Davis's Nursery!

I must be suffering from 3rd trimester insomnia because I can't sleep.  I think God's preparing me for the sleepless nights to come!  Here are some pictures of Davis's (finally finished!) nursery.  :)  

The lighting in some of these pictures makes the grey look weird.
But the walls are light grey.  :)

The crib Aunt Lynne found
with all the bedding my mom helped me sew!

Uncle Aaron & Aunt Stacy brought Davis this adorable
elephant from Thailand!  Love his bowtie.  :)

The built-ins that Aaron & Grandaddy Rick built.

Sweet book from Sarah Beth & Susan  :)
And the owl is from Dunlap Love, an organization that helps orphans.

Shoes from Emily 

Uncle Josh picked out this elephant for Davis

A Tarheel born & bred!!  :)

Aaron is pretty sure Davis is gonna be a soccer player like his daddy.  :)

This book was given to Davis from his O'Hare grandparents on Valentine's day. 

This giraffe piggy bank was from Hudson & Cambree
and the owl was mine when I was little.

Davis's dresser, from Vance & Renate!

I love these number knobs!  They were red so I just painted them to match. 

This plane used to be Uncle Josh's.

The jumbo wooden ruler growth chart that I made.

The swivel rocker that Aaron rigged up to swivel & rock.  :)

Lots of fun books to read!

OK little one... you can hurry up now!  :)

Sewing for the Nursery!

When I decided that I wanted Davis's nursery to be grey & yellow, I knew that meant I'd have to do some sewing because Babies R Us sells zero grey & yellow things.  And sewing projects meant I needed my mom's help.  Thankfully she's good at sewing & she loves her grandson.  :)  We finally finished all our sewing projects today & I was so thankful to load that sewing machine up & take it back to my mom's house!  Here's what we ended up sewing: cushions for the window seat, 2 pillows for the window seat, a pillow for the rocker, the crib bumpers, and the crib skirt.  

Cute elephants  :)

And giraffes!

A pillow for the rocker

My friend Jessica let me recover an old bumper she had... 

So we took the fabric off...

and recovered the insides.

We used this grey chevron pattern.

Mom sewing away!

Now they look like this!  

We also sewed the bedskirt. 

These bench cushions were probably the hardest part to sew.

But I really love how the toy box / window seat turned out!  

And my friend Kaitlin knit this for Davis & it goes perfectly in his nursery!
I was so impressed!!

I'm so thankful for my mom... about a week ago, we were awake until 2:30am working on window seat cushions.  I was going cross-eyed and falling asleep on the pillow we'd finished earlier.  Thankfully, my mom's a night owl because my sewing at 2:30am would not have been pretty.  :)

Painting Davis's Crib!

On Mother's Day weekend, Aunt Lynne found me a crib at a yard sale for $55 and it was exactly what I wanted!  Well, except for the color.  

The crib was a pretty wood, but it didn't really match the nursery.

So this weekend, I painted it grey to match the nursery's grey & yellow color scheme.  

I used "Granite" (Satin) spray paint.

First I laid out all the pieces.

And then I painted 2 coats on each side.

Voila!  Now we have a grey crib!

My favorite feature is this drawer under the crib.
I heart storage.  

Now Davis has a big boy crib!  :)