Nursery Obsessed

Baby preparation has been pretty stagnant in our house since B's undertaking of the guest room turned guest/computer room right after we found out we were pregnant.  Since we had every intention of finding out the sex of the baby we figured that putting baby prep. on hold until then would be the smartest thing to do. 

Naturally when we left our ultrasound appointment on Tuesday we went straight to Babies 'R' Us to complete our registry.  A quick tip: do half of your registry, the little things that your hub would know nothing about, with your baby guru (a.k.a your bestie) and then take hub with you to pick out the big stuff like crib, stroller, etc.  It will make your life that much more wonderful!  Of course, warn hub in advance like I did that way he's prepared to be in a baby store for an hour or more.

I was quite impressed with B on this registry adventure.  He tried out the gliders to make sure we scanned the comfiest, he gave his opinion on crib style and color, and debated on which car seat was best.  We were on a roll and then came the dreaded bedding... ugh.  For one, Babies 'R' Us did not have that fantastic of a selection for girls.  For two, I am not a big fan of pink in a baby room.  Sure, I have my fair share of pink clothes but I just cannot bring myself to decorate a room pink.  It just feels wrong in so many ways.  For three, I'm not into frilly things.  Yes, my daughter will be sporting various colors of tutu's and such, but again, to decorate a room... just can't do it.  We didn't pick out bedding, which is what has pushed me over the edge of crazy.  B's lucky he's out of town for work because all I have been doing is surfing various websites looking for bedding that suits me.  That's right, I said me.  I'm going to be in there, I'm going to be cleaning the nursery, and I'm going to pick something that I LIKE!  The bedding is the key to unlocking the entire scheme of the room and I am without it!!  Argh!!  It's making me crazy!  The stupid thing about it is that we can't even go buy bedding if we wanted to so it really shouldn't matter all that much if we have it picked out or not.

My obsessing has now gotten me into a bind.  Theme.  I was set on lavender/green/white with a butterfly theme but apparently no one wants to decorate their little girl's room with purple so finding bedding is somewhat a challenge.  That challenge has now got me thinking of two other potential themes:  red/black/green/white with a ladybug theme and a jungle/giraffe theme.  What a freakin' pain!

During my 3-day internet binge I came across a really cool feature on Pottery Barn Kids website.  It allows you to design a room with furniture.  All you do is choose the shape of your room, type in the room's dimensions, and start placing your furniture.  That site has calmed me because I was getting ready to go into the nursery with a pencil and/or marker and start writing my ideas on the walls.  I'm sure B would have loved to come home to that crazy mess.  Here are some of the set-ups that I came up with tonight.

Well I would have posted the stupid room plans (there are four so far) if stupid Pottery Barn Kids would allow me to save the image in a way that I could share.  Naturally it will allow me to share it with Facebook, but it will not allow me to save the image to my desktop.  I will find a way it's just not going to be tonight.

To end I have to say that I am genuinely excited about this little girl.  You all know that I'm a boy's girl and have never been super girly.  But, I have quickly changed me tone (and my native language.  It seems as though a little pirate has crept into tonight's post).  Hell, you can still rub dirt on girls :)  Sadly, the obsession is getting ready to take on a physical form.  I'm going into the nursery now, at 10:15pm, to start organizing the piles that I made yesterday.