Wow, I feel like my life is in a little bit of Baby Mania right now preparing for Ashton’s arrival!! That’s right, we decided on his name–Ashton James Colyar. I’ve been busy looking at crib sets online, making lists of much needed baby items, checking out paint colors for the nursery, and registering at Target of course !! I really feel like we’re making some progress though!! And it feels soooo good. We decided on our crib bedding set yesterday and got it all ordered. We found a beautiful crib skirt and matching fitted sheet from Pottery Barn on a great sale!! And bought a matching Koala Baby Powder Blue Bumper from Baby’s R’ Us to match…it’s really cute and fresh and classy. Can’t wait for it to get here in the mail so I have a little more to work with for coordinating window treatments, rugs, storage baskets, etc…I decided against the classic crib set because the quilts that come with most sets are pretty much unusable. They are stiff and too heavy to cover an infant safely, though great for a play mat…but there are so many great activity mats with hanging toys, that I didn’t really use Emma’s quilt at all!! Also Carrie, Ashton’s Grandma is making him a nice soft, gorgeous quilt that he’ll be able to use…So I figured, why not piece together separates and save like half the price of a crib set?! Well, easier said than done. It took a lot of time to find something that I really liked that was affordable and that matched with the other pieces. But I think I was successful. We’ll see when it gets here!!

It’s been a whirlwind of summer activity around here too! This weekend was the first gorgeous, cloudless, blue sky weather that we’ve had yet and it felt amazing to soak in lots and lots of sun and kick-off the first summer BBQs and days at the park. Saturday we had a BBQ at a friend’s house, who is part of our life group. The BBQ was a blast, great food, lots of volleyball, a chance to catch up with the girls, and lots of play time for the kids. Thank you to Chrissy and Mike for hosting us! Their yard looked beautiful!! I forgot to take pictures at that event, but did bring my camera for a birthday at the park the following day. Emma got to help her little friend Jonah celebrate his second birthday complete with dinosaur cake and good food!! We let the kids play in the water for a while. Emma also got to play with her friend Sophia that weekend in her deluxe kiddy pool while us Moms chatted away. I love summer…and I don’t think it’s even officially begun!!