Nursery Progress

Having a months notice of our court date has proved to be a blessing for me to get the nursery ready. Randy assembled the crib and finished the dresser, I've painted the walls and nailed up the chair railing and now it is time to add some chochtkie...a little bling for the baby!

I showed Randy tons and tons of bedding pictures and all of them got a "hmm, that's nice" and then he resumed what he was doing. We were registering at Babies R Us back in February and we walked by the bedding and he walks straight up to this bedding and says, "I really like this one!" That bedding got the most response and excitement I've seen from him so I figured I better seize the moment and register for it.

Here is a picture of one of the walls in the nursery so you can see the paint colors. They aren't really that dark. I need another picture in the daylight.

On Randy's 3rd tour in Korea he had a picture of a Corsair airplane painted and framed. The Corsair is Randy's favorite airplane. We are going to use this picture above the crib.

I'm having some vinyl wall letters made to go above the crib and Corsair picture. It will say, "I love you as HIGH as the airplanes fly." This is the preview the company sent me of what my saying will look like. They rub on the walls and won't damage the paint if we want to change the look later on.

We also have a bookcase to move in that I still need to paint but that will have to wait until this weekend. That will hold all of Artem's books and toys. I'm still on the lookout for some cute baskets to use in his bookcase. Randy has a wooden prop (propeller) that was used on a UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) in Iraq when he was over there, that we want to use in the nursery too; maybe over the closet doors.

Hopefully by this time next week I can post some finished pictures of the nursery and call it done!