It's a New Year!

Hope everyone had a super Christmas & New Years! We certainly did & as always, we were reminded how truly blessed we really are! We got to spend lots of time with family & friends, which is always wonderful. David was off Monday & Tuesday for Christmas, worked Wednesday, Thursday, & Friday after Christmas & then was off Monday & Tuesday for New Years, so I was sad for him to have to go back to work yesterday... I think he was a little sad too.

So now what? Well, seeing how Miss Emma is supposed to arrive on March 29th, give or take 2 weeks, we've got a lot to do! Her room hasn't really been started at all. However, we do have her travel system (her carseat, carseat base, & stroller) as well as her high chair, along with some clothes, toys, bibs, etc. So I guess the goal between now & B-Day is get her room ready!

We still have to clean out her room.... It isn't looking too good right now with boxes & other miscellaneous items taking over the room. These things need to be sorted out & a) thrown away, b) given away, or c) put away by finding a place for it in our house (unlikely) or put in the attic. In order for things to be put in the attic, the attic needs to be reorganized so there's room for everything. This means going through some boxes in the attic (what fun!) & condensing/throwing things out. Yuck! This will go into full swing very soon!!

Thankfully, we have decided on & ordered her bedding, so now her room has an official color theme. Here's the bedding from Pottery Barn Kids: http://www.potterybarnkids.com/products/nb40/index.cfm?pkey=cbdgnbd%7Cb It's the pink version, not the purple. Another view of the quilt: http://www.potterybarnkids.com/products/gb40/index.cfm?clg=5&cm%5Fsrc=CQS&pkey=k5%2C9839333 The second picture shows the quilt on a twin sized bed. Obviously, Emma's quilt will be crib size, but there isn't a good picture of it on the website. I ordered her bedding last night, so we should receive it in a week or two (the actual quilt is on backorder until January 9th). I also ordered 3 throw pillows because we are leaving a love seat in her room (it has a denim blue cover). The pillows will go on the couch & help tie everything in.

Next, we need to order her furniture. We picked some out at Babies R Us, so we need to go order it & have it delivered! Hopefully this will happen over the weekend/the first part of next week. That way, if it takes a little while to have it delivered, we'll still have plenty of time.

Her room will need to be painted. I decided I wanted to go with a pink & green theme, so since her bedding has a lot of pink, her walls will be green. Once the bedding arrives, we will pick a paint color. David loves to paint, so he'll take care of that!

Obviously there's a lot more to do: decorate her walls with pictures, shelves, etc, set everything up, wash all her clothes, etc. Oh yeah, and we're having a couple showers, so we'll have to figure all that out.

Sorry this is so long. I guess it was more for me than for you anyway. However, I will certainly update with pictures once the nursery is underway!