The Nursery

The nursery is (mostly) ready for the arrival of Baby Nicklaus! For his room, we decided to do mint walls with gray, yellow, and white accent colors. This room used to be a purplish/pinkish color and the mint looks MUCH better. Brian painted everything and now it looks great!

The crib and mobile: 

David and Carol (Brian's parents) gave us a dresser that is perfect for a changing table- it's exactly what I was looking for. My friend Rachel helped me give it a fresh coat of paint. We lined the inside with contact paper and put on new knobs. The "You are My Sunshine" print was from my grandparents- as you can see, we still need to actually hang it up on the wall.

The glider and ottoman is all ready for rocking the baby: 

Here's the toy bin and book crate. I took a wooden crate and painted it yellow and gray to match our nursery colors. As you can see, this baby already has a lot of stuffed animals, fun toys, and great books!

And here are a bunch of cute clothes that I can't wait to put him in!

A few weeks ago I did a "Wine and Canvas" event with a friend. (Well, for me it was "Diet Coke and Canvas"). The instructor provided incredibly detailed directions on how to paint the scene. Otherwise, this would just look like two big blobs! At some point, we will hang this up. Because I'm not very crafty, it's fun to have something in Baby's nursery that I actually made for him!

In addition to the nursery, the baby is already taking over other parts of the house. His adorable whale bathtub, wash cloths, towels, and bath toys are in the hall closet and ready for bath time. The basement is also full of baby stuff! 

The pack-and-play is ready to go: 

Brian actually assembled our jogging stroller a few months ago. There are a lot of great trails around our house, so we can't wait to take our little man on walks.

And the car seat and bases are put together! Next step: putting the bases in our vehicles. 

And as the sign says....