Textiles, Oh My!

I've been collecting things over the last few months.  A lot stuff I've bought online in the States, and I'm waiting for my mums to arrive with my sister to see it all in person...and some other stuff I've had sent directly to Barcelona, or we've bought it here in Europe.  Everything is so much more expensive here it seems so we've taken advantage of the fact that I have family coming over for the birth (we hope they make it! Ori, no suprises--please!)..which is ominously approaching!  We are T-minus 19 days to expected D-date....cannot believe it, am so not ready, and so ready all at once.  My back is hurting in more places than before, my ankles get sore when I walk, and I have an old injury in my foot which has gotten inflamed for no apparent reason...I know, some whine with my cheese-please!  It's simply become apparent that although my body has been a superstar throughout these last almost 9 months, it is starting to wear a little thin...it is ever so subtle, but I feel my body saying ok, we're getting ready for a new era here...hold onto your hats! I think I will go have another cup of that rasberry leaf tea right about now... 

SO the idea is to make some sheets with these babies, although I am also considering a crib bumber as well...the issue is principally the crib...it's been a bit of a hassle (read:nightmare) since we wanted a very specific make and model which we ended up ordering from Germany...we wanted to cosleep, but since Lorenzo and I already fight for space in our tiny double bed, we decided that a sidecar crib was the way to go, and they are not so common in Spain.  We are still waiting for it to arrive and thus with it's odd shape, I didn't dare cut the above adorable fabric until I have a chance to make a pattern of the shape...it's just that, I fear we may have a baby before the crib and then who knows about those sheets...alas, I am practicing acceptance of the things I cannot control at this point.

I am super excited however about another little gem that did arrive, also from Germany, the other day..

our Didymos carrier that I've been pining over for the last 9 months...I hemmed and hawed about whether to buy it our not since they are so pricey...but then I realized I couldn't get it off my mind, so I ordered it from their factory seconds...in theory it has minor defects, but I honesty haven't noticed anything wrong with it so far...

 

And then there's this little guy...we bought one of these rattles for Lor's niece when she was born a few years back and she absolutely loved it.  It has the nicest soothing sound and the designs are hilarious... The above rooster came in a care package from my mum along with a bunch of fuzzibunz diapers--ay! cloth diapering..perhaps that deserves its own post all together....in a land of line drying and hard water we are simply hoping for the best...