I am loving the cuteness overload of my babies' room. It is all slowly coming together, even though I don't have anything for the walls just yet, besides a calendar. We'll see what I can come up with in the weeks ahead. Tomorrow is 24 weeks for me and while I'm super excited, I almost wish it was farther along. It just feels like such a long time till I get to meet my little Aidan. I'm hoping he likes his room. I know the cat does. We've been keeping the door closed to keep her out. She thinks all the new toys are for her!

I got my baby registering done and I'm quite pleased at how much smoother it went then I was expecting. That may be because I took my mother instead of my husband, so it was much more educational than tiring. It was nice not having to wrangle in a 5-year-old trapped in a 26-year-old's body. So my companies of choice were Target and the Land of Nod. The Target registry is the "real" one, because it is all the things I really will need. The Land of Nod, however, is the fun one, with all the stuff I don't really need, I just think is cool and would never pay for myself. (Sorry Land of Nod). I'm hoping I covered all the basis and all the price ranges. I'm also hoping that not to many people veer off the registry path if they opt to give a gift, because I don't really want to have to go back and buy all the things I need one month before the little man arrives. But that's up to the family and friends. We'll see how it goes.

We have a winner on the baby shower theme search. My mom loved the little bird idea, plus it goes with the theme of Aidan's nursery (even if the colors are different). But it's gonna be super cute I'm sure. I made the invites (re-creating a bird image I found online that I LOVED) and adding my own splashes to the text and colors. But I'm sure I'll be out of it from here on out... maybe.

So my bestie Melissa is also expecting (coming in Jan.) and I don't want her stressing about throwing a shower when she's got more important things on her plate now, so I've convinced her to let my mom throw/host the shower with a little help from my siblings and my mother-in-law & step mother-in-law. Now on to the difficult decision...what should the theme be? I know, I don't need to be the slightest bit involved in my own baby shower, and I have every intention of not being...for the most part. I can't help but throw in my ideas to get the ball rolling (my mom procrastinates) and I'll most likely be designing my own invitations (it's kind of my thing) so I have to have a little involvement. But then I'm out of it. I swear.

So the three themes that I LOVE are:

Cravings, Baby Bird, & Owls.

BTW: how perfect is the little diaper cake with the name Aidan on it?

So anyone have a favorite?

It's a Boy! We've decided to go with the name Aidan James for our little guy and I couldn't be more thrilled. He is a kicker, which I love and he seems to really enjoy 80's rock, and musicals. He is sooo my kid.