Sunday, June 13, 2010

Luke's Nursery


These last few weeks have been so busy for us. On May 25th, we made the big move to our new house in McKinney. You always forget how tiring moving is until you are right in the middle of it. We have gotten settled in record time - even if every piece of decor is still displayed on two folding tables in the dining room. Decorating the rest of the house is my last priority right now.

My drive to work is siginificantly shorter now - I've gone from about 1 hr 15 minutes (no traffic) one way, to about 35/40 minutes! I get to sleep an extra half hour at least each morning. Tim and I are enjoying being closer to a city. Now a trip to the grocery store, or to Lowe's, etc is not an all day adventure.

This last week, I taped off Luke's room and Tim did the painting. The room was two tone to begin with, but the bottom half of the wall was a deep maroon - which, in this family, is a color that makes us cringe! LOL We decided to cover that color with a pretty green that would match the bedding we picked out for the nursery. Tim did a great job on the painting and then moved all of the furniture in on Friday. Mom brought over the beautiful curtains she made, and she and Tim hung those too. We loaded quite a few things into the room Friday night, but most of it we did on Saturday morning before Christy (our newborn care specialist who will be helping us with Luke the first couple weeks) showed up to help me streamline and make the room as efficient as possible for taking care of baby.

When Christy arrived, we moved a few things around and made sure all of the items necessary for changing the baby and any grooming/medication type items were close to the changing table. We also talked more about the breastfeeding supplies I have to make sure we have everything ready when Luke arrives.

The room turned out beautiful. It is so peaceful - a room you really just want to be in - which I think is exactly how a nursery should be. Now we just need our little man to arrive and it will be perfect!


Daddy's first gift for baby Luke - giant Pooh Bear and Baby's First Teddy
Curtain's Mom made for Luke's room
"Maddie" Puppy w/ Luke's name and nickname "Bronco" - these puppies are a tradition - Mom gives one to each of her grandbabies
Handmade blanket from Mom

My next doctor's appointment is Wednesday June 23rd.  I'll have another sonogram at this time.  We are hoping that Luke has flipped over into the right position!