On Saturday my lovely mother came over and helped me start to set up the nursery. In the last month or so our spare bedroom has gone from being a catch-all storage/library to being an completely empty, but spotlessly clean, nursery. Daddy picked up the crib we got from Susie in his new truck (yep, Doug Trantham is driving a truck. Look out.) on Friday night, and Mommy came over to help me put it together and start making stuff cute. Thought I would put up some pictures:
View from the hall
Cute crib. The crib was purchased for our friend Eric 12 years ago and was first put together in this house, since Susie and Larry were living here at the time. They had the good sense to save it and the generosity to offer it to us.
Lisa got this awesome crib set at a consignment event a few weeks ago. We love the colors. It has some of that green I keep being drawn to. The blanket, the decorative pillow and mobile have airplanes on them, in honor of Dad Bartholomew and Josh's secret fantasy of being a pilot.
Josh's Wardrobe. Scott and Lisa's house is so old it doesn't have any closets, so they have lots of wardrobe pieces in their house. Josh carved his name into this one as a kid, so he got to keep it. :-D We changed out the hardware to give it a little freshness. The closet is a neat storage place and his little onesies fit perfectly in the tiny drawers.
Rocking Chair from James. Mildred and James (Nana's sister and brother-in-law) gave me this chair that was my great-grandmothers when I went to college and I rocked my way through my bachelors degree. It is super comfy. Bring on the next phase of life!
Closet PACKED with awesome hand-me-downs. We hung up the smallest 0-3 outfits, and as you can see from her signature rubbermaid boxes, my mother has been here. Baby's clothes are smartly organized by size so I will be able to find the sizes I need and store the clothes he grows out of. Brilliant, right?
Papa made this cradle for me. This is actually in our room. It looks really sweet with the blanket that I made. We put the pooh-ka-lou we got at Disney World in there, waiting to meet the baby.
So, lots of progress, and some to go. We still really need curtains and some cute wall art, but it feels good to have the crib and closet set up.
Pregnancy update: I continue to feel good. School is proving to be more exhausting than last year. I have decided to blame that on the baby. He is kicking all the time, especially late at night and early in the morning. He has hiccups pretty regularly which is really fun for us. He usually throws little temper tantrums when he has them: there will be big thumps in rhythm (the hiccups) with lots of little nudges and squirms in between. I totally understand, baby. I hate the hiccups.
My darling aunts are throwing a shower for me this weekend during the girls' weekend out, along with Jessy. We are getting really excited about that, especially getting ready for baby Leila, who's due date is rapidly approaching. The sooner, the better, right Jess?
