Posts made in June, 2012
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!
Read MoreMotherhood break
It’s been a while, just as I thought it might be, since I’ve been able to make it to this space. But I’m hoping I will be here much more frequently now as I continue to adjust to being a mom. Basically I’ve just come to accept I will be adjusting to being a mom for the rest of my life so I might as well jump back in now ;-)
All that to say I am loving being with our little man. I hoped I would love motherhood and I’m thankful to say I definitely do. It has its many, many, many challenges {like the number of times I tried to complete this post before I was successful} but even still, it is pretty fantastic.
However, there are a few things that are not so fantastic. Things like post-pregnancy weight. I am a firm believer that we, being all moms, should be blessed with the weight simply disappearing after we endure labor and delivery. The fact that you, or at least most of us, are stuck with the extra pounds for quite some time is simply not fair. Oh, and the fact that you have to wait 6-8 weeks to work out, well let’s just say that drove this active lady NUTS.
Sleep deprivation is from the devil. Hormone crash plus sleep deprivation is from the devil and all his comrades. Those first two weeks were especially rough for me but man, the light came and we survived. Mr. Z would come home at night and peer his head through our front door wondering what version of his wife he was going to find—just a little weepy or inconsolably crying—ahh, he got both more often than not ;-)
And now here I am trying to get back into shape while juggling the home, baby and marriage. I’m not working for now and frankly, I don’t how I could add that to the mix {mad respect for working moms}. When the day comes that I do go back to work though, I know God will give me the grace to handle it all.
All that to say, I am back in this space and going to try to post much more frequently. I even have a list of goodies to write about ;-)
I hope all of you are well and for those that have continued to check back here and see how we’re doing, thanks so much! I finally have something for you to read.
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