What Little Boys Are Made Of

I was out one day a few months ago looking at baby clothes, just for fun. I had not purchased one thing for him yet when I came across this sweet little book. I immeadiately fell in love with it and bought it. It was everything a parent could want for their little boy. I couldn't have said it better myself! The book then became the theme that I wanted to decorate the nursery around.
On an outing one day I showed it to my close friend Claudine, who has 2 little boys of her own, and she fell in love too. Knowing my plan to make this book the center piece of the room, she sweetly made me an art piece out of the book that was the gift from all of the hostesses that gave my baby shower.
It was such a touching gift. It is our favorite piece in the room.

If you are having a boy, don't be surprised if you get this book from me as part of your baby gift!

The Finished Nursery

It took some work but baby Luke's room is all ready. Right now it's our favorite room in the house. It's calming and quiet and has the best chair in the whole house!

                                                                                  

 

These are the letters we ordered to go on the shelf in the photo above.  

JPLII

This is what the "going to the hospital" pile currently looks like.









I know I will continue to add little accents as I find things I love but for now this is it!

While We Wait...

We pretty much have everything ready. Now we are just waiting on our little guy. I had intended to stop working at the beginning of August, which then became the beginning of September, which has now become
"how many more jobs can I squeeze in before he is born?". I have to say, if I had had 2 months to sit around with nothing to do but wait I might have gone crazy. August, September and October are some of my busiest months of the year so when clients call I have little will power to say no because I love my job (most of the time). I took a few behind the scenes pics with my cell at a couple of the shoots I have been working on. Just thought I would post them for fun.

A fall accessories shoot:
Givenchy and Philip Treacy and YSL OH MY!

This purple Fendi heel with this fur DVF bag was a hit!











Test shoot for a model:

 

 

 

Nesting at the Patterson's

I haven't really posted anything this summer but we have been busy! Luke and I have kicked it in to high gear at the house.We are trying to get to a good resting place on the house before our little guy gets here.


I will just hit some of the high lights of the summer.

Beautiful baby shower given by sweet friends

Opening gifts with Claudine and Katie


 

 My mom with old friends
 
 













 Jenny leaving us blessings 

 

Working on the house

 Choosing paint colors.


Working on the nursery

 Daddy hard at work.

Some major nesting

And me, washing his clothes, sheets and blankets. I will spare you the images of me rearranging the kitchen cabinets and the down and dirty cleaning.

And the almost finished product... 
I am lacking curtains, a rug and some decorative pieces but the furniture and bedding is ready. If he came tomorrow, his room is pretty comfortable!

His bag is packed and waiting to go to the hospital.


Now we wait...

Weekend in Chicago

Luke and one of his business partners Mike had a financial conference in Chicago this last weekend and they decided to bring the wives and make it a quick get away. If I had to describe the weekend in one word I would say "food". We ate like it would all be taken away tomorrow, which is a pregnant lady's dream.

Architectural boat tour in the Chicago River

We took a boat tour in the Chicago River where the guide pointed out famous buildings and types of architecture. My favorite story... The O'Leary's barn where the Great Fire of Chicago started is now the Chicago Fire Department's training center. I like people with a sense of humor.

Gino's East

Mike said that this was THE legendary place to get real Chicago deep dish pizza, I am not one to argue about pizza so I was in! I was not disappointed! The walls are graffitied with thousands and thousands of names, floor to ceiling. We didn't write our names on the wall (although looking back...why not?? The Patterson's were here!) but we did get a picture.

Drinks at the hotel

W Chicago Lakeshore is right on Lake Michigan. Luke and Mike did run down and take a swim in the cold lake, wish I had gotten a picture, oh well.

The John Hancock Tower
The Hancock Tower has one of the best views of Chicago so we had to go up and get a drink (virgin for me).

English Bar
After the Hancock Tower we headed over to watch the last hour of the world cup US Algeria game. It was absolutely packed in there! I have to admit, for not being into soccer, it was pretty fun even though the US lost. It was fun to hear the crowd cheer in unison.

The Drake Hotel
The Drake is a beautiful hotel built in the 20's that has hosted some of the world's most famous people. The whole point of us going to the Drake was because of their famous Bloody Mary's (which of course I could not have) the bar was not open so we went upstairs for high tea (more fun in my book). It was fun to say you have had high tea where the Queen of England did.

Gene's and Georgetti's Restaurant
Again, Mike hooked us up for a fantastic dinner. Gene and Georgetti's Restaurant is famous for it's steaks and Italian food and was supposed to be one of Frank Sinatra's favorite places to eat in Chicago. I was not disappointed, the food was amazing! Now if Luke and Mike could have only lowered their voices when joking about the mafia while eating dinner...

Second City Comedy Club
After dinner we headed over to The Second City comedy club, which boasts famous alumni like John Candy, Jim and John Belushi, Tina Fey and Gilda Radner, for some sketch comedy.

We had a great time. Mike and Chantel were fun traveling buddies. The weather was fantastic and the people were great, minus a few terrifying cab rides.  And what Chicago trip would be complete with out a flight delay at Chicago's O'Hare Airport. I am glad we made it home safely. Until next time Chicago!!!