Little Dude's Nursery

I have hit the point in the pregnancy, 37 weeks along, where I feel like I am just sitting here waiting for little dude to arrive. The nursery is done, bags are packed, house is clean, and my to do list is almost all checked off. So I figured I'd post up some pictures of the nursery...keep in mind...that I am far too scatter brained to put together a whole room from start to finish in a cohesive and designer-y way. Our vision was simple, bright, and happy and we are really pleased with how it turned out :)

The big picture. 

The walls are Bahaman Sea Blue, lots of energy, and we just loved it. We then wanted to use accents of yellow, orange, green, and maybe a touch of pink.

I got these awesome animal prints from, Alley Kids, on Etsy.

I absolutely love these little guys by Jelly Cat. Super soft, corduroy material.

Rocking Chair from Ikea, Colorful Chevron Curtains from Urban Outfitters

Bookshelf from Ikea, wonderfully assembled and secured to the wall by James!

Contents include a beautiful music box from Hawaii from my sister and little dude's first comic books - Avengers, Iron Man, and Captain America. 

Again, Dresser from Ikea wonderfully built and secured to the wall by James!

Diaper & Supply Caddy from 3Sprouts

Nightlight by Boon

On either side of the changing table:

Storage Bins by 3Sprouts, which we are using for blankets & toys and the other for dirty clothes.

Wooden word signs that I painted, which are more for us than little dude, especially during those late night diaper changings.

An amazing quilt that our awesome friend, MrsNipperKnapp , made for little dude.

A view into the crib at the white fluffy bear that my parents got for me just before I was born. 

Yes, an artifact of my beginnings. 

And that's that. The nursery, in it's near completion - we still need to find a rug - just sitting there waiting for baby to arrive. I sit there sometimes, in the rocking chair looking around and talking to my own belly, and (heck I may just get sentimental here) I feel so incredibly grateful and excited for our little guy to arrive. James and I are both already so in love with him, and can't wait to meet him on the outside. I think I may be getting to that mom-point where even if he is funny looking I'll think he's the most beautiful thing in the world, and even if he poops or pees on me I will laugh and even though I will be (and already am) exhausted I will smile. 

nursery vision board

It's funny what happens, when you're planning out a new space, especially for something like a little baby. You suddenly feel empowered, as if you're some sort of interior designer, that you know just what's best, to the point that you hope your husband will simply smile and nod in absolute agreement that you've come up with the perfect decorating plan. And so far, all has gone as planned. Colors are picked out, furniture is picked out and waiting to be ordered, little decorations here and there are bookmarked (and pinterest'd).

We are going with Bahaman Sea Blue for the walls, and the other colors, yellow, orange, green are ideas for accent colors in decor and such. 

Similar Wall Color

Ideas for Rugs

Furniture

Curtains/Bedding Ideas

Other Decor

I think we'll be just fine, one day we'll be up to our ears in diapers and giggles, and little squishy fingers and toes and nothing else will really matter.

Boxes and packing and prepping, oh my!

Gone are the days of collecting clutter, saving those Iron Man Dr. Pepper cans just because RDJ's face is on them and hoarding every last bridal magazine I scavenged through. It's time to purge, to strategically pack and stage the house so that it looks so quaint, organized and clean that other people would want to live here. 

We love the house, we love the location, it's all so great. It's just too much, we are downsizing, a lot less land, a little less house. We're married now, we want to find a place of our own, to make our own -- so grown up it's ridiculous. 

Not to mention, a place to start our family in. No bump yet, but we are very excited to make some babies. Cute, cuddly, awesome, kick ass babies -- yes, I'm baby crazy. It's not my fault though, friends are having babies, getting pregnant and invading the hormonal part of my psyche. I've been browsing the website Project Nursery and searching baby names on Baby Center.  I've always known I was impatient, so this whole, 9 month gestation period will be full of decorating, shopping and baking. Again, not pregnant yet...just enjoying the things I get to look forward to. The more I see cute bedding and awesome names, the less I think about the weight gain, morning sickness and insane mood swings. 

Anyway..about packing..

The task is eternal it feels. Packing, moving piles to another room only to face it later. Some things arent meant to be put into square cardboard boxes -- how do I pack 2 big monkey cookie jars?

This means nothing, it came up on a
google image search for Garage Sale

A giant adventure (that's the word I use instead of CHORE -- i trick myself into excitement), a giant adventure we are conquering together. And at the end of it all -- a big garage sale! Here ye, here ye, ladies & gents of Los Angeles...a sale of household things from within a garage will be sold in the coming weeks. I don't think I've ever had a real garage sale, but it looks all folksy and fun, so yeah, that'll happen in a few weeks. 

Added the rock border and all the flowers/plants inside

Created the levels, added brick,
 rock, tree, plants, flowers

Oh ps my husband has apparently become a gardener/landscaper. Hot. The mexican in him emerges. The mexican in me emerges as I pick up Sharkys for his gardening lunch break. Yes, we are both part mexican, I apologize for blowing your mind.