Nursery Progress: In Snapshots

While we still have a ways to go, the big things - like paint and the closet - are done.  Now it's the small details that I enjoy working on that will happen next. 

Josie's old crib didn't make the cut for the new nursery. She'd beaten it up pretty good and it was one of those now banned drop side cribs.  At such a reasonable price, I had to go with the classic Jenny Lind cribs - after all, I have chairs from when I was little that match... see? 

I love mid century design, and I think I'm going for a mix of modern and mid-modern for the girls' room.  I finally made a trip to a thrift store I'd been wanting to sleuth for a while, and snagged this little nightstand for cheap cheap.  My plan originally was to paint it some crazy color like aqua, and I still might, but I rather like it in its current rough state. We'll see as the room progresses if I decided to paint it or not. 

Ed has the shelves and rods all installed in the closest, and I'm now on the hunt for a hamper and some funky baskets to add to the shelves.  We have dressers on order, we're headed to the unfinished furniture store today to order a custom bench for under the window, and once more furniture gets placed in the room I'm off to the carpet store to order a custom sized carpet to be backed and bound. I'm thinking something plush and cozy.

Oh, and the drapes (as seen above), I made myself after angrily getting email after email from Pottery Barn that the curtains I wanted kept getting their backorder date pushed.  For $60 I solved that problem!

Week 25

Week 24 definitely escaped me, and week 25 is quickly passing. I think I'm making some good progress these days - if my shortness of breath and inability to tie my shoes is any indication.  We're moving right along, and according to the doctors at my 24th week... the girls are doing a fine job of growing.  At that appointment, we discovered baby B had finally done a flip and is now head down along with baby A.  That explains all that kicking up in my ribs.  

While baby A is tucked in a little further, baby B really lets me know she's awake by pushing really hard on my right side.  By now they probably weigh more than 1lb9oz, but that's what they were at our 24 week appointment.  I also had my glucose test last week and passed without a problem.  I continue to struggle to find things that sound good to eat, but I must be doing an ok job - I'm upwards 25lbs about now.  

I'm sure Josie still doesn't have a clue as to what's going to happen around here in a few months, but she's really been good about helping me out and letting me have a break when I need one.  And E, he's been amazing.  He's working on project after project that I find for him.  The nursery is painted, the closet is installed and now we just wait for furniture to come in and start filling out the room to become a workable nursery.

Summer has Arrived

her first bikini. 

lazy days playing in the yard.

with lots of friends.