Happy, happy Thursday! Holy cow! This week is flying by! Faster than I realize! I am really excited to share my nurse thank you gifts, but first I want to give you an update on baby! Went in for stress test yesterday, baby is doing well, YAY! I will go again tomorrow to check him again. I will be getting induced early, just don’t know exactly when yet, I hope not until next weekend! Mike has off two days from school and that could really be helpful!! As for me, I am doing well, trying to get everything done! Feel quite unorganized but I know it will be okay…… I know it. Having lots of contractions and lots of back pain ( lovely :) ) I am trying to enjoy every moment though. This is our last baby, we are pretty sure and I am a little sad to never experience pregnancy again, so no matter how painful it is, I am trying to relish it! Too soon it will be over! I will keep you posted!!
I am so happy to count one thing off my list! THANK YOU GIFTS FOR THE NURSES!! The nurses are so wonderful at St. Marys. I wanted to do something special to say thank you, We have delivered 5 of our 7 children there and this will be number 6! So, many of the nurses remember us! This was just a little thing to say thank you for all they do and let them know we appreciate them!
I ordered glasses from the dollar store, did you know you can do that! The only downside was patterns can change and the cups I ordered were not the cups I received! I am SOOOOOO UPSET by that! I do not love these cups and I could reorder and get plain ones, but they would not be here until middle of next week and well, I did not want to chance it and not have them finished! So kinda ugly cups it is! Oh well, what can you do except smile and move on! This is what they were supposed to be like! Cute right!
oh well, moving on!
I wanted to make a little care package with things nurses need, I asked a few nurse friends and came up with this list, gum, a pen, candy, hand sanitizer and lotion.
So this is what I got!
I decided to do tootsie rolls, they were little, easy to put in the cup and I was able to come up with a saying! ” Thanks for helping everything “roll” along smoothly… get it! ROll haha!
Lotion, I got three for a dollar at the dollar tree! SCORE!
Hand sanitizer! Again 3 for one dollar!
Cute pens, those were only 4 for a dollar!
Gum! I got these from sams club, no idea how much it was, I got like 40 packages for under $7.00
And the “new” cups! I made 12 in all, and I did not use as many of the peace sign ones.. but hey they are what I was looking for! The cups were only a dollar a piece!
Filled them up! Marsha helped!! Only took a little bit!
I made this little sign on picmonkey.com, if you have not heard of it, it is a super photo editing site! Lots of free things and you can upgrade for a little fancier editing software stuff! I printed 9 to a page! Then glued them on cardstock, yes that was craft for the day!
All done!! Threw some curling ribbon on! It looked better than tulle…… and they are ready to go!
I think they turned out pretty good! I wish the cups were different styles but oh well… I made 12, I called the hospital and they said an average birth you will have up to 12 different nurses and I didn’t want to miss anyone!I do have a few extra tags just in case I need to make more! I spent a total of 26.16 or an average of $2.18 each! Not bad!! I hope the nurses just feel appreciated!
I hope you have a super day! I am off to try to get a few things done, while resting a ton more, if I am up and around it is like one non stop contraction! I still have to finish my maternity pictures, help the kids make their big sister/big brother shirts and a few freezer meals and we are set………. oh and clean the house! For the hundredth time this week!
See you tomorrow!! Have a happy day!
SMILE BOOK!
I got to sit and listen to the heart beat for 30 min yesterday!
Tucker is now a bear in scouts!
Charli and Lucy are going to bed lovely… Marsha is another story!
Received some lovely messages of encouragement and love, thank you!!
Lasagna and peasant bread for dinner. ( it was at 9pm after scouts, but hey still good!)
Cute cups!! How did you decorate them?
Chris,
I did not decorate them, I actually bought them in the styles they are. I got them from the dollar store! Thanks for reading the blog!
Lara
such a cute idea! Wish I would have thought of this…but no more kids for me :( I just got one of those cups from a game at work for the cashier olympics…I love it! I noticed you are having a hard time putting Marsha to bed, my Breannah is tough to put to bed also, any tips? Id love your advice on it! Thank you so much and take it easy!
Christine!
I am working on a post for that! I do a few ideas, some have worked super, some have not! I will keep you posted!
Love,
Lara
also which dollar tree do you shop at..some of the stuff you have found when I go to the one by my house doesn’t have it? :)
Christine,
Hi!! I go to a few around town, If I know I need something specific I call ahead, If I need a lot, I ordered online and they were shipped to the store for free! I mostly use the one on Lathrop and the one on Hwy 20! Have a great day!
Love,
Lara
I love you Lara!!!!! I always do some sort of thank you for the nurses too! So far all of my kids have been delivered at St. Luke’s, I always keep track of the names of any nurses, drs, etc that come in and send thank you’s after…….I just love that you make these adorable cups…..I may steal it :)
Shelly,
I love you too!! I bet you made those nurses days!! You are always so thoughtful!! I have to say I did not make the cups though, I bought those! Not that talented! lol!!
love you!
Lara
I absolutely love you! And your ideas… I’m stealing this and doing it for the upcoming surgery! How wonderful!
Gina,
That is so great! I am so glad I inspired you!! I love you too! Have a good surgery for little guy and I will be praying!!
I would love to see yours when you are done!!
love,
lara
Hi Lara,
I googled nurse thank-you gifts and a picture of your cups came up with your site. I’m looking for a nice gift to give to my daughter’s nurses, I had my daughter premature and she will be leaving the hospital soon. Since there are around 12 or so this will work out great! Thank you for the inspiration and sharing the store information!! I will be going to the dollar tree today.
Natalie,
I am so excited you found me! I hope you come back often! How is your daughter? I hope she is home and well! I think the nurses loved them! I think saying thank you in any way is just so appreciated! I would love to have you come and visit the blog again soon! Congratulations on a sweet baby girl!!
Hugs,
Lara