Trying to Get my Groove Back

It is definitely taking me a little while to get back on my feet and recover from our glorious vacation. Fun? Yes. Restful? Not exactly.

We got home Wednesday night and both worked Thursday and Friday. We could have taken those days off and enjoyed a four day weekend and really? We probably should have. But we both are jealously guarding our days off for once this Princess gets here so off to work we went. I am slowly working on some of the detail posts and I think I finally answered the last of your emails/comments, hopefully I didn't miss anyone-they were all appreciated!

Some Snippets until I finish up the other posts:

We got home from vacation and started to feel woefully behind, particularly preparing for this coming-incredibly-fast little bundle.  Vacation was up in the air until quite literally the last minute.  Vacation plans had been made months in advance but the final decision was made Tuesday and we left Thursday straight from work (with commitments Tuesday AND Wednesday night).  This child seems to like keeping us on our toes.  Life and decisions up until vacation had been so crazy time-consuming that a lot of other plans and decisions were kind of pushed off until after vacation.  My agenda for May is looking quite lengthy. 

And this past weekend?  Well its no wonder I am still tired this morning...

The remaining two pieces of furniture were removed from the nursery; new furniture needed to handle the additional load for the rest of the house was set up & moved around; paint colors, bedding and the majority of the nursery furniture decisions were finalized (quite a bit of it purchased too!).  Books and craft supplies were ordered, returns were done, vacation unpacking commenced, mega loads of laundry done and the last little bit of the gardening & landscaping was finished.  Reading through the above list makes it clear why I have been groaning all day.  One would think I forgot I was pregnant!

I have miraculously held off on 99.9% of shopping for this babe until after our vacation. The one time I caved was when one of the etsy artists we wanted some prints from ran a 50% off sale. At that point we knew she was a she and no way was I going to pass up that kind of sale! However since we've been back? Well...I have killed my phone battery anytime my computers been running reports. I have been getting quite the education on hair accessories. Korkers, puff bows, loopy bows, spikes, bitty bows, clippies of all sorts, endless varieties of headbands, monogrammed items and so much more. There is a lot out there! And it is all so dang cute!

Joyfolie has always been my go-to. My first love if you will. And knowing that I am having a girl? Yeah...I just need to open a line of credit with them because heaven knows my girl is going to be wearing it a lot!  Their current spring line and upcoming summer line are both incredible, baby girl is going to have more shoes and accessories than her mama.

That being said, unless this child is running around naked save adorable shoes and hair clips,  I might need to expand my horizons a bit.  So please tell me all your favorite places to shop!  I've been recently acquainted with Polka Dot Posies and Little Pea Bows (who is currently running 50% off their entire shop!).  I've also heard of One Little Monkey, though her shop is temporarily closed right now.  I would love to hear about your favorite children's stores as well as etsy/handmade shops! 

Oh & does anyone have a favorite store that sells 3 monogram bows?  I saw a little girl wearing an adorable one at Disney but they have proven tougher to track down then I thought!

Pregnancy updates & vacationing at Disney pregnant recaps up next!