Nursery

So, now that we have Nate's room all set up, we were able to get to work on Cranberry's room. We (or Peter) were able to get the crib taken apart in no time of course, but then had to wait a little bit longer to get it put back together. This was another thing that has been a long process of things. First, in May, we took out one of the desks when we had a neighborhood yard sale. Unfortunately it didn't sell until a couple weeks ago after posting it on craigslist - but at least it's out of the garage. Then we got rid of the bed, moved out the other desk... So we were fairy empty for the painting, etc. Oh, that was a really fun experience - the painting! We had no problem picking out the colors we wanted... that trip to Lowe's went surprisingly well. But then we had to actually do it! And let me tell you that trying to put up straight lines of tape with a laser level is not as easy as it seems like it should be. But, we (again, mostly Peter) got it done and it looks awesome!

So, that room has sat pretty much empty minus a cubby (see Nate's room), lots of clothes and painted walls for a few months. You'd think this would be a great time to start going through all those boxes in the closet that were going to have to be moved eventually right... Well, I guess not because that didn't get done until about last week... and in fact we still have remnants of them around the house. But, since some of it is Christmas stuff I can't get too upset about it. Anyway, we got the cubby moved into Nate's room, the changing table/dresser moved into Cranberry's room and the crib put back together. Peter hung the butterfly mobile I made and the fan and we are now good to go! People keep asking me if I'm ready now that the room is and the answer is a resounding no! She really could come anytime, but I still feel like I'd like at least another week. We have everything we need (food - built in, diapers - couple packs of newborns to get us through until we know that we need diapers, car seat - up in the attic waiting for Peter to bring them down), so when she comes we are set.

All of her clothes wouldn't fit in the dresser, so the left side is all pjs. All the boxes on the right (plus more you can't see) are the clothes we have sorted and waiting for her to grow out of the newborn and 0-3 month sizes. The tub underneath is all the stuff we have leftover from Nate, but probably don't need quite yet.

Cranberry got an early Christmas present from Nonna too! This awesome fan. Funny story about that - I had seen it in Lowe's a few months ago when we went to look, then when we went to CA in October, what fan do we find in the guest room/grandkids room? The exact fan we want for Cranberry' room. She sent it early and said it was OK to go ahead and set it up so we didn't have to wait until Christmas (and she's likely already here). Thanks Nonna!

Our bedding did not come with a mobile like Nate's did, so I was trying to come up with cute/cheap ideas for  one that would match the theme. I found something very similar to this on etsy, but decided I could make it myself for about half the price. I think it turned out pretty well! This will be Cranberry's view.

37.5 week belly photos

Don't I just look awesome?!

Big boy bed

So, we FINALLY have Nate's bed all set up. It has been a slow process of a little bit getting done very couple of days. We got it two weeks ago and Peter got the bed set up, but not the trundle. He finished the trundle a couple days later, but one of the drawers was broken. Also, we had gotten a rail assuming it would work with our bed, but because we don't have a box spring we had to get a piece of ply wood to put under the mattress so that it would be stable. And actually, the rail is still not ideal for our type of bed. It does it's job, we just can't fold it down or tuck it under for daytime use of the bed. So, that didn't get put up for about a week. In the meantime, Nate fell off the bed the first night (although he had rocked his first nap time!) so we moved the mattress to the floor so if he fell (and he did, at least once) it wouldn't be quite so far. We were also using an old quilt to cover him for awhile, until we got the new bedding Nonna sent for Christmas (but said he could open early). When he opened it he said it was "magical"! Then once we got that all set up we had to rearrange his new dresser and cubby fixture so the room doesn't feel quite so crowded. We haven't gotten all of the room's accessories quite figured out yet, and he has some more coming for Christmas in addition to the magical bedspread, but those will wait until the 25th. Take a look at the process...

Nate helping Peter put his bed together. We wanted to make sure he had some involvement in this process hoping it would help with the transition. I don't know if it made a difference, but it definitely didn't hurt! 

Looking up to dad!

Nate sleeping in his bed for the first time (see the missing trundle and non-magical quilt)

All set up and ready to go - "magical" bedspread and all!

Saved by the rail!

This cubby used to be downstairs, but because of a lot of changes that had to be made due to Cranberry's upcoming arrival we had to move it. We don't really love it in Nate's room, but love the piece and really don't want to get rid of it. He doesn't play in his room right now, but once he starts it will be a good place to store his toys. And it's a great little holder for all the stuffed animals he doesn't have to sleep with and some additional room decor. 

His dresser - definitely holds a lot more clothes than the changing table dresser does. 

The final product. Don't judge me for it not being made! That rail makes it kind of difficult.  It might be hard to tell, but under the regular bed is a trundle. It looks like there are six drawers in the trundle, but the top three are just for show - that's where the trundle mattress is. The bottom three, though, do actually have storage space. Love it!

So, he's been doing very well sleeping in the bed. The first couple nights, and at least one nap time, he tried to come down before he went to sleep, but we just showed him his way back upstairs. We've gotten a gate at the top of the stairs since then so he can't come down anymore (also hopefully he won't fall down them if he wakes up in the middle of the night still a little groggy). The only downfall to this is that he hasn't been sleeping in quite as late as he used to. He does play in his room for awhile some mornings, and before we put the gate up he actually came downstairs once. That kind of freaked me out, but as far as I know all he did was pull out all of his dinosaur flash cards and spread them out on the table. Luckily he didn't try to go outside or anything. But now he just makes his way to our room and says that it's not dark outside, so it's time to wake up! Can't wait for him to learn to tell time so I can tell him he has to stay in his room until at least a certain hour. Of course, by then I'll have another one to deal with... I hope she's as good of a sleeper as her brother!