Claire Julia Warren

6.28.2011

11:43 pm

7 lbs, 21 inches

So, contrary to my doctor's guesses, Baby C hung in there in time for my mom to arrive last Wednesday (and is still currently hanging in there, cooking up real nice).

For now, we're taking things at an easy pace, enjoying the California sun and plenty of soul feeding mother-daughter time. A brief calm before the exciting whirlwind begins.

Here's a sneak peek of the nursery, replete with many hand-crafted things!

C is for Claire! Two little shadowboxes I made to mimic the pattern found in her Oilo bedding (that has yet to arrive, hence, no photos of the bare crib). I used crepe paper and painted wire for the flowers.

Here's a simple mobile I made to hang above the crib, and a print of a photo of the San Diego temple that Christopher took a few months ago.

Claire means "light" or "bright," so we both thought this scripture from D&C 50:24 was fitting for our little beam's room.

Can't wait for a baby to live in here.

**Now that I am officially on maternity leave, I have had time to do things that I normally neglect. Like rotating the mattress, scrubbing the shower out with a toothbrush, and updating this blog!

This is SO long overdue, but for (soon to be born) posterity's sake, let me share some pics from my day as an audience member on the Ellen DeGeneres Mother's Day show:

My pregnant friends Stephanie, Anna, Brittany and I filled our tanks before the show at the Original Bob's Big Boy.

All 4 of us strolling into the restaurant well into our third trimesters was quite the sight.

We made it to the Warner Brothers studio!

At this point, Ellen is announcing that every last one of us expectant mothers is getting all of this stuff. Whoever spots my lanky arms up in the air gets a quarter!

After a wonderful, whirlwind of a day, with red bags full of baby swag (and many more large boxes of things to be loaded into our cars a few hours later).

This was one of the coolest experiences of my life. I laughed, I cried, I said many prayers of gratitude, and now I have more beautiful, top-of-the line baby gear than I practically know what to do with. Ellen, I hope you got my thank you card!

Fullerton Arboretum, 36 weeks pregnant, with white California poppy:

I just posted a few recent projects on design miser. Check it!

So while Chris is getting thinner...

(These pics are from his buddy Mitch's wedding last month. He weighs even less now, so who knows if that suit even fits him anymore.)

...I am becoming great with child. 30 weeks and 6 days in, only 64 days to go!

Last week was one of the best I've had in recent memory. On Tuesday, I celebrated my 26th Birthday (with cupcakes, cheesecake, Mediterranean food and something called a "chocolate bomb"), on Saturday I had a baby shower thrown for me (with baby clothes, gear, blankets and more cheesecake), and all weekend we enjoyed a visit from my old friend from high school, Oneyka, who came with her son and parents all the way from Brazil.

(Chris and I, Oneyka, Vinny, Sean, Rachel and Jakob. Rachel, Oneyka and I all spent Senior year together)

Thanks again to to wonderful friends who helped celebrate my birthday, my shower, happy reunions and this beautiful season of life.