the nursery

since the nursery is about 99% finished and his due date is slightly more than two weeks away, i thought now would be as good a time as any to show off the nursery. (and yes, that is his bag & boppy you will see below all packed & ready for the hospital )

i must say that it all came together very nicely. even before we discussed it together, i told people the nursery would most likely be sports-themed once we found out we were having a boy. if you are reading this, you must should know lee well enough to know he was already telling people it would definitely be sports-themed (and predicting him to be a boy before we knew for sure, as well).

as a compromise for things to not get too out of control and for it to not become solely baseball-themed, we agreed on a vintage-sports look. we decided the colors for the bedding and then based everything else off of that. i love that almost everything was either a gift, either directly from someone or through gift cards, or i bought it on sale. the only splurges we really had were the bumper and forward-facing bookshelf, both from pottery barn kids. we also decided to keep a twin bed in his room because 1) we had it and did not want to put it in the attic and 2) it will be useful for when we have visitors. i will say that i want to fill the basket beside the twin bed with baseballs and possibly get a bedside table for it to sit on. also, my amazingly-talented mom is currently sewing a crib skirt to add to the bed.

the view from the doorway:the view from the opposite corner :a close-up of his bed:a close-up of the changing table:a close-up of the locker bins:

in case you are wondering...
crib: target (awesome gift from GJ)
pennants: land of nod
mobile: pottery barn kids (thanks mike & suzi)
football blanket: (thanks gran & granddad)
baseball blanket: handmade (thanks co-worker of lee's)
little duck lovey peeking out of crib: store in san francisco (thanks pilgreens...esp sam for choosing it)
locker bins: crate and barrel outlet
shelf holding locker bins: IKEA but we already owned it (i think it's less than $10 right now though!)
changing table: wal-mart (thanks to those who gave gift cards)
wire baskets: the container store (thanks to those who gave visa gift cards)
sports hooks: target (thanks katy)
changing pad and cover: target (thanks aunt rachel and those who gave gift cards)