Nursery Progress

I realize that us me worrying about the appearance of the baby’s nursery seems really trivial to most anyone reading our blog.  But please let me explain that as of 3 weeks ago, we had not done a single thing.  I was actually avoiding it.  I had decided not to buy another baby thing.  I didn’t want to come home to a nursery with no baby.  But after a while, I realized that even more, I didn’t want to come home with a baby to no nursery.

Previously, it was Emerson’s playroom.  And this is what it looked like…

But then we cleaned it out and had it painted…

 

And then came the decorating.  We had the main things – crib, rocker, etc.  It was therapeutic…and a bit stressful to put it together.  I pulled Emerson’s baby items (car seat, bouncy seat, swing, Moses basket, etc.) for wash (and then gave them to my mother to actually wash…haha).  And then pulled out the gender neutral clothes and the things that I had already purchased.  

Here are a few pictures that I snapped the day before we left for Birmingham.  This is how it was left and what we will return to.  Artwork needs to be hung and a few other things still to be done to finalize it all, but its turning out pretty sweet.  (The rocker needs to be moved into the room…Huhum…Dad?)  But for the most part, its a working nursery. 

  

The cute dresser I ordered came in about a week ago while we were here in Birmingham.  I haven’t seen it in person, but here is the website picture in blue (ours will be green).

On another note, why is it that the guy never worries about anything baby?  It is insane how much time I have put into making sure we have all that we need…and if we don’t have it, making a list of what we still need to consider at a later date.  I seriously doubt Phillip has given the smallest thought to how many blankets or onesies we have…and definitely not sizes.  I can’t imagine him even thinking about needing waterproof mattress covers or burp cloths and bibs. 

Back to life (sorta)…

I woke up in my own bed this morning!  And immediately returned to life…Getting Emerson up, fed, dressed, etc.  And then was immediately exhausted.  Plus, I think I have a pinched nerve in my back from laying around for 3 days straight.

Emerson’s last day of MDO was today.  They have an end of the year party scheduled for Thursday, but due to Emerson’s food allergies (eggs & peanuts), we stay away from all the class parties.  One of these days, she will catch on to that…

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Emerson came home DIRTY.  Phillip rarely gets to see the effects of some serious playground time.  I think he was a little surprised.  I tried to get a good picture, but she was already in the bathtub and couldn’t take her eyes off the brown dirt water just from her feet alone. 

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I also received a call from USA C&W and UAB.  I have an appointment scheduled for Tuesday, May 24th, at UAB with the high risk group.  It seems like I will be in Birmingham from that point on.  I am just unsure if I will have any more appointments during that week or not, so we may be able to come back for Memorial Day weekend (???).  UAB is taking care of finding me a primary care physician (OB) as I only have a fetal specialist up there now.  It’s just all so confusing and FRUSTRATING!

I took some time off this morning, but with my UAB appointment newly scheduled for exactly one week from today…I need to get busy.  I have quite a few things to do.  Eek. 

Current state of the nursery…(lots.still.to.do.ugh.)

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Online shopping craziness.

So as you can imagine upon receiving the news that I am having contractions and are at risk for preterm labor, my motivation just skyrocketed.  And yet, I am stuck in bed or on the couch.  Frustrating.  Thankfully, our loyal painter (number available upon request…he is the absolute best!) called after our doctor’s appointment and is available to paint immediately.  So as I lay here in wait, I am busy doing some online shopping.  :)

I found and bought a dresser - Coastal Living by Stanley (this is not the color I chose)…

Curtain panels (white with green chenille dots)…

A set of 3 paintings (the lion is my favorite – so cute!)…

A pom pom pillow (in white)… A Boppy pillow cover (these are the absolute best blankets ever…and now its a Boppy cover too!)…A head support for the car seat (we have a pink one, but I don’t think pink will cut it for baby boy)…

A new diaper bag (it was 50% off retail on zulily today!)…

And even more exciting stuff (*sarcasm*) like curtain rods…

The one thing I am struggling with is that I am starting to think we need a twin bed in the nursery.  We didn’t do that with Emerson.  Instead, we invested (well, more like my mother purchased for us) a super cushy rocker and ottoman.  It worked out great when we ended up sleeping with her by necessity.  But this time around, I am thinking we may end up needing an actual bed.  With the amount of problems and possible “tet spells” that we are expecting, I have a feeling that we will be spending a lot of time in there.  Plus, if we call in reinforcements (aka LaLa – my mother) for night duty, then she has somewhere to stay close to baby.  I am hoping that all of my purchases just come in sooner rather than later so we can determine if we even have enough space for a twin bed. 

On schedule for tomorrow…Downloading all of our pictures from various cameras and storing on our external hard drive (jealous???).  Oh – AND it is Phillip’s 30th birthday!  I plan on taking him to a nice dinner…I still have to eat, right?

Nursery Progress…

We “officially” have 8 weeks until I will be moving to Birmingham…to wait.  I think this is the point where most preggo women pray for it to happen quicker yet all the while also hoping their husband starts marking off the honey-do list.  I guess I should be praying that we have that 8 weeks.  We have done almost nothing to prepare for “Bobby”.  I have purchased the bedding (Serena & Lily’s Blake collection)…

and a few clothes, but beyond that, nothing. 

The future nursery itself is still a playroom. 

And the future playroom (an absolute necessity in this house) is still a guest room. 

So as you can see, the to-do list is basically a bunch of organizing, cleaning, and rearranging.  And I have neither the energy or motivation to do any of it.  Emerson’s room was well on its way to completion at this same time 2 years ago. 

Please send happy thoughts this way….We need them!