Friday, November 9, 2007

Joshua's Nursery




Well, Joshua's nursery is finally 100% completed. It was definitely a work in progress, and we are pleased with the results. Shortly after we closed on the townhouse, Josh's room got painted. A few days after that, Josh's empty room turned into chaos as his clothes of all sizes were spread out throughout the room. I had separated all the clothes given to us by size and the type of article of clothing. (For example, size 0-3 onesies all went into the same pile). Keith didn't really believe that the room was organized as it looked like a bomb went off in there. No furniture yet. Just a floor full of baby clothes. The first installation was the switch plate and night light. That was the easy part. A few days later, Joshua was born. When Joshua got out of the hospital, there was still no furniture. Therefore, his floor turned into his dresser drawers. 3 1/2 weeks after Josh was born, his furniture finally came. Luckily, it was nice furniture that arrived all put together and not self-assembly IKEA-type furniture. Keith had a lot of fun organizing the drawers, and it felt good to finally have furniture. However, Joshua's room was not complete. There was still a lot of work to be done.

We ordered a wall mirror that matched the furniture. Keith and his dad installed that about 2 weeks after the furniture arrived. After the mirror was installed, I walked into the room. It turned out that they placed the mirror in a position that only a 6 foot grown adult can enjoy it. Another project had to be added to the list to lower the mirror. After the mirror was installed, the next project was to build shelves in the closet. Upon completion of that, block letters were added to spell "Joshua" on the wall above his crib. Only 2 more projects to go, and then his nursury would be complete. First the valance and sheers were put up. Finally, the wall border went around the room.

By 8 weeks old, Josh finally had a completed nursery. Now, if only we can get him to start sleeping in there. One thing at a time....

Much thanks goes out to Keith's dad for a lot of the work on the room and cousin Mike for the painting.

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