The nursery is almost finished!

We finally got to put together the crib! YAY! We spent several hours on Valentine's day putting together the crib and rearranging the nursery and garage. It took Travis about 20 minutes to get the crib together, while I wiped the styrofoam packing pieces off all the wood. I think it turned out really great - THANKS DAD!!!

After the crib was together, Travis headed out to the garage to build a shelf (hanging from the ceiling rafters) to hold a bunch of our stuff. We had everything piled against the wall and underneath his work bench and it was starting to get crowded out there. It is almost impossible for Travis to get his monster truck into the garage, so we use half of it for the foosball table and Travis' tools/machinery.

Now that he moved most of the boxes off the ground, he has more space for his Man Room. Yes sirree, Travis is going to have a Man Room in the garage. We have a futon and a TV that we no longer have room for in the house, so we are moving them out to the garage. Travis already has a foosball table and dart board. The only thing he has left is a mini-fridge for his beer. We are building a good ole redneck hideaway for my husband. Nice. Man Room sounds better.

While Travis was working away in the garage, I vacuumed up the remaining styrofoam pieces in the nursery and arranged all the furniture.

You can see the beige Travis used to paint the walls. I think it's hard to see the difference unless you compare it to previous photos. The biggest change is the new dark brown shade of the built-in shelf and dresser. I think it turned out pretty good.

The only thing we have left that we can do before the baby shower (in May) is get the futon (ordered and awaiting delivery) and find window treatments. We plan to put up white blinds and colorful curtains to help brighten up the room. Right now there is an abundance of brown that needs to be put in it's place.

Putting together the crib from Nicolette Ward on Vimeo.