From the mouths of babes

At one of my baby showers, my best friend coordinated with my co-teacher to have the kids make a book of advice to me as a new mom. It is truly priceless. Here are some of the highlights of what they wrote (I will spare you their atrocious spelling errors):

• Lookout because there will be a lot of questions and a lot of comments
• You can win 1 prize for best mom
• Teach her how to eat respectful
• When the baby is sad, rock him or her then she or him will go to sleep
• Make her strong by running and crawling
• Don't get mad when the baby cries
• It might be smart to give your baby more food after she finishes her old food when she's eating
• Sing her lullabies to lure her to sleep at night
• Talk a lot in front of her (except when she's sleeping)
• Make her feel special because if you don't you'll make her vulnerable
• Show her "Your Baby Can Read" it actually works
• Give her milk a little bit because my sister is stuck to milk now
• Read her a bedtime story every night
• Find things that you and your baby will enjoy
• Put her in immersion that are languages you know because my dad does not know Spanish so i have to wait for my mom and it's a pain
• Take care of your baby because she is so little and give her food and feed her good
• When she is crying, check her diaper!!!!!!
• Leave the baby naked for a while she needs to air out
• Be with your baby all the time because when my mom is with me I feel so so so happy
• Show your baby the video Your Baby Can Read
• Just be a good mom

School's Out!

FINALLY, summer vacation is here! It's a good thing, too, because 95 degrees, crazy third graders, and a teacher who is 34 weeks pregnant is not a very good combination! I tip my hat off to any teacher who works all the way up to (or very close to) their due date. I'm extremely thankful to be spending the last 6 weeks of this pregnancy at home, on my own schedule, not hearing my name said 8,000,000 times a day or having to be chipper and patient enough to continue high quality instruction!!

And now I get to focus solely on getting ready for the baby! Below you will see pictures of me in the nursery! Mike and his dad painted it a beautiful shade of "lilac bisque" which i am absolutely in love with! In some of them you will also see a cradle that Mike's grandma sent us. It is from the turn of the century and has been used by more than 40 babies, including Mike and his brothers! We are hoping to get the bedding and mattress all squared away to be able to put this in our room for the first few months before she gets into her crib.

And speaking of crib, it's finally in our possession and ready for Mike to tackle its assembly. The bedding also arrived this week! So we are ready to start putting the room together and filling it with all the great gifts that were showered upon our baby girl over the past 2 weekends. Next post will cover the showers in greater detail!

It's hard to really get a sense of the color from these pictures, but it is so adorable and i am so thankful to have the time to finally assemble and decorate.