nursery time.

finally...a couple photos of baby girl's nursery. i knew i had achieved my goal when this conversation happened...

husband: "it looks like that one store you like so much."

me: "Anthropologie!?"

husband: "yah."

me: "that's exactly what i was going for!"

oh gwenyth.

who doesn't love gwenyth paltrow? she's totally beautiful, intelligent, articulate, and presents herself as surprisingly accessible. if you've never visited her blog, i definitely suggest checking it out... www.goop.com. i really want her new cookbook as well, My Father's Daughter, because her blog includes tons of tasty recipes, so i am sure this book will not disappoint, plus, she fully admits to actually liking food, unlike so many little skeletors roaming around hollywierd, so that's promising. i love her honesty as well. on many occasions i have heard her on interviews saying that she works really hard to look as amazing as she does; it doesn't just happen on accident...dang it. she talks a lot about working with tracy anderson, trainer to the likes of not only gwenyth, but nicole richie, julianne hough, and pretty much every other celebrity who has an amazing bod. i have a few of her mat work out dvds and i looove them. although, i'm not sure you would be able to tell that i love them at this juncture in my extremely pregnant life...any day now.

Ruche love.

so i am sure that many of you have known about Ruche forev, but somehow this little gem evaded me until a few months ago. it's very anthro, without the steep price tags. everything is very vintage inspired, young, and fresh, and i seem to find something to purchase on shopruche.com every month or so. lately i cannot seem to stop (trying) to shop for regular clothes, even though i am still pregnant! hopefully this baby girl comes soon! here are a few of my current loves from Ruche...

$64.99

$47.99

$36.00

$34.99

$32.99

once upon a time...

a few weeks ago my sweet, and very creative girlfriends in Simi threw me a storybook themed baby shower! it was darling... complete with amazing red velvet cupcakes baked by my beautiful friend Lauren (who so needs to open her own bakery), topped with mini versions of children's books! each guest was asked to bring their favorite childhood storybook and write a little message inside for baby girl. it was sooo sweet and right up my ally! i absolutely loved the idea, and now, i have a beautiful library of books!

faves.

So it would seem that my lack of posting in the past couple weeks would suggest that I have a new little baby keeping me busy. unfortunately, this is not the case. i have been eagerly trying to keep myself busied while awaiting some sign of labor from our little one...but to no avail. i am 37 weeks and 4 days right now, and pretty darn ready for her to be here. oh well...all good things come to those who wait...right? yes. she will be here when she is good and ready:) So with the nursery 99% complete (i am just awaiting the arrival of the bedskirt and bumper made by the etsy store UrbanFringe), i haven't had a ton of stuff to do each day. the first week of maternity leave was hectic since i was in a rush against who know what to finish the nursery...so i did. i finished the curtains, which actually turned out pretty darn cute, along with all of the other fun creative crafty stuff i did. i will post pics when i get the bedding! So in the meantime, i have been bidding my time with, well, pretty much anything that keeps my brain even mildly stimulated. so here are a few random thoughts and faves i have been meaning to share with you.

frozen green grapes. i eat these all day long. they fool me into thinking i'm having a treat.

biochem chocolate vegan protein powder. i have a shake with this stuff every morning that consists of 1 frozen banana, 2 spoonfuls of oats, 1 scoop of protein powder, and almond milk.

i rub this stuff anywhere that is very dry. currently i have been rubbing it on my tummy...and knock on wood, no stretch marks yet...but i'm keeping my fingers crossed!

i have really dry skin. summer, winter, any season really, and my skin is just thirsty! this is the only lotion i have found that really works to quench my dry skin.

baby love.

i know i said the next post would be the beautiful baby shower i had down south, but i have been sooo busy this week that i have yet to upload the photos. plus, after the day i have had today, i just had to share. so tomorrow is my last day of work and the way our schedule works, today i saw my 1st and 7th period for the last time and tomorrow i will see 2, 4, 6. so this morning my darling students had a "baby shower" for me. they brought tons of sweet treats and they all brought presents and made me sit in front of the class and open them. then they all sat cross legged on the floor in front of me while i read them Madeline's Rescue. it was beyond adorable.

their ideas of my apparently very strange looking baby. almost as strange as the dream i had about the baby last night. well it ends up i had twins, but only one was human...i had also given birth to a rabbit, that twin was a bit neglected.

all of the precious gifts from my students!

yesterday i received this little gem in the mail. the sweet husband had ordered it for me without me knowing almost a month ago. he had hoped it would be here before one of my showers, but unfortunately it took forever so he had to tell me about it. i think the thought was super sweet though:) not to mention that i absolutely, completely looove it. i cant wait to use it!

all that sparkles

i am currently finishing up my last week at work before my maternity leave... and boy am i ready. i have a few diy things to finish up in the nursery next week and then i will definitely post some pics! let's just say, i'm about to burn the midnight oil on the 'ol sewing machine...ok maybe not the midnight oil...maybe the 8pm oil. anywho, thinking about it just makes me realize how soon our baby girl will be here! i had another amazing shower this past weekend (pics and more to come next post) in southern california given by three of my sweet friends....and it was absolutely fabulous. so now we officially seem to have eveything we will need....and let me tell you, she has quite the extensive wardrobe:) speaking of wardrobes, i keep finding myself standing in front of my closet putting post-baby outfits together in my head. i have a current fascination with shiny shoes. i have two pairs that i am currently trying to decide between.

the Gap city flat- $39.50

* you can get 27% off your total order today only on gap.com with code GAPGET27

i have these in camel and they are super comfy.

tom's shoes silver glitters

$54 www.toms.com

i am planning on wearing said sparkly shoe with these fab jeans. i have had my eye on them for a while now and i've got two anthro gift cards burning a whole in my wallet that i have been waiting to use until after the baby is born.

AG Stevie $168

anthropologie.com

these i will not be wearing. these are the cloth diapers we ordered for baby girl and i just think they are so adorable! afte reading masses of info and reviews, my personal decision has been to go with the Bum Genius 4.0 snap closure. they have so many different sizes built into these things that they are supposed to last from newborn to potty trained!

amazon.com $35.99 for a 2 pack