Nursery

Well, it's been about 7 months since my last post. Apparently nothing is going on. Oh, so you see that "nursery" is the title of this blog? Ok, so something has been going on. During the last 7 months I have been growing another human being inside my body. Sounds cool, right? It totally is, but it will be cooler once this little person comes flying out of my nether regions and is a real-live baby. So to prepare for our new roommate, Evan and I have been busy with all sorts of parenting classes, buying supplies, and of course, preparing the nursery. Even though the nursery won't be fully utilized for several months after the baby is born, we have it all set up and ready to go for your viewing pleasure.

It's actually been about 98% finished for some time now, but we just had our baby shower this weekend and now it is full with all sorts of fun stuff. Let the picture parade begin!

Here is the first view of the room from the door. Gray wall color with pink accents.

The next view is from another corner facing the closet and the rocking chair.  To toot my own horn, I sewed the rocking chair pads after I couldn't find anything I liked in the store/online. The rocking chair was a hand-me-down from Evan's parents.

 

Here is a close-up view of one of my favorite things about the room. The shelf above the closet is full of "vintage" toys. And by "vintage" I mean toys that my siblings and I used to play with when we were little. :) Basically a bunch of Fisher-Price toys from the 60s and 70s.  There are a few older pieces mixed in - the stacked blocks are part of a set my mom and perhaps even her mother used to play with as children. Some are falling apart and very fragile, but they have actually held up pretty well over the years.

The next pic is of our bookshelves which is an idea that I totally stole from Pinterest. These are actually $4 spice rack shelves from IKEA stained black. We don't have a lot of space in this room for more pieces of furniture, so we thought shelves on the wall would do the trick.

Here is our crib with a bunch of vintage Disneyland posters on the wall. We have all the different lands represented as well as Mainstreet and the Disneyland train route. 

 

Here is the view from the window of the dresser/changing table. Horn tooting again - I made the lamp shade because, once again, I couldn't find anything I liked. Above the dresser is a vintage Disneyland map. Oh, you can also see our baby spy-cam mounted above the picture. :)

Finally, because we received a mountain of the cutest baby clothes at our shower, here is picture of our closet.  6 weeks from her due date and her wardrobe is already exploding. 

Well that's it! We just need a little human and we are all set!!