We made that all-important leap into babydome last night when we found a great deal on a crib on craigslist! It has transformed the nursery from that "extra room", that "storage space", that "meditation space" to an all out "baby-watching-changing-feeding-reading-rocking-playing-cuddling-loving room".
In this photo, you can get a glimpse of Tiffany's interpretation of the grass in the Savannah of Africa. The sky is just beginning to turn blue and there is a lot more to come. We've toyed with different ideas for what to paint and settled on a couple of Banyan family trees and some animals. We figure as "the wait" lags on, we'll paint a new animal each time we're antsy. It will either be a full jungle in there or we'll get through half of an elephant and get that call!
We dream of re-purposing a table in the corner to be our changing table and another fresh coat of paint on that old dresser has made a home for those cute little onesies. We need a soft rug and some cushion on the rocker that will get many nights of use. Josh is trying to find the right spot for a guitar and has already recorded some tracks of white noise - the wind rustling through a pine forest and owls hooting through the night. Tiffany has stacks of books in mind and a bookshelf all drawn up in her imagination.
We spend all night talking and dreaming about how to decorate, live in and love the baby's room.
Then, in the morning, we sluggishly wake up about an hour after we intended to and talk about how much harder it is gonna be to be lazy with a little one (or two) in that room across the hall.
