Natalie's Nursery

Okay, so she's almost a year old and I am just now getting around to posting pics of her completed nursery.  I was waiting for the art over her crib but I couldn't quite decide what I wanted to do there.  I didn't just want to do her name like I did with Dylan so I thought about it for a while. I finally decided to do her initials using her footprints (at 9 months).

Our bedding is from PBK.  Since we didn't know if we were having a boy or girl, I picked out something in case we had a girl. We would have re-used Dylan's for a boy as I love it and still do. I have to say I wish I had known Natalie was a girl as I could have invested a little more time in the nursery. I am not as pleased with it as I was with Dylan's. I am not a pink girl, so why did I do all this pink?  I really love the birds on the sheet, but was disappointed that the bedskirt was white with a little trim at the bottom, that you loose once you drop the mattress. Don't get me started on the bumper. This particular bumper was completely white on one side, so if I did it on the outside, it would be bland. If I did the white on the inside, Natalie would have nothing to stimulate her little eyes.  I called PBK to ask if this was a defect (as their pics on the site show it having both sides). They said no, but I could bring it back. Well at this point, I had already washed the sheets and the bedskirt and have a newborn at home. Oy! We kept it and I had a friend down the street sew some pink and white polka dot fabric on the inside. 

 My friend, Jill, (who does all my kids art work) painted this picture for me.  I got the idea from another artist who used flower vases and flowers with on vase being different than the others. We did birds instead....the bible verse is "do not conform to the ways of this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind "  I love how it turned out.

 Here's the other side (bad coloring) The shelves are bare. I never know what to do here without going overboard.  Suggestions?  She still has another 2 years or so with this furniture until I can talk Damien into doing something different and not converting the crib into the queen it can become :)