Preparing for our baby

One of my first matters of business after telling my family we were expecting was put in a request for an afghan from my Grandmother. I already knew what color I wanted it to be, so I happily selected some skeins and dropped them in the mail as a subtle hint for her to get busy. My grandmother, who is in her nineties has made an afghan for every grandchild and now every great grandchild and I was delighted at the prospect of finally receiving one for my own child.

Baby nursery

Having a child is much like getting married, once everyone finds out they want to know the date and your color scheme. Long before we knew what we were having I started making my first quilt, the colors I was repeatedly drawn to were gray, white and yellow. I know they are a tad trendy, but our wedding colors were pink and green which seemed to have had their fair share of the spotlight. For the nursery, I am envisioning a room predominately white with gray and yellow accents.

The big reveal

Almost as important as when we told our friends and family we were expecting was "the how". We agonized over how exactly to spread the news and ended up doing it in a variety of ways.

First, we told my parents by inviting them over for dinner and at the dessert portion presented them with individual strawberry shortcakes topped with individual fortunes. Each fortune was the same and read, "we are expecting". There was a bit of initial confusion as to what exactly this meant, but once everyone caught on it was all smiles and excitement.

Next, we told our dear friends who had also just recently returned from a big trip. After we had returned back to their place for dinner we told them we had some vacation photos to share with them. Eager to see our photos while her husband was in the bathroom Lynn opened the box and was instantly ecstatic as she viewed the photos of us holding our ultrasound photos. Steve, on the the other hand was a tad confused as to what exactly we were holding and first asked if it was a photo of a bat. Upon given him a few hints he quickly caught on and joined Lynn in her enthusiasm.

We wanted to tell our friends in a group setting, so we devised a plan to host a backyard potluck. Before we sat down to eat Cameron mentioned to the group how people are always asking what our next big adventure will be. He told everyone our next particular adventure would be longer than usual and that it would be parenthood. Everyone was surprised and people were expecting we were going to announce we would be moving abroad or going on another trip instead.

Lastly, we told Cameron's entire family. A family trip to Disneyland had been planned for months, so we decided it made the most sense to tell everyone at once in person. Upon arriving to Disneyland we met up with everyone and Cameron mentioned we needed to take a group photo. With Cameron behind the camera he said, "one, two, three, everyone say Lisette is pregnant!" Being the jokester that he is not everyone thought he was entirely serious, but once he confirmed that he was everyone was smiles.

Preparing for our little man

There is no denying little girl clothing is over the top adorable. In my limited experience, there also seems to exist some pretty cute little boy clothes. Do you have a favorite place to shop for little boys? Here are some of my favorites so far.

Peek, a limited selection can be found at Nordstrom, but they recently opened a store at University Village.

Sparkle and Spin, a UK brand which makes trendy basic and sometimes offers great sales.

Baby Gap, they have amazing sales, great attention to detail and offer adult clothing miniaturized.

Tea Clothing, unique, timeless styles which can be worn now and twenty years from now.

Zara, hip, modern, but not overly expensive trendy looking clothes.

Kate Quinn Organics, rich colors and stylish takes on basics.