Baby Vulture: June 2013

Dear Vulture Baby,

I don't know exactly what you are doing in there that causes middle-of-the-night calf cramps, but can we be done? The one last night was excruciating and I was beginning to wonder if there would be a time in life I would ever not be in pain. Is this what labor is like, but instead of in my calf it's in my hoo-haw? I gotta say, if it is, maybe you just hang out in there for, like, ever.

Love, Mama Bird

p.s. While we're at it, I know it's getting a little crowded in there, but Mama needs her ribs for important functions like protecting my lungs and supporting my thoracic vertebrae. If you could work on not trying to break them into tiny pieces with your kicks and tushy thrusts, that would be great. You're the best.

Much progress has been made on the nursery! In the last few weeks I have:

Purchased a bookshelf and a side table.

Something within blogger alters the image to be more squat and wide. Actual bookshelf much larger.
Side table not pictured. White. Boring.

Ordered the best rocking chair in the world.

Actual color, grey, but you get the idea. You can't fully grasp the comfort from the photo.

And FINALLY finished assembling the dresser!

Living room rug added to room for measurements. See below for the Decision: Rugs 2013
Also notice the crib has a lovely "skirt" Jessi helped me construct from re-purposed curtain remnants. And of course when I say "helped" I mean "constructed solo while I chatted with her and peeled stickers off the bottom of the crib."

We have also crafted our patented room organizer chart wherein we measure the room and all of the furniture in it and make a to-scale diagram. It is uber handy in finding optimum furniture placement with minimal back-breaking pregnant lady furniture moment. It also taught me a life lesson: Don't put up a photo on facebook of said organizer chart unless you really want people to think you don't know how to arrange a room. It's sad that people think I would actually place my baby in the center of the room, but they sure did. I suppose I should take that as a comment on my decorating ability. So noted.

Note: Said "changing table" was actually to be a refinished dresser, but is now being scrapped.

With the help of said organizer, I think we are going to forego refinishing the existing dresser we had in the room to act as a changing table and simply buy a step stool for me to use the main dresser. I have also been advised by many a mama that I will most often just change the baby on the couch or the floor or what have you. So, problem solved, less work to be done!

So like I said, the room is really starting to come together. We just have one final piece: a RUG. (Well and then artwork, but Jessi said I need to have a rug for her to pull colors from first, so there you go. It pays to befriend a designer!) I found one that I loved at West Elm, but it was more than I wanted to pay and then I found out I couldn't see it in person at a store and had to pay an additional $30 to ship it! This lead me to overstock.com last evening and boy did I find some neat rugs. Added bonuses come three-fold: 1. they all have customer reviews 2. free shipping and 3. reasonably priced! So now I need help choosing! Please comment with your favorite rug. If you are viewing this on your ipad and can't comment, please text me.

Rug 1