Welcome to My Nursery!

For the first nursery visit, you all get to see mine! Hey - it's my blog, I'll go first if I want too!

I've actually had to decorate my nursery twice. I had it all finished, complete with a built in changing table built by my hubby, and then we moved when our little guy was just a year old.

I loved and hated my first nursery. I loved the colors, I loved the changing table (and cried that we couldn't take it with us when we left!) and I loved the fact that I already had so many memories of nights rocking my sweet little newborn to the tune of the coyotes. But I hated the fact that it had no heat during the winter and no air during the summer. We lived in an old farmhouse and they never ran duct work upstairs, so we had to supplement with our own oil filled heater and air conditioner unit. After a year of paying over three hundred dollars a month for gas and electric, we decided to move.

The problem is, we moved in before the house was finished and the nursery just never got back to the way it was. First it was because we were to tired after moving to mess with it, then it was because we were busy with other things, and now it's the fact that we have another one on the way and big brother will be moving downstairs soon to a new bedroom. So now my nursery is in limbo. Waiting for the day we find out the sex of our baby.

Our nursery is right next to the master bedroom, which is so much nicer than having to tramps upstairs in the middle of the night to change or put a little someone back to bed. (although it is much harder to let him cry-it-out!)

We still have a cribTo which someone decided to snack on a few months ago

And a rocking chair that still gets a bit of use.

And although I don't actually use it as such, a changing table. Because me and the changing table are not friends you see. While I love the fact that it has a pull out hamper, it is way to short for me and I have to hunch over to use it. Plus, even as a one year old, my kiddos legs seemed to be going over the edge! So I'm really holding out and hoping I can find a dresser to replace it with.

My nursery is also full of storage right now thanks to the large closet.

I've got newborn and baby stuff way up on the top shelf, one size up clothes on the top right rack, current clothes on the bottom right rack as well as down the shelves in the middle (which is also why I want a dresser, putting everything on shelves is a pain!) bottom left rack has outgrown clothes that need to be put away and the top left rack is again full of newborn things. Oh, and see the moses basket? I got that at a garage sale last year! I was so excited, I think they are to cute! And at the bottom of the closet I've put my gliders ottoman in there since we don't really use that right now, the boppy, and another tub of outgrown clothes.

Another closet bonus - it doubles as a hiding space!

Unfortunately decorations are few. The shelf I have up came from Babies R Us as a Christmas gift the Christmas after he was born. Oh, but check out the teddy bear on the shelf! That was my moms when she was very young, and she gave it to me when I was a kid. All the fuzz is worn completely off, but isn't it cute?
So there you have it, my nursery. And hopefully in just a few short months I'll be able to knock your socks off with all my creativeness when I decorate the new one!

Stop by next week to check out Jodi's nursery!

Wanna join in and show us your nursery? "Welcome to My Nursery" is open to bloggers and non-bloggers alike, just e-mail me at donielle at raisingpeanuts.com and we'll schedule you in! You can also check out the full post here for details.