Briley's room and doctor visit update!!

So Briley's room is pretty much complete!!! I can't believe it is finally done :) The furniture is done (except for a one more coat of varnish), clothes are hung up, and hairbows are in place!

Here are photos from the very beginning to now of her room...

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2271393&id=23907899&l=256472732c

Here is a picture of the BEAUTIFUL armoire Daniel and his Dad built
Her letters are hung up now too!!

We are so excited to have her room finished, especially her Daddy!! He has worked so hard, I don't think he will know what to do with himself now that it's all finished...actually he won't have time to think about it because we will have newborn :)

I am 37 weeks 5 days today. My doctor has decided if she is not here by 39 weeks then he will induce on Tuesday, June 9th. Only 10 days away!! It is nice knowing that there is an end date in sight and she will be here then if not before...I can only hope :) Our last visit I was 1 cm dialated and 55% effaced so I think Miss Briley is SLOWLY thinking about making her appearance :) I have one final doctor's appt. this Tuesday so I will have an update then on what's going on.

Congrats to my friend Trish and her new baby boy, David Lee Rice Jr.!! Only myself, Morgan, and Tracy are the last of the pregnant people to pop :)

This is the last week of school and I am VERY excited!! I have had such a wonderful first year of teaching and it is going to be REALLY hard to say goodbye to my kiddos, but it will be exciting to see them as 1st graders next year. Daniel is also almost done with work for awhile...he will be off from the fire station for almost the whole month of June!! I am very excited about him being home and looking forward to having a lot of time together as a new family of 3!!

I hope everyone has a blessed week!!

Love,
Melissa

A sneak peek...

This morning, Daniel and I took our maternity pictures at Southlake Town Square and it was a lot of fun!! Minus the fog, wind, and humidity we had a good time :) My curly hair however did not...I have a feeling some of the pictures will look like I have a mop on my head but oh well, what can you do?

Our photographer sent us a little sneak peek today...

We loved Janice (our photographer) and she will be taking Briley's newborn, 6 month, and 1 year pictures too! She even comes to the house for the newborn pictures so we do not have to pack Briley up and go anywhere while she is so little.

I am 35 weeks today!! Only 35 days until my due date. Tomorrow we have a doctor's appt. and we will start making weekly trips to the doctor between now and when I go into labor!!

I will post updated pictures of her room soon.

Hope everyone has a great rest of the week!

Love,

Melissa

Meet Kristin and Kyle!!

When Daniel and I began the task of finding a private sitter for Briley we (mostly me) were very worried but prayed A LOT that God would find a perfect place for her to be taken care of.

Prayerfully, we did not have to search long! I know a lot of our family and friends (mostly a certain Gigi and Nonnie) are very anxious to see who is going to watch Miss Briley so meet Kristin and Kyle...

Kyle and her adorable son Max, me, Kristin

A little about them...

Kyle Vanderveer is married to the art teacher at my school, Joey. They have a son, Max who was born in November, and he is about as cute as they come! Kyle worked as a teacher at another school in our district and now stays home with Max. Kyle is such a sweet person and you can tell the second you meet her what a caring Christian woman she is. I am so excited for her to take care of Briley and I bet her and Max will have lots of fun adventures together :) (Check out their family blog on my friends list-The Vanderveer's!!).

Kristin Stanton is one of Kyle's best friends and her husband is also a teacher in our district. She has an adorable little girl, Lilly, who is 5, and she is expecting another baby girl, Annabelle, a week before me! Kristin will be home-schooling her daughter this year to keep a faith-centered approach to her learning and I feel so blessed that Briley will be hearing scripture and learning while in her care!! Kristin was also a nanny and you can tell what a passion she has for children and for her faith. We are so lucky that she is taking care of Briley and I know Briley will have a blast with her new friend, Annabelle!

So, once school starts in August, Kristin will watch her M-W-F and Kyle T-TH. If her Daddy is not busy mowing or at the fire station then she will be home with him! Another bonus...they both live in our subdivision!! Daniel and I are so thankful that God has provided a warm, safe, and nurturing environment for Briley and we are thankful to Kristin and Kyle for wanting to take care of our little girl. I was so nervous thinking about leaving her and now God has put a peace in my heart.

Kristin and Kyle we are excited to have you be a part of Briley's life!!

On another note, Happy Mother's Day to all!! This day definitely has a new light shed on it now that I have joined the club :)

I hope to be a Godly and loving Mother to Briley like you are to me...God has blessed me with an amazing Mom. Happy Mother's Day Mom...I love you!!

Love,

Melissa

Blessings for Briley!!

April 18th was the first baby shower for Briley and it was wonderful! It was given by a wonderful group of women (Priscilla Horn, Sarah West, Lacey Franklin, Jamie Cunningham, and Faye Alldredge) that I am so thankful to have in my life! It was so nice to visit with friends and we received so many wonderful and fun gifts!

This past Saturday, was the family shower given by my sweet Aunt Paige, my best friend Tracy, and my cousin Tiffani. It was SO BEAUTIFUL and I am so thankful for all that they did! It was once again a wonderful time of visiting and opening presents to spoil Briley with!

If you click the link below you will see pictures from both occasions. Thank you again to everyone...Briley, Daniel, and I are truly blessed.

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2292155&id=23907899&l=69290be8cf

My friend Tracy finished the letters for Briley's room and they are amazing!! I can't wait to hang them above her crib :)

Here are a few updated pictures of her room...

The aftermath from the showers!!

We have ALOT to do!

Her closet is getting pretty full...she won't wear the same thing twice the first year of her life :)

Daniel put the stroller together and Goose and Gracie wanted to help...thank you to Grandma, Pop, Nonnie, and Papa for her car seat/stroller set!

The changing table/dresser is done and ready to be stained! Daniel is working so hard to get everything finished in time...he is planning on starting the last piece of furniture very soon! It has been a lot of work and with his busy schedule he has still managed to do so much...I know Briley will treasure it later that her Daddy built her furniture for her.

I will be 34 weeks on Tuesday :) I can't believe how close it is...yet not close enough! My plan for the next two weeks is get her room back in order and get my bag ready for the hospital.

Congrats to our friends Amy and Brandon...they welcomed their little girl Eleanor into the world a week ago (check out their beautiful family on my friends list...The Cox Family Blog)!! 2 deliveries down (Jamie and Amy) and 4 more to go (Myself, Trish, Morgan, and Tracy). Lots of blessings coming soon!!!

Hope everyone has a wonderful week!!

Melissa

4D sonogram, room renovations, and childbirth class

Finally, here is our post of 4D sonogram pictures...we were able to get a pretty good look at her face!! We can't wait until she gets here to see what she really looks like!!

Here are a couple of new pictures of the renovations...

Daniel and his Dad starting to build the dresser/changing table.

Next to come are the drawers and trim and then Daniel will stain it black.

The crib has been stained and is almost ready to be set up in the room!!

With baby showers coming up, I wanted to get her closet more organized. I like when everything has a place to go :) We bought the white rack and pink totes at Target for under $50!! Thank you to her Daddy for putting it together at 11 p.m. on our anniversary night because Mom really wanted to see it in her closet!

We celebrated our 2nd wedding anniversary on Tuesday :) Time has gone by so fast and we both feel so blessed that God not only gave us each other...but now Briley too!! I felt like reminiscing so here is one of my favorite wedding pictures :)

On Wednesday night we went to our first childbirth class at Baylor Grapevine Hospital (where Briley will be born). It was a lot of fun!! There are 7 other couples in there so it is nice because it is not too crowded. We learned a lot about how my body has changed over the past 8 months and what we have in store for us in the next 9 weeks! At the end of the night we watched this video clip of Bill Cosby talking about his wife going into labor and I had to share it with everyone!! It is SO FUNNY!!



Hope everyone has a Happy Friday!!

Love,

The Bufe's

Room update!!

Sorry we have not been able to update sooner!!

Here are a few pictures of Briley's room...

Her tutu hairbow holder

We have accumulated more clothes.... :)

Wainscoting is done and crib is here!!

It's all coming together :)

I'm so proud of Daniel and all of his hard work for our little girl!

Here is a better view of the sleigh crib. We bought it at a unfinished furniture store in Ft. Worth...next thing on the agenda is to stain the crib black.

What has been stained so far is the rocking chair!! Daniel was in the garage last night for over 3 hours staining it! We contemplated for a LONG time about the right mix of black stain and were very worried about how it would turn out. Well, I think it looks perfect and I can't wait for the crib and furniture to be stained too!

We had a wonderful spring break. We celebrated Daniel's 26th birthday with family and friends and I was able to get my swollen ankle to finally go down, YEA!! However, now that I'm back at work it is swollen again...what can you do!?

Here is our belly picture from last week...she has grown ALOT in the past few weeks. All my teachers at work said I had a growth spurt over spring break :)

Tomorrow we have our 4D sonogram at 9:30 a.m. I took a half day off work so please say a prayer she isn't camera shy and we can get some good pictures of her. We will upload pictures from that as soon as we can!

Here is one last picture to wish you a happy Friday...

Gracie wanted her picture taken too!!

Love,

The Bufe's

More renovations and fun in Canton!

Here are some updated pictures of the room..Daddy has been working hard as usual!

He added the chair rail above the wainscoting!!

Next on the agenda is to paint the wainscoting, corners, and chair rail.

He did get the ceiling painted white, which I love! We thought about maybe painting it pink as well, but I love the contrast from the white wainscoting, to the pink walls, to the white ceiling. As usual, Daddy did a WONDERFUL job. What would I do without my handy husband??

Along with baby room renovations, Daniel and I also made a trip to Canton this weekend. Our hope was to find an unfinished crib for Daniel to stain to match the furniture he is building...unfortunately we couldn't find a crib, but I did find a bunch of other little items that made me very happy :) If you have never been to Canton, YOU MUST GO. It was every woman's dream...rows upon rows of booths filled with ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING. I have never been so excited to shop in my life :) Daniel was very patient but I think next time he would prefer I go with a group of women. There was only so many times he could get excited with me about a hair bow!! So of course I want to share some pictures of my shopping extravaganza...

A sign for her room :)

Fun burp cloths!

A start to her enormous hair bow collection that I am predicting for the future!

An adorable bandanna dress that will grow with her as she grows...first it's a dress, then a dress with leggings, and then a shirt! I told Daniel how can we pass it up...it's economical??

How could I resist bloomers that say "Gigi loves me"?? (my Mom's grandma name). Don't worry Nonnie (Daniel's Mom's grandma name) yours were special ordered that day and should be here by the end of the week ;)

An adorable pacifier clip with her name on it...yes I said her NAME!! We have finally come to a decision and spelling. The next picture will reveal it...

Briley Ann Bufe
I'm sure my Mom is already on the phone ordering items to be monogrammed
hahaha...love you Mom!

Our last and final purchase in Canton for the day was the...
...rocking chair!! Daniel and I love the idea of having an old fashioned rocking chair in her room. Daniel will stain this black to match the furniture and we already have our rocking chair pad that matches her bedding thanks to my Uncle Mark and Aunt Julie...thank you!!

Overall it was such a fun weekend shopping for BRILEY and I can't wait until we can find a crib and for Daniel to start building the furniture.

Hope everyone has a blessed week!

Love,
Daniel, Melissa, and Briley
(Goose and Gracie too!)