The nursery corner...
Because we needed our second bedroom for Jonathan's office and guest bedroom while my parents are staying here after the baby is born, we decided to set up the end of our bedroom as baby land. This actually worked out even better than we hoped. Here's Jonathan bringing in the glider chair. It was a really big box!
This corner has become my favorite spot in our house. The chair is so comfortable, and I could spend many hours in it...which I guess I will be doing soon!
We moved the baby dresser into our room too. (Also pictured: the little radiator that could, the diaper pail from the diaper service, our bag ready for the hospital, and our changing pad, which will go on top of a table my Dad plans to build to fit the space where the suitcase is, once he and my Mom get here in a couple weeks.)
Thank you for the toys and books you've sent our way!
We put the baby basket on an antique traveling trunk for now. My Dad has promised to figure out how to hang it from the ceiling when they get here!
The baby basket.....
I sewed the sheets with elastic around the ends so they just fit over the mattress. We sleep with a duvet, which meant that I had all sorts of flat sheets hanging around from our sheet sets that we never used. I just cut up the ends of two sheets and now the baby has four of the softest jersey knit sheets to sleep on. I think there is enough left over to make sheets for the crib too, when we set it up later. And they match our bed. Though I recognize that the fact that this excites me is really corny, I just can't help myself! As, my friends Amanda and Sarah decided, we're all dorks anyways...so might as well enjoy it!~
There are a few soft friends waiting to become acquainted with the baby. Thank you Hartmans, and Cheryl and Judy! The beautiful quilt was made by my friend Jen.
Moby wrapping....
This is me trying to explain how a moby wrap works to Jonathan. Unfortunately, I only had about 3 feet of fabric to work with at that point. What with the size of my belly, I'm afraid the demonstration did not really go too well.
Things went much better after I had all 18 feet sewn together.
Mama Bear and Baby Bear were kind enough to demonstrate the baby's role in this.
(Mama Bear and Baby Bear are very special, by the way. The Mama holds onto Baby with Velcro paws, but when I was growing up baby got lost for about 12 years. We miraculously found him two houses later, in a fold of a suitcase when I was packing up to move to the US for college. They have been together ever since!)
Thus ends news on nest-crafting for now.
I do have a few more things on the sewing machine...but the essentials are taken care of.
I guess that means we are ready! Yikes!
8 comments:
:) We're curious, where did you get your glider-rocker? We're looking for one, but trying to make sure we get a good deal--they seem really expensive in the stores around here, but super cheap, broken, or beat-up when I look at used ones. Any recommendations?
The baby corner looks so sweet and cozy! I think you'll like having baby in your room with you - much easier when you're getting up at all hours of the night. I like the DIY sheets. I may try to make some like that once Maggie moves to Stella's old crib - I have always had a hard time finding sheets that actually fit that mattress for some reason. (We sleep with a duvet and so have extra top sheets too.)
I will validate your dorkiness. ;)
I just got a moby wrap last weekend on super sale, and I LOVE it. It is so so snuggly. And it puts the baby in perfect head-kissing position - what more could you ask for?? :D
hey Calia,
We ended up buying the chair new because it was a gift from Jonathan's parents. I agree with you that they are expensive...but I think a used one would be just as good as long as you find one that is tall enough to support your head when you fall asleep breastfeeding in the middle of the night! Oh, and gives you good back support. =)
Sorry I can't be more helpful!
GGGIIIIIRRRRLLLL! you are so ready to be the BEST momma!!! i can't wait to see pics of babe!!!!! and you look SO great. i love ya girl!
oops. btw, "just me" is ME... charity :)
Thanks Keren...I'll keep my eyes open! :) Can't wait to hear the exciting news soon that baby is here!
love!
calia
Hey Keren,
I have been looking at the Moby and was wondering if you had a pattern or could briefly tell me how you made it. 18 feet you say? Did you finish the edges or just let them roll up? What kind of fabric did you use? Is that cotton jersey? Anyway it didn't hit me that you had made yours till I was looking for one for me online. Thanks
Hey Melissa,
I bought 4 yards of pretty light weight cotton jersey (~12 ft). Then I cut it in half (2 6ft pieces of fabric). Then I cut one of those in half length-wise (2 narrow pieces 6ft long). I constructed the Moby with the wide 6ft piece folded over in the middle and the two narrow 6ft pieces sewn on to on either end for the wrapping and tying. It takes about 30 minutes!
You can find instructins for wrapping the moby on the official moby site. feel free to comment back if you have any questions! and good luck!
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