Getting ready...

This weekend was all about one person - Ellie. USA Baby called me on Friday to let me know that the crib we ordered had arrived so we decided that this would be our weekend to paint and put together the nursery since is was going to be a rainy indoorsy weekend anyway. We'd already purchased her nursery bedding and picked out the color we were going to paint the nursery, so on Saturday, I made my first of three trips to Home Depot. That's how it is when we do a project. There's never just one trip to Home Depot. The first trip I made, I got the paint for the room. Since our nursery bedding is mostly green, we decided to go with pink walls. After that, Lee and I went to USA Baby to pick up the crib and mattress. Then it was time to paint - Ben came over to help out with the first coat. It was at that point that Lee sent me to Home Depot for trip #2. Apparently I was making too many suggestions while he and Ben were getting ready to paint. Lee and I did the second coat later on that night.

Mom and dad came over on Sunday to drop off a chest and to help assemble the crib. The crib came in a box about 6" deep so there was "some assembly required". I had done a LOT of work the day before since I rolled on paint for 4 hours so I decided to handle the easy stuff like ironing the dust ruffle, putting the sheets on her bed and taking pictures of the activities. Here is the finished product:

Ellie will wake up to a field of flowers every morning. Lee got Ellie her first toy at USA Baby which is a stuffed green dinosaur named Harvey. We still have to get a rocker and some wall art, but I feel like we're onto a good start. The dogs like the new room and they especially like the new rug. Lucy walked right in and flopped onto her back. I think that may be her permanent resting place once Ellie gets here.

What do you think?!