Nursery and Pregnancy Update

This coming Tuesday will be one week away from baby Tays' due date!  We are at that point where we are so ready/scared at the same time.  Do we have the car seat in right?  If I go into labor, is my bag sufficiently packed?  And, oh yeah, what do you exactly do with a baby when it gets here?  Those are the questions running through our minds.  On the other hand, we could not be more excited!  We are so ready to meet this little person who has been in my belly for the last nine months.  We have been extremely blessed over the last couple of months with showers and gifts (I posted pictures from all of our showers in a new album on facebook).  It has been so busy, and I know it is not about to slow down!

As cheesy as this sounds (and those who know me well will get this), the royal baby's arrival this last week has my mind even more on baby.  I love that Kate Middleton and I are having babies around the same time.  It came out in the news that she was pregnant the day after I found out I was pregnant.  Providence? I think yes! Also providence that we have a swaddling blanket we are taking to the hospital that looks a lot like Prince George's swaddling blanket? Of course!  Ok, I'm a royal family stalker...

Finally, I have been meaning to post pictures of our nursery because so many people have asked me about it.  I am just now posting because we just recently much finished.  We decided to go with gray, yellow and white to keep the nursery gender neutral.  I found baby bedding from Carousel Designs that I fell in love with.  Unfortunately, it was way out of our budget.  I sent a picture of it to my grandmother who loves to sew and asked her if she thought she could make something similar if I found similar fabric.  She actually found the exact same fabric on the website (extremely reasonable for fabric) and ordered it.  She made the bed skirt, bumper pads and curtains.  She did such a great job! Others contributed to the nursery as well.  My parents bought the crib and Charlie's parents bought our glider.  

We got the dresser/changing table from Ikea.  It was the best for the price and the roomiest.  My sister and her husband made an Ikea run in Atlanta for their new place and picked it up for us.  It's always nice to have family stopping by Ikea when you need a new dresser.

This picture is a little dark, but it was the only way to take the picture without the glare.  Our friend

Cheree, who is a graphic designer, made this picture for our nursery in our colors as a gift.  It was such a thoughtful idea.  She is so talented and we are extremely sad that her family is moving from Huntsville in the near future!

Another dark picture.  You can see these pictures hanging above the bed in the picture above.  I found these prints on pinterest and ordered them from etsy.  I absolutely love them and they also go along with our colors.

I love that (thanks to many friends), Tays already has his own library going.

Below is the glider my in-laws gave us and the curtains Nana made.  The glider is one of my favorite things.  Nana had enough Chevron material left over from the bumper to make matching curtains.

I also found this pillow case on esty.  I thought it would look great with our colors, but I also love the elephants since, you know, we like a team in our state that Tays has no choice but to root for one day.  So, it's a win - win situation with the pillow.

Better picture of the bedding.

One of my other favorite things is this pillow that Kim Nall (a family friend in Montgomery) made for us.  She also made burp cloths for Tays.  Once again, another talented friend blessed us.

Overall, it's a light and airy nursery.  Nothing really flashy, but something we can use with our next child (boy or girl).  I wish I would have taken before and after pictures.  Before we painted this room it was a tan color and our office/junk room.  It is so crazy to walk in there and see a totally new room for someone we haven't even met yet.  Hopefully, my next blog update will include a picture of him!