Nursery Details

Even though we still don't have a crib mattress, a changing pad, or a carseat, hardly any baby clothes and no diapers, I continue to add little details to the nursery!  Not to say we haven't made progress in those other areas, we just haven't actually pulled the trigger to buy anything yet!  In due time!

I finally figured out a solution for the window in Tray's room.  Once again, I can thank Ikea for offering an affordable solution!  Last Monday I bought and installed a new curtain rod, solar blinds and white curtains, all for less than $60.  We may need to line the curtains in a blackout fabric this summer but we're going to wait and see how it goes.  Here's a shot of the after (sorry it's so dark):

A couple of weeks ago, Tray received his/her first books courtesy of my friend Kristen.  Kristen is also pregnant (about 39 weeks right now, actually).  Kristen and Andrew live in Alabama with their dog, Wilbur.  K&A were recently given several cat-themed books at a shower and rather than risk ending up in the doghouse by bringing these books home, they regifted to us!  Yay!  We're trying to figure out the best way to put Tray's books on display in the nursery.  I've been contemplating making rain gutter bookshelves but have yet to work up the energy to buy the supplies and try it out.  For now the books are acting as a prop for our new peace lily, which, by the way, is a natural air cleaner:

(The Pikes Place Market book was a gift from our neighbor, Ter, who knows the author.)

The latest addition to the nursery is a series of postcards from an amazingly talented illustrator of childhood themes and scenes that I mounted on book binding paper and framed.  Here's a close-up of two of the postcards:

The script beneath the elephants says "I love my Mom" in French. The script beneath the giraffes says "I love my Dad" in French.  She has so many illustrations that we love but we're going to wait until we find out if Tray is a boy or a girl before we buy anymore! 

On a different note, last week was the last class in our yoga series.  We both really enjoyed learning the basics of ashtanga yoga and hope to begin attending a drop-in class at least once a week.  Matt was the star of the class!  It pays to have upper body strength in yoga!  There were a lot of positions I wasn't able to get into due to my growing belly, and my balance is nearly non-existent at times.  Still, learning the 8 limbs of yoga and the proper breathing technique was really cool.  During one of our last classes, we decided to buy a little something to remember our introduction to yoga and this time:

Hopefully Tray isn't a big one!  We really want this to fit!  :)