Nursery Update #1

Last weekend, my awesome mom and husband painted the nursery, setup the cribs, put the bedding sets in the cribs, and put the furniture where it is going. We went from a beigy color (whatever we picked for the whole house) to a light green. The color matched the green color in both of their bedding sets perfectly. It turned out awesome! Here are some pictures of the process.

Lee taping off the room - he is so thorough - we didn't have any mess-ups.

My sweet husband - every woman should have a husband like him.

My sweet little boy - a mom's dream.

My mom and Lee getting the room ready to paint - I am so thankful for her. She will do anything for anybody, especially her kids/grandkids.

The new green walls.

Another view of the new green walls.

Another picture of the new green walls.

My mom getting the valences ready to go up.

Lee pulling down the tape.

Alexis' crib and the armoire.

A great view of their nice natural light.

Both of their cribs.

Alexis' crib.

A close-up of Alexis' crib.

Nathan's crib.

A close-up of Nathan's crib.

Luke with Alexis' crib.

Luke with Nathan's crib.

Momma with the babies' cribs.

I love the way everything turned out. We are going to be hanging the valences and putting up letters for their names soon. We are also going to do some more decorations as we find stuff that will go with their room. I would love to find some cute wall art that coordinates with either or both to go over the changing table. We'll see what I can find. Either way I love it already.

Alexis and Nathan's Nursery

We had so much fun today. We met my mom, Granny, Jenn, and her kids at Pottery Barn Kids at the mall today. I was a little nervous that it would be hard to find two bedding sets that were each gender specific (yes I like blue for boys and pink or purple for girls) yet coordinated. Well we managed to successfully find bedding sets and all of the accessories to outfit the nursery in one hour. Here's what we are doing.

Nathan is getting the Eli's Elephants bedding set and Alexis is getting the Lindsey Butterflies bedding set. We are going to use the crib sheets (plus some basic blue and pink sheets), crib skirts, bumpers, quilts (for decoration), and mobiles. We are going to paint the nursery a sage green (both bedding sets have a similar green in them). We are going to put up three valences (pink, blue, and sage) with coordinating rod hardware. We are going to use three colored (pink, blue, and sage) changing table pad covers. I think it is going to be precious.

Here is Nathan's Eli's Elephants bedding:

Here's Alexis' Lindsey Butterflies bedding:

Here are the valences. The blue is lighter in real life. We are putting the blue near Nathan's crib, the pink near Alexis' crib, and the sage above the glider with the coordinating rod hardware.

Here are the rod hardware pieces.

Nursery Ideas - Boy/Girl

Here are my nursery ideas for 1 boy and 1 girl. What do you think? Vote in the poll.

SET #1

Baby Noah (Babies R Us) for the boy

Baby Grace (Babies R Us) for the girl

SET #2

Soft 'n Fuzzy Pooh (Babies R Us) for the boy

Girl's Winnie the Pooh (Babies R Us) for the girl

SET #3

Heads or Tails (Babies R Us) for both

Nursery Ideas - Boy/Boy

Here are my nursery ideas for 2 boys. What do you think?
Vote in the poll.

#1 - On the Move (Babies R Us)


#2 - Heads or Tails (Babies R Us)

#3 - Jungle Play (Babies R Us)#4 - Baby Noah (Babies R Us)

#5 - Soft 'n Funny Pooh (Babies R Us)

Nursery Ideas - Girl/Girl

Here are my nursery ideas for 2 girls. What do you think?
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#1 - Lavender Butterfly (Babies R Us)


#2 - Sugar Plum (Babies R Us)

#3 - Baby Grace (Babies R Us)

#4 - Girl's Winnie the Pooh (Babies R Us)