Can you say “Cutest Burp Clothes Ever”?

One day while trolling Etsy I came across these precious burp clothes.  I found them at the Lilacs & Lollipops Etsy Shop.   These precious little things, that one day will be covered in spit-up, are made with premium pre-folded cloth diapers and Amy Butler fabric.

I may not even pass the burping duties off to Derek just so I can wear one of these babies on my shoulder.  Maybe.

We’ve had a few showers and received more than our fair share of baby clothes.  Now the question is what to do with all them dang baby clothes.  Hang them up of course!  Well not all the clothes.  The closet is way too small for that.  But we did want to optimize the space we do have, so I asked my handy husband to add a second hanging bar and shelf to our too tiny closet.  He was more than happy to do so.  Or at least he faked it well.

The closet already had a high hanging bar and shelf, but I wanted a bit more hanging real estate so I asked Derek to add a lower bar and shelf.  He knocked that out in 30 minutes flat.

On the floor of the closet is Grayson’s hamper.  I decided to forgo the traditional looking hamper and use a colorful plastic tub that I picked up on the cheap at my favorite store….Target…of course!  I figured why not get something that fits the style of the room and is easy to wipe down.  Kids spit-up and barf on everything!  Or so I hear.

I covered the shelves with some cute, but boyish, contact paper and painted an accent color in the closet.  I thought by painting this random bar of wood (I have no clue why it’s in the closet…it does absolutely nothing) I could tie the closet to the room a bit more.  So, I took the same color I painted the room, Online Grey, and painted this wooden accent bar within the closet.  Kinda makes it PoP, don’t ya think?

I purchased an inexpensive fabric box at Target to house the multitude of bibs and burp cloths we collected from our recent showers.  And on the shelf next to the box I have a stack of swaddling blankets, and caps for the baby to make sure he is always nice and toasty.  On the top shelf, I have two empty Rubbermaid tubs just waiting to be filled.  It’s nice to have storage ready and waiting for future “junk”.  Kids always bring about extra junk.  Oh yeah,  I am currently storing our stash of diapers up there too.

One of our shower gifts were these cute clothes dividers.

I thought about looking into something like this for his closet.  Since at the beginning, you have a variety of sizes in clothing.  Someone beat me to it.  And the dividers she gave me are just too cute.  Now all of Gray’s hanging clothes can be organized in his closet by age/size.  I’m hoping this will save me time in the “searching for something in his current size” department.

Has anyone else tried this organization method with their kids clothes?  How did it work out?

I ordered Grayson’s crib bedding from a cute little shop called Fawn & Forest.  This shop carries everything from baby furniture, to crib bedding, and toys galore.  It’s very hip and stylish.

When I ordered his bedding, F&F was having a 20% off Memorial Day sale and they were giving away a free crib sheet when you purchased a Dwell Studio bedding collection.  My order qualified for free shipping and they didn’t charge me tax, so I thought at that point I was doing pretty good when it came to discounts & free stuff.

Nope.

I did better.

When you order from F&F they send the order directly to the manufacture (in this case…Dwell Studio) for shipping.  When my order arrived at my home I found and little something extra in the box I wasn’t expecting.  Check out this adorable, and the best part FREE bag Dwell Studio sent me!

I guess I lucked out and Dwell Studio was giving away free weekend totes with purchase.  S C O R E !

I was totally thrilled a first, but then remembered that I was having a boy.  Bummer.  Then I remembered that I’m a girl.  Yippee!!!!  This cute little paper doll weekend bag has all sorts of pockets on the inside and appears to be quite roomy to boot.  That’s when I decided that this little guy should be my hospital bag.  How perfect!  Right?

No sense in having a drab old bag with me on one of the most exciting days of my life.

I caved!  I decided to go with the comfy chair in the nursery over the stylish one.  One of the biggest reasons I was leaning toward the stylish chair is that it was cheaper.  Try $200 buck cheaper.  I finally decided that since I will be nursing….a lot, I really WILL need a cushy place to crash during those fun 3am feedings.

We were able to save a little dough on the chair by using a 20% off coupon, 3 gift cards, a $100 bill we received as a shower gift, and chunk of change my folks pitched in.  In all, Derek and I ended up only spending about $70 bucks on this cushion-y concoction of a chair. I’ve never used so many different forms of payment before.  It was a tad bit embarrassing. Thankfully there was no one in line behind us.  Our new motto is…”anyway to save a buck”.

Did I mention you just melt into this chair?  Yep, you melt…like a gooey tab of butter sitting on top of piping hot mashed potatoes.

Okay, how precious are these?

I just ordered them for Gray’s nursery from Oompa.  I can’t believe how perfect and cheap they were.  With shipping and NO TAX I paid $25.00 for all three cuties.  These little guys stand 3 to 5 inches tall, and will be perfect to watch over my little man while he’s sleeping.

That darn giraffe cracks me up.

I can’t wait to reveal Gray’s nursery to all of you.  It’s coming along so nicely.  Last night we put up the most adorable mobile over his crib.  Just give me a little more time.  It’s almost there!

Here is my newest batch of maternity clothes.  I also purchased me a big belly swimsuit.  I decided to go with the tankini…just in case I wanted some sun on my big ole baby belly.

Macy's, Old Navy, Pea in the Pod

I’ve purchased some other items, but unfortunately I don’t have photos of them.  I am still wearing a few non-maternity items.  Just a few.

As I’ve mentioned before, I read a lot of blogs.  I read a lot of design and party decor blogs too.  One of my favorite things, as of lately, to read about are baby showers.  Hmmm…I wonder why.  Could it be that I have some of those bad boys heading my way in the near future?  Probably.

I ran across this one the other day.  It’s from Most Likely Late, and the shower theme was Milk and Cookies.  What a great theme!  I know in my pregnant state I love me some milk and cookies, and what kid doesn’t?

I know I have no say in what my showers will be like, but this party just oozes cuteness.  This theme would be a super cute one for either a boy or a girl.   I love when people take parties, showers, wedding, or any event to the next level of adorableness.  And I really love it when the event comes through just as fun in the pictures as it did when you attended it.