39 Weeks: Baby Girl's Room

My first thought about this post is, 39 weeks already?!  I think back to when we found out about this pregnancy (a week after Easter), and that seems like an eternity ago.  When I think back to my pregnancy with Elijah, these last few weeks seemed to drag...probably because I didn't have a toddler to chase after in my final weeks.  With this one, they just keep flying by.  I feel like I'm not ready and yet, I know we are.  Dustin even told me this morning that he doesn't feel ready; it's like 40 weeks just snuck up on us.  But, on the flip side, I am SO ready to meet this little girl!

I debated and debated putting up pictures of her nursery because there are finishing touches that haven't been completed.  She'll be sleeping in a pack n play in our room for at least the first couple of months, so I'm not too concerned about her room being exactly how I want it in the end.

I'm not all about the baby themed rooms, or bright colors, so I chose more subdued, relaxing colors.  I also like to use decorations that can easily be used as she gets older.  So, here is her room so far:

 Walking into her room, it looks like this:

Her first initial will be in the center of that frame above her crib.  It's currently hidden, so nobody can make name guesses.  It's a white, wooden letter.  On the other wall is a shadow box that my sister-in-law put together.  I should have taken a closer picture of it, but she made some cute decorations for inside and there is room to put pictures or other sentimental things inside.  Don't mind the clutter of extra things on the floor (carseat, bumbo, bin of clothes):

 Next to the rocker, I want to get a toddler size, white nightstand to put the lamp on.  Since she doesn't have a bookcase, I went with the wire basket that's on the floor.  The blanket won't be staying because my Mom is making a quilt for baby out the same fabrics I used for some of the other things in the room.  I made the window valance out of strips of fabric and am still working on a rustic looking sign that will hang about her window:

Still trying to figure out what to put in the empty wall space to the left of her dresser...maybe a mirror, or a clock.  Also want to get a bank & picture frames for on her white shelves.  We found the shelves at a yard sale for $1, Dustin sanded & painted them.  My Mom and I made the headband/bow holder, but I don't have any bows to put on it yet:

This little girl has a pretty big room, compared to her brother's.  If it had been a boy, we would have had them share this room.  I still have a fear that this baby is going to come out and be a boy.  In which case, he would have a very girly room and would be coming home from the hospital in this:

So, that's where we're at.  Hospital bags still aren't completely packed and the baby's car seat isn't installed.  Luckily, things don't usually happen as quickly as they do in the movies, so we have some time  : )

Two Peas in a Pod

The older Elijah gets and the more his personality develops, the more I realize, he is just like his Daddy!

I never fully realized this until this weekend when I had a chance to watch him interact with more family than usual.  I always considered him to be shy, but he can fool you.  Give him an audience, and he is sure to entertain....doing the same silly thing over and over again just to make you laugh or cheer for him.  He certainly doesn't get this from me.

Being silly before bedtime

It used to bother me that I was the one who had to be the disciplinarian and put structure to Elijah's day.  It seemed like when Daddy came home from work, it was all fun & games.  And I've come to accept, that's ok...because he looks up to his Daddy.  He asks for Dada as soon as he wakes up.  He loves to watch Daddy get ready for work ( he even pretends to put on deodorant just like him).

Looking out the window, waiting for Daddy to get home from work!

And there is no one else I'd rather him grow up to be like than his Daddy!