The Nursery is Ready!

I didn't have to do much to the nursery to get it ready for the baby...thank goodness because it seems like the entire rest of our house has been or is being made-over in some shape or form. I had just re-painted the nursery back in October, so no painting had to be done. Phew. Just some art had to be added, some new pillows, and some fresh new sheets (Coral drools a lot when she sleeps....new sheets were needed big time).

Yesterday I ended up going through all of Corals old baby clothes. What a task that was. When Coral would grow out of her clothes, I would just toss it in a bin until the bin was full. So yesterday I had to dump all the bins and sort by size, gender neutral, and girls clothes. It took FOREVER. I also was panicking about the amount of clothes a newborn needs..oh right, they spit up, they have poop explosions, they get multiple outfit changes a day. No biggie if we have another girl, but if have a boy, Andrew and I are gonna need to get our shop on ASAP after he is born. Luckily though, because we didn't find out the gender for Coral, we have a bunch of gender neutral sleepers that will get us through the first few days.

So, the stuff was sorted, and placed in the nursery.






I have a TON of yellow and green receiving blankets. Where did I get all of those last time? Funny thing is, I have a ton of pink receiving blankets as well and as soon as we found out Coral was a girl, the gender neutral blankets got replaced....most of them have never even been used yet.

Then, today I got Coral to help me put a new sheet on the crib, and some fun pillows to spice it up a bit. I'm not going to use the bumper pads we had from last time, because I honestly felt like it was a waste of time putting them up, and a waste of money. Coral started rolling over at three months and they had to be taken off.




Do you remember my post on the nursery a few months back? The color is a light beige on the wall, with orange and navy accents. Ok I know it's not the most feminine nursery if we end up having a girl, but I still think its fun and pretty darn cute. Plus, Corals a girl and she loves the orange and navy.

Do you also remember from my post the pallet art I had made to go above the crib? Well we STILL hadn't put it up yet, and I'm glad we didn't. Andrew was playing Play Station in the basement with his brother, and the surround sound was LOUD (don't worry, Coral can sleep through almost anything once she's asleep). It was so loud, and the base was so strong that it knocked a picture off the wall in the nursery. Yes, the whole house shakes when they game. Anyway, I decided right then and there that nothing would be hung over the crib, especially the extremely heavy pallet art. So, stickers it is.

















I was so excited when I found something in the exact orange of the nursery. I love it. It's huge, and took me forever to put up.





And, the rest of the nursery is the same as before. What are your thoughts? Cozy for a baby? Oh also, no the mattress isn't staying on the bottom setting, and it won't be a toddler bed for when the baby comes. We have friends visiting from BC in August and their little man will probably be sleeping in this bed, and we will convert it after.

Again, sorry about the small low quality pics. Blame it on the iPad.