God bless the ultrasound. Seriously. Yeah, sure, they facilitate modern medical miracles, but also, how else would mega planners like me survive the 9 months of pregnancy? I needed time to get lucky at the thrift store finding cute baby clothes. I needed to know if it was okay to paint the baby’s walls pink (I wasn’t setting out to break any gender stereotypes.) and buy polka dotted everything. Well now that Lucy’s here, and we’re talking about someday having number two, I’ve found myself being more careful about what I buy for Lucy’s wardrobe. Ultrasounds don’t reveal genders years in advance, so who knows if I’ll have a boy or a girl next time? If the next one’s a boy, I’ll be sort of prepared with a few of the gender neutral things I’ve been finding for Lucy lately, like this cute little elephant sweater. But just because I’m a cautious planner doesn’t mean I won’t indulge every now and then with a pair of super girly pink baby jeans! I mean really, how could I not?

N I N E T E E N   W E E K   O U T F I T   D E T A I L S :

white shirt: OshKosh B’Gosh | sweater: Modern Swan vintage on Etsy | pants: Baby Gap
visit Lucy’s nursery here 

Oh how I love finding fun and fresh baby basics! Remember when I talked about how it’s important for me to just mix and match classic separates, so I don’t have to spend lots of money on different outfits for Lucy? Believe it or not, she doesn’t really have a lot of clothes, but we never get bored mixing and matching outfits for her. She’s worn each of these pieces many times, but this is the first time she’s worn them together. The striped top is short sleeved, but it’s layered over a long sleeve top with a cute collar to peek out above the striped one. To hide the layering of short sleeves over long sleeves, I threw a cardigan on top. As far as shoes go, this is her only pair, because it goes with all of her outfits that don’t already have feet attached. And just like with her momma, a cute hat adds the perfect amount of jazz to the outfit! Just look at that smile. The girl already loves hats.

F O U R    M O N T H   O U T F I T   D E T A I L S :

beret: part of a sweater outfit from Marshalls | sweater: gift from Liz | striped top: thrifted
white Peter Pan shirt: Old Navy (thrifted) | velour pants: Gap (thrifted) | shoes: Kohls

I was 9 weeks pregnant and just had my first gummy bear ultrasound to bring on a lunch date with Kara. Of course, our topic of conversation was baby names. And I couldn’t think of a baby girl name I liked. “What about Lucille?” Kara suggested. Hmmm… I loved it! I texted Phil immediately with the same question. And what did he have to say?
“No.”
“No?”
“Absolutely no.”
“Why?”
“I’ll give you two reasons why. Lucille One and Lucille Two.”
His reference to the two wacky Arrested Development characters only gave me pause for a moment. So I tucked away the name Lucille in the back of my mind, bringing it up again a couple of months later. This time Phil said, “You know? I kind of love it!” Eventually we shortened our babe’s name to just Lucy (on her birth certificate), but I thought we could pay homage to Kara’s suggested name with her little doll that reminds me of the beloved comedian, Lucille Ball. And now you know…. the rest of the story.

S I X T E E N   W E E K S   O U T F I T   D E T A I L S :

sweater: hand-me-down from cousin Rowan | Shirt: thrifted Old Navy | skirt: thrifted
tights: second hand | doll: Just Dandy on Etsy