The Baby Room is Painted!

Sunday my parents came over and brought brunch with them. We all sat and ate a very delicious meal with them before Shawn and my Dad got down to painting-business. My Mom and I sat around and sewed; she crocheted and I made some more diaper covers. It was a lovely day to have the windows open and the animals lazing around the living room with us.

I know that a while back we took FOREVER deciding which color to paint the baby room and we finally decided on Major Blue by Sherwin Williams. The blue hue is very soothing and captivating. It's bright yet deep, making it look great in both bright and dim light.

After my parents left in the early afternoon we spent the remainder of the day meandering down the hall to peek inside at the baby room time after time just to stare at it. We can't wait until there's a little baby in there; it's getting so real finally and we are so ready.

50 Shades of... Blue

I am virtually sitting in a pile of paint strips. All of them are blue.
I say virtually because they're all in a pile on the Pinterest Baby board.

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No, we didn't have another ultrasound and see anything... We just like blue. My nursery was blue and I just really love the look of it with the rug for the baby room we bought, so blue is the color we'll paint the walls.

If you all would be so kind as to stroll through the colors below and vote on one at the end, it would be very appreciated!
Here is the reference photo of the rug:

Now scroll!


Impromptu Blue by Sherwin Willaims
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Resonant Blue by Sherwin Williams
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Paddington Blue by Benjamin Moore
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Dazzle by Sherwin Williams
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Blue Dragon by Benjamin Moore
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Flyway by Sherwin Williams
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Dynamic Blue by Sherwin Williams
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 And vote!

Which Blue do you like best?
	Impromptu
	Resnonant Blue
	Paddington Blue
	Dazzle
	Blue Dragon
	Flyway
	Dynamic Blue
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Mid-Century Modern Thayer High Chair

If you didn't see my Mother's Day post, go see me and my cute mom here. Until this morning all I knew about this chair was that it is beautiful. It's in great condition and even has the wood tray instead of plastic. This morning I learned that this item is a rare antique... and I got it for $20. I don't think anyone would begrudge me not waiting until we were pregnant to buy this.

I cleaned it up with mild soap and water and it sits in the garage currently, waiting for a baby bum to sit. Cleaning it up staved off the baby fever quite well, along with our other plan: every month that we don't get pregnant, we will do something immature and fun that we couldn't do otherwise. For June it's boxed-wine races in teams of 2 with our friends James and Scott. We'll let you know how that goes.

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So the yarn Mama Kitty was rolling around in on Friday is for a baby hoodie. I'm not giving it away or selling it but I plan to save it for our future child. It is 50% Peruvian Llama, 50% wool and it feels so nice. I've never had this nice of yarn before and I really think the color is gorgeous, too, albeit hard to find.

Instead of kaboshing everything I made for Omaha Fashion Week this year, I'm just making it for the future kids and saving it for whenever that happens. It's close enough to Try-Time to start preparing tangible things for a baby, in our opinion. We also ran into (almost literally) a yard sale yesterday and found a vintage high chair that is EFFING BEAUTIFUL for $20. It's baby blue, has a maple tray, and even converts to a chair/table combo.

I know a lot of the baby things I'm making and finding are blue, but since we're going gender-neutral with our parenting style I don't think it matters. I'll have pictures of the high chair after I clean it up! BRACE YO'SELF! It's PURTY!