Mini Me

We love our new neighborhood and had the best plan for sharing our news with our neighbors. Since we moved in we've been enjoying (perhaps too much) outfitting our lifesize cardboard cutout of Dr. Evil as various characters and placing him in the window of our bonus room which the neighbors can clearly see from their stairwell. Dr. Evil has masqueraded as a Native American in full headdress, a man headed to the beach with shades, hat and towel and other bi-weekly changes in image. We decided this week we'd spread baby notices by placing a Raggedy Ann doll on Dr. Evil's shoulder and have him wear a huge sign that reads "We're Having a Baby". We must admit that a portion of the fun was found in Philip figuring out how to create a bubble lettered "W" that they'd be able to see from that distance. We set it up in the morning and then had to leave for a few hours. We couldn't wait to get back home to see if they'd seen it. Of course, they did see it and we were giddy to share our excitement. Although, we had to pull the blinds in the bonus room (which we are now referring to as the playroom) because of the heat Dr. Evil is still proudly displaying the colorful sign.
No doctor appointments this week which gives me a chance to complete errands and get everything organized around here.

Philip found a Babar poster for the baby's room that is so sweet. Unfortunately, I took it in to get it framed and it is not a standard poster size and they wanted $150 to frame it. We're working on alternatives there for sure.