Okay, so here's an update on our adventure of getting ready for the baby. This past weekend, we slowly continued our attempt at moving things out of the office and to, well, whatever place we could find for the stuff. Tim spent at least 2 hours moving and cleaning the freshwater tank from the impending nursery to a relatively permanent location in our bedroom. I actually think this will be a better place for it, since he (we) may actually look at and enjoy watching the fish from our bedroom more than the glimpses we were getting while passing the office before! The next step is to figure out an appropriate location for our computer server and to run the wiring to that location. After that, Tim will patch a couple of spots in the wall and I can finally begin painting.
Which brings me to my next topic.... painting. Emily and I spent some time this afternoon at Home Depot looking at paint swatches in an effort to determine which shade of brown would be the best for the baby's room. As I mentioned in my previous post, I had two bedding sets picked out (one boy-centric, one girl-centric). After hours and hours of searching the internet for just the right combinations of blue/brown and pink/brown, I thought I had it just right with the bedding that I mentioned in my last post. Originally, I had anticipated that the manufacturers of the bedding sets would be able to provide me with fabric swatches. However, I've been unable to get them and when it comes to picking paint colors, I feel most comfortable when I have a fabric of inspiration to work from. Not to mention that, in this case, I need to pick a color that will go with both bedding sets! UGHH!!! So we trekked back up to Babys'RUs in hopes of finding something that I could live with. I still love the girl bedding that I'd chosen and since that's available at the store, I'm sticking with that choice. However, the "Baby Noah" design that I choose for the boy bedding is only available online so I've settled on an altogether different bedding set, which still has the brown tones but MUCH less of the blue (boo hoo). I'm hoping to make the blue more noticeable by using a coordinating blue crib sheet and other blue accents throughout the room. The latest selection in baby boy bedding is called "My First ABCs" by Kidsline. Here's some pics:
