Well, the kicking is really in full swing! I'm 23 weeks and for the first time, Ned experienced a kick, too! We were hanging out in our room at the Beach House (up in Hermosa for Neddie's work), and all of the sudden on the sofa, baby started going crazy. I looked down and could literally see baby moving my belly with the kicking, and Ned saw it too! I was so happy. Later, he felt a very small kick when we were getting into bed. It seems like baby's kicking all the time now, which is awesome - lets me know everything is going good.
We made some progress on the nursery this weekend which makes me feel accomplished. Baby will be sleeping in our room for a while for sure - the only free bedrooms are downstairs - but I'd still like the room to be set up for baby and be able to accommodate the majority of the baby stuff, most of the clothes, toys, etc, so all that stuff has a home.
Of course, I want it to be super cute so I've been started to think about decorating. I'd really love to have an old refinished dresser - something vintage but repainted in a lime green or bright yellow. A hip throwback kinda vibe. Additionally, I've been picking up some stuff at estate sales when I find them: some old early readers from the 40s and some cute homemade animal needlepoint. I'd like it to feel established, homey and vintage, and not just buy all new stuff.
I'll definitely be getting
some new stuff - otherwise it would take me like three years to bring everything together. This week for some reason I've been fixated on rugs. Here's two I like:

The "Letterpress" rug from CB2 is very cool - definitely not too baby-ish, but still appropriate for a cool kid's room. $300 plus shipping, which isn't awful, but there's a lot of stuff to buy and if I could save $150 and get the rug below, maybe that's a better idea:

This one is very well-reviewed at overstock, and is just $158 - plus overstock only charges $3 shipping! I like the simple shapes, bright colors and the reviews all say it's very soft, just right for baby. Anyways, just keeping them bookmarked until I get some more ideas together :)
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