Getting Settled…

We are finally starting to feel settled in our little rent house…it’s taken about six weeks…but it is starting to feel like home.

There are aspects of our house that I miss…especially the dinning room and kitchen…but really, I can’t complain…we have a roof over our head…a smaller roof…but a sweet one!

B and little A will be sharing a room in our new house…so setting up the nursery/kids’ room hasn’t necessarily been a “starting from scratch” type project, but has provided a great creative outlet.

This is the quilt that my mom made B before he was born. The quilt has several different textures that B enjoyed playing with during various tummy times. B now sleeps under, on top of, next to, beside... this quilt as he sleeps in his myriad of sleeping positions each night.

I was able to use some left over fabric from B’s quilt to make a bunting to hang on B’s side of his new room…

My parents found these books ends for some of our favorite books…they thought they seemed rather apropos for our little guy’s room. They sit on top of B’s dresser which houses all of B’s clothes…really just shoes, shorts and shirts…A has a matching dresser on the other side of the room…her dresser is filled with a little more variety including ruffled, pink and girly items (so fun)!

C and I found this play mat for B’s cars, trucks and trains that matches the nursery color scheme remarkably well.   It is not uncommon to hear “BEEP! BEEP!” sounds coming from this side of the kids’ room as B plays.

B’s crib/bedding didn’t change much…we kept the golden retriever theme as we felt like it captured B’s personality and love for his “Ella B”.  My mom made a cushion for our white trunk (a gift that C made me in college) that now doubles as a window seat and storage unit. It isn’t uncommon for B’s Ella Dog and A’s Ella Dog to hang out together on the trunk.

My mom and I were able to find some “feminine” fabrics that matched the fabrics that she used in B’s quilt to make a quilt for little A. She added texture to A’s quilt in hope that she might enjoy it as much as B has.  A’s quilt has somewhat of a bird theme to it…which was fun to incorporate on little A’s side of the room.

Little A’s bunting…

One of our favorite spots…many choo choo and digger books are read within the confines of this chair.

We found this little bird cage to hang over the chair…in effort to add a little “whimsy”.

This is little A’s basinet/cradle. She’ll reside in this until B makes his big transition into a big boy bed.  The basinet is on wheels…we plan on little A being mobile and sleeping in many different rooms throughout our little house as we fully anticipate her not to be sleeping through the night for quite a while. 

My mom helped me make this mobile to hang over the changing table…this was one of our attempts at melding a little of B with a little of A as it has birds and bumble bees (no we aren’t trying to teach any lessons about the birds and the bees just yet…B  just loves bumble bees…promise)!  The birds are made from the B & A’s quilt fabrics.

C’s mom gave us a monogramed pillow with B’s name on it just before he was born…the pillow has found it’s home in the  nursery and recently gained a companion that has A’s name monogramed on it…it is fun to see both of our little one’s names throughout the room.

It is an honor to have had help in making such a simple room a special place for our two little ones. It is surreal to imagine tucking two little ones in at night…we can’t wait!

Little A, we can’t wait to meet you.

Be blessed.