BIG NEWS: Etta and Claire will be born tomorrow! Our c-section was originally scheduled for this coming Monday, 4/2, but at my appointment this morning, my blood pressure was elevated, I had started to retain a lot of fluid, and Claire wasn’t as reactive on the monitoring as the doctor would like her to be. My doctor said my body and the babies were telling her that it’s time for them to come out. Initially she was talking about getting them out today, but Claire perked up a bit with further monitoring, so we bought ourselves until tomorrow morning, first thing.
I’m glad, because we still had a lot to do: finishing touches on the girls’ room, finishing thank you notes for shower gifts, straightening up the house a bit, and packing a bag for the hospital. In fact, right after the doctor told us tomorrow would be baby day, I said to Jon: but we have to finish the room and I have to take pictures so I can blog it before they come!!! Clearly I’m an insane internet weirdo. But hey: check out our babies’ cute room!
This is the view standing in the doorway of the room. I didn’t set out to have a themed room, but it quickly developed a color palette based on the crib skirt and pillow fabric, and we ended up with a bit of an animal thing going on. What I am most proud of about the room are all the handmade touches, by me and by other folks who love Etta and Claire, and of all the stuff that we already had that we were able to repurpose for the room. The only new furniture we bought were the two cribs, which are BabyMod from WalMart and were a gift from my family. The white dresser, from IKEA, we already had, the little yellow table used to be a nightstand in our guest room, the futon was in our living room, the white tables on either side of it were in our bedroom, and even the rug, which strangely matched perfectly, we already had from IKEA.
This is the view from in front of the bathroom door. Bonus Tinycat sighting! The purple dresser/changer is one of the coolest repurposed items in the room. Our friend Sean found the solidly-built dresser by the curb while walking his dog and carried it home for us. Jon refinished it, and I found the cutest green knobs on sale for half off (which made them $1.50 each) at Hobby Lobby. It’s chock full of our cloth diapers! The four animal paintings were painted by my dad after some he saw in a catalog. They were the first animal items we got for the room, which is what led to the unofficial theme.
I knew right away that a traditional rocker or glider wasn’t going to work with two babies, but wanted a comfy place to nurse and snuggle. So we moved a futon out of our living room, and it fit great! This way one of us can sleep in the room with the babies if we want, and if anyone is ever crazy enough to want to come stay with us, we still have a space for guests to sleep. Tinycat also thinks it’s a great nap space. Everything hanging over the futon is something we already had somewhere else in our home.
I already mentioned my DIY mobiles and origami lamp and re-made vintage lamp in previous posts.
Another awesome handmade touch in the room are these name prints by my awesome friend Christen, whom you may remember from our maternity photo shoot. She’s not just a super talented photographer, but makes adorable prints, which you can purchase from her Etsy shop. I love that they don’t match exactly, but go together just perfectly!
And that’s the room! I can’t believe that after tomorrow, we’ll have BABIES in those cribs!
Room looks awesome! And good luck tomorrow! Will be thinking of you and your sweet girls!
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Daddy said, “I can’t believe it either!” haha… I, on the other hand, have been waiting long enough for this:)
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I have totally been lurking your blog, as I am currently 26 weeks preggers with twins! I am excited for your big day!
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Gooooorgeous room! I love it – it looks happy and cosy. Can’t wait to internet-meet your girls :)
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This is way too cute! Congratulations!
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Wow – so exciting! Good luck with everything and the room looks so fantastic and colourful!! I’m sure the girls will love it :)
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Wow, that was so fast! The room is adorable but it seems like you just announced your pregnancy! Good luck to you and your babies
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The room looks awesome! I can’t wait to see pictures of your sweet girls.
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The room came together so great! (you’re welcome for the knob find!)
I am sooo excited for you and Jon! Be there soon to see my little nieces!
xxoo
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The room is just beautiful–how wise to make it a place that the kids AND the grown-ups will enjoy. How exciting that you’re about to have an entirely different family, home, life, etc! You’ll feel like you can’t possibly survive on this little sleep, and you’ll feel love so intense you won’t know how your body can stand it. Parenthood: amazing!
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My thoughts will be with you and Jon and Etta and Claire — those girls are going to have such wonderful parents. :)
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I love it! Especially the origami mobile…so pretty! I hope you and the girls are doing wonderful.
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Good luck to you. Love the nursery. It’s beautiful. I plan on using your crib skirt tutorial for fixing my twins room.
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Sarah, the girls’ room is uber cute! Love it!
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