A Finished Baby Boy Nursery

I am nearly 36 weeks pregnant and unfortunately, was diagnosed with preeclampsia.  Therefore, that means we will have a baby within a week!  I had hoped and prayed we'd make it full-term this go around (I have delivered my other two at 36 weeks), but it wasn't in the cards.  Most importantly, we need to focus on baby boy's health and my health!  The one good news with all of this was we got a little push to put the last finishing touch on the nursery and it's totally done!

Our sleep under the stars nursery kinda turned in to an adventure/ journey nursery and let me tell you, I'm in total love with it!  I wouldn't change a single thing about this room, it's not too theme-y, has great colors, isn't "I'm gonna be a tough boy!" and just lets this wonderful blessing come to a room that HE will make his own!  So blessed!

Without further ado, here's a tour:

I ADORE how our gallery wall came out!  I wanted something other than simply frames (which is gorgeous!  That's what I have in our living room!).  The creativity that this allowed me though was so freeing and fun!  I designed the "hitch your wagon" print and it's located in my shop (just email me at design@laceyfields.com if you want one!  It's $10 for the 8x10 and $14 for the 11x14).  The stitching was all done ourselves (hubby was great for tying knots!  Love those surgical hands, so handy!).  The frame with a photo is hubby's grandpa (baby boy's middle name is in honor of him).  The anchor and lures are also for hubby's Paw Paw (he was a big fisherman and navy man).  My favorite part is probably the calvin & hobbes page.  Hubby is a huge calvin & hobbes fan and that is the last strip ever made.  The last line is "let's go exploring!"  SO perfect for the theme!

This side of the room continued with the theme.  I decided to get teething rails instead of bumpers this time and they're awfully cute.  We kept with the bear-y theme for the bedding and for a crib skirt I just used a 40% off coupon and bought 2 yards of a green fabric at Hobby Lobby.

The mobile was purchased on our baby moon to Crystal Bridges museum in Arkansas.  It's so pretty and unique!

The shelves are simple yet have lots of life to them.  The lures are real ones that Paw Paw gave my husband over 20 years ago!  I did the handwriting on the globe and am ashamed to admit I painted the RV on a Mommy/ daughter date.  It looked cuter in my head! haha  But it's the thought that counts right? ; )

And there you  have it!  Room is all ready, now we just can hopefully keep the baby in there an entire week more.  Can't wait to hold him and rock him and lay him down to sleep for the first time in his room.

Sleep Under the Stars

As I said in my last blog post, the idea of decorating nurseries is just so much fun for me.  I love it!  I love the excitement that comes with it, the challnege (but in a good way), the deadline, and most of all, what you know will come home to that room. :)

When we found out we were having a baby boy, the hubby & I considered quite a few themes.  We thought of science, camping, adventure, and ultimately it all boiled down to the quilt.

We have a quilt that I made when I was nine.  I was what one might call a total tomboy growing up and my Mom did try to give me some feminine traits, including signing me up for quilting.  I made three quilts in total.  I only liked one of them in the end and it was a star quilt with light and dark blue.  For some reason, I always held on to the quilt, it made it through all my spring cleanings and when hubby pulled it out of the closet a few weeks ago he said "if it's a boy, we're using this."

Sure enough, along with the print we reiceved two days ago, we had our starting point.

I've drawn up a little bit of a mood board to get us started.  We've decided on a paint color (gray owl by Benjamin Moore) and have already ordered the teepee.  We found a few nice pieces at Target this weekend and through the weeks, I know we'll make something special for our wonderful boy!

We already have the crib, dresser, and chair from Gloria's nursery and they're all in good condition so we're keeping them!  The little side table and clock are from Target and we purchased those this weekend.  As for the rest, I have some ideas and can't wait to try them out and get started!

I'm about 19 weeks along, so likely half way through my pregnancy (I tend to go quite early but am taking medicine this time to try and make it full-term in my pregnancy).  Want him to stay in there are long as possible, until his due date would be incredible.  This gives us time to make something special, to have his wonderful sisters help (I want to involve their artistry in their some how), and to relish in the bond I feel when he's kicking in my belly.