I don’t know how I forgot to mention that our friend Ashley stopped by on Monday night to drop off some of her old baby stuff. She left us with an infant carseat, a snugli, a baby bathtub, a name book (which includes a small section of Japanese names — yay!), a baby ’swing’ that you hang from a doorway, a boppy and some other odds and ends. She is an awesome friend and a rockin’ mama — Thanks, girl!!!

She also brought by her daughter Angelina who will be 2 years old this May. She is absolutely adorable and has gotten better at walking — she was much more wobbly when we last saw her in November. She has no problems saying Jay’s name but my name comes out sounding like “errkah.” She is also at the stage where she is starting to grow her vocabulary so she repeats things and often has little conversations with herself. (Apparently they’re funny conversations because you’ll hear randomword-randomword-randomword-giggle-giggle). The funniest thing she does is make faces. She’ll glare at you like you stole her favorite toy and then she’ll laugh. She’ll do it out of nowhere too so you’re not sure if you just pissed her off or if she’s making one of her faces.

So now that we have baby stuff in the house it’s starting to feel a bit more real (and yet still surreal at the same time). We have pretty much decided on the furniture for the baby’s room, but we’re stuck on the finish. Pictures of the baby furniture are here. You can see the color swatches sitting on the changing station; we’re trying to decided between the lightest color (honey) and the one that is slightly darker (caramella). Of course, you can always visit the manufacturer’s page and check out the Primero nursery collection. Whatever we decide we need to do it soon since it can take up to 12 weeks to be delivered (and we have less than 14 weeks to go!).