We have started to work on the nursery!!! We have had to do some major furniture moving and re-arranging to get this done but everything is just about in place and the room is looking great! Our current guest room is becoming the nursery and we will eventually move the bed and decor from that room into the office so that our friends/ family will have a place to stay when they visit. (We had the bed set-up in the middle of our living room all weekend while my parents were here so they could have a place to sleep!)
The first thing that we had to do to the now nursery was add overhead lighting and a ceiling fan to that room. (Neither of the extra rooms upstairs have overhead lighting- only a wall plug for a lamp that is controlled by the switch.) We found a fan that we liked at Home Depot and then Gregg re-wired the electricity in the room and installed the fan! We bought a second fan that matches this one and will be putting it up in the office once we get the nursery all done.
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In addition to the WONDERFUL fan, Gregg also put in a remote control for the fan and the lights for me to have! I love this little thing and the fact that I can adjust the fan speeds and dim or brighten the lights from my recliner in the room!
After we got the lighting finished then we decided the walls needed a little color on them! I painted every wall in the house 3 years ago when I moved in and then haven't changed anything since. I choose a white color for the walls in this room and bathroom but got real bored with that color after the first coat and never went back for a second coat. (This was the only room in the house with white walls!) I, of course, wanted color on the walls and found a beautiful green color called "Corn Husk Green" that I wanted to paint but my practical husband wanted to put a neutral tan color on the walls in order for it to be easier to sell. We looked at paint colors several times and I begged Gregg to let me paint the room green. I finally convinced him by agreeing to re-paint our office (once the light and fan are installed) and the guest bath to the neutral tan color while I am on maternity leave. (The office is currently "Red Raider Red" and will be a total beast to repaint but something that must be done since most people looking to buy a house don't appreciate my love of Texas Tech!)
Gregg hard at work!
We finished painting Wednesday evening and also picked my niece Bailey up from her great-grandmother's house to stay with us for the rest of the week. Last year we did all sorts of fun things with Bailey while she was with us (6 flags, zoo, aquarium, etc...) but this year we had things we needed to do around house and I don't enjoy being outdoors in this crazy heat. We incorporated Bailey into everything we were working on and she loved getting to help us out with Cade's room!
I had a doctors appointment on Thursday and took Bailey with me to the doctor while Gregg went to pick up furniture (we wanted to get it all before the rain hit). My appointment this time was really short (Bailey's description was 45 minutes driving for a 5 minute appointment and then 45 minutes back home)- we heard the heart beat and I got my belly measured for the first time. I am measuring 23 weeks which puts me right on track and the heartbeat was a strong 146 beats per minute. Bailey LOVED hearing the heartbeat and thought it was so cool that she got to be at the appointment and hear Cade's little heart beating!
After the appointment we went home and Bailey helped Gregg put the crib together. She also loved getting to do this and wanted to be the one that tightened every screw in the crib. We enjoyed having her help us and I really liked that she could hold pieces for Gregg so that I could take pictures of it all!!!
the mobile hanging on the crib
Gregg had to teach CPR Saturday morning and so Mom, Dad, Bailey and I all went to eat breakfast and then to Home Depot so we could get new wood blinds for the nursery. I despise the mini-blinds that we currently have in the room and have always had curtains hanging so that I didn't have to look at them. I don't want full length curtains in the nursery and want to be able to enjoy the sunlight so the mini-blinds had to go!
My Dad working on hanging the blinds
I love the way that the new blinds finish off the room and how much nicer they make everything look overall! This little room is quickly becoming my favorite in the house- I love sitting in the chair and reading every evening. I can't wait to get our bedding in, to hang a few things on the wall and see the room all finished!
we took the middle shelf out so that this could be a changing table also (now I gotta figure out if I want baskets up top or to leave the space open and just decorate it)
Sunday morning we went to meet my Great Aunt Cleacy and Uncle Rod for lunch at La Madeline's. Cleacy was my Grandmother's oldest and closest sister and helped raise my Dad and Uncle. She is 96 years old now and lives here in a nursing home. She has really aged over this last year and I don't think she recognizes me most times when I visit now. She does love my Daddy though and her face lit up when he walked in and she recognized him immediately!
My Dad, Cleacy, and Rod
Cleacy has always knitted and I have several afghans that she made for me growing up. When I was in college I could tell that the knitting was getting harder for her and so I asked her to make me a baby blanket to use someday. Before she finished the blanket, Cleacy fell and broke her wrist and hasn't knitted since then. My other great aunt, Evanel, finished the blanket and I have had it hanging in the back of my closet since then. We took the blanket to lunch with us to show Cleacy and promised her that we would bring the baby to see her in the blanket after he is born.
the blanket
We had an amazing weekend with Bailey and my parents and LOVED having their help around the house and with the nursery! Gregg and I are so blessed to have the incredible families that we do and we look forward to adding our sweet sweet addition to our families!!!
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