It has become quite apparent to me that life is going to continue moving 100 MPH after this baby arrives. The boys will still want to go to the pool, the park, play out front... and just be boys (as they should be!).

While I'm the type of parent that likes to wear my babies as much as possible when they are not of back-breaking weight, there is still times when you need to put the baby down (whether it's for he/she to nap, or to have a bit of a break).

I was so excited when Katie at OC Mom Activities threw me a baby shower. Along with that shower came a GREAT gift that she was able to score from the gals over at Luly Boo - they call it a baby lounge to go, but I think of it as a portable Moses Basket!

I've never had a baby lounge, Moses Basket, or anything portable (except for a stroller and car seat) for my babies to rest in. What's great about this product is that it folds up in to a lightweight backpack! Seriously loving the idea of this, as we often walk to the Water Park or Pool in our neighborhood and never can fit everything we need in the wagon our boys ride in.

When your little one is very little, it's important to put them down in a safe place. I love how the Luly Boo Baby Lounge to Go will give my baby girl a safe place to sleep when my husband and I are trying to keep up with our lives as parents of two very active little boys. And even when we aren't on the go, we can use our Baby Lounge to Go at home for keeping her comfortable when folding laundry, working at the computer, or doing our chores!

Thank so much to the gals over at Luly Boo for such an awesome Baby Shower Gift! I can't wait to be able to use it for my little baby girl (7 more days and counting!).

I was starting to feel a bit guilty toward my second child because my hallway was graced with ADORABLE pictures of my first.

So I decided to be fair and not have pictures of anyone up in the hallway, so that in the future I didn't get the whole "Mommy, you aren't being fair" lecture. Well, at least not about those darn pictures!

What to do, what to do... didn't want to go out and purchase new artwork, yet I had great frames with matting inside of them that I wanted to use.

My solution? Framed fabric. And to spice it up a little and make it "cool" for the kids, I used iron-on transfer paper to make signs to point out which way you go if you are a boy or a girl (by the way, don't forget to reverse the text before printing!).

The "Girls" sign does not mean that I'm going for baby #4. Please, count me out. But lets be honest, I don't think that any little girls are going to want to hang out in the bedroom of my little boys. They get stinky while they sleep, and their closet is tiny. Baby S's room is a feminine haven with ample closet space. Score if you ask me! Besides, when I test printed the transfer part that just said "Girl," it didn't look right... definitely needed that "s" at the end!

Sure, I could have gone for a bit less of a June Cleaver look with the "wall art," but the kids think it's pretty cool in the meantime that they have a sign that says "Boys" that points to their room.

And if they think it's cool, I guess I think it's cool, too.

It's Wednesday night.

And instead of trying to forget what it felt like to have an External Cephalic Version performed on me this morning, I'm just here... just being.

Apparently all the the things that I did over the last week or so coaxed Baby S to come to her senses and turn to the head-down position. I don't think it was the Acupuncture treatment (as she would have moved within 12 hours of that), but I do think it was the Chiropractor! It seems as though he has freed up some space in my body, and I'm convinced it was what he did that allowed me to avoid what was previously planned for today.

I swear on Sunday night, as I was laying inverted at a 45 degree angle to try and get the baby to turn, that she was head-up. In fact, I'm certain she was! Monday morning I woke up, and Baby S was her normal inactive self (girlfriend sleeps in). When I went to my OB appointment later on that morning, I told my Doctor that she was still breech and I was very frustrated.

Well, that's until he checked on ultrasound to find her head down!

So for now, she's facing the right way... and I'm hoping she stays that way. I'm also hoping that she decides to come earlier than my planned induction date of the 25th. But of course, we'll just have to wait and see on that one.

Right now I'm just thankful that things are working out. It would be seriously crappy if they didn't, but I guess in the end it wouldn't be the worst thing that could happen.

These days I'm making my lists, and I'm checking them twice. Kind of like Santa Claus.

Funny thing is that I'm about the size of Santa Claus, except, you know... I don't have a belly like a bowl full of jelly!

On my list last weekend was making sure that the baby's room was all set and ready to go. Final touch ups on the walls... check! Carpet vacuumed... check! Everything put in it's place... check! Artwork hung up on the wall... check!

So at this point it looks like all I need is a baby and the room will be complete.

The bedding is made by Cottontale Designs, and is part of the N. Selby line in a print called Garbo. When I originally saw this bedding online, I didn't think much of it because the colors looked so muted in the pictures that just about every baby bedding site showed. When I saw this bedding in person at a local baby store is was love at first site. I'm not a fan of baby bedding with lambs and butterflies on it. In fact, I'm really not a fan of anything that is made for a baby with annoying juvenile prints on it! Why can't a baby's bedding look good in your home and make your house look well put together? This bedding satisfied all of my needs, and I got a terrific deal on it over at Overstock.com.

The paint on the walls is Behr Premium Plus Ultra Flat Enamel in the color Pink Ginger. Never in a million years did I ever think that I would paint a room pink for a little girl, as I've always been so against doing pink for girls and blue for boys! But this pink didn't have that sea of bubblegum feel for me, and with the shade being more on the dusty side it will be easy for my little one to transition with the same paint color to a "big girl" room when she is old enough.

The Custom Flash-Card Style Wall Art is from sarah + abraham. I chose the 11x14 size, and had the print done in brown to balance out all of the pink going on with the walls. The site also sells other Personalized Art Prints, Birth Announcements, Invitations, Stickers... you name it! Very cute stuff, and with standard shipping I received my item within a few days. I visited Aaron Brothers during the 1 Cent Frame Sale and found a nice Frame and coordinating Matting and framed the item my self. In a perfect world this would have been custom framed, but I have to be more of a Frugal Frannie these days!

Things I haven't done yet that I would like to do is create some sort of Wall Art for the wall over the changing table (I'm thinking a framed ribbon/hair bow holder), new woven shade for the window (which will happen when we get around to doing the rest of the house), and side panel drapes. I might scrap the drapes for a while though, because all I can think about is the child safety aspect of having drapes and I would rather avoid injury at all costs. At some point this millennium when my handy man is available to work on my house, our windows will have casings added around them which is a total bonus when you have children because it eliminates the incidence of chipped plaster around the window edge.

For now I'll just have to dream about how it will eventually all look, but the room is pretty much complete and will stay the way it is for a long time.

Now, if I could just figure out how to make a slip cover for my Arm's Reach Co-Sleeper... or better yet, find someone that makes one...