Apparently I've never shown you the other side of The Nursery?
I realized it the other day when we began prepping the walls and Andrew painted the ceiling. Necessary but exhausting work, and the least satisfying part of any renovation. Ceilings blow. I dream of the day I buy a property with freshly painted ceilings.
Anyway, I can't complain too much, because since I'm pregnant my shoulders were spared, and I wandered around with my camera and supervised. And by supervised I mean that I watched television and took pictures. And drank lemonade. And ordered dinner.
The abdominal bowling ball does have it's perks.
So this is one of the random photos I took, in Aston's room, next to the closet overlooking our yard. See that house in back of us?
IT IS AMAZING.
I call it The Jake Ryan House, because it's a dead ringer from the front, except a bazillion times prettier than the actual place they used.
This is The Real Jake Ryan House in Illinois where they filmed Sixteen Candles.
I desperately want to go to a party at my neighbor's place and pretend it's the eighties.
Too bad no one lives there. It's for sale, but for over twice what we paid for this place and with no view and a billion times more square footage than I'd know what to do with.
But think of the shindigs I could throw!!!
(Andrew is somewhere reading this and just threw up in his mouth. He doesn't get the Dongonater.)
Anyway. I got some new kid things.
The Bob Ironman Triathlon. It came highly recommended by a few of the girls I ran with in college, and the reviews are stellar. I added on the carseat adapter and ordered a compatible Graco Snugride - which is inexpensive and reportedly highly rated in terms of safety, but will probably be a tad uglier than I'd prefer in person.
Andrew's parents gifted us this Bloom Coco Stylewood Baby Bouncer. I'm so happy to have a rocker thingy made from wood and not plastic.
And I finally decided on dipes. BumGenius 4.0 Snaps. While I'd love to tell you it was another green choice, truthfully I couldn't care less about environmentally friendly pooper catchers, and made this decision mostly because it'll be cheaper long term with less chance for rashes. And cloth is better looking.
We'll see what I think a year from now.
See Part 1 here.
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I think John & Sherry of Young House Love used those diaper for Clara - and they always sounded thrilled about them.
Love the bouncy thing - such an elegant design!
It's hard to buy all the kiddie gear upfront cuz you never know - every kid is so different. One of mine screamed in the bassinette but the others loved it; all of them loved the swing, it helped with colic.. the bouncy thing doesn't last very long before they grow out of it, but at least you don't have to look at colored plastic crap all over the floor.
I wish I was on board with the cloth diaper thing but it sounds like hell to me. You go girl!! ;)
I cannot get over how lovely your house is- they don't make 'em like that in South Florida! (not in our price range anyway!) We're expecting our first too so I can't wait to see how the nursery turns out and what you think of all your gear!
lots of luck!
Margaret@RummageLiving.com
You look so beautiful, and I'm excited for you guys. :) I love your belly! The nursery is gorgeous, I can't wait to see how it turns out. What are your plans for the sitting room? It looks like the perfect spot for playing. :)
Hope you're feeling a lot better than you were a few posts before this. Puking sucks. :(
I really enjoy your baby posts, and I'm digging the rocker. I hate all the plasticky ugly ones.
I LOVE my BOB. I have two, actually, a single and the Duallie. Did you get the fixed wheel or the adjustable?
Giant cloth diaper bums are so cute!
Bum genius ... hehe ... :o)
you will love the diapers - so EASY and no panicked drives to the store at 2 am, which did happen before we switched over to cloth!
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