Weekend with Mom

My Mom came to town this weekend to hang out and to help me shop for fabric for Cade's nursery! We had an incredible time together and really enjoyed getting to share this special time with each other.

Mom flew in Friday afternoon and I picked her up at the airport and then we went to the grocery store to pick up a few things before heading home. We grilled out Friday night and Gregg made some incredibly yummy hamburgers! After dinner we sat around talking about everything and enjoying being back together. Mom brought Cade a couple of adorable new outfits that we hung in his closet with his other little clothes!

Gregg worked overtime on Saturday so Mom and I had the entire day to ourselves! We went to Chiloso's for breakfast and then headed to Childress Fabrics to do a little shopping! I had found 2 different mobiles that I really liked and wanted to match fabrics to each of those mobiles and decide which I liked better. The mobiles were completely different- colors, themes, looks and so I was really torn with what I wanted for the nursery. We spent a couple of hours walking up every isle in the store and picking up samples. We collected over 90 fabrics total to choose from!!! After we left Childress we stopped by The Fabric Yard real quick to see if we could find anything else. We were pretty tired and overwhelmed by this point so we quickly browsed the isles there. After a quick lunch we went to McKinney to my Aunt's house to sort through all of the fabrics and pick the ones that we would use in the bedding. We finally picked our favorites from each group and figured out how we would put it all together but I still couldn't make a decision and so I took everything home to show Gregg. I took Mom to dinner at Houlihan's Saturday night. We ate off of the small plates menu and so we got to try several new things. (Plus I had a card for a free dessert!)

Our dinner (chicken nachos, pickle fries, grilled shrimp azteca, and a pot roast slider)

dessert (snickers crunch ice cream dome)

On Sunday we met my Uncle Rod, his friend Gary, and my Great Aunt Cleacy at Razoo's for lunch. I haven't been to Razoo's in forever and was really excited about going there except normally I order something fried to eat when there and the thought of fried food makes my stomach turn right now. Luckily, crawfish are in season right now and so I ordered (and ate) 2 pounds of spicy crawfish for lunch!

After lunch we took Mom by the furniture store to show her the nursery furniture that we had picked. We still love our furniture and Mom really loved the recliner that will be her new bed every time she visits! We took our fabric samples with us to compare them with the accessories for the 2 collections that I liked and I finally made a decision!

I picked bright primary colors to go in this little one's room with a few jungle accessories. I really love this mobile and all the colors that are in it and love the fabric that we picked! (Plus this was every one's favorite choice also) The fabric that will be used have several different textures and are all bright also. My Aunt and I met at the fabric store again Monday and I bought all of the fabrics and sent them home with her. We drew out exactly how I wanted everything and I cannot wait to see what it all looks like!!!

The mobile

fabrics for Cade's bedding

(the giraffe print is minky and has green in it and will be one of the crib sheets and the cheetah print is only being used on the top of the bumper so it is very sparingly added into the mix!)

We had an amazing weekend with my Mom and I am so glad that she was able to come and help me out with the bedding! Can't wait till her and my Dad come back next month to help us paint and put the nursery furniture together!