Baby K's Nursery

It's finally here! I'm officially 9 months pregnant and ready to pop!

I have to say that I really feel lucky. So far this pregnancy has not been bad. Just the last few weeks have been a little stressful. I have been seeing the Dr. about twice a week now because he is concerned I might have preeclampsia. My blood pressure is consistently high and if you could see the swelling in my body... it is not a pretty sight! I went in last Thursday for a non stress test and the baby appeared healthy. She was squirming around and the nurse said everything looked good. I have to go in again on Monday to have another non stress test just to see if everything is okay. If at any point my blood pressure gets too high, or the baby appears to be struggling, I will have to be induced. Luckily that hasn't happened yet. At this point, we're just playing the waiting game. Even though at times I feel miserable and I can't sleep, I don't want to be induced. This little girl can take all the time she wants in her cramped little home.

To help us with the waiting game, we've been busy getting her room ready. This used to be her room. It was our boring, old office...

When we found out we were having a girl there were a couple of things I knew I wanted to have in her room. The first was this play cupboard that my Grandpa Draper made for me when I was about 3. My grandpa was amazing! He could make anything out of anything! I used to love to play house with this cupboard and I just had visions that our little girl would love playing with it too. My grandpa passed away about 10 years ago, so this is my sentimental way of remembering him.

The other thing I knew I wanted for her room was my old bedroom set. I loved my old bedroom set! It is so cute and girlie. It's from the 80's, but in really good condition, so all we had to do was give it a fresh coat of paint.

 And when I say all "we" had to do was give it a fresh coat of paint, I meant Tyler. I mostly stayed in the house and would go out to the garage just to supervise to make sure he was doing everything right. Luckily, Tyler is the perfectionist in the family and I knew everything would be done perfectly. Tyler sanded all the furniture about 5 different times to make sure it was all smooth.

 Then he painted everything by hand about three times to make sure it looked perfect.

 We decided to buy a crib and changing table, so Tyler had to put together all of the stuff. I had to laugh at him because every time he was putting something together, he would look at a part and ask me where I thought it would go. My response was always, "do you want me to look at the instructions?" but Tyler informed me that real men don't need to look at instructions!

 So after months of getting ready, here is her finished room...

 This is her crib. We're going for a pink and brown ladybug theme. The crib soother in the back of the crib is a gift that she got from my aunt and cousins at the shower, but I think Tyler and I like it more! Sometimes we'll just sit in her room and turn on the soother!


We decided to get a changing table for her. If you look closely, the bear on the changing table has a diaper on. We were just practicing our diapering skills! So far, we're really good at it!

 We got a great deal at a Black Friday door buster sale on this glider and ottoman, but my favorite part is the cupboard and night stand. They turned out so cute!

 Here's her dresser that is already full of clothes. I know I've already said it, but I love the way her furniture turned out! We got the lamp as a gift at Baby K's shower. It goes perfect with her room!

 And last, we have her closet, which is already full of clothes as well. I think she has more clothes than me and Tyler combined.

I think we're as ready for our little girl as we are going to get. Now we just have to play the waiting game! Only 2 more weeks!!