baby z
The Nursery
I think I said I would write this post a looong time ago, but alas, life with a newborn took over and this was pushed to the back seat. Not to mention that our bedrooms are in the basement so I have a limited window of time where the sunlight streams in and of course I would remember this post when it was too late to get good pics {some women get “pregnancy brain” — I have “mom-brain”}.
This past Saturday morning while my men slept I was able to get these shots. Truth be told, I really didn’t feel the nursery was complete until sweet Will’s newborn hospital pics arrived and I could place one in the scripture frame I got a while ago. So here’s his little room that he has yet to spend the night in ;-)
One significant lesson I learned in this process {and a pretty obvious one}: MEASURE before you buy. Oops! You’ll see my “creative” way of using the space that needed to fit more furniture than the room was really able to handle.
Also, I really HATE painting so I based the color scheme off the existing wall color and the fact that we didn’t know if we were having a boy or a girl. I felt like gender neutral really played in our favor for decorating this room.
We have two bedrooms in our condo so it was important to have a bed in the nursery for guests. In this case we also raised the bed for a trundle to scoot under it.
I tried to stick with gray, white and shades of aqua, turquoise and sea glass green for our color scheme. I also LOVE white so this color scheme was perfectly white friendly :-)
One of my two most favorite pieces in the nursery. The baby pics on the left are Will’s only living great-grandparents, my parents, then me, then Mr. Z and then Grandma and Grandpa Z. I am so thankful to have these pics!
A little close-up of the pillows. I got them at Home Goods and TJ Maxx. I thought they looked as though this I-can’t-sew-a-thing gal actually made them. Love it :-)
We used this birdcage for cards at our wedding and for the longest time I couldn’t find a place to display it. I think it fits just perfectly in this space. I also love that there is a little piece of the day God made us a family in our little one’s room.
I thought gray was the perfect gender-neutral color and when I found the crib bedding I was pretty excited. We’ll have to remove most, if not all the items above the crib when he gets bigger and can stand, but for now I think they look pretty.
My other most favorite item is this picture frame from a blogger I follow. She and her husband are photographers and have an online shop that sells these frames with your scripture of choice. This frame contains the scripture I prayed over Will while I was pregnant. Love it!
So this lovely little thing was supposed to go in the closet but thanks to my measuring skills {or lack there of} it is “hiding” behind the crib. It’ pretty handy to be able to see the contents though.
My “creative” space for the changing table/dresser. We removed the doors from the closet, added a curtain rod and hung simple white curtains. I found these great rope tiebacks on Etsy as well as the alphabet decals. As I mentioned, I hate painting so these decals were the perfect solution to cover up the off-white closet walls. Aren’t they cute?
A little close-up.
So there you have it, the little space for our sweet Will. It was my first big project in a long time and I loved every moment of it. Huge shout out to my mom, dad and husband as I was on bed rest when they helped make my vision a reality. My mom would take her iPhone downstairs and we would Face Time to see if things were looking how I envisioned them. Thank you Apple!
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It’s taken time and who knows when I’ll get back to this space again {at some point I promise I will}, but on April 25 we welcomed our beautiful Baby Z into the world. William was born at 9:08 a.m weighing 7.4 lbs and measuring 20.5 inches long. He is simply wonderful and mom and dad are deeply in love with this little gift from God. As we adjust to being a family I’m pretty sure my presence in this space will be quite sporadic so in the mean time, here are some pics of our sweet Will ;-)
His precious little hand gripping my night gown.
Loving the car seat.
Resting with dad.
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38 Weeks!!
Well Sweet One here we are at 38 weeks! Today we had to have a few tests done including a non-stress test. You did great of course! Mome is still here with me {she’s pretty wonderful} so she came with me to the doctor and snapped this comical photo to send to daddy and pop.
We got a great laugh out of it :-) Can you believe how big my tummy is? That’s because you’re taking up pretty much all the real estate in there.
It is pretty incredible that you are still in my tummy at the moment. In fact, when I tell people some of our stats, they’re pretty amazed you’re still in there and that I have been walking around this way for a few weeks. I’m pretty amazed too! Check this out:
Stats:
- Head down
- 6 cm dilated
- 100% effaced
- Estimated baby weight: 7 lbs. {a week ago!}
Looking forward to meeting you Sweet One! Feel free to make your debut anytime :-)
Love you!
37 Weeks: Full Term!!
Well Sweet One you have made it to full term! This is nothing short of God’s hand on your little life and mine as well. And you know what else, today is tax day! So daddy’s busiest season is over as well :-) Can you sense how excited we both are?
We’re now waiting for you to make your debut {well we have really been waiting for a long time, but now there is a greater sense of relief}. We of course want to meet you so very badly but mommy and daddy could also use some time to recoup from this busy tax season. We want to be in the best shape possible before we welcome you into this world.
Your room is almost completely finished; we just have a few more little touches before I can say it is totally ready. Y0ur Mome, Pop and daddy helped to get your room to where it is and I think it looks incredible! I can’t wait to show it to you and see your little self in there :-)
Hopefully we will meet you soon. We love you so very much!
PS. Your daddy was home early enough to take this pic.
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36 Weeks!!
It’s Tuesday of another week, which means we’ve reached another milestone and today that milestone is 36 weeks! It is really hard to believe that 7 weeks ago tomorrow we were in Labor & Delivery praying the doctors could stop contractions.
I find I’m in an interesting state spiritually and emotionally these days. I am so thankful that our God saw it fit to keep Baby Z inside and as I go through Beth Moore’s study on the book of James {which I highly recommend} I am doing my best to consider it pure joy as we face this trial of bed rest and limited mobility. As of last week I was allowed to walk around more and who knows, maybe the doc will tell me tomorrow—when I go for my weekly visit—that I can do even more {going to church this weekend was wonderful!}. But I am ready for a change, to begin this new season of life. Waking up every day for seven weeks wondering if today is the day we’ll welcome our little one into the world can be quite trying.
Yesterday a dear friend who has been such a blessing to me during this time, visiting multiple times, said something that I hadn’t considered. She said, “I can’t wait to see how God uses all that you have learned about preemies and bed rest. That’s going to be exciting!” And you know what, she is so right. In my natural tendency to look at my immediate situation and get frustrated I lost sight of the fact that nothing is wasted with God and He will use this time for His purposes. My personality type finds this incredibly comforting :-)
For now we continue to wait and praise God for His many, many blessings during this time. I know there will come a time {hopefully soon} when I look back on bed rest and miss the ability to sleep, even if I wake-up every 90 minutes to adjust, and sit around spending time with my parents, in-laws, friends and even my sister who came to visit!
Can’t wait to meet you Baby Z!
35 Weeks!!
Hello Sweet One,
You stayed put throughout last week and today marks 35 weeks! You are pretty much “in the clear” from all that we can tell and now if you come the chances of you needing to go to the NICU are extremely slim. Your dad and I are pretty happy parents :-)
I must admit though, I am torn right now. I know it would be best for you and for your dad for you to hold out two more weeks until tax day comes and goes, as your daddy is an accountant and will be back to normal business hours at that point. That day also marks 37 weeks, which is technically full term. But sweet one, momma is getting pretty tired of this sitting around stuff. Now don’t get me wrong, I am EXTREMELY grateful that our faithful Father in heaven has seen fit to keep you inside this long—EXTREMELY—but boy has sitting around gotten old.
I had my weekly doctor’s appointment yesterday and we did get the okay from the doctor to walk around some. I might have asked her if we could walk down the street to Starbucks and she might not have liked that idea, but now I can do things like get my own water and stand to take my shower if I feel up to it. This is a big deal kiddo ;-)
So we wait to meet you and boy are we eager!
Love you sweet one!
