project nursery, part 2

rob was out of town

for a week, and so

i stayed with my parents

because it makes me nervous

to be alone, being this pregnant.

so i took the opportunity

to get tons of baby stuff done!

i think i got myself

a little in over my head with

this bedding, but it's finally

turning out extremely cute,

if i do say so myself :)

i started with

a pile of fabrics

and some drawings.

i made stencils out of the drawings,

and traced out the animal shapes

cut out hundreds of tiny shapes and pieces

then ironed them onto backing,

my awesome parents stayed up late

and helped me cut out the

hundreds of tiny pieces again.

then i ironed each layer

onto themselves to make the animals,

and then spent 3 days zigzag sewing

over the whole thing,

then sewing them together

to make the crib bumper pads.

they aren't completely finished,

i still have to sew little knots

for the eyes and the strings to tie

them to the crib, but mostly

they're done!!

i put them in the crib for a little test run

so there you go!

i think the little guy

is going to love his bed!

i also made the letters

that are laying in the crib in

those pictures, i just

haven't gotten the hooks

to hang them on the wall yet.

i made them out of

wooden letters that i painted

white on the sides,

and scrapbook paper

i've also gotten the rest of

the furniture put together

he's already got a nice little library going.

(he takes after his daddy that way ;)

i put together the changing table,

and got all his little

blankets and various cloths

(babies come with so many cloths!)

all folded and ready for him,

plus tons of itty bitty diapers in the bins.

so, many late nights,

a whole bag of sonic ice,

and a bowl of pistachios later,

he's got a bed and a room all

ready and waiting for his arrival

in 5 short weeks!