Stacey, Gregg and Baby....

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Chase is here!!!

Chase Stephen Brandon was born on Sunday night, January 11th, 2009, at 11:23pm. He weighed 7 pounds, 13 ounces and was 20.5 inches long. He is absolutely adorable, with big chubby cheeks, a cute little nose, and long gorgeous eyelashes! We are so in love with him. Here are a few pictures, we'll post lots more once we get home. Enjoy!

Daddy checking him out immediately after he was born. (and yes,
I was already taking photos just minutes after giving birth!

The first of many kisses from Mommy.

Mommy, Daddy and Chase. Our first family photo!

1st time Grandma ("Nana") meets her new grandson for the first time.

Baby Chase!

Daddy brought him a Canes football!

Stacey A. and Jenny came to visit with the new Mommy and baby.

Anthony and Paul welcome Gregg to fatherhood!

He is just like his mommy and loves to sleep!

Mommy and Chase

Mommy, Daddy and Chase. Our little family!

Already a little "Canes fan!

Welcome to the world, Chase! We love you!

Saturday, January 10, 2009

New Years Eve 12/31/08

Here is Stacey A. with Mr. Zachary, Angie with Mr. Lincoln,
Jenny with Little Miss Ella, and me with Chase (in my belly!)
They will all be the best of friends!

Gregg and I on New Years Eve. I am 38 weeks pregnant.

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Nursery Pictures: Before and After

I still have a few more things to do...mainly find a rug for the room and still a few accessories that need to be hung up on the walls. But for the most part, the room is DONE! Just those last few things and that's it :)

Here is the progression of the room, from start to finish:

BEFORE PICTURES: Getting ready for the walls to be painted.

Gregg did a great job!

The final version of the newly painted walls and new chair rail.
The colors we used are Behr "Ocean View" for the top, and
Ralph Lauren "Chocolate Brown" for the bottom.

Gregg installing the new fan (dark wood to match the furniture).

Gregg and his dad putting the crib together.

All done!

My favorite is the personalized name tiles above the crib.
I had these made as a surprise for Gregg!

Closeup of the bedding

Closeup of the curtain rod...they are little baseballs!
Got these at Pottery Barn Kids (as well as the crib bedding and curtains)

This is the rocking chair that I was rocked in as a baby.

Sports Mobile and Side View of the Room:

Closeup of the Mobile:

Here are several pictures showing all four sides of the room
starting from the entry and going around clockwise:

This is the dresser/hutch/changing table.
I love the Espresso-finish on all the furniture.

I just love this little corner of the room. Especially the frames. Is it sad to admit that I planned the entire color scheme of the room around those frames? I saw them and based the whole room around them!

This is only about 1/4 of his clothes!

The room has come a long way!
Take another look at the "Before & After" pictures side by side:

This is the last thing that I have yet to hang up on the wall. I have all the accessories, just need to find a dark espresso-colored shelf to put everything on! But we have a little baseball bat, glove, football, shoes, frame, etc. which we'll put up, just like in this "inspiration" picture that I had saved when we first starting working on the room. This will be hung just to the left of the closet doors.

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

My Baby Shower!

Here are some pictures from my AWESOME baby shower! Thanks so much to Stacey A. for planning it for me, and to all my friends and family who made it so special.

My Family!

Melisa, Brooke, Dani, Stacey A., me, Cheryl, Jenny, Angie and Melissa

Thank you SO much to Stacey A. for the amazing shower!
You are the best!

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And here are some pictures from my Syracuse baby shower! Thanks so much to Aunt Cris and Aunt Mary for having it for me! (I'm just now adding these here because I hadn't started this blog yet at the time of the actual shower, which was last summer).