Wanna See My New Crib?

YAY!!!! We finally got a crib! I know you're all dying to see it, so here it is!
On Saturday (after buying the chair) we went to Babies R Us to get the crib since they were kind enough to put it on sale. :) We found out though that they don't stock hardly any cribs, so we had them put one on hold at another store (since we didn't have 3 weeks for them to order it) and I went and got it yesterday. We got the Babi Italia Pinehurst Espresso Single Crib.
P.S. Who decided to give these things such long-o names?



Devony did most of the work (her choice) and Aaron was kind enough to take pictures while she was unpacking the box (which I'm pretty sure would have weathered a hurricane just fine. You'd think packing tape grows on trees or something! Once we got it all upstairs we both worked on it. We did put it together in the room though. Remember on Alias when they didn't and they had to do it over because it didn't fit? We learned from them. :)



Let me just say that putting a crib together is confusing! We constantly had to re-read the directions and even do a couple of things twice! Who writes these?
The finished product with our crib blanket. (Angela these are my nursery colors - olive and tan - and I'm so glad you came to visit my blog!) Now I am feverishly working on the bumper (I have great motivation all of a sudden) and hope to have it done very soon so that I can do the crib skirt! YAY this is such fun!

Adventures in Chair Shopping

Some of you know that I have ideas about things. Lots of them actually. So I KNEW I wanted a traditional rocking chair for my nursery! Well, after much shopping, I finally decided a couple of things:

1. Traditional Rocking Chair are not very popular, and therefore very difficult to find.

2. Not so great in the comfort arena

3. Drat :(

So we started looking at gliders. But I don't really like traditional nursery gliders. Plus the only REALLY comfortable ones I could find were also REALLY expensive ($550? No thanks.)

Then we found these upholstered gliders. Classy looking and pretty darn comfy. I thought we had found a match. Until we realized that Babies R Us is basically the only physical store that carries them. And they are still really expensive. Double Drat.

So we spent about 4 1/2 hours at American Furniture Warehouse on Saturday and ended up coming home with a rocker/recliner and a mismatched ottoman. I liked the ottoman because the tan and green combo goes great in the tan and green nursery, and it is very comfy (Aaron and I have each accidentally fallen asleep in it already!). Plus it's microfiber and will hopefully wear better than a few other fabrics. So here is the first real piece of furniture we bought for the nursery! What do you think?

Are You Excited?

I am. :)



You can also see this at http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/pirates/atworldsend/

Blocks

I had these great building blocks growing up that we played with incessantly. I loved them and I really wanted our kids to have some too. Therefore, being the handyman that he is, Aaron took it upon himself to try out his new miter saw (poor guy) and make some for me! Our friends Annie and Tommy came over and Tommy helped Aaron with the block cutting.


The blocks turned out really great. There are lots of different shapes and as you can see, they work really well! We even had our friends' son try them out and he thought they were pretty good, so I guess they're kid approved! Now we'll be able to test them on our own little girl! One question though - should they be painted or left natural?

Big News....

Guys the day has finally come - we're getting a little girl!

She's due on April 14th, so around that time we will be traveling to Georgia (where her birthmom lives) to pick her up. We still have to hammer out some of the details and things, but we are really excited.

I painted the blocks for her room and Aaron is going to make a shelf to put them on! These beautiful roses are from Aaron (our caseworker actually called him first, so he got to tell me about her).

This means that we are busy shopping for her and trying to make sure we have all the essentials. There's definitely a lot to buy! We're having a great time though and loving every minute that we spend getting ready for her. Our families are really excited. My brother's wife is due one week after our little girl, so she'll even have a cousin her same age really soon!