The Nursery!

Room Before
Christopher's room started out a deep pink color. We knew that that wouldn't work for a little boy, so the room got painted a nice green color that I hope he will like. This was the beginning of the painting fiasco that I have managed to span out over several weeks. I still have trim to do, clean up on the floors around the trim and a few places on the ceiling. Hopefully, motivation will strike again soon. This was my art work that I took a picture of to use for a scrapbook page for Christopher's scrapbook.

We love the cribs and I think they look great in the nursery. Why do we have 2 cribs? Well, we are still awaiting our little girl from China. We are anticipating a referral in August of 2008. So we went ahead and got her crib and set it all up. The baby bedding is from Target, Amy Coe "Hush A Bye Baby" collection. Except I got mine off of Ebay. They are sold out in the stores.

Now, I need to finish the trim, find a rug and get things put away. I also need some sort of art work for the walls. Any suggestions?
The other pieces of furniture have problems! We got a door chest and dresser. We are waiting for a repairman to come out and assess the furniture and see if he can fix it. Guess what I am not accepting that and I am demanding new furniture. The furniture store has been great about this and we are using the furniture til we get new. I was so disappointed that our furniture came directly from the factory with VISIBLE flaws. I will upload the pics of them later to show. So now I have a ?.
Do we keep the chandelier? I am looking into the chandelier shades for the lights and will give it a deep cleaning and paint the gold part at the top a darker color. Or should we go for some ceiling fan of some sort?

We got 3 new pictures of Christopher on Monday, June 18th. This is our 3rd set of pictures we have received. He really looks good! We even commented how he looks like he just got a bath and they combed his hair. In 2 of the pictures, he is playing with his hands. This, I am told, is developmentally appropriate and is good! He looks like a deep thinker. We have not gotten any pictures of him smiling or even really a hint of a smile. He looks very serious. We cannot wait to get him giggling and smiling!

We had our 2nd shower today for him and got alot of great gifts! The shower was great! Thank you to my family for throwing a great shower! I need to take a picture of all his loot. He really got great stuff!

Christopher's furniture is being delivered on Monday. Our house is a wreck so hopefully, we can get better organized and get things put away. Once we get things settled, I will post some pics of the nursery. Our dossier has been in VN for 6 weeks now, we are still hoping for travel in late July or early August! So, keep your fingers crossed!