Baby Swag

I got some amazing stuff for baby Cohen from all my friends and family in LA this weekend as well as some our friend Vicki (loads of furniture and some clothes) and some from a super sweet sample sale! I figured I'd post a few pics so ya'll can see what we have already (in case the stores messed up on updating the registries as usual hee hee)...
Sample Sale: Only spent $100!!!

Cocalo Alphabet Soup Set: Growth Chart, 2 photo frames, 2 sets of wall hangings, Matching blocks, Switch plate cover, Night Light, & Wall Border Decals; 2 blankets, Baby timer, Nursing cover by Hooter Hiders, A box of 6 pairs of socks, Booties, 2 Swaddling blankets, A Sun shade for the back window, and some chewable jewlery...

...But wait there's more... A comforter that coordinates with the one we have in case it gets baby puke on it :), Teresa got one for her crib too (at $10 a pop you can't beat it)

...And even more! Diaperbag by gr8x with changing pad and pacifier holder (the side pocket is insulated for a bottle)... and a coodrinating Diaper "wallet" by Skip*hop that is mostly a changing pad that has pockets for the included refillable wipes case and a couple of diapers... I like it, very grab-and-go... But everything in the last three pics was included in the $100!!! We even got Gracie a Diaper bag as well!
Baby Shower:

Crib from Vicki, Moremi by Cocalo Crib set from mi Mama

Matching Mobile from Auntie Marcie "Boo Boo"

Daddy Diaper Bag from Uncle Larry, Aunt Sandy, and the girls, Felice and Marisa

Froggy Bath Tub Kit from "Tia" Aimie

High Chair from Sadie (she made Cohen a "Sadie Blanket" too, my fave baby blanket I had was made by her, super special lady, and one of my Nana's dear friends)

Swing that turns into a Toddler Rocking chair, also from Auntie Marcie "Boo Boo" :)

Pack and Play Yard from Liz and the Girls, Mandy, Allison, Angela, and Sasha

The start to a great wardrobe :) Many people contributed to this :)

Lots of Bibs, a couple hats, and a couple pairs of shoes

Bath and Safety Stuff

In The Dresser: Drawer #1 - Sleepers and some socks

In The Dresser: Drawer #2 - Lots of Onesies, Some Rompers, Shirts, Pants, A cool Harley Davidson outfit (thanks Amy), a cute brown sweater, and a cute "church shirt"

In The Dresser: Drawer #3 - Lots of toys, which I know will quickly outgrow the drawer and soon be on the floor :) We should look for a toy box or something on CraigsList, Joanne gave me the cute Giraffe Band and the Monkey Harness!

In The Dresser: Drawer #4 - Diapers and Wipes of the Earth Friendly Variety, My little way of "consuming less and creating more" I guess... We will be cloth diapering at home, but sometimes when you are out and about, you just really need a couple disposables...

Okay I know these shelves need some organization, but I was starting to lose steam... I just wanted stuff off the floor... Up here is A car organizer, a travel blanket, and sunshades for my car from Joe and Vivian, a nursing cover by Bebe Au Lait, A Baby Ka'tan wrap that Teresa got me at Goore's, and a whole bunch of the other stuff listed in the first picture from the sample sale...

So many beautiful balnkets, from so many beautiful people (the yellow knit one is Nana-made and the white one is Sadie made)

More Diapers and Wipes and blankets :)

Lots of receiving blankets and a couple burp cloths

Cohen's first Buddies :) Giraffe from Grandma Terri and Elephant from Auntie Marcie "Boo Boo"

Musical "Buddies" Giraffe from Liz and girls, Elephant from Auntie Polly and Rachel

Chillin'

All the Buddies (including March of Dimes "Auggie Doggie" from Julie and Ashley)

Feathering the Nest

I know I haven't written in a while, but I have been quite busy nesting... I know, right? LenaLoo? Nesting? Lol... But seriously, with a little help from my friends, this apartment that looked like a tornado had hit after my first 5 months or so of pregnancy is now starting to look pretty darn good! Okay, so the dishes may not be clean all the time,

but I have organized Cohen's bedroom and gotten all (well, most) non-baby stuff out,

Gotten the cats used to doing their business out on the porch by making them a kitty paradise,

Organized our electronics and some books we had in baby room onto a new unit,

Re-purposed the old unit we had our TV and stuff on as a coffee table with storage to further organize the electronics, Got most of the extra stuff out of our bedroom (still working on this), Had the back bath tub re-caulked (thanks Dad and Hubby for the joint effort) so we could finally use it again (have to do the front still before baby gets here),

Brought my baby dresser up from LA and organized all the gifts from LA baby shower immediately (like didn't even sit down and take a break after the car ride, I got right to work),

and Put Cohen's bedding and mobile up in his crib (I know I have to take it off again and wash it before he gets here, I was just really anxious to see how it looked on the crib)

Nesting?

Is it supposed to start this early? I "dropped into" a baby store (Goore's, for people in Sacramento) yesterday and 3 hours later came out shell shocked but giddy... I got to see the crib set we picked out before we knew it was available online only, Talked to reps about cloth diapering, baby wearing (she talked me into buying a sling), and diaper bags...

I also found a humongo giraffe that I really really want to put in baby's room, I even have the perfect corner for it, alas it is $99... I also got talked into registering there because they are the only store around that has the cloth diapers that we think we are going to go with (Bambino Mio, anyone heard of it or used it? It is a prefold system with cover just like Tidee Didee uses), and I signed us up for a cloth diapering class sponsored by the company later this month... Like Becky said, "It's like all of a sudden you are really pregnant" lol... She was referring to the fact that I can actually eat for two now (I proved that at Ikea the other day, eating in a sitting what Toby and I normally share)...

I also was able to stomach (and enjoy) Dill Pickle and Cherry flavored shaved ice last weekend in front of Becky who tasted it and nearly gagged... I came home from the 3 hours of awe at Goore's to a room full of baby furniture that needed to be assembled, so I enlisted Tim's help... He took my crib apart and painted it for me, so he kinda knew better than the rest of us how to put it back together (we should have taken pictures before taking it apart, cuz he had even painted over the brand name and totally couldn't remember it to look online for instructions lol)...

When Toby got home, he helped Tim also put together the changing table my mother in law got us the other day...

And then I cleared all the posters and books that reflect Toby and I and put them up in the hallway (still need to find a home for the books though) so we could move the bookshelf around and figure out how we like the setup...

I think this is what we are going to go with...