Monday, March 14, 2011

Brooke's Baby Shower

(forgive me for copying from the Bliven blog...)

Last weekend my sister organized a baby shower for me and Brooke. Since I have so many clothes and "essentials" already, the theme was bows and books! A little girl can never have too many bows and we definitely needed to add some "girlie" books to her reading! Amazingly, there were NO repeat gifts! Brooke has tons to read and accessorize with now!

Baby blanket that my mom knitted for Brooke. Will be treasured forever!
Cute personalized bloomers from Megan with "Brooke" on the butt!
My amazingly creative sister MADE this bow holder and some of the bows on it for her favorite new niece.
I am so blessed!

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

The Closet is FULL!

We are pretty crazy organized when it comes to closets in our house. We don't live in an enormous house with tons of storage space, so we need to make the most of the space that we have. I'm sure that I learned the "clean closet" from my dad (especially if you have seen those pictures), but Brooke's closet looks pretty impressive now that it is complete and full.

Each set of hangers on the right of the tower holds a different set of months. 3-6 on the top, 0-3 in the middle (easily accessible), and 6-9 on the bottom, larger sizes are on the left. Each rack is organized by sleeve length so I can make sure that I get through all the clothes at least once before she grows out of them. Blankets and towels are on the shelves with socks, shoes, and hats in the pink canvas boxes. The top drawer holds bathing suits and coverups and the bottom drawer contains bibs and burp cloths. Diapers are on the bottom shelf with blanket to play on the floor on in the bottom pull out bin.

Remember...these are only the hanging clothes. All onesies and sleepers are housed in the dresser on the other side of the room. We're hoping to have the nursery completely decorated and organized in time for my shower this weekend, so I will post pictures when we are even more complete!

Thanks to Sophia for being born in April, and thanks to Susie for saving, organizing, and storing all the clothes for two years for them to finally be used again.