Keeping busy in week 36 of pregnancy!

This staycation is turning out better than I expected! I've already been hugely productive and I still have an entire week before I head back to work!
Today's project was making a birthing necklace & bracelet. I got together with some friends a few weeks ago and everyone brought a bead to add to a birthing necklace that I can wear during labor & delivery in order hold the positive presence of my friends with me...
Because of the diversity of the beads, I decided to make both a necklace and a bracelet. I also added some beads, like some garnets, which will be our Kebob's birth stone (as long as he's born in January!)
I used to make TONS of jewelry as a hobby so going to the bead shop and making these pieces reminded me of how much I love to be creative in this way!

Some of the ladies who brought beads for the necklace...

Here's how they turned out! I really love them!
Necklace beads from Abby, Sue & Sallyanne
Bracelet beads from Liz, Yara, Sara & Lianne along with some garnets and a few beads I had from Guinea. 

This week I also got a few packages from back home! It's always exciting to open a package, but when it comes all the way from America with special hand-written letters, mixed tape cd's and thought out gifts for our little one...it's even more special.

I keep listening to this song that my friend Dayna put on a playlist for us...songs that she shared with her little boys that I will now share with our little boy...

This past week we also had some maternity photos taken. We decided to have them taken at our house, because we live in a beautiful home and wanted to celebrate it. My friend Liz did some henna on my belly and I used a sari that I got while Fuad & I were in Mumbai to drape around my body...my favorites are the ones taken in the nursery. Here are a few of our favorites...

Things are going well!