Our "Monkey's" Room

We are now at 34 weeks which means that we are in the home stretch of this wonderful pregnancy! I am so excited to meet this little boy and get back to my normal self again. I am so tired of the heartburn, swelling, aching and so forth. I certainly have enjoyed feeling our baby move each and every day and being able to feel him inside of me. However, the sacrifices that we have to make are certainly not fun by any means. I'm sure a day will come in which I may miss being pregnant--but it's not today!

Baby is still growing and growing and so is mommy's belly. Here we are at 32 weeks in which the camera began to focus on my belly rather than on my face. I suppose it's a good thing that my face hasn't blown up to twice it's size--but still. I am now having fewer and fewer clothes that I have been able to wear and am certainly not enjoying the wonderful Colorado heat. As if the swelling in my feet and ankles doesn't get bad enough, the heat makes it even worse which leads to all the other symptoms. Miserable. Note to self: plan next baby to be born before summer starts. Despite the 'growing pains', baby seems to be growing right on pace and looks to be as healthy as can be.

We were finally able to finish putting baby's room together! *Cheers* Although it is now full of stacks of clothes, boxes and other goodies from the shower, there is paint on the walls, furniture built and in place and decor. I am definitely a little relieved that we were able to finish prior to the baby shower. Unfortunately, I have to now organize everything to finally be prepared for him. We went back and forth deciding whether or not we wanted to do a themed room. After shopping around and seeing such adorable things, we couldn't help but surround our little monkey with some jungle friends of his own. Our safari/jungle theme has come together quite well and has included some DIY projects done by mommy to add that extra love in the room. Here are some pictures as we began completing the room:

This is the view looking into the room from the hallway. 

After moving in, we painted the room a light green. Mainly cause we didn't want white but also just in case a baby were to come eventually. We didn't maybe think it would be this soon--but we are just fine with it.

We decided to go with the green and brown. Both neutral colors that would suit either boy or girl. We taped off the room to paint the bottom brown and we would later add the chair rail--a sophisticated touch (we think so).

A view of the room from the back corner looking out into the hallway. Daddy was finishing putting up all the tape to start painting. 

After we had finished painting the bottom brown, we added the white chair rail along the border to tie the 2 colors in together. I think it broke up the room just enough. (Here it does kind of look like mint chocolate chip ice cream). The pictures don't do it justice-it looks much better in person.

The top picture is the same view looking into the room from the hallway and the bottom picture is in the room facing the window.

Here's a few pictures of daddy being a good sport while putting together the giant crib!

I sure do love him!

The bunches and bunches of pieces!

Attaching the box spring for the mattress

The finished product!

He was such a trooper climbing under and behind things in order to get the darn thing put together!











The crib definitely has a red tint to it. After starting to put it together-I became worried. However, with all of the other furniture in there, it doesn't stand out too much. I think it is a beautiful crib!

Jungle animals!

This is the adorable decor that we chose. I think it tied everything in together really well and I cannot wait to get bedding and everything else to make it a completed room!










I made these pictures from some stencils, scrapbook paper and some ribbon. The stencils of the animals are so cute and the middle on is the alphabet. 

These are his name blocks that will go above his crib. I found a great deal online and then painted them the same color brown as the walls. I used the ribbon from the pictures for a way to hang them. 

More jungle animals above the closet. 

After the letters were hung above the crib

I had to get a picture after we got everything together because I was so excited that we finally had a 'room' for the baby. It was no longer a storage facility, but a place that he would be able to enjoy after he arrived! 

The crib is just to the right of the window.

This is the same view of the room from the hallway looking into the room. There is a dresser on the right side and we will put a glider right in front of the crib. There is not much room for anything else. It will take much organization on my part to make sure that things don't get too cluttered!

A very proud mamma!

After a long few days of working straight, we were finally able to finish the room. Nick was so great in putting up with my need for perfection. I helped with painting when I could, and screwed in a few nuts and bolts on the crib. Although he did the majority of the work, I still have my motherly touch surrounding the room. I cannot wait to get all everything else together and reveal the finished room. Until then, we have began to establish the next chapter in our lives and I am definitely looking forward to it.