The Baby's Nursery

Landon and I decided early on that we didn't want to find out what we were having. I also decided early on that I wasn't going to make a big fuss about the baby's nursery. I didn't know the gender, we had gotten pregnant so quickly that I was halfway through pregnancy before I even started thinking about the nursery, etc. So, I chose several patterns that I liked for the bedding, and Landon and I went to Babies R Us to choose one. One pattern had turtles, another had crickets, and a third had bumble bees. Landon liked the one with the turtles, so we brought it home and put it on the bed.

Several nights later, we were laying in bed about to fall asleep, and I had a pregnancy moment. I was choking back tears.

Landon: Carrie, what's wrong.
Me: I am a horrible mother.
Landon: Why?
Me: I don't like the turtles! Why did we get the turtles? I hate the babies nursery.
Landon: Sweetie, we'll go back and get the crickets. Did you like the crickets better? Or the bumble bees. I knew I should have gone with the crickets!
Me: I don't want any reptiles or insects in our baby's room! (continuing to sob - although by this point, I was also laughing pretty hard at my absurdity).

Fortunately, that was the weekend that Landon was out of town for a guy's weekend and Jill & Sara were in town for a girl's weekend. We took back the turtles and completely revamped the nursery. I love the new motif - and I especially love that it has so much of Jill & Sara's finishing touches added in. They each painted a birdhouse, and we all did the clothesline together.

There are touches from Cora's Aunts, too. Julie sketched the raggedy anne on Cora's changing table years ago... Landon found it in his things. While Heather was in town, she finished canvases to hang over her bed.

No more breakdowns over the nursery! Pics from the baby's room.