Billy and I spent most of Saturday working on the nursery. We had to chalk the entire chalkboard wall & clean it with a wet cloth, per the manufacturer's instructions. Not sure why, but it did give the entire wall a bit of a chalky non-perfect look, which I really like. Then, it was time to apply our Fenway Park scoreboard decal. The decal was roughly 9' long, by 3' high. Somehow, we figured it out and got the decal on the wall still wearing our wedding rings. We went into the exercise knowing this would be a challenge and tried to laugh as much as possible throughout all the frustrating moments. Decals are tough due to the fact that once the decal hits the wall, you're stuck...so you better make sure it's straight and level...now multiply that by 27 square feet! In the end...the finished product is exactly what we imagined. Check out the progress photos:
First, we chalked the entire wall...
...floor to ceiling...
...then we measured the decal and the wall...
...then used lots of blue tape to lay it out on the wall...
...TAH DAH! (these photos make it look so easy!)
As mentioned previously, we chalked in the score of Friday night's game against Toronto.
So as to avoid any questions from my followers...did you notice that the scoreboard has a 10th inning? I promise that's not a mistake. The scoreboard in the real Fenway Park, too, has a 10th inning slot. It's my understanding that this 10 is changed to an 11, 12, 13 and so on for when games go into extra innings. Luckily, Friday night's game didn't even go to the bottom of the 9th (hence the hyphen).
The chalk board is super easy to write on and to erase. I definitely recommend this product to anyone else with kids. Benjamin Moore sells it by the quart (about $25/quart...this wall took under 2 quarts) and can be made any color you choose.
In addition to applying the decal to the wall, we also finished "dressing" the crib with the plaid madras bedding and hung some artwork on the tan walls. The nursery also now features an adorable round rug in the center of the room that looks like a baseball. We found this last weekend and had to have it. It's shag-like, made of strips of jersey knit knotted to the rug pad. Feels so good under your feet and will be soft for our crawling baby one day!
Isn't this rug adorable?!?
So soft and wonderful under my tired feet!
Baseball bat corkboard, infant baby caps (VT and Red Sox...where's the GT hat?!?!), and baseball glove artwork. If you look closely, you'll see two red stars on top of the navy storage units. These will be installed on either side of the top corners of the window to allow a baseball penant to be strung across the top of the window. My mom is making this for my "all star" baby shower...can't wait to get this hung in the room! Stay tuned for photos once it's all done.
Fenway Park artwork (from Target, of all places...gotta love Target) and foam "B" over the crib. I decided that we needed a photo of Fenway Park in the room, so that I can point to the scoreboard in the photo to explain the green monster wall :)
Don't you just want to curl up in this bed and go to sleep!??! Hopefully lil' Fryebaby will feel that way when he comes home with us ;-)
I love the wall so much that I had to post one more photo of it...wow wow wow!
In other news, we have been the lucky recipients of wonderful gifts! Our other upstairs bedroom (loosely referred to as the play room) is currently housing all the fun baby stuff...swings, mamaroo, exersaucer, playmats, boppy, bumbo, high-tech baby monitor, infant pool tube, vibrating seat, bassinet, and a pak-n-play. We are also now the proud second-hand owners of a fancy Boon high chair that is on display in our dining room, and a car seat / stroller combo in our foyer. Slowly but surely, we will be distributing all these goodies throughout the house. Anything we can do to keep lil' fryebaby happy and entertained, right?!?!
The "playroom"
Our stylish & easy to use pak-n-play (check it out: http://www.4moms.com/breeze)
Isn't this the coolest high chair? Ours has survived our friends' three growing girls already, and still looks this new!
Finally, before I have to sign off for the day (we have to head to our child birthing classes starting in 45 minutes!), I am happy to report that things are going very well at work with regard to my upcoming maternity leave. I have been trying to appreciate all the little things in my pregnancy...first, no morning sickness (hallelujah!); second, always feeling healthy and staying energized (woo hoo!); and, now, third...a wonderfully understanding employer and client. I am working with a fellow project manager from my firm and am commencing the "hand off" of my projects to her super-capable hands. It is such a relief to know that I already have a back-up in place and will be good to go no matter when lil' fryebaby decides it's time for him to meet the world.
Cheers y'all! Go Red Sox!
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