What Lucy has been up to recently

Spending quality time with Grandpa:



Working hard on puzzles:



Giggling with Papa:



Just being all around adorable:



And of course, sleeping like a rockstar:

Spooky Decor

To prove that I meant what I said about branching out past Lucy updates in my last post, here's a shot of the decor above our tv armoire. I found the cool vase and spooky crow on sale at Michaels the day before I was induced, and just had to get my halloween decor in order before she came!

Here's a better shot of the crow.

I will admit though, it has given me the creeps at 2 in the morning when I'm up feeding Lucy. But I suppose that's part of the fun! The good news is Whiskey has not decided to stalk it just yet.

Okay

We promise this won't be a completely Lucy-centered blog. I'll still try to post recipes and house projects, etc. But really, can you blame us for going a little crazy over this baby?

Video of Lucy

Another video. Lucy trying to fall asleep.

Pictures of our Baby Girl

In case some of you can't see the videos in the previous post, here are a few shots of our adorable Lucy!

Lucy Rose Cohen

Praise God for our beautiful healthy baby girl! Lucy Rose Cohen was born on October 15th at 1:27 a.m. weighing a hefty 8 pounds 4 oz and measuring at 20.5 inches. While the entire labor was only 15 hours long, the last 4 were pushing which made it quite the experience! Thankfully my sister was there and took some video footage of her first few minutes in the world.

Nursery Pictures

I suppose that being 4 days overdue has its pros. Like being able to crochet baby a Halloween pumpkin hat. And actually posting pictures of the nursery that we worked for so long on. So here they are! The long awaited nursery in its finished condition (ok, we're still shopping for a floor lamp to go behind the rocking chair, but besides that it's finished).

So first off, here's a picture of the nursery from standing in the doorway. I tried to get in as much of it as I could, what you're missing is the changing table and dresser and closet which are all on the right side of the picture.

And while the camera's flash might make everything nice and clear, it also tends to distort the colors so here's a more fuzzy shot of the room, but with the colors much softer and prettier than the first:

Here's a close-up of the crib, the canopy, and the dresser with its cute little stuffed animals and carrousel on it. The bassinet is only temporarily to be stored there, until baby graduates to her crib.

Next we have a shot of the rocking chair corner (imagine a really cute floor lamp that I'm going to find on sale somewhere).



These are the two cute animal prints that complete the set of three mom and I made for baby's room out of greeting cards. I love how they turned out!

And on the wall next to the rocking chair we have our fabulous craigslist bookshelf!



And I have to point out what mom and I have dubbed the frog-house.

We couldn't decide what to put on the top shelf, until mom came up with the brilliant idea of a bird-cage. So we spent an afternoon scouring all the stores in Moscow and Pullman looking for a bird-cage and we found the perfect one. For 70 dollars. So with that plan out the window we came to our last stop, the antique mall on Main/Washington street, and found this charming little house for only $20. Stick a couple of frogs on it and it becomes a frog-house. Ta-da!

These adorable elephants were giving to me by my friends Deborah and Lydia. They parade along the second shelf of baby's bookshelf and I can't wait until she's old enough to play with them. They're so cute!

And last we have the changing table side of the room. Please notice the lining on the baskets underneath the changing table are of the same fabric as the rocking chair pillow. That's because my mother very kindly made them for me after we could not find baskets with a lining that matched our color scheme.

Plus she also sewed the adorable banner that goes over the changing table so that we could stick with the fabric scheme we already had. Isn't she fabulous?

I love turning on the little frog light, it will make late-night diaper changes a little bit more enjoyable.

So there you have it! And the one thing we're still waiting on? Our beautiful baby girl. Any day now!

The Final Countdown

Fun in Fall

Fall soup: sausage and pasta with spinach, yum! Plus I made homemade buttermilk biscuits for the first time and they turned out wonderful!

Fall flowers from my friend and coworker Ellen to celebrate my last day of work (and baby's due date):

And a little bit of the fall decor around my house. I was in a hurry and only got these two shots but I also have some adorable mini pumpkins on the dining room table and various other fall items sitting around:

And of course, what makes this fall the most fun:

Kathryn Church Designs

My good friend Kathryn is hosting a give-away on her design blog, you can check it out by clicking here!

I can't believe I never posted about this on our blog, but Kathryn is also one of the two gals who threw my baby shower! It was such a fun time, and since I was silly and forgot to take pictures I'm very happy to share a link to the post, click here for pictures. Isn't she talented?

2 Random Comments

Yesterday Joel and I went to the Farmer's Market and picked up ingredients to make salsa. Joel is a salsa-making king, I could eat it non-stop! While at the Farmer's Market we also grabbed some honey crisp apples from another vendor, and they are delicious. The only problem is we can't finish one in a single sitting. To demonstrate how big they are I snapped a shot of a farmer's market apple next to a Winco one.

And I am also finally able to post a picture of the seat cushion I made for our rocking chair! I sewed up this pillow cover many weeks ago but never got around to hand-stitchin the back shut. So my mother graciously helped me out yesterday, and so that's one more nursery project down!

I think the back is particularly cute.

And in other exciting news, all except for finding one floor lamp to add a little more light, we are completely finished with the nursery!! Pictures are hung, curtains are up, bedding is washed and ready to be used, hurrah! So I plan on showing it off here in the next few days, I can't believe it's finally done!