Operation Nursery Begins

Yesterday, the first phase of Operation Nursery officially began. JZ and my dad worked extremely hard moving lots of furniture. We had two guest rooms upstairs with a set of furniture in each room. Of course, I wanted the furniture that was in the soon-to-be nursery moved into the other room, and the furniture in the other guest room moved downstairs. In addition, our basement is a DISASTER and space had to be cleared for the bed. To their credit, neither one of them argued with the pregnant woman, and they worked like busy little bees getting it all organized and arranged before I got home. Thanks JZ and Dad!

Here's what the nursery looks like now

As a point of clarification, the boys say that they did not "arrange" the furniture - girls arrange, boys "place" furniture.

We still have a lot of work to do, but it sure feels good to know things are moving in the right direction. We are working on a vision for the painting. I think we have narrowed down the theme and color scheme of the nursery. We are leaning towards baby jungle animals in green, brown, and yellow. Here is a picture of the bedding we have picked out:

It's called NoJo Jungle Babies and we found it at Babies R Us.

We got the crib about a month ago, and we got the steal of the century! The set was used by a student in my class. Her mom and I were talking on one of her volunteer days, and she told me she would make me a great deal on a set that she was about to post on Craig's List. Jeremy and I went to look at it and fell in love with it. It's so beautiful and in perfect condition. You can't even tell that two kids used it! It is a sleigh crib and dresser/changing table in pecan wood. It's a little lighter color than we thought we wanted, but we got over that quickly when we saw it (and heard the price!). The package also included a glider and ottoman and a pack-n-play. It is a perfect set and we can't wait until This Baby can use it. Until then we're letting Curious George take the crib, changing table, and glider for a test drive. The set was purchased as a gift for us by JZ's mom and boyfriend - thanks Donna and Kim, we love it and you!