the beginnings of baby b's nursery...

so...this past weekend was seriously awesome.

in addition to our wonderful baby shower, i found an awesome changing table and crib on craigslist to complete the furniture for the nursery!!! the best part...i found the changing table and crib for under $100!!! AMAZING!! we were so lucky to have found both. and in addition to all that great news, we found them both in white...which means we don't have to re-finish the rocker & glider we bought a few weeks ago from children's orchard. i'm pretty stoked that our entire nursery was furnished for under $150, as myka and i are trying to be as thrifty as possible. and now all that money we budgeted for more expensive things, can go to other necessities!!

originally we had planned to go with oak and/or black for all the baby's furniture, but i'm so glad it worked out differently. the room looks so light and baby-ish. myka and i are going this weekend

to pick up a mattress and hopefully finalize the bedding/colors for the room. wooooohoo!!

here's a "before" shot of the room that we used as a guest bedroom:

and here's an "after" shot with the baby furnishings 

(pardon the mess, we are in the process of organizing/washing everything!)

as you can see, she has lots of goodies already!! =)

in addition, tonight after myka's big birthday feast, we went down to "babies r us" to purchase some more fun necessities for baby. we got a first aid kit, a set of bpa-free bottles for her, and a boppy breastfeeding pillow. 

then, we headed down to big lots...which may easily be one of my new favorite stores. there we found her brand-name crib mattress for $45, a brand-name changing table pad for $15 and the same boppy we bought at BRU for $15!!! woooo-hoo!!

soooo, everything is almost in order. we only need to find her bedding this weekend, find some extra sheets, receiving blankets, lap/burp pads and some other small things and we're all set.

today marks 30 weeks...10 weeks/70 days til baby's due date. YAY! we're so excited.