Baby's Room: Phase 1 Complete!

So long ago I talked about painting... which did indeed take place! I was going to post photos after the painting was done, but my husband hadn't cleaned all the painting supplies out of the room yet so I decided to wait. Then we got a crib at GREAT deal (gotta love 50% off clearance!) so I figured i'd wait until after I got the crib. So here it is... photos of the room painted and with a crib!





As you can see its not really a huge space... by the time we get a changing table in there its gonna be a tight squeeze! However hes a baby and isn't going to care if his room is huge or not. We debated back and forth over turning the upstairs computer room/guest room/my room (i call it my room because its where all my dorky sci fi books live as well as my computer) into the baby's room and then turning the smaller room into a dedicated guest room and moving my computer elsewhere... but as I just said... hes a baby and I don't think hes going to care how tiny his room is! We've opted for having closet organization instead of a dresser to save space. Ikea here i come!


To keep with my fantasy/forest theme i'm going to get some curtains (aka, convince my friend to make me some curtains) that have a woody/forest feel as well as buy darker green crib bedding. I have some nice pictures of little baby dragons I want to hang on the wall as well as a piece of artwork I want to purchase which again, is dragons. Also i'm in the process of hunting for a nice rug... it seems impossible to find a green rug with a forest feel at a reasonable price, so it may just be a darker green rug. And my most exciting purchase today is a Halloween costume! Next Halloween little Eirik will be a dragon. It was on the super reduced clearance rack for $2.50 and was to cute not to buy. And anyway, hes going to have a dragon themed nursery so its only appropriate he is a dragon for Halloween. Even my husband thought it was cute!


On a slightly more sobering note I read online today a message board post by someone who had gotten pregnant the exact same time I did in March... we were due date buddies. She had her baby and was posting a birth story. It hurt a bit to think that I should be holding my baby right now... Its very weird mixed emotions sometimes because I feel guilty thinking that, especially having this little guy kicking me day and night letting me know he's there. But sometimes, like this afternoon, I think "that should have been me". I threw myself into the nursery arrangement today because I needed the distraction and I needed to focus on the baby I have coming... i know thats probably not the best way to deal with my emotions but today its what I needed to do.