Jun 22, 2009
Operation Baby Nursery: Complete (Sorta)
Well, we’re pretty much done with the baby’s room:
Simple, soothing and definitely NOT pink — not that there’s anything wrong with that. I just figured we have many years of pink princess dresses and pink princess dolls and pink princess tramp stamps (or whatever the kids are doing these days) ahead of us, so we might as well take advantage of this this brief period when Baby Girl is unable to inject her opinion. It is during this time that I also plan to dress her in embarrassing items such as this:
I let her use my bladder as a gymnastics vault last night. Wearing a fashionably questionable knit bear cap is the least she can do for me.
Transforming the bedroom, which previously was my office/storage room/Mr. Candy’s hamper, into something resembling a nursery was not an easy task in the least. But several months, one professional carpet cleaning and many bulldozers later, I’ll be damned if we don’t finally have a baby’s room on our hands.
“The Lady and the Tramp” illustration was a special gift with special meaning that Mr. Candy gave to me when we were mere babies ourselves. We’re precious like that. So seeing it now hang in our baby’s room makes me a bit weepy, I must admit.
Most importantly, we have a mini-fridge for margarita storage. I read that you should never, EVER feed lukewarm margaritas to newborns because they could develop a social life-threatening aversion to the tasty tequila-based drinks. Being a caring parent, I would never wish that upon my child.
Crib bedding: JoJo Designs’ Dragonfly Dreams
Furniture: PALI Trieste Collection
View from the glider, where Baby Girl and I will gaze upon the Hollywood Hills and I will rock her to sleep with beautiful lullabies. Like the children’s classic “Gold Digger,” the inspiring tale of a girl who rises above her humble beginnings by trapping a gullible “prince” with her magical and cunning hoo-ha. Awwww.
Jeannie Anderson
says:
Looks great. Love the view.
June 22nd, 2009 at 1:54 pm -lainey
says:
adorable. not a wrinkle in site!
June 22nd, 2009 at 1:54 pm -lainey
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ugh. sight. sorry.
June 22nd, 2009 at 1:54 pm -Eize
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The Lady and the Tramp behind-the-scenes story made me a little weepy too. Awwwww…
June 22nd, 2009 at 1:56 pm -helloandie
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it’s so pretty!!
June 22nd, 2009 at 2:21 pm -stell
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What a cute nursery! Well done!
June 22nd, 2009 at 2:32 pm -Cowgirl in the Sand
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The nursery looks fantastic!
I found another good lullaby is “Milkshake” by Kelis. “My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard and they’re like, it’s better than yours, damn right, it’s better than yours…” That song seemed surprisingly relevant as I was nursing, and it made me feel better about myself than “I’m Moo-Moo the cow…”
June 22nd, 2009 at 5:48 pm -Zay
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I agree with Cowgirl in the Sand. Baby girl will also enjoy listening from you this nurshiring song: “I like big butts and I cannot lie…”
June 28th, 2009 at 11:18 pm -Jenn F.
says:
Great job on the nursery. Very nice!
Love the knitted hat too. Hallowe’en’s going to be a blast this year for you ~ I saw a cute “pea in a pod” costume on a baby. There was nothing that swaddled pea could do about it either. heehee.
July 1st, 2009 at 6:53 pm -