The Nursery

Happy Monday! And happy February!! I can't believe that we will definitely have a baby this month! Crazy ;) We had such a great weekend. Friday night, we went out for "one last date night". (I think I said that last Friday too, haha) Z took me to Tango Sur.. one of our favs.. and it was delicious as always! We went pretty early because they don't take reservations and we didn't want to wait ;) So we were home and in pjs early too! It was a perfect date night.

 Saturday was such a lovely day in Chicago! We woke up early and went to one of our favorite bakeries for yummy breakfast treats. I must look ready to pop because the sweet lady at the bakery gave us our breakfast on the house in hopes that the baby would come that night! No luck with the babe but it was soooo sweet of her to give us our food for free! Z and I also took a loooong (slow!, ha!) walk Saturday. It was almost 50 degrees out! in Chicago! in January!! We walked around Wrigley and over to Southport. It was perfect. We finished off our day with naps, Seinfeld reruns, frozen pizza, and ice cream ;)
Sunday we made brunch at home and ate it while we watched Church of the Highlands online. And then we got to work on little man's room! We finally finished his nursery, and I love the way it turned out! More on that in just a minute ;) Our Sunday also consisted of a movie at the Music Box Theater (cutest old timey theater on Southport!!) and dinner with friends. Pretty much the perfect weekend! And perhaps our last as just the two of us ;)
Okay.. now more about the nursery! Originally, we planned to have a guest room/nursery. But after we got the crib in the room, we realized it was just too crowded. So, Z was sweet enough to share his office with the guest bed. We switched out the love seat that was in his office and the guest bed that was in the nursery yesterday, and we both agreed that both rooms look better! Here are a few pictures of the nursery. I told Z I never really had much direction for what I wanted in little guy's room. I knew I didn't want a theme and I didn't want it to be super "babyish". So we combined a few random pieces and I really like the result!

The details:
-The love seat was originally in our living room. Z and I bought it right before we got married off of Craigslist! We have a rocker/glider that we will eventually put in the nursery and move the loveseat out, but for now it's in our bedroom since little man will be sleeping in there for a while.
-The quilt is from my Nana. That was one piece I knew I wanted in his nursery. I love the pop of color it gives to the room :)
-The wall art is a random mix of things that we found and made. One of my favorites is the "strong and brave" print we bought at Hobby Lobby when we were home for Christmas. The Wild Things art is the first thing we bought for the nursery because I love that book! The pallet artwork was a project Z and I made together. The verse painted on it is I Corinthians 16:13-14, "Be on the alert, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. Let all that you do be done in love." It's our prayer for our little man! And the C was a random purchase at At Home a few weeks ago. It was bright yellow, but I decided it didn't really go so I painted it, ha.
-The crib bedding and changing pad cover are from Land of Nod. I love! It's hard to see in the pics but the crib skirt has small black triangles and the sheet and changing pad cover have tiny black dots.
-We bought the crib off of Amazon. Originally, I picked a crib from Ikea. But after we made the trip to Ikea to check it out/purchase it, we decided it seemed a little cheap and not so sturdy. So we did a little research and ordered one. I really love the style and color.
-The changing table/dresser was a Craigslist find! I painted the drawers (they were orange, ugh!)
-The bookshelves were made by Z!! I love love love them! He found the idea on Pinterest and made them. I think they look perfect in the room.
-We still want to add a lamp and maybe a rug. But otherwise, everything is ready for our sweet boy! Here's hoping we get to meet him sooner than later ;)