Baby Room

     The baby room is finally coming together and it's making it all seem real. A while back we decided that my bedroom would become the baby room. We got almost all of my belongings and furniture out of the room in May. Although my dressers stay there under a tarp for the last two months in anticipation of room painting. It took Teddy much longer than I hoped but the baby room is finally painted. Since I shoulding be around paint fumes Teddy offered to take care of the painting. He primed the walls, painted the ceiling white, and then got the one accent wall before tackling the three remaining walls. It was months of looking at a tarped and taped up room that we nicknamed "the kill room" a la HBO's Dexter; but it's finally done. The walls at least. There's still spots that need touch up paint and the window frame needs painting but we still have time for that.

     After getting the painting done, Teddy and his friend moved my dressers out and the furniture that we'll use for the baby in. Teddy also assembled the crib. Is say the room is 70% done. We still have decals to put up and well as some framed pictures and decorations. Besides that it's setting up the baby swing,mobile, and other baby gifts. I also haven't figured out the baby "changing station." I think changing tables are a waste of money and space. I hoped to place a changing pad on top of the dresser and manage that way but now I'm worried the space is too narrow.

     The other thing I could use is a seat in the baby room. The only glider (baby rocking chair) that I actually liked is well over $1,000. My mom offered to buy it but I can't let her spend that much on a chair. It's just too much. Even the traditional gliders go for a few hundred dollars which I think is outrageous. Not to mention they are so hideous. You'd think someone would come up with an affordable but practical baby chair. For now I placed an ikea lounge chair in the room but it won't work for me and baby because I can barely get out of the chair now. I'm sure we'll figure something out.

     When we get the room all done I'll post more pictures. It's still a work in progress but at least it has a baby room feel to it already. 2 more months to get it all done and welcome the baby.