Getting the Nursery Ready

Thomas and I have been spending what little free time we have had the past few weeks making some big preparations for Baby Harvey. During the first weekend in March, we attended our second birthing class with the McMoyler Method. Thomas was unwittingly picked as a "volunteer" to demonstrate how to push the baby out in front of the whole class. He was quite a trooper and acted it out with reality and drama! Here we are with our teacher and with one of our classmates who was Thomas's "birth attendant."

We also have been making repeated trips to Target and Babies 'R' Us to get final supplies. Picking which diapers and wipes to get was quite overwhelming - Thomas finally determined that we should try Huggies first after reading lots of reviews.

The nursery is almost ready. We purchased a beautiful Ragazzi changing table from one of my coworkers that matches the natural wood furniture look we are going for in the nursery (thanks, Kim!). Thomas found a matching bookcase at Ikea, so along with our glider we purchased off of Craig's List and the dresser we already owned, we have managed to decorate the nursery at a reasonable price. Our only "splurge" was a new crib from Italian furniture maker Bellini. Sadly, it is the only hiccup we've encountered in our baby preparation so far. When we opened the box, we found that it was broken and had several stains on it! So, we won't have our crib until a replacement shipment comes in by mid-April. Baby Harvey is instead going to have to make do with the bassinet feature of our Pack N Play for a week or two (somehow, we don't think she'll know the difference).

Here are some photos of our almost-done nursery. I like to say that we kept the blue wall color because we are progressive San Franciscans who are raising a gender-neutral child, but those of you who actually know me know that probably isn't true! We just didn't want the hassle of painting since we are looking for a house and may move within a few months or a year. And the blue is kind of calming.