couldn't tell by my penguin tree...

or my dogs' toys...

I may like penguins a little.

So, is it really a surprise that the only baby items I've bought so far are penguin-related? Yeah, I didn't think so.

Over the winter, I snatched these up from Baby Gap:

And my mom got me this adorable penguin backpack from Gymboree last week:

But considering I bought the penguin hat and booties before I was pregnant (yes, I judge me too), this hits the shocking reality that I've bought nothing for the baby since I've been pregnant. I know this will change once we find out the gender (September 12!), but until then I really just don't know what to buy.