Preparing for baby!

We are getting ready to welcome our precious little baby boy into our family any day now!  I can hardly believe that the time has finally come and we will finally get to hold him in our arms and see his sweet little face!  I must say, preparing to have a baby in Rwanda is a bit different than preparing for a baby in America.  No Babies R Us here, that's for sure!  I have been collecting things here and there whenever I come across something and I am very thankful for a good friend here who had a baby boy last year who has been passing on lots of little boy clothing!  The baby will be sleeping in our room for awhile so there is no preparing a nursery but I have tried to make his crib and little corner of the room a little bit special in my own way :)  Cribs here are unbelievable expensive so we decided to get a local carpenter to make one for us.  Not too bad for $50!  They make mosquito nets especially for babies but I saved about $20 by using a regular one and adding my own special little touches by hand.  I purchased a cute little mobile to hang in the crib at a little craft cooperative in Kigali.  I made my own boppy nursing pillow cause they don't sell them here.  Just cut up a soft blanket and hand sewed it.  Of course I looked everywhere and could not find what I needed to stuff the pillow so I ended up just buying a cheaply made pillow at the market and using the stuffing from it to stuff my pillow.  A couple blankets, some diapers, and we are pretty much ready for this little guy.  Nothing like America where there are huge stores full of baby "stuff" that we are convinced is essential!  haha, life is simple here and that is just okay with me :)