Oh Baby! Nursery Photos

Here are the long-awaited photos of the nursery and baby bedding that Damian's aunt and I made. 

The pictures are from various nursery rhymes.  The toile fabric is a buttery yellow.  It's called "Over the Moon" and has great nursery rhyme scenes like these:

Humpty Dumpty

Hey! Diddle, Diddle

Here's another look at the crib.  The photos just don't do it justice.  I'm really pleased with how beautifully the bumper pads turned out.

Damian's aunt made this sweet pillow using pieces from all the fabrics. 

The plaid is also used in the box pleats of the bed skirt.  You can see the reverse side of the bumper pads in this shot.  The fabric is a plush minky-like sage fabric.

Wall decor.  Surely you're not surprised to see something LSU-related in the nursery?

While Damian's aunt did the bulk of the work for the other parts of the bedding, I actually made this blanket all by myself last week!

More wall decor.

The book is an old copy of Beatrix Potter's Peter Rabbit and Other Stories, which has been Damian's since childhood.   The Fitz & Floyd duck was a baby gift when I had Isabelle, and she ate her first solid food from it.  Andrew will too.  The metal signs say "I will sing to the Lord as long as I live, I will sing praise to my God while I have my being." -Psalm 104:33 and "This is the day the Lord has made.  Rejoice and be glad in it!" -Psalm 118:24.  I love to start the day by singing that psalm to my daughter.  She wakes up so happy that it's easy to rejoice and be glad in the morning. 

By the way, I take back everything I said about nesting.  I'm definitely nesting now.  While my floors need to be mopped and laundry needs to be folded, Damian can't keep me out of the nursery.  I'm constantly finding something else to do in there.  If there's nothing to do, I just sit in the glider and relish the sweetness of the room.  And now I can remember doing this when I was pregnant with Isabelle too.  I sit in the nursery for as long as 30 minutes at a time and just look at everything, basking in my pregnant state and in the knowledge that soon, very soon, a sweet little boy will be sleeping in that crib.  He can come tomorrow if he wants to.  I'm ready.   

This is the sixth in a series of posts called "Oh Baby!" as I prepare for the arrival of our new little one.