Finished nursery!

The nursery has been finished for a couple of weeks now and I am happy with how it turned out.  You can find the original post with paint details, fabric details, etc, here.

Just a reminder that we are keeping the name secret until she is here.  Her name is currently above the crib, so that is why there are weird blocks above the crib.  : )

View from the door:

Cloth diaper storage:

Crib:

Dresser, armoire, changing area, etc:

I am happy with how it came out. The paint color is perfect and her room feels so calm and peaceful.  Now she needs to come!

DIY nursery items

I have all of my projects completed (for now anyway), so I thought I would share some of the DIY items.  I really should have taken step by step photos as I went, but really, these are relatively easy projects to complete.

Up first are the DIY crepe paper flower balls.  I got the idea for these from this blog.  It took a few practice runs to get the flowers to look just right, but once I figured it out, they were pretty easy to make.  It was definitely time consuming, but I would just work on it while I watched TV.  I have them hanging over the diaper changing area.

Every little girl has hair bows, right?  I definitely like to have a way to display these items so I don't forget what I have.  This is a similar idea to my jewelry organizer that I made a while back.  All you need is a frame, fabric, ribbon, and glue.  Then you remove the glass from the frame, wrap the fabric around the cardboard backing, glue said fabric, then add the ribbon and glue.  It is pretty easy!

Every little girl also needs headbands, right?  Again, there needs to be a place to display and store these headbands so this mom doesn't forget about them!  I think this was the easiest of all of my projects.  To make, you will need an empty and cleaned out oatmeal container (for infants, I would recommend using a smaller container b/c the larger container was too big), fabric, and a hot glue gun.  Simply cut the fabric to fit the oatmeal container and then glue.  Now take the lid to the container, cover with fabric, and glue.  How easy was that?

There is one more project that I just can't reveal yet: her name hanging over the crib!  Once she is here and we have shared the name, I will make sure to include that as well.

Dancing Baby

One of my favorite shows is So You Think You Can Dance.  I have watched it since Season 2 and have been to all of the tours except for one.  Baby Girl loves music, especially classical, pop, and country.  Unfortunately for Chris she isn't a big alternative fan, but I am sure we will work on that one.  Anyway, when we were watching SYTCD last night, she was so super active.  I really should have gotten the video camera out, but I didn't.

Her movement has slowed down over the last few weeks, but now I know if I need to check on her, all I have to do is turn on SYTYCD!  Maybe she is preparing for her auditions already!  : )

Chris was so excited by all the movement that he turned on his ipod when we went to bed to see if he could get her bouncing around again.  Sure enough, she was dancing like crazy.  This of course got Chris all excited and he started singing to her.  I then joined in on the singing and she calmed down almost instantly.  Once I stopped singing, she started bouncing around again.  Perhaps my singing will calm her down once she decides to join us on the outside.  We shall see!

Belly updates

I cannot believe how quickly time has flown and how big my belly is.  I look back on earlier photos and remember thinking how big I was then - if I had only known!  LOL!

31 weeks:

33 weeks 4 days:

35 weeks 6 days:

36 weeks 6 days: