Nursery Update - Oct. 11th

I made this Butterfly picture out of colored buttons last night. I'm not sure where we're going to hang it in the room yet, but I think it turned out pretty cute!!
I got my inspiration from Pottery Barn. I actually like mine much more and it didn't cost me $100. :0)

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I made this Butterfly picture out of colored buttons last night. I'm not sure where we're going to hang it in the room yet, but I think it turned out pretty cute!!

These are the adorable valances that Chase's, Aunt Della, made for Brantley Rae's nursery. They turned out SOOO cute!!!!
Thank you Della!!

They are so cute!!
This is what the bumper pads look like. Some adjustments are being made on the side bumpers so for now I only have the ends. They are so CUTE! I love them!!

Hopefully, Chase is going to get to pick up the side bumpers from Aunt Della later this week. I can't wait to get it all put together and the furniture in the room. It's going to be great!!!

Nursery Update

Last Friday, Chase came home early and wanted to go look at fabric for Brantley's room in hopes that we would find something "gender bender" so that he could then paint the nursery. (He has been itching to do that for a while.) So we did! We went to Hancocks and of course found the perfect fabric within minutes. We love it!

Then we arrived at our first problem...there wasn't enough at that store. There computers were down so they couldn't check and see if the fabric could be reordered. Our only other option was to drive out to the Hwy-280 store and see if they had any of it. Chase didn't really want to go out there but I did, so we did and they had a whole role of the fabric at their store. (Insert big smile here) It was wonderful!! Of course we went back to the Hoover store and got what they had as well. Now we have WAY MORE than enough for everything we need to make for the room.
So then we went to Lowe's and picked out the paint color. I wish I remembered what it was called but it was something about Spring and LIME green!! We were REALLY skeptical at first when it was going on the walls but now we like it! We think it will be great once everything else gets added to the room. See, look...

What do you think? We have white and chestnut furniture to go in the room as well. Once everything else moves in and get hung up on the walls it should be GREAT! Right?

I convinced Chase that we needed to put the crib together and get that big box out of the room. Hehe! I really just wanted to see it in the room. I love it! We're hoping it will be perfect and everything the reviews said it was and some of the things they said it wasn't. ( For instance, some people said their kids were able to climb out easily and at an early age. Let's pray this one doesn't happen.)
Anyways, it was a pretty great weekend because Chase and I spent every moment together and we got a lot of baby "stuff" accomplished. Yay for us!

Here is one more, closer look at the BEAUTIFUL crib!

I can't wait to put or little one down to sleep in it! Wow! Oh and yesterday, Chase and I were driving in the car and all of a sudden, he had a revelation (if you will) and he said, "I'm going to be a Daddy!" It was so funny/cute! He had realized that before but it just hit him again as we were leaving Chuck E Cheese's. We had been there for Brittany's birthday party and we were talking about how we'll probably take Brantley there in a few years. CRAZY!! I can't wait for the crazy times and the loving/sweet times!! It's all going to be so life changing and great.

Our assistant principal at work told me this morning that having kids is great, wonderful and the best thing in the world, but she also said "you'll be a nervous/tired wreck for the rest of your life" because you worry about if you're kids are okay or not. I know, this is so true!!

I hope everyone is having a good day!
Brittany's Birthday at Chuck E Cheese coming up next.

Sneak Peak!

This weekend we've gotten a few things accomplished so this post is just to give you all a sneak peak at some of the things we've picked out.

Yesterday, Chase picked up Brantley's crib from Babies R' Us. Look how big the box is! It's HUGE!! We aren't going to set it up until we get finished painting in the room.

This is the color of the crib. I can't wait to get it out of the box and set it up.

Here is a sneak peak at our color choice. It's a little loud and we're starting to second guess ourselves but we're still going to keep painting and see what it looks like when the whole room is covered. The color matches the fabric perfectly but it's still VERY bright!

This is it! Chase and I went to look for gender bender fabric today, not thinking we would actually find anything that would work. After searching through the fabric at Hancock we ran across this one and at one look we both said "this is the one." It's really different but I love all the colors and we hope Brantley will like it too.

What do you think?

Crib and Gate

Yay! Tonight after dinner we went to BabiesR'US and ordered Brantley's crib. This is our first big purchase and I'm so excited! They said it is here in their warehouse and it will ship to the store in 7-14 days. Hopefully they (the lady at the store) will be right on that guess.

Here it is...

We got it in this color. It's going to be SO pretty! We're hoping that it matches or comes close to matching the furniture that we have in our guest room. Those pieces are a dresser and desk that my dad refinished for me to use during college and I really love them and want to use them in the nursery. Hopefully they'll match!!

This is a close up of the detail on the side columns. Beautiful!

While we were there, we also bought this gate for the door into the nursery to keep Marley out of there.

To be honest, we aren't totally happy with it. We do like that it's ex-tall so that little Brantley won't be able to climb over it, BUT it is hard to open and really loud when we open it. Not a good aspect when we'll be carrying a sleeping baby into the nursery to put down. Hmm? We're thinking about taking it back. What do you think?

Marley barked at us a lot while we put it up because she wasn't sure what the heck was going on. Eventually, Chase got her to come down the hall and she saw that the big white thing wasn't going to hurt her. It was pretty funny watching her freak out because she was bouncing backwards as she barked. Funny girl!!

I got her to come take a picture with me once she was more comfortable. She can be a pain but I LOVE her! She has been keeping me company this summer while we've been home during the day by ourselves. It's been nice having her around for sure.

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I hope everyone is having a nice Thursday night!