Hairbows or Bowties?

Time is REALLY flying by, I cannot believe that tomorrow is the day that we find out our Little One's gender!  I'm trying not to get my hopes up too much just in case they cannot tell, or if baby is in a bad position.  We would be thrilled with either gender and are just hoping for a clean bill of health.  But it is super fun to wonder whether we will be buying hairbows or bowties.  (I really wanted to throw a gender reveal party with that as the theme but it was veto'd by hubs since our house is in a state of construction).

So, since my party was veto'd, I decided that we needed to make the reveal special in some other way.  Instead of having the ultrasound tech just announce the gender we decided that we would have her write it down and go out for a nice dinner and open it together there.  (We have heard really good things about 80 Thoreau if you are in the Boston area, and since its right up the road we figured it was a perfect candidate!)
If you know me at all, you know that having the tech scribble down the gender on a plain piece of white paper would just not cut it.  a) I would totally find a way to peek through the envelope and b) it wouldn't be a very cute addition to baby's memory book.  So, last weekend I whipped up these 'Gender Reveal' cards.  The size is about 5x5 (so they can include a photo of the 'distinguishing parts' if they can get one) and the envelope is a dark navy to prevent peeking :)

Since it is always fun to guess anyways, I found a few 'gender predictions' from Sara's blog and here is how they stack up for our Little One.

Chinese Calendar (based on mother’s age & month of conception) – GIRL (according to the bump calendar) / BOY (according to two other calendars)

Heartbeat (faster than 140bpm = girl; slower than 140bpm = boy) – GIRL (163bpm @ 12 weeks, high 150's @ 16 weeks)

Morning sickness (very sick = girl; not so sick = boy) – BOY

Skin (breakouts = girl; clear skin = boy) – GIRL

Leg hair growth (no more than usual = girl; lots of growth = boy) – GIRL

Cravings (sweet = girl; salty = boy) – GIRL

Feet (hot = girl; cold = boy) – BOY? I’m always cold though

Bump position (high & wide = girl; low & centered = boy) – I still have a rather small bump, so I figure that means it is evenly distributed and therefore think GIRL

Breast growth (lots of growth = girl, not much = boy) – BOY

Mayan calendar (if mother’s age at conception and year or conception are both even/odd = girl; if one is even and one is odd = boy) – GIRL (27 and 2011)

Sympathy weight (if your husband gains weight during pregnancy = girl; if he doesn’t = boy) – GIRL (sorry hun)

Ring test (ring swings back & forth = girl; ring swings in a circle = boy) – I forgot to do this one.

most unflattering and awkward photo of me ever, at 18 or 18.5 weeks

SO, what do you guys think?  Will we be buying hairbows or bowties?!

Christmas comes early at our house....

I'm not very patient. 
The boy and I have already opened our gifts to each other.
AND now I'm going to give you a peek at some of the gifts I got made for other people.
I like to do at least one handmade gift for the girls in the family, they appreciate it much more than boys.
My mom and my grandmother are getting monogrammed linen table runners.

I had to make one for myself too, you know, to make sure they came out okay and that I got the size right :)


My favorite gift to give is this one :

I designed a growth chart for my neice Kendall and had it printed on canvas through Uprinting.  I still need to get a ribbon to hang it, but I know my mom has some at home that I can use.  Her room has a pink and giraffe theme and I think this is going to look so awesome on her wall!  Plus now I'll get an answer when I call and ask "How big is she now?!"


What gift are you most excited to give?

A New Arrival....

Long time no posts – sorry.

Everything on the house is taking a little bit longer than I anticipated, due both to lack of time and lack of funds.

4th&Folded has been much busier than I ever expected, which is both good and bad; but mostly good - it just means that things like this get pushed off :)

Anyways - I'm planning a series of posts about our house progress thus far BUT one big thing has happened since I last posted.

It has little hands...

And little (okay, well not so little) feet...

And loves really big yawns...

And to be cuddled by her great grandmother...

And goes by the name of Kendall...

And if you didn't figure it out by now, my brother had his baby!

*All photos by me. 

but where will baby sleep?

As a precurser I wanted to say, THANK YOU all for all your fabulous comments about my new shop.  You guys rock!
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I already illuded to a few of the fabulous things I want to buy for the secret baby, but I really want to go to Maine for a week before the baby is born and decorate a room for it.  I feel like that might be taking something special away from the parents though, so I probably wont suggest it :(

In my world the baby would live in a sophisticated but playful room like those below:

Two and Four are my favorites -
All from Serena and Lily

What do you think - If you were expecting would you want to decorate the room yourself?  Or would you be okay to recieve it as a gift?

SSSHHH - it's a secret!

Shhhh it's a secret - but....I'M GOING TO BE AN AUNTIE!
I'm an auntie by marriage like 10 times over, but now I'm going to be a REAL auntie and it's so much more exciting.  I want to buy that baby EVERYTHING. 

For Christmas I bought baby (don't know the gender yet) Built NY bibs.  They are made of neoprene, (wet-suit material) and therefore super absorbant.  And one has a pocket for catching goodies like cheerios, when baby gets older.

I have an affinity for Built NY products (I have a lunch bag and wine tote already) and you better believe my baby will have these bibs as well.  Along with the cute changing bags and pads.

I can already tell this is going to be one spoiled baby.  Do you have any fantastic baby products that I NEED to buy for this baby?