The Nursery - We Have Some Furniture!

Thanks to MIL, FIL and Grammy we have some baby furniture! We picked up two pieces this weekend, the Combo Changing Table/Dresser and the Crib. We chose to use Cherry as our furniture color because we thought it would look fabulous against the green wall and we were right!

It was a little adventure to get the furniture. We went to three Babies R Us stores. The first store in NJ didn't have the furniture pieces we wanted. So it was back to the Bensalem store (where we usually go). They had the changing table combo unit but not the crib so we were sent to Oxford Valley to get the crib and I was very impressed with how helpful everyone was at the Bensalem store. I think we'll skip NJ in the future!

The mattress and crib box fit nicely in the back seat of my 1996 Oldsmobile LSS (damn you GM for not manufacturing Olds anymore) and the changing table went into the trunk of the car. That box probably weighed about 150lbs and since I couldn't really help lift it - it was all on the Doc!

I found out yesterday that The Doc is the really He-Man Master of the Universe. Not only did he have to get all three things into the car - but he also had to get them out of the car and up the stairs to the second floor. Time for the fun part - putting them together! The crib was a piece of cake to put together. While I went to the supermarket - The Doc started to work on the crib and by the time I got back he was practically finished!

The changing table on the otherhand was a lot more involved. We ended up having to finish it today. But it is done! And we have entered the next phase in our nursery. It is really nice to walk by and not see an empty room!! The cats even had some fun.

They were very curious about what we were building in what used to be their room. They're in for an interesting surprise come August. I can't wait to see how they react to a new baby in the house. We have gotten a few stuffed toys as gifts which Trot and Drew thought were theirs! Looking forward to our shower so we can finish off the room!