It's a sad day here. I packed up the co-sleeper and set it aside for the next baby in line to use it. We moved the others out of our bedroom around the same time- close to three months- and it's always hard at first, but I get to the point where I just can't take waking up to those little grunts and sleep noises every hour, lovable as they are.
I love her sweet little baby room, though. It makes me happy just to be in there, sitting on the twin bed nursing her (I've always preferred that to a chair or rocker). I realized I never shared any pictures of it, so I went in and snapped some shots of it today.
I like the green and blue chain links that E and the kids added in there before she left. They made them for each of the kids' rooms.
The two pictures over the twin bed are a Wisconsin map (Mike's homestate) and Matryoshka dolls (her Uncle Roma is from Russia- plus I just liked the painting and thought it would go well in the room), and I fully intend to one day add a Maryland reference. The other wall-hanging is a "Now I lay me down to sleep..." prayer that hung in my room as a child.
The marvelous driftwood and crocheted owl mobile was a gift from Aunt Heather to Iris before she was born. And the drawings/paintings over the side of the crib are copies of Joan Walsh Anglund prints I did myself. J.W.A. always reminded me of my mom, who did some replicas of hers when she was younger.
Eclectic bunnies
My mama made the dear box-pleat curtains that hide the pull-down light-blocking red shades-- a nursery essential.
I did in fact order pictures today (with a 101 free prints code from Shutterfly) to fill that empty frame (a Pottery Barn Kids $5 Craig's List find).
The the little wall book shelf is a great space-saver. I painted it ivory (it used to be blue). And I love even the wet bag with its blue and green birds.
And here is the quilt I made for her in all of my pent-up time during her pregnancy. It's made with Hello Luscious by BasicGrey for Moda Fabrics.
I love how it turned out.
The big girls are excited to share their sweet girlie bedroom (except for when Iris steals her clothes... it's starting already). Here's a secret... the "valance" that's in there is actually just a folded piece of fabric that I once hoped to actually sew into a real valance, but then I thought,
why?? It's doing the trick there just fine (other than being able to see through it some), and I can use that fabric for something else one day if we move and have different-sized windows to cover.
