Yes, I realize that this is 4 months late, but I finally got around to "finalizing" Kinsley's nursery and taking some photos of everything, and I wanted to post them to the blog so I would have record of them...you know, for someday...when she wants to look back and read this blog and see what her very first bedroom looked like. Cause someday I am also going to get this blog printed and bound in a book for her...yes, some...day...
And not to make excuses, but when your baby arrives a little earlier than you anticipated, you finalize the nursery after her arrival...not before the baby arrives, as would be expected. So, without further adieu, I give you, my favorite room in our house...
Her crib...I took this photo before Kinsley arrived...this crib pattern set the color tone for the entire room...pink, white, and gray. A "prettier" photo than what it normally looks like these days...with the nicer bumper back then, now removed and replaced with a pink "breathable bumper"...not as eye-catching, but definitely safer. My advice to new moms? Don't splurge on a bumper.
Also missing from this photo: burp clothes on the railing, the wedge under the mattress tilting it on a slight incline because of her acid reflux, the Fisher Price rainforest toy hanging on the side of the crib, the Sleep Sheep in the corner (a Kinsley favorite), and the camera monitor on the wall so we can watch her every move...I could NOT live without that camera monitor!
A beautiful painting that we received at Kinsley's belated work baby shower...see, the baby shower was supposed to be back on March 14th, 5 weeks before my due date...Kinsley, eager little thing, arrived early on March 11th. Hence the word "belated." But I am looooving the way the painting looks on her wall! Thank you, Tera! (eyeheartorange.etsy.com).
So many great things about this photo... 1. this is the bed that I used to sleep in when I was in middle school, and it will now be Kinsley's when she starts sleeping in her "big girl bed." 2. because of Kinsley being a preemie and us so heavily depending on the Angel Care monitor under her mattress, I slept in the nursery with her, Kinsley in her crib and me on this bed, for the first 2 months we were home...I remember many a sleepless nights in this room. 3. The print on the wall says: "The first man a girl falls in love with is her daddy"...so true, and her daddy is definitely head over heels for her. 4. The rocking chair is an old glider that belonged to Philip's grandmother who passed away a few years ago...Mary had it recovered for us and it is one of my favorite pieces of furniture that we now own. I already have so many memories of rocking, feeding, and singing to Kinsley in this chair...I love it.
A sweet gift from my friend Leigh...Kinsley's bow holder, filled with Goody hair bows, of course! But first, we have to get some hair growing on that head of hers...
Her initials and first collction of books that we read each night! The favorite so far? Goodnight Moon...
A beautiful verse of scripture painted by our dear friend Mary Elizabeth...so meaningful, talking about the trials that we go through and how God uses them to make us stronger. So true, especially when we think back to Kinsley's first 12 weeks. Those circumstances only made Philip and I stronger as a couple...almost as strong as the baby girl God blessed us with.
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