Matthew's Room!

Two posts in one night!! We're on a roll!

So, once we found out we were having a baby we had to decide where to put him. You may recall that Susan had her own office, which was a lovely shade of hot pink. We thought that room would be perfect for Matthew, but probably needed to be a different color. But before we could consider paint colors we had to pick out bedding. (Guys- preparing for a baby is important business and more complicated than you can imagine. Just go along with anything the mommy-to-be wants).

After many trips to fabric stores and several wasted weekends, Susan could not find any baby bedding that she liked. Knowing what she wanted (but unable to describe it to anyone), she turned to the internet. After much searching, she found http://www.polkatotdesigns.com/. Finally, she found what she was looking for!

As you know, Susan is not one to make decisions quickly. So, bedding in hand we turned to wall color. Susan was able to quickly (in a couple of weeks) narrow down the choice to nine colors. Progress!! David was put to work putting up the samples, but unfortunately none of the colors were exactly right. So we made our own! The color chosen, David painted the room. Here is the artist at work:



After the room was painted, it was time for the furniture and accessories. Susan worked hard with the drapes and also chose to add block letters to the wall. We are very happy with how everything turned out! There is a Flip video which most of you might have seen already. (Since this is only our second post we haven't figured out how to post the video yet. If you don't recieve our Flip videos send us an email. You don't know what you are missing!!)

The end result:

Finally, we turn to the closet. Fortunately, our nephew Samuel was kind enough to share his old clothes (Thanks Julie). So, with the hand-me-downs and all of the great clothes we received from everyone, we were able to fill up Matthew's closet pretty well.

This only covers the first three months and does not include any pajamas. I believe Matthew may have more clothes than both of his parents combined.

Next up- arrival???