I’m now eight months pregnant and have been waiting and waiting for that nesting urge to kick in. Finally a few weeks ago it started, but before that I kept looking at messy closets and a messy office and thinking “I’ll tackle that when I’m nesting.” Uhhhh, yeah, then I started to realize that the baby is due in less than eight weeks (!!!!!!!) and that if I’m going to actually have a room to bring him home to then I better kick my nesting butt in gear.
So, I spent the weekend “nesting.” And by nesting I mean bossing Jeremy around and making him and my dad (THANKS DAD!) move all of the furniture out of the office, arranging it in the “guest suite” side of the basement, moving the dresser and the rug into the baby’s room and setting up the crib. Rest assured Grandma T, we’re keeping your suite intact, but now it will have a desk and computer in it. By the end of the weekend we were all tired and sore but I feel much better knowing that we’ve tackled the biggest step in setting up the nursery.
As for the nursery, I’ve decided to keep it fairly simple and with a nice, straight-forward balloon theme. My inspiration is this funky old lamp that JP and I had in our bedroom as kids. It has this great shade that’s made up of balloons. I was looking at it one day and realized that bright, basic shapes are what infants like to look at. By keeping the theme fairly simple it will be easy to change out as Lil’ Guy grows up and develops more of his own tastes. Until then, this is what I’m thinking with the decor.
I bought this mobile a few months ago. I’m excited to put it over the crib – or maybe hanging in a corner… I’m not sure.
Mom and Dad bought us this rug (Thanks guys!). It’s super-soft underfoot so it’ll be great for the baby and I to hang out on. It also has a bunch of colors in it – soft greens and browns, bright reds and blues, very versatile colors that we can use in a bunch of decorating themes in the next several years.
Lastly, the big decorating “focal point” in the room will be a bunch of paper lanterns (like the ones pictured) arranged in the corner of the room with strings coming down like a bunch of balloons (high enough where the baby can’t reach).
I bought this mobile a few months ago. I’m excited to put it over the crib – or maybe hanging in a corner… I’m not sure.
Mom and Dad bought us this rug (Thanks guys!). It’s super-soft underfoot so it’ll be great for the baby and I to hang out on. It also has a bunch of colors in it – soft greens and browns, bright reds and blues, very versatile colors that we can use in a bunch of decorating themes in the next several years.
Lastly, the big decorating “focal point” in the room will be a bunch of paper lanterns (like the ones pictured) arranged in the corner of the room with strings coming down like a bunch of balloons (high enough where the baby can’t reach). And no blog post could be complete without a picture of Clare (or, at least until the new guy comes). In the picture above, Clare and I were waiting to have dinner and J snapped a pic with his iPhone. Doesn’t Clare look at least three with her hair pulled back? She has a bit of a pony tail obsession right now and requested “two pony tails” on Saturday morning. So she rocked “two pony tails” all day along with a “grass” hula skirt she found in a drawer. It was quite a look, but Clare pulled it off nicely.