The Countdown is ON!

What have I been up to lately? Yes I am 9 months pregnant but that's not slowing me down one bit! I have a LONG list of "TO-DO's" and "Honey-DO'S." So far Daniel has worked VERY hard to prepare for Coopers arrival. He has been busy putting up closet doors, changing out light fixtures, putting together the pack n' play and SO much more! My to-do's are a little more exciting and fun. Take a look at a few things I accomplished this morning...

I added all of Cooper's toys to his toy box in the living room.

Washed Cooper's Bottles!

Planted flowers. I had this grand idea to keep these nice pots full of flowers at the entrance to our church building. That plan failed... twice. So I brought the pots back home and decided to plant flowers in them today. Lets hope they like my house better that the church building. The beautiful green leafy plant in the middle is a hydrangea. I planted it a year ago. It's tripled in size but decided not to bloom this year. Oh well, at least it's still alive!

I planted these a few weeks ago. I must have my grandmothers green thumb because they are really growing! (That and I am blessed to live in the shade.)

I made a flower pen basket! I have heard that the nurses at the hospital are wonderful and I wanted to be sure to have a nice gift for the hospital staff. Since I will be a little busy delivering a baby while I'm there, I knew I needed to think ahead. A friend of mine gave me the idea of giving the staff writing pens. Nurses always need pens right? So here is my fun crafty way of giving boring pens! Lets hope it's not to cheesy. How to? Get a basket and put Styrofoam in the bottom. Take silk flowers and attach to pens using floral tape. Stick in foam. I added tons of pens without the flower as well.

Daniel's It's a Boy Cigars. Well... OK these are not cigars, but they are the equivalent of. These are giant, medium, and mini Hershey's chocolate bars. Yummmm. They are covered in an argyle wrapper that says "Welcome Cooper Patrick Evans, Proud parents, Daniel and Ryan Evans." As much as we would love to keep the hospital experience all to ourselves we are in touch with reality. Cooper will be the first grandchild on each side of the family, and the first great grandchild on one. So we are guessing the waiting room will be packed. After Cooper's arrival I'm hoping people will take the chocolate and go home. Wishful thinking... We do expect lots of excitement and we are so thankful to have family and friends that love and care about us so much!

Now it's time to reorganize the kitchen...and maybe the bathroom...

Pregnancy Week by Week

Here it is. Week 5 through Week 36. Looking back I can't believe how much I've changed. Now I'm just crossing my fingers that I can take reverse pics and 9 months after Cooper is born I can look Like Week 5. Hahaha... we shall see.

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Nursery FINISHED!

Today I added the final touches to Cooper's nursery! Less than 40 days and our little Cooper will be here! (If he shows up on time.) His room is nice and small so I had to get a bit creative. My goal was to have a classy-whimsical nursery. I know the time will come when Cooper wants a tacky sports poster on the wall, and it will smell like gym socks soon enough. For right now, I have the opportunity to make it look (and smell!) just the way I want! Like it or not, Cooper will love it!

This is Daniel's Father's Day present from Cooper! Shhhh don't tell. (Daniel might see this, but he rarely reads our blog so my guess is it will still be a surprise!) It's a basket full of sports equipment. It includes: full size basketball, football, baseball, soccer ball, t-ball bat and baseball glove. Everything Daniel needs to teach Cooper to be a competitive athlete. (I think it will be a little funny of Cooper just likes to read. hahahaha)

Cooper's reading chair! (Just in case he doesn't love sports like daddy.)

I am in love with this awesome name artwork by Lauren Woodson! I gave her a few ideas and this is exactly what I wanted! (The colors are a PERFECT match to the ones in his room!) The little book shelf is something I have always wanted. Cooper has over 100 books so this is a cute way for me to show them off. (A few of them at least) And the little sock monkeys are from Cooper's Grammy.

Planing and decorating Cooper's nursery was one of the BEST things about being pregnant! Yay for fun and good memories.

Shower Weekend!

My blog has been on a bit of a hiatus. The last few weeks have been CRAZY! Little Saints Pre-K Graduation was a wonderful success. My Mom flew in from Dallas on Thursday night for my shower weekend! Saturday, Little Saints gave the most amazing shower and Sunday, Faith West gave me a beautiful shower! Both were decorated in Cooper's nursery colors! (I know this must have been a challenge because his nursery colors are not your typical baby boy colors.) Daniel and I are so thankful for all the blessings. We have such generous friends and an awesome church family.

The following is a small handfull of a few GOODIES given at the shower. More pics to come at a later date!

Diaper Tower!

Big stuff!

Cooper's Shoes!
Cooper's Razorback Gifts!

Monkey and Puppy Gifts!

Monogramed Robot Backpack.

Cooper was blessed with so many gifts! I wish I had pics of them all. I hope to add pics of my showers soon.

More Nursery Pics!

How I made Cooper's mobile.

• You will need very heavy paper or card stock, double sided tape, brads (I got super cute ones that look like buttons from Hobby Lobby!) scissors, a pen and clear fishing line.
  

• Next: cut your paper into a perfect square. Then cut each corner towards the center of the paper, a little more than half way to the center. (you might use a ruler to measure and mark the center of your paper) Then poke a small hole in the left corner of every cut section/triangle with your brad. After each left corner is poked through the brad poke it through the center and secure.

• Now tie clear fishing line around the brad and add double sided tape. Stick another pinwheel on the back and hang from ceiling with push pins!

What Baby Cooper's view will be.


The nursery is still a work in progress. We are still waiting on the baby bedding, toy chest, chair and wall book rail. (and all the other stuff kids need)