Final Stretch

Yes, we’re about to enter the final month of the regular baseball season (let's go Yankees!), but that's not what I am referring to. There are only 10 days left until our baby’s due date. I can’t believe how fast the past nine months have gone by. It seems like just yesterday when V (my wife) was showing me the five (yes five!!) positive pregnancy tests. Ever since we found out we’ve spent every waking moment planning in some way shape or form for the baby’s arrival and now s/he is almost here (have I mentioned that already?!) As you can guess we did not find out the sex of the baby, which drove most of my family nuts. We’ve had a boys name picked out for some time now and we’re still sitting on the fence with a few girls names…and no, we’re not sharing that either.

What I will share are pictures of the nursery, which we decided to do in a Winnie the Pooh theme. The room used to be our daughter’s room (V’s stepdaughter) when we used to come back to NJ / our computer room. I cleared it all out, threw down some drop clothes, stripped the old trim and taped and spackled where it needed it. After a few different test swatches we decided on Benjamin Moore Morning Sunshine as the main color of the room. On the main wall of the room, I planned to paint a Winnie the Pooh mural. I found a few different images online and put together the design. I drew everything freehand in pencil and then began painting the background colors of the grass, sky and the tree. All in all it took me about three months to do everything in the nursery, usually working about 2 hours in the morning before work.

The week after I finished the mural (and I cleaned the room top to bottom) my father in law cleaned and polished the hardwood floors and I was able to put together the crib. It was a lot easier than I was expecting and it went together in about 2 hours. Both of the dressers came assembled so it was just a matter of taking it out of the box. Mostly all the clothes, diapers, and the rest of the essentials are put away (courtesy of V) and the only thing left we have to do is make sure the car seats are properly secured in each of our cars.

UPDATE:  V took her car this morning to a local police department to have them show her the proper way to install the car seat.  Guess that just leaves me to take my car...which I need to seriously clean first.