It's all coming together!

So fun! It's all coming together (and it's all coming on our next credit card bill -- yikes!). :)

Friday evening, Prof-Man and I took a trip to Pottery Barn Kids as part of our quest for brightly coloured crib bedding. We found the one we love! It's perfect -- exactly what Prof-Man had envisioned (and since Prof-Man had come up with a colour scheme that he loved, I went with it -- primarily because I was impressed that he had such a strong opinion on the matter!).

Prof-Man's inspiration came from this picture:



I'm not sure how he hunted it down, but he decided that this colour scheme was perfect, and exactly what he wanted for Baby-Bean (do you think he's a tad bit excited to be having a baby girl -- I mean seriously...hello PINK!). One of the reasons he loves it is that it works well with the lime green wall that we have down the hall from Baby-Bean's future room (PS -- I say "future" room, because right now it has been converted into the dogs' toy/suntanning room!).

I digress...back to the bedding...

We've ventured away from the bugs and plants themes (started to feel a little tacky), and have instead decided to go with a patchwork quilt theme in various pinks and greens (could have also gone with violets and greens -- which I also love...and would, coincidentally have matched a HUGE purple stuffed bunny that I've been saving since I was young!)...but in light of Prof-Man's strong opinion, we stuck with the pink and green theme.

Here's the pics from the Pottery Barn Kids website. The actual bedding is much more beautiful (you can't see the richness of the bright pink and lime green, nor can you see the detail in the ribbons and various materials). It's pricey, but it's gorgeous (in our humble opinions!).




So that's the colour theme: hot pink and lime green (and the various more pastel versions thereof wherever necessary). One or two of the walls will be painted hot pink, and there will be canvasses or something with the lime green accents (we may even try to copy the canvas in the first picture above with the multi-coloured polka dots).

Believe it or not, that's not actually where we spent our money this weekend. We only bought a small pillow case from the bedding set (to do colur matching). The rest we decided to register for. That's not because we're expecting gifts or expecting people who choose to purchase gifts to buy them off of a registry...it's actually primarily because we get 10% off everything we add to the registry (so we can buy it later at a discount!). It's also convenient that people who are out of town that want to get something for Baby-Bean can just call in and place an order directly off the registry.

Yeesh...I digress yet again...

Where did we spend all of our moolah? We ordered both (a) the gorgeous glider/recliner that we'd had our eye on, and (b) the yuppy stroller/car seat/basinette!

The glider/recliner is white leather. Stupid? Maybe. But leather cleans well...and I'm willing to take a risk (at least it'll look gorgeous until the day Baby-Bean becomes a felt marker toting picasso!). There's actually a stick we can get that will even cover felt marker and crayon marks that magically appear on the white leather...so hopefully we'll manage to keep it looking gorgeous! Unfortunately no pictures yet of our fun new glider...well, I can show you the one that's in a beige colour (just imagine this in white leather with espresso legs).



We decided to go with a nicer glider/recliner because (a) I don't like the ugly ones that are specifically for nurseries (sorry to anyone out there that has one), and (b) we plan to move this out of the nursery later on and use it as a main room chair (or, for Prof-Man, as a gaming chair!).

So the main furniture pieces and theme for the nursery are all ordered and/or decided upon. Now we just have to get to work sanding, painting, etc. Very excited to start seeing the progress (I'll be sure to post before and after pictures).

Our final purchase this weekend was the stroller system (which is actually going to be a gift from Baby-Bean's Baba and Gido). We went with the Orbit system for a million reasons (that I don't feel the need to type out -- mostly because I've grown bored of this post so am trying to wrap it up now!). It comes with the stroller base, car seat base, infant car seat, and toddler stroller seat. We also had to buy the basinette (with rocker) -- as that goes on the stroller for infants (and is way more comfy -- umm...not sure which baby they asked about this, but I'd like to meet this miraculous talking baby!), and a "weather pack" (rain cover -- we'd be crazy not to get this with a baby due in November in Vancouver!).

Here's the stroller with the infant car seat attached:



And here it is with the toddler seat attached (not a car seat -- that will come later!):



And finally, the basinette (which attaches to the stroller as well to make a really cute pram!):



So it's all ordered...now we just have to wait. The chair comes in about 10 weeks (so we decided to pick up the stroller system at the same time -- no need to clutter up the place already!). Around 15 weeks left before Baby-Bean gets here (depending on when she decides to join us...I'm still thinking she'll be fairly close to her due date though...we'll see!). Can't wait! :)