Merry Christmas

Update at last!

I have found time to update this blog at last! We are currently on four weeks leave over christmas, one week down already. 
I'm planning to try and have every single thing ready for baby before I go back to work so I can spend my weekends relaxing instead of rushing around getting things done. I have the feeling going to back to work for five weeks will be a little tough on me.

We have loads of projects underway.  I've started the task of pre washing all of my cloth nappies.  They need to go through to wash at least five times to make the absorbant enough so the whole process is taking a few days.  Look how pretty the washing line looks! We have a combination of all in ones and stretchy bamboo prefolds.

I've also started a little project to re-cover a second hand baby bouncer we were gifted. I spent a whole day knitting a cover fo the pole that hangs the toys, and the puppy go hold of it and tore a hole! I think it can be rescued though, fingers cossed!
I'm making three felt stffed toys to hang along the top. So far I have finished this cute owl

I've just gone into the nursery to take a picture of my knitted cover to find yet another great big hole chewed into the side :( Not impressed Rosie! You can see a casualty hanging down by the owl. Now that there are two big holes I will probably have to knit this again. Luckily it's easy, just time consuming.

I also plan to sew a simple crib skirt to help cover up the black hardware that holds up the mattress on the white crib. I found a great fabric that compliments the curtain fabric perfectly! Here are the two, first are the curtains we found for $14 at IKEA and second is the fabric I found at spotlight for the crib skirt. The birds and drawing style are very alike! Love the rockets on the crib skirt.

 

 

And since I'm feeling a bit picture happy today I will add a couple more pics from the nursery. First is my new boppy breastfeeding pillow and my change pad cover I picked up at a second hand market. I love the cowgirl/cowboy print. We found the change table for $20 at a garage sale around the corner. Daniel carried it home and repainted it white to match the crib.