We spent a good portion of Labor Day Weekend working on the nursery and putting together some of baby Luca's new things. Tony actually did most of the "putting together" and I did a lot of "supervising" :-)
Tony hard at work putting the swing together.
This swing looks so soft and cozy! I told Tony that I wanted some fleece footed sleepers and a swing like this in my size so I could just lounge, nap and rock all day long. Ahhhh, the life of a baby!
Don't mess with a man and his power tools! (Notice that Tony is wearing my volleyball knee pads :-) He put the crib together the day before and his knees were raw from the carpet so I told him he should wear knee pads.)
Here is the finished changing table/dresser. The lighting is bad, but it really is all one color (the color of the cupboard door.)
Making sure the line is perfectly straight - he knows just how to make his perfectionist wife happy :-)
More taping so that we can paint the stripes.
The painted stripes and the crib completely assembled - Yay!
Tony and I actually did the taping for the stripes several weeks ago. We had the paint colors all picked out, but just hadn't purchased them or had a chance to paint. One afternoon when I was home for lunch, Tony's parents stopped by our house on their way back from a trip to Idaho. I went back to work and figured that Tony and his parents would just visit for a while. When I came home from work that night, I was surprised to see all of our painting supplies out in the garage. I was a little nervous since I am a total control freak and wasn't quite sure what Tony had done while I was gone. Turns out his parents had bought the paint and painted the nursery for us! Actually, I think Kathi did most of the painting with a little help from Tony. I think Mike tried to help, but his attention to detail was not quite up to par :-) It was a great surprise and so nice to not have to do it myself!
We still need to get a few more items before we are totally ready for Luca's arrival - but we are much closer than we were a couple weeks ago! I am having so much fun decorating his room and getting everything ready. I am thinking that he will sleep in a bassinet in our room for a little while and then hopefully he will move to his own room and enjoy sleeping there. We are getting so excited to meet our little baby boy!
3 comments:
I love the stripes. And what a gift to come home and find them all done. We can't wait to meet Luca, too.
It looks so good Randi! I think you have the same crib as me, and swing. Quinten loved to take naps in his swing- and on the bassinet, yes don't have them sleep with you, you will thank me later! I kept Quinten in the bassinet in my bedroom until about 5/6 months because I was nutty about SIDS-but you will be about everything no matter what people tell you. :-) He got a little too big so we moved him and I just did a sleep positioner until he started rolling over at 6 months since he was crawling-and he still barely sleeps on his back to this day. I'm so excited for you!
Those stripes are PERFECT! What type of tape did they use?
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