Baby Lance’s Rooset

Doesn’t a rooset sound so much better than my baby’s room is a closet? I felt a little weird about putting the new baby in the closet at first, but soon heard of many others who have done the same thing. Our other choices were to put the crib in our room, but I’m such a light sleeper and frankly I don’t want to be kept out of what little sleep I’ll be getting by every peep and squeak that newborns make. The other choice was to give up the guest room, but with all of our family visiting from Illinois at one time or another, it’s a good thing to have. So, in the closet…I mean rooset he goes. The biggest question was, “Where are we going to put our clothes?” and we finally decided to hang two closet rods (high and low) in the linen closet that is in our bathroom. The other clothes we aren’t wearing now, or don’t wear often went in the guest room closet.

So, once the room was cleared, it was time for the fun to begin! I’ve loved working on each one of my boys’ rooms. I wasn’t quite sure what direction I was going to go until my neighbor, Melissa, threw a baby shower for me last weekend. She hung the “It’s a Boy” banner you see at the shower and gave it to me afterwards and I loved the blue and brown colors. Also, my friend, Deborah gave me a gift in the blue basket you see in the picture and we already had dark brown furniture going in, so it all worked!

Most everything in the room are things we already had. The “changing table” is the Expidit shelving I’m in love with from IKEA. The boxes in the top left corner are diaper boxes that I taped 12x12 scrapbooking paper around for extra storage. But, fyi, the boxes right above the crib are empty just in case there is an earthquake in central Texas, we don’t want heavy things falling on a sleeping baby. I know, a little extreme, but it made me and my safety conscious husband feel better.

The tables are the end tables that go with our bedroom furniture and have only been holding alarm clocks for the past three years. They are much more useful in here for now, but now our alarm clocks are sitting on plastic storage tubs…

My favorite part is the homemade art that the boys and I worked on this week. The bottom right one was done completely by Aaron and says “Lance is 12”. …Okay... I’m looking forward to adding Lances’ little paw print to the picture soon! And, Aaron wanted to make sure that I included that the bear is Eric, the monkey is Grant, Aaron is the dog and the Turtle is Lance.

These boxes are actually filled with diaper graciously given to me by my wonderful mommy and church friends!! And, our other nightstand serving as a dresser for now and cute little baby clothes waiting to be filled by a chubby little boy!

4 weeks or so to go!