Yea! for the Nursery!

This Saturday we worked hard. We worked hard to have a room that someone would actually want to hang out in. Specifically, a very small someone set to arrive one month from today!

With the generous help of so many and the sweat and mobility of Joe and his mom, we got the baby's room up to snuff this afternoon --- and I LOVE IT!

It's so friendly, peaceful and not overdone (in my opinion at least!).

Here's a few pics of what we've done today...

This is right inside the door, a fun scripture and eventually O'Baby's foot or handprint.
Looking through the door along the nearest wall. The fun polka dot lamp makes me smile and the dinosaur bank was mine when I was little!
The awesome dresser and nifty swing. Eventually, we'll get a rocker or glider to go here sometime soon.
Going to make some fun tie-backs for the curtains and perhaps add some color blocks to the bottom.
Love the crib bedding! We're planning on putting O'Baby's name or initials somehow in the middle of the two pictures.
So, that's about it! I love it! It makes me happy and I hope it makes O'Baby happy too! So, anytime you're ready little dude, so are we! Love you!

Nursery Update

We are getting closer to actually creating a room for the little dude! We got two important pieces last week and I can't wait to put them into place.

1. The dresser! It looks fab-o and think it will be oh, so much better than what Pottery Barn Kids had to offer anyhow.

2. Artwork! Grandma Holly is an amazing artist and here are a few of the friends O'Baby will get to talk with over the next few years!

These are some of the characters that went with the bedding for Land of Nod, and a few we made up along the way. The names, you ask? Just thought it would add a bit of personality to them! =)

We just need to do wee bit of touch-up paint and we'll be good to go to start putting everything in place!

(Sorry for the slightly odd photos, I had the wrong lens on for the room I had!)

Pottery Barn, For Shame!

So, Joe has done a great job of trying to figure out our clashing furniture issues with PBK. After talking with the store associates and manager, and design center, and I'm sure some other people, Joe and whoever were able to decide upon sending out a second Kendall dresser to compare and hopefully match the crib we love.

Well, it was supposed to arrive yesterday. Grandma Holly was planning to meet me at my house to make sure I wasn't crazy and we didn't get stuck with something we didn't really like. The delivery guys of course showed up earlier than scheduled and I'm freaking out all alone.

I go ahead and ask them to bring the new one in to compare with the current one and the crib. As soon as they unwrap it, I know...

IT'S FREAKIN' ORANGE!!!

It's oranger and grainier looking than the first. ARE YOU KIDDING ME!

If they are supposed to be from the same Kendall collection from Pottery Barn Kids, shouldn't they match? Isn't that what we're paying you for PBK?

Ah, well, after even the delivery guys agreed it was orange and not brown like the crib, I said thank you very much but please take them back!

So, the quest continues for OB's dresser. Not a big deal, just a deal. =)