where has the week gone?

it's actually been a tough week on my end. a bit of stress here, a bit of stress there. my back is really starting to bug me, which is bothersome -- i can't find a comfortable sitting position for any length of time. and since growing YET AGAIN, i'm having a harder and harder time moving around and doing physical things.

but, in all of this, there are a number of silver linings.

first, baby block is stronger and more active than ever. i love that. feeling him/her bounce around in there is such a great thing. so nice to have company during the day too!

second, we did continue to receive some wonderful gifts, and i put a couple of them together -- our swing-seat and sleep sheep were purchased for the baby from aunt pearl, and i put the seat together. and as formerly stated, we had received our high chair, and i put that together myself this week. it looks so great in the dining room! and it actually matches really well -- totally unplanned, mind you, but perfect.

also, we received the carpet tiles that we ordered for the office/nursery rug from flor. this was totally the best way to go! the room is about 8.2 ft wide x 12.8 ft long. so an 8x10 rug would have covered the room unevenly. plus, we couldn't find a rug that would go with our nursery color scheme without being too drab, or within our price range. so i decided to try flor carpet tiles. i received some samples first of some of their most economical tiles in the desired colors -- rust, blue, green, and charcoal grey. dave and i liked how they all looked together, and i designed the rug online to fit our room size and theme. it was so perfect for us -- we ordered a rug that will be 6.5 ft wide x 9.8 ft. long when put together, which will be large enough for the room but still leaves our hardwood floors visible underneath. perfect!

the floor tiles arrived this week and they're awesome. the basic scheme for the rug is in the image above. we'll put them in the space tomorrow and have everything in the room ready to go so that whenever the crib comes in, the room will be ready for it.

i will take photos of all our fun new stuff this weekend and post them.

now, if only i could straighten out the issues with our Bugaboo stroller, life would be great (long story, to be told at another time).