The nursery has been complete for a while now, so I thought this would be a good opportunity to share how it all turned out. Especially since I have nothing new to report. At my checkup last week Muppet still hadn't dropped, and my cervix was long and closed. According to my doc, my cervix is "trying to soften" making it medium - not hard, but not soft.
So instead of boring you with the fact that this pregnancy is at a standstill, I'll take you on a nursery tour. It started with this:
A painting I had picked up about 2 years ago at an Art Festival. I love this picture, from a series entitled "Little Buddies." It used to hang in our living room, but it just seems so perfect for a baby's room. Especially a first baby's room since it has a mommy bird, daddy bird, and baby bird. Once we knew we were expecting, we went back to the artist and purchased a couple more prints from the series to hang on the wall.
From there, the plan was to use the colors in the painting for the rest of the room. Red/Blue/Orange and Green sheets and accessories. But then I found this bedding:
And it seemed so perfect. It used a lot of the colors from the painting - subbing in yellow for the red, but still keeping neutral. The bumper and crib will, of course, be removed leaving a sheet covered in orange, green, yellow and blue leaves. Finding the sheet set led us to our next nursery inspiration:
A tree wall decal! We had to compromise a bit on this. J wanted something really realistic, and I wanted something rounder/more cartoony. This fell a little in the middle and we got to pick all the colors. So we used the three main colors in the sheets - blue, orange, and green, and used them to match green leaves and blue and orange birds. (There are some blue and orange squirrels at the base of the tree too that didn't get captured in this photo)
By this point, we had officially embraced the "bird" theme. And my similarly themed shower had different birdhouses as centerpieces. I was urged to take them home with me and we decided to add them to the room as decor.
And for the remainder of the tour......
There's my "nursing corner."
We both love this glider and spend lots of time hanging out in it. Already. And the baby isn't even here! I've got a table beside for burp cloths, water, and underneath is a bin filled with nursing pads, extra boppy covers, cream, everything you could need for nursing within arms reach of the chair.
And the "changing station."
The top drawer of the dresser holds diapers, wipes, extra burp cloths, diaper cream, an extra changing pad cover and refills for the diaper genie. The middle drawer has bibs, socks, caps, and some gorgeous sweaters made for this baby. The bottom drawer holds sheets and sleep sacks - bedtime stuff.
And for all those who didn't think you could buy clothes without knowing the sex of the baby?
This is most of it, but not all. I'm missing a yellow, but I've got red, orange, green, blue, brown, black, white, and grey all represented!
Total weight gain/loss: +20
Next Appointment: Friday, September 23.
Maternity clothes? yes
Stretch marks: nada.
Sleep: I've actually been sleeping this week up until about 5am. Then I wake up and I'm up, no getting back to sleep.
Best moment this week: Baby shopping. I love shopping period. Doesn't matter who it's for!
Movement: Not slowing down at all. Still all the time. The latest favorite is Muppet pushing his/her butt as hard as humanly possibly out my stomach. It hurts!
Food cravings: Nothing
Food aversions: Nothing
Gender: Tell you in October!
Belly Button in or out: in. I'm tempted to think it may stay this way.
What I miss: Not feeling bruised from the inside.
What I am looking forward to: Pumpkin Ale. And I'm really hoping that there will be SOMETHING going on at my next appointment.
Contractions: Nope.
Milestones:
Dem bones, dem bones are starting to harden.
Baby Names: Let's take names we know and add random letters!
Boy: Dagvid
Girl: Shennifer
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