and we finally have a baby room

it took a LONG time and much stress by little old me to actually accomplish this big task, but as of 9pm last night, we finally have a room for the baby!!!

jeff kept reminding me that the baby will be sleeping in our room in the pack-n-play until he/she is about a month old anyhow, but that didnt make my stress level go down.....conversely, it probably increased it because it meant jeff didnt have the motivation to get the room finished!

well, yesterday, we put levi to nap in our bed, so his room was empty, and jeff's friend came over to help jeff empty out the study and put all of the baby furniture previously in levi's room into fiffy-fiffy's room....the crib needed to be taken apart to actually get it out of levi's room, which was something we did not realize had to be done....and instead of taking 3-4 hours like we originally thought, the process took about 8 hours....BUT- who cares. its done now!
and the great thing is that jeff's friend needed a ton of stuff for his apartment, so we were able to just give it to him instead of trying to figure out what to do with it, list it on craig's list, or where to keep it temporarily....(including the old TV and entertainment center from the basement! i think it was definitely a fair trade for helping us with this crazy 8 hour task!).

There is nothing on the walls, and it probably could use a fresh coat of paint, but we're not worrying about it right now. at least the room looks decent and its set up. the crib, changing table, dresser, bookshelf, rocking chair, AND queen size bed all fit nicely. the closet is emptied, and all of the baby clothes are neatly arranged in the drawers already (my job done well today!). and i feel ready. finally.

one of the little roadbumps i hit with this furniture move was realizing that ummm- now that levi's dresser and changing table are not in his room, where do i put his diapers/wipes AND his pajamas and stuff i kept in the dresser??? initially i ended up with the furniture in the baby's room filled with levi's clothes, so when i went to get him dressed this morning, i realized i needed to go in there to get socks and pants....not too convenient...
so, i went to target, bought a hanging shelf thingy for levi's closet, and voila! problem fixed now!!!

when levi woke up from his nap yesterday and he went into his room, he looked around and said- where is levi's changing table? where is the crib? so i showed him fiffy-fiffy's room and he seemed to understand. now he has been talking about the crib for fiffy-fiffy and that levi is a big boy so he doesnt need it anymore....i hope he doesnt panic when the baby actually arrives and he realizes that the crib really is not for levi anymore but for the new baby.

now my next step is to look for some cute decorations for the walls....perhaps we'll wait until we see if fiffy is a boy or a girl to decide what exactly we should put up.

levi is absolutely sure that the baby is a girl. he has told me many times that fiffy-fiffy is a girl- NOT a boy. he is going to have a "yittle sister", not a "yittle brother"....so, i guess we'll see if he's right....