Nursery...

...an update of sorts. 

Well, we decided that while we were gone on our trip that this would be the perfect time to transition AG completely to his big boy bed. In the past few weeks he had been spending time in both the crib and the bed. After being gone for almost two weeks we decided that we would come home and not go back to the crib. He spent the entire trip sleeping in a regular bed and didn't have one problem at the places that we stayed. We got home Sunday and he was happy to snuggle under the covers of his big boy bed that night. We didn't have time that night to move the crib out and decided we'd do it Monday. 

Monday evening Andy had his men's group. He came home ready to get the crib moved and watch the NCAA Men's Championship. We got to work and AG was happy to 'assist' us. This would also be the same night that the weather was predicted to become severe...well, sure enough within minutes of starting this project the weather did, indeed, get bad. The winds were severe and the rain hadn't hit, yet. The power went out and the crib was half way apart. Shortly after the power went out the rains came. I got to work lighting candles and turning on our flashlights while AG helped Andy finish taking apart the crib. 

We reassembled the crib by candlelight and flashlights while AG and Samson scampered around the house chasing each other. Andy decided to go ahead put the crib on the highest setting for the mattress... meaning there is no turning back for AG! Once the crib was assembled we decided that our power was probably not going to be coming back on anytime soon. We let AG wear himself out and then tucked him in bed sometime around 11. Our power came back on sometime after 5 AM. Thank heavens it was not too hot or too cold that night. We were all quite comfortable sleeping. Trees ended up falling on three different streets around us...no wonder our power was out all night. Praise the Lord that our large oak weathered the storm.

It's quite surreal seeing the crib in another room and ready for an infant. I need to finish reorganizing things now that we've moved the crib. The next thing on my to do list was to finalize bedding for the crib. The problem is that after searching long and hard I had yet to find something that I was in love with. However, last night my dear friend, Ginny, told me about a gem of a website Serena and Lily. Well, after much browsing and weeks of searching I finally found what I was looking for! Hooray! Thank you Ginny for your help. All I need to do now is order the pieces that I need. Be on the lookout for a full picture post in the coming weeks with the nursery/guest room before and afters. 

Also, for the most part we are able to reuse most of AG's baby items but I do want some girly items to accent what we already have. I've got a running list of items to order from Amazon with our Prime account so that we don't have to pay shipping/tax. I also need a few summer items that I didn't need with AG. For example we used flannel receiving blankets with AG since he was born in January. And while I have them washed in case we need them I'm ordering a set of muslin blankets to use this go around since Avi-Kate will be born at the beginning of the summer. And summers in Rome can be quite sweltering. Things are coming along...can't believe she'll be here before we know it!