A baby GIRL and the Baby Bedroom Clean Out

Many of you know that we found out last Monday that we are having a GIRL!!! YAY!!!!! We are so excited! So now I have been thinking about how to decorate for a little girl. A few days ago I thought about giraffe and bright pink but I was afraid that I would get tired of that. This morning while getting ready I was thinking about how to decorate cuz, of course, that is all I think about these days is the precious little girl... I decided that the wall the bed will be against will be painted is a very dark brown and the other 3 walls will be painted a light pink. I will probably cut her name out or a scripture verse in pink to be put on the wall behind the crib. I have a Cricut Expression and learned this weekend with the help of a friend (Thanks Cristal :) how to cut vinyl with a Cricut and transfer it on to a wall....alot like Uppercase Living products.

Tonight I think I have decided on the bedding. I am kinda particular because for my personal taste I want to have a very elegant and frilly baby room and that is hard to find at most baby stores. Below is a picture of the bedding I think I will get but I have to think about it because I have changed my mind alot lately.

This baby bedding is by Glenna Jean and it's beautiful and of course eveything pictured here is not included in the crib bedding set so I will most likely only be getting the quilt, bed skirt, bumper pad and fitted sheet since these are included in the set. Then I can accessorize with other things that are cheaper :)

For those of you thinking that it is still early in my pregnancy to be planning this.... I know but I want to have a plan because we needed to clean out the room, paint the room, put the bed together, etc and this all takes time :)

Speaking of cleaning out the room. We did that this weekend also as well as cleaned up some parts of the house. We even took down the old twin bed and all of the pieces are ready to be sent to my mom and dad's house for storage. I guess you can say I went into nesting mode and felt like cleaning everything including wiping down the washer and dryer! This is what you call the soon-to-be baby's room before pictures :)

The far wall that the twin bed is against will be painted dark brown. Twin bed already dismantled. Almost ready to paint but will probably wait another month and to wait until we get the bedding to match paint.

Dark Brown dresser is the furniture for the baby's room. Light wood Chest of Drawers will go into closet for extra drawers for all of Baby Jewell's clothes and accessories.

Bins of clothes and old drapes taken to Goodwill today.

That is all we have been up to but we have made a lot of progress and I am just glad to be getting this mess of a house cleaned up. I'm in the mode that if I haven't used it in a year it can go to the garbage because I'm so tired of junk and clutter sitting around. It feels good to have a clean and tidy house.

Our next ultrasound is in about 2 1/2 weeks. This baby journey is a blessing and I just pray for a healthy baby girl in the end.

Boy or Girl?

We are so excited to get to find out the gender of Baby Jewell tomorrow! I am so excited! We will tell our family and then friends and be ready to spread the news. My OB doctor will only do an ultrasound if I am having complications or if I was high risk which I have neither so I will not be able to get an ultrasound there until I am 20 weeks which is the end of January :( I have a great friend who has a friend that does ultrasounds for a certain OB place here and she is nice enough to volunteer to do this for us. I will definitely be getting her something to say thank you. Tonight just thinking about this exciting thing that will happen tomorrow...I am beyond ecstatic! I just hope the baby cooperates! Stay tuned!