A nursery for two...

The nursery is starting to look more and more like a nursery. The furniture is all put together now. There is still a lot of decorating to do, but we have lots of time. It would be a shame to get it all done at once and not have anything to do for three or four months. We're finding that it's a delicate balance between getting stuff done early to be prepared, and getting things done too early and making the wait seem longer.

It's hard to imagine the wait seeming long though. I can't help but feel like it is charging toward us like a freight train. Today marks the 23 week point. 23 WEEKS!! Considering the average twins are born at 35 weeks, that leaves only 12 weeks or three months. The weeks are flying by and it's going to be September/October before we know it.

Anyway, I have some pictures to show. We'll be getting a picture of Elizabeth and her ever expanding belly on here soon. She wanted to make sure she looked cute. I don't know what she's worried about, she always looks cute! Pregnancy is being especially good to her. I can't help but admire how beautiful she is, carrying our babies.

The first picture is of me finishing up the painting. I wanted to show it to give you some idea of how hard it is to paint textured walls! Look at how hard I am pushing on the roller. We'll be hiring professional painters from now on...or just not painting anymore.



The next step was putting together the changing table, side tables, and hutch. It looks really nice all put together. It took about three evenings to get it done. Some outside help was required to get the hutch up there too!



Once I had that all put together, I assembled the cribs. They actually went together very easily. They will be easy to convert into day beds and big boy/girl beds when the time comes. They are also very sturdy, which I like a lot. The only things I'm not so crazy about is that they don't have drop gates, and it seems to me like the babies are going to be too deep in the cribs at first. We have it on the highest setting, but it still seems pretty deep. We'll see what it looks like once we get the matresses in there.



Here are both cribs completed and in place...



I'm afraid the cats are already starting to feel upset about the changes taking place around here. To help them adjust, we went and purchased a new scratching post for them. They seem to really like it. Their favorite part is definitely the little mouse hanging from the top. It's got catnip too, so I'm sure that helps.



Well, that's all for now. Stay tuned!