Nursery goodness

Here's what it looks like right now. Notice the beautiful handmade quilt (draped over the glider) and crocheted baby blanket (on the crib) both made by my mother-in-law. She didn't know our theme when she started these, but they fit in beautifully, especially since our primary colors are red, yellow and blue!!



Here's a closeup of the quilt - notice the cutie-pie cows and apple trees surrounded by patches of little jumping sheep. My favorite part is that she personalized the back with "For Baby Cacciatore, with love from Nana". It's so cute that she already has a grandma name picked out!!


Here's the starfish-shaped nightstand that my parents got us from PB Kids (oh, how I LOVE that store). It matches our crib color exactly and even has the same distressed pattern. I love that it has so much personality, too!!

So, that's the progress. There are still little things to be done that will keep me busy during the wait. Oh, and we tried out the carseat in my VW bug this weekend and it fits like a charm!! YAY!! No worries about parting with my car. Especially since I already did the mom car thing and we know how well that turned out!!


On the exercise front, Kyle and I basically did the entire triatholon in the past 4 days. On Thursday night, we jogged almost a 5 K, doing 3 miles in a park near our house. Both of our times were way faster than the pace we do on the treadmill, which was surprising considering we were on pavement and out in the heat. I finished in 31 minutes, as opposed to the 36-38 min it takes me on the treadmill. On Saturday, we swam about 1/3 of a mile in the pool in our gym, which is a tad bit longer than the 1/4 mile we will be swimming. What's good about this is when I get tired, the backstroke is my saviour in the water!! This morning we did the entire biking portion on the exact same route we'll be doing during the tri - it was 15.9 miles and included two causeways. Kyle smoked me, of course, but I wasn't too shabby finishing with a time of 1 hour 18 mins.