Week 39 belly and nursery photos
One more week! We wake up every day wondering if this could be the day!
The nursery is ready although we are using Jubu’s crib as a staging area for packing for the hospital. We still need curtains but that can come later. What a group effort the nursery has been! In addition to Bonnie’s mural, Aunt Jennifer got Jubu the precious owl mobile hanging in the corner, and Hugh and Jack were so kind to give us their great mobile hanging over the crib. GrandJan gave Jubu the alphabet caterpillar hanging over the window, and our friend Michelle made the most beautiful quilt that is hanging over the rocking chair. Burke painted the lamp and the bedside table, my mom spent hours with me looking at rugs, and my dad vacuumed every spot of dust from the room (before he fell on the icy front steps and cut his hand open, but that is another story!). We think the room is coming together…and we can’t wait to show it to Jubu! We will update the blog as soon as we can after Jubu’s arrival!
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While we were at the beach last weekend, Bonnie painted the mural on the nursery wall. We love it! Now we are working on getting the rest of the room put together. We are still working on a rug, curtains, framing some art for the walls, painting the bedside table, etc. but here is a sneak preview for now! We will post more pictures when it’s done.
Bedding for nursery
We bought the bedding for the nursery last weekend. The bedding above is for the twin bed in the room and we are putting a plain orange crib sheet on the crib. The greens in the duvet cover aren’t quite the greens we were looking for, but we really like it anyway and think that it will make for a really cute, bright room for the baby!
Filed under nursery | Comment (1)We found a crib!
I was out walking with a friend the other day, and we happened across a neighborhood yard sale with the perfect, simple white crib in great condition. Such a nice family with cute children so I feel good about the crib. I got home and researched the crib company (Pali, an Italian company) and it is a great company. Yay, another thing crossed off the list!
Nursery colors
I am having fun starting to think about the nursery decorations. Burke gave me the most beautiful birthday card that had some wonderful colors on it, and then my sister sent us a print for the baby’s room with the same colors. So, we’ve decided to use these colors in the baby’s room. They would’ve worked for a boy OR a girl. And since I don’t want to over-pink the room or the baby, I think they will be perfect.
Here is a copy of the print Jennifer sent. The artist is Matte Stephens, who recently moved to Portland from Birmingham, AL (sound familiar?). I love this print! Thanks, Aunt Jennifer!
We like the blue-green colors (dark & light shades) with the orange as an accent. We will use somewhat of a bird theme in the nursery, but mainly in the artwork so we don’t overdo it. I also have an owl lamp that was in my room when I was little that we will use.
It will be fun over the next few months to get the room ready! We are looking for a white crib (used is preferable) so keep your eyes open! We’re watching Craigslist closely!
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