Crib Bedding

     
So, I think that the crib looks great now that the bedding's finished. I love how happy and bright the fabric I picked for the bumpers is. Hurray! Too bad she won't sleep there for a while. Michael wants to go look at some flooring options tomorrow. We're so close to being able to fill in the nursery finished date in the baby book. It just keeps getting closer. I have a feeling she's more likely to be a virgo than a libra at this point, but we'll see.

It Was Like Christmas, Only Dustier

So, Mike had been telling me that he had saved some of Isaac's baby things and that he would check the attic to see what was up there. Judging by the destroyed stroller in the backyard and some of the cat pee stained baby clothes I had discovered in the laundry room I wasn't too hopeful about there being very much in good condition up there. The only thing he knew for sure he had was Isaac's white metal crib, which we'd already decided we’d send over to my dad's as a back up.  The rest was a mystery, but he thought he might have a baby swing.
A couple days ago he checked and there was the crib, a bouncer chair and a baby swing. The swing was by far the most exciting. For those of you who don't know they no longer make wind-up baby swings they're all battery operated now. All of my friends with babies complain about having to buy a pack of C batteries a week to keep the swings moving. So, aside from needing a cleaning and some new fabric we had our very own functional wind-up swing. Hurray! I was worried we wouldn't have one before the baby came. It had some blue teddy bear fabric and Michael used some great blue fabric with multicolored dragonflies I got from Joanne's to recover it. It looks really cute. I'll post pictures tonight.
The bouncer chair was pretty gross, but we were able to clean it and after some tweeking it was functional. Not long after we got a nicer hand-me-down bouncer chair so the one from the attic is destined for consignment, yay credit.
Michael also finished sewing the crib bumpers using this awesome yellow fabric with pink and purple dragonflies on it I found. They look amazing and we also got some crib sheets with our Target gift cards so the crib bedding is finished. I'll take pictures of that to post for you guys too. Now all that's left in the nursery is the floor and the only big item left is a highchair, but we’ve got time to for that.

The Mobile

One of the first baby items I looked at was mobiles. That particular web browsing adventure left me incredibly frustrated. Everything faced the wrong direction, was drab and boring or just ugly. So, I asked Doreen if she could help me. I showed her one of two to give her an idea of what I liked, but pretty much I just specified something bright and colorful with dragonflies. I got a mobile on clearance for her to start with so we'd know it was secure and the lengths to make everything and she made this:

I can't even put into words how much I love it. It's bright, sparkly and everything is made to be seen from baby's point of view. She even used a scrap of the fabric from my glider on the top. It's so pretty and no one will even have one like it again (unless it survives this little one and gets passed down). Thank you, thank you, thank you!!

Room Swap Day

Today was a big day. We all got up early in anticipation of the big day, even Michael. First Bob and Susan came over with the crib. It's beautiful and matches the dresser Cindi gave us perfectly. Once it was together the furniture moving started. Then Randy and Ivy came over and pretty soon the Hoffmans arrived. So, while the boys shuffled furniture around Milissa watched the kids in the living room. It was weird to be hanging out in bed while the house got rearranged, but exciting to have so many people in the house.
Later in the day when Bob and Susan had gone home and the boys headed out to Home Depot my dad stopped by on his scooter. He had totally forgotten it was room swap day, but it was a "more the merrier" kind of day. We made our own custom paint color with a small can of Capital Green with a large can of white. It's a beautiful light green, a kind of minty sage. Doreen and Lara did a wonderful job painting the nursery. It really looks like a baby's room in there now with the painted walls and beautiful wood furniture. It's very exciting.
We still have painting to finish in the baby's room and the rest of the house, especially Isaac's new big boy room needs some organizing, but it's all happening. I'm so excited for my baby shower next weekend and the baby to get here now. No matter what happens now I feel like we'll be prepared for this baby now no matter how early it decides to make its appearance. On that note I am taking bed rest very seriously and I have every intention of getting through a few more months before I deliver, but the more prepared we are the longer this kid will wait.
Thank you, so much to everyone who helped out today and everyone who's visited since I went on bed rest. It really, really means alot!