The Girl's Nursery - Part Three

I know...this should have been finished like, umm...before they were born, but ya know, with bed rest, extreme swelling and oh yeah, pre-term labor, the nursery never got finished until about two weeks ago. I am so excited to say that it is about 99% complete. We still do need to buy the last crib, but have decided that the extra space in the room is better than buying the last crib at this point. Also, the curtains I wanted were on back order and so I waited for them for close to four months.

So really the only thing I needed to do was hang the girl's names above their cribs. This was totally not easy! I bought the white letters at Michael's during a sale and with a coupon, since I needed so many of them! Also, I bought about ten rolls of light purple ribbon. Figuring out how to get each name centered above the crib, all the same height and then have the correct amount of ribbon to make it letter perfectly next to the other was quite challenging. Each letter will hang differently, so finding the correct measurement of ribbon needed was different for each letter. After two months of starring at the ribbon and letters every time I walked into the nursery, I finally decided to figure out how to make it all work.

I decided that each letter would have the same amount of ribbon, no matter what letter it was, so the letters would be level at the bottom but the ribbon bows at the top would not. I liked this look and it seemed somewhat easier. So, just if you're wondering, I used 17 inches of ribbon for each letter, hot glued the ribbon on the back and then hung on the wall. I had to tape the letters to the wall because...well have you ever tried to hang the letter "D" or "R"? It doesn't work, plus I wanted all the letters to be perfectly spaced and level. For someone with the perfectionism that I have, this was a challenge.

I then had to tie a bow for each top, to hide the nail. I glued the ribbon bow to the end of the nail because it couldn't be done any other way and look good. If I glued the ribbon bow to the ribbon hanging, it didn't look good at all. So, each nail has a ribbon bow at the end and it looks just fine. No one would even be able to tell...unless you've read this!

The ribbon looks shinny, but it's not. I don't know why it shows up that way.

I am so happy to have their names done! It turned out perfectly and I even like the imperfections in the letters hanging. It makes it unique and sometimes, just sometimes, perfection isn't always the best.

 There is the rocking chair my parents bought me for my birthday. I love rocking the girls at night peering out the window. It's such a special time, however I'm so sleep deprived that it's hard to stay positive sometimes. I live in that chair all night it seems. The cross on the wall was in my room as a child, and so was that white shelving unit on the wall. I love that I used things that I grew up with, I want my girls to know how special these things are to me and that I wanted to share them,

These were the name tags I made the girls for their incubators in the NICU. Now on the front door of their room!

These ADORABLE little outfits were one of my VERY FAVORITE gifts that I received after the girls were born. LOVE them and I cannot wait to have them wear these on their 1st Birthday!

This beautiful statue my mom bought for me when I was born. It's Rapunzel and I have had it in my room ever since and now in my girl's room.

I LOVE Winnie the Pooh so when I received this book as a gift for the girls from a friend, I was so excited. The Pooh is from Niko and Michael who gave it to me when I was recovering from my appendectomy in 2006 and the little bear my daddy bought me the day I came home from the hospital when I was born.

So, there ya have it! I am so happy at how it turned out. I imagine walking in and seeing them peering up over the top of the cribs and saying "momma, momma"! Oh God is good!

Can you believe we still need SO much more?!?

Even after two very generous showers, we still need so much more before these girls come and with the recent events I am getting worried that we won't be ready for when they do make their big arrival! I know some things can wait, but I am not that kind of person, or at least it's hard for me to not have everything exactly in order. If it's not, I will worry and stress over things not being bought or done. That's just me, call it OCD, I know.

Monitor



Curtains


Blinds – JCPenneys (purchased with gift cards)


Baby Towels (just have a few currently)


Baby Wash, Desitin, Baby Lotion (only have a little bit currently, but Target has the best prices on their name brand)


3 Cribs (or at least one)


Diaper Genie and lots of refills (or other diaper pail)


Burp Cloths (currently we have about 25, with triplets, I heard you can go through 30 A DAY!!!!!)


3 Crib Mattress Pads


Baby Pouch Carrier (at least one)


2 Boppy Slipcovers


Glider for Nursery

Strollers  (my SIL is going to purchase, WE LOVE YOU MEGAN!!!!)


2 Hampers


3 Bumpers


3 Mobiles


Baby Safety/Grooming Kit




For me:

Nursing Bras


Nursing Nightgowns

Breast Pump (going to get from a family member, hopefully)

UGH, just stressing BIG TIME!!!!!

The Girl's Nursery - Part Two

We got the girls room painted and it looks beautiful. Tim fixed the windows and the screens, because someone who put them in, as with most things in our house, didn't know what the hell they were doing!!!!! We have fixed and changed almost everything, and it always looks so much better!

Anyway, I love the way the room turned out! We have already started filling it with everything and I am so excited.

Here's what it looked like when it was all cleared out! We still need to figure out what were are doing with the closet doors, Tim might spray paint them or we might get new ones (since, BIG surprise they don't even properly stay in the track or fit right).

I'll keep ya updated on more progress as we start putting things together in the room!

The Girl's Nursery - Part One

(***I wrote this post a few weeks go and since then we've done a lot in the girl's nursery, but I wanted to start from the beginning!***) 


I AM SO EXCITED TO START OUR NURSERY!!!!

I mean, I have waited my whole life to decorate a nursery! And now, I am decorating for our THREE baby GIRLS we will be bringing home in just a few short months!

There are so many decisions to make and things to buy, I just relish in it all! I CANNOT get enough of it!

I had all these ideas back when I thought we were having two girls and a boy, because let's be honest, it's a lot more difficult to make a nursery for opposite sexes, but with finding out that they were all in fact girls, my nursery theme became a lot easier!

I always wanted a lilac/lavender nursery...but since wanting lavender accents and bedding, I didn't want to do the walls the same color. I love the idea of country green walls, white cribs, lavender bedding and small soft yellow accents. My OCD won't allow things to not match, so everything needs to match and match perfectly. I'm crazy, I know, but I have one time to get this right and I plan on it!

I have hated every bedding theme that I have seen and even with having only one baby, I would have still pieced together my nursery the way I always envisioned it to look. I didn't want it to be overkill and themey, so my ideas are coming together perfectly piece by piece. I love the lavender gingham bumpers, curtains and crib skirts. I have two lavender gingham crib skirts from Pottery Barn that I got at a thrift store for $3 bucks a piece BRAND NEW (normally they are $49.00 each) just in hopes that would have twin girls one day....but little did I know, I would actually need 3! So I only need one other crib skirt and target had one to match perfectly! It will all look great I think!

All of the bedding and nursery accessories are on our Target Registry under "Holly Gaydos". There were just too many photos to post.

We will be taking photos of the transformation as we get going on it, sooner than later, however with all the stuff we have going on for the next month and a half, we don't have one free weekend available to dedicate to the nursery...oh and did I mention it's hunting season too and getting Tim motivated for anything other than hunting is like pulling dog's teeth! Oh and let's not forget about football season, so there goes every Sunday too!

Here's what the room currently looked like right before I started painting:

The blue tape on the floor is marking where the cribs will go!

We have bought a country green paint that we are shortly, as time permits going to put up!! I just want to start putting things in order and getting things ready!!!! And once the walls are painted I feel that I can start moving along. Plus, we already have our changing table, so Tim just needs to spray paint it white (maybe during a half-time) and I can start putting things on it and in it! I have never been so excited to put desitin, q-tips, baby oil, wipes, ect. away before in my life! LOL!

Here is the green paint we bought:

And here is was my helper for the day before Daddy got home:

Me help, Mommy??? I don't think so. I'll lay here and watch you!



She even got paint on her tail!



My sister came over to help but just wound up playing with Audrey the whole time!

And then Tim got home after working 14 hours and painted the whole room! I love my sweet hubby!!!

 And I want to put my quotes up on the wall (they are white lettering) along with the girls names in block white wood hangings above each of their cribs and hang them with thick lavender ribbon...OH I CAN'T WAIT!!!

Ahh, so exciting!!! So I'll keep ya updated on the nursery as it comes together!!!