Tackle it Tuesday - Baby Prep
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Wow, we got quite a bit done this week (especially over the weekend)! I think I actually accomplished everything I intended to plus a few extras.
The big tackles for this week were Boo’s room, getting baby things from the attic, and finishing the burp cloth sewing project I started.
Let’s start with Boo’s room…
This is what the room looked like when we moved in two years ago:
During the two years we’ve lived here it has been used primarily for storage. When we found out we were expecting there were boxes piled everywhere, the closet was filled with miscellaneous stuff, and it was generally a pretty scary place (especially if you were looking for something specific). Over the last couple of months we’ve been hard at work cleaning out, decluttering (although we still have some to do), painting, and making it a bedroom again.
This weekend, Matt hung new closet doors, we moved the rest of the nursery furniture out of Little’s room and into Boo’s, and we put his shelf with his name letters on the wall. Over the last week I also got his clothes, the bedding, and all of the covers for carseat, swing, etc washed and dried.
Today it looks like this:
The burp cloth project…
Please do not look too closely at the pictures. I am a beginner teaching myself to sew, and this is my first start-to-finish completed project. I’m proud of the fact that I actually finished a project for once even though it is certainly far from perfect, and I’m pleased with the way the fabric/ribbon combinations turned out. When I got frustrated Matt kept reminding me that this was something that Boo was going to throw up on; he certainly won’t care if all the seams are perfect and the stitching straight.
I also finished my Spring cleaning and the cleaning I needed to do before company, wrote all of my Thank You’s (for birthday and baby gifts), and got my birth plan into my chart at the doctor’s office.
Up next – packing the hospital bag and installing the carseat. Nothing too strenuous this week, but definitely things that are important.
Good luck with your tackles!
everything looks so great!!! you guys did an awesome job and i love the burp cloths….those are incredible! good job!! i love that brown in the nursery..it looks almost suede-like and that’s a very peaceful view out of the front of boo’s window!
Awesome tackle! Please send the clutter fairy to my house. Make sure she has her super sized wand!
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I think you did a great job! Getting ready for babies is always so much fun. Good work!
Great tackle! Isn’t it fun getting ready for a new little one coming into the family? Congratulations!
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Aw, it looks so cozy.
The roomis adorable! I too love the brown!
Smiles,
caroline
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(Can you say “nesting”? I’m kidding…)
What an adorable baby’s room! Makes me sad that my baby is now 13 months old…
Great job! (And I love the burp cloths!)
love it! LOOKS GREAT! I had better ship you the box of stuff AND quick!
Wow! Good for you. I have been very unmotivated lately. I really need the sun to come out here. Enough of these gray, rainy days.
I like the colors you chose for the room, and the burp cloths are great. We are big Winnie-the-Pooh fans here, and have quite a collection. Well done!
Everything looks great and ready to go.
Love ya,
Aunt nan
The room looks GREAT! I wish I would’ve known you were going to use that crib set. We’ve got the same one for Ethan and it’s off to the goodwill because I’ve chosen something girly for the new baby.
Those burp cloths look so cool! I’ll have to steel that idea from you!
Those are cute burp clothes. Those are the thicker ones right? You did a great job on them, congrats!!!