Making Even More Progress

I've shown you a few things about the baby's room before but now we have even more done thanks to my wonderful hubby!  He's been able to get a lot done and even put up with me at the same time.  :)

This is the room once it was completely painted. You can't tell a huge difference between the wall color and the ceiling color in this pic but I love the way it turned out!

Then my honey put the crib together. I wasn't here for this process but I do have before and after pics of his handiwork! Curtis did a great job!  I put some of the bedding on just to see what it looked like.  I know it'll all have to come off again to be washed but I don't care.  :) 

Then a few days later, we put the changing table together. 

We have a dresser that was being passed around our family and after my sister got married she didn't need it anymore, so it got passed down to us.  We put it in the closet for extra storage.  I just had to hang up some of his clothes! I know I'll have to take them all down again but I had to see what they looked like in his room.  ;)

I'm going to do a collage of eight 8x10 prints above the babies bed.  I have a few of them already framed, a few more that need to be framed and a few more still on the way.  I want to hang them 4x4 over the crib.  Here's what I have framed so far.

The only other furniture being added to the room is a rocker/glider and a book case.  I have some cute books and toys for the bookcase.  Then all I have to do is finalize the decorations.  I think I have a pretty good idea of what I want, I just need to finalize the details and get approval from the hubby.  I'm so excited for the room to be coming together. 

I'll post more pics of the progress or maybe I'll have it done soon and can show you the final product!  Only 79 more days (give or take a few) until we have a little one ready to enjoy his new room!

I hope ya'll have a great weekend!



Making Progress!

We’ve slowly but surely been getting ready for the arrival of our baby boy. We only have 95 days left so I’m feeling like it’s crunch time. It’s kinda overwhelming knowing where to start or what needs to be done, so we just started with one item and moved on to the next – one thing at a time, right?!

We have started to register and are about 90% done. We still need to find a stroller and car seat which is very overwhelming. We’re not sure what the best option is so we’re starting with researching online resources and asking friends.  I'm sure we'll figure it out - at some point.  :)

We have started on the room. My friend Mandy helped me clean out the baby’s room. We had kept it an empty room (we had future plans for it) but the closet was stuffed with all my Christmas stuff and all the stuff that just doesn’t belong anywhere. For now, most of that stuff is going in the attic, but some of it had to be moved to my husbands’ “room”. He had taken over one of our spare closets for his hunting stuff and it’s now split in half to share with my crafting stuff. I made sure nothing was touching his hunting stuff. . . I wouldn't want to get glitter on the camo!

I’ve found the baby bedding at Target. I mostly picked it out for the colors but I also love the fact that it’s not “babyish” but “boyish” instead.

We’ve pretty much picked out this crib and changing table from Babies R Us. It may change between now and the time we order it – which needs to be done like yesterday! We also need to decide on a recliner / glider. Those things can be expensive! I don’t want a cheap one because I want it to be comfortable but man I do not want to pay more than the cost of the crib for a CHAIR!

We’ve started the process of painting the room! WooHOO! I’m so excited. My wonderful hubby took me to Lowe’s on Saturday and we picked out paint to match the bedding. On Sunday, we finished moving everything out of the room and taped off the room. Then my honey started by painting the ceiling! He started painting the walls on Monday.  I’m so excited that we’ve started and it’ll be finished soon.

The darker blue is for the walls and
the lighter blue is for the ceiling.

The room is taped off and here is a pic of the ceiling. 
The walls are in progress now!!

I’ve also started planning some of the decorations. I’m probably getting most of the items off Etsy, but I also found a cool photo mobile at Urban Outfitters that I’m going to use to make my own mobile. I’ve found some of the other items at Target like a mirror and a shelf, so it's all starting to come together!

We’ve also been gathering the necessary items for our little Mr. since all his family members have been giving him bibs and clothes and diapers. I’m also buying a few diapers here and there when they’re on sale and I have a coupon. I know I’ll find a brand that works, but for newborn diapers, I’m just buying what’s on sale. I figure we’ll change his diaper so much in the beginning that it won’t really matter much if the brand turns out not to be my favorite. Maybe I’ll be wrong about that though.

We still have so much more to do but I know it’ll all come together and it makes me feel better to be making progress. It'll be exciting to start moving things into the room soon!