Nesting

Christmas Vacation has provided a nice opportunity to check some items off the "To Do Before Emerson Comes" list.

During the break I have cleaned out every cupboard in the kitchen and reorganized all dishes, cookware, and pantry items.  Scott has worked on the trim in the nursery (pictures soon!) and shampooed the carpets upstairs and down.  The guest/craft room has been reorganized after the Christmas gift making frenzy, and multiple boxes have been dropped off at the Goodwill.  We even cleaned our bathroom top to bottom!

This nesting instinct is bringing out my tendency to hyper focus on random tasks...Today I've been obsessed with organizing my jewelry amidst the clutter that covers my dresser.  I have to complete a DIY jewelry hanger first!  I'll share before and after pictures when the project is complete.

And all the lovely Christmas cards we've received lately?  I cannot rest until I have the perfect address book to record the addresses of these special people.  (I will, after all, be sending birth announcements soon!)

The last project that haunts me day and night is the curtains for the nursery!  Mind you, the trim around the window must be completed first, then the blinds and curtain rod purchased and installed before we'll ever need the curtains.  But I have this pressing need to buy the curtain panels and embellish them NOW.

I was inspired by these adorable curtains from the Land of Nod.  I love the ruffles, but want white curtains for the nursery.

My plan is to buy white curtain panels and embellish with pink, green, and chocolate brown ruffles at the bottom.  I know that curtains will have virtually no impact on our life with baby, but somehow I will rest more easily once the ruffled curtains are complete!

I will try to post more regularly on this blog now that we're starting to accomplish some things!  Stay tuned for a new belly pic and pictures of the recent projects!

The Nursery

As soon as we found out that Emerson is a girl, her daddy picked out paint colors for the nursery!  And then we took advantage of a visit from her grandparents...her Daddy and Papa had the room painted all in one morning!  As you'll see from the pictures below, the walls are indeed pink.  Over Christmas vacation the hope is to replace all the yucky old trim and get the white chair rail up!

The only other piece of the nursery that is done at this point is the glider.  My dear cousins gave us their glider and ottoman when they moved.  It is seriously the most comfy chair ever.  But after rocking and comforting multiple infants...the cream colored cushions were looking a little worn...and I just can't do white trim with an ivory rocker...

Before

I spent hours over a long weekend pulling off the old fabric....and sewing on the new stuff.  Whaddya think of the new look?

As I leaned back into the chair to relax and enjoy a finished project, Emerson started wiggling around enjoying the rocking already!  I love to imagine the hours we'll spend here...