The Twins Nursery

I had the best time putting together my babies nursery.

I spent hours and hours during my pregnancy ONLINE looking for boy/girl nursery's that I liked.
 Like more hours than I care to admit.
I had waited so long to have a baby...and that long wait made me that much more excited to make the room special:) I wanted it to be a place that I LOVED to be.

Let me tell you something....what I found ONLINE as far as Boy/Girl nurseries go was terrifying.

The BEST one I saw had blue and pink stripes painted on the walls.

 I also saw a few with rubber ducks.

No thank you.
Not really my cup of tea:)
oh yes...and then there was the pink plaid sports bedding and the coordinating blue plaid sports bedding that Jarom voted for. Not Happening honey..sorry.

I guess I wanted something really sweet and feminine for my first little girlie....yet still definitely a place for a little boy.

I decided it couldn't be done.

That was the night that I told Jarom we would be doing TWO separate nursery's.
I have enough bedrooms....I was doing it.

One really girlie one...and one for my baby boy:)

wanna know what?????

He said NO.
as in Not happening...ever.

haha!

(It may seem like I'm in charge....but He is. He definitely is) -----

So.....

I was stuck...and had to come up with something.

Then one afternoon I was browsing online at babyGap and found this darling dress...

enter exhibit A

THEN....
I imagined getting my baby girl's picture taken wearing that yellow dress on her 1st birthday.
THEN...
Buying a huge canvas of it for the wall above her crib..
THEN...
that very night I went to Home Depot and found a Yellow paint swatch to match it!!! and I knew...just KNEW that I was painting the walls bright and happy Yellow:)

THEN...
I saw in my head what I wanted the entire nursery to look like and I described it to Jarom while I made him draw a diagram of it on printer paper;) haha!! (I wish I was kidding rigtht now)

The entire nursery was designed around a Dress.
There you go Mason. That's the Truth.
Sorry Son:)


THEN...
I told Jarom he would need to figure out woodworking stuff (saws, levels, nail guns, etc.) because I had a vision...and he was going to help me make it happen!

The only MUST on my list was that I wanted everything symmetrical. I'm not sure why...but I love organization like nothing else on earth! haha!! I thought it would help keep everything uniform if I gave each of them their own space but kept everything EXACTLY alike at the same time. The only hard part was avoiding something horrid like mixing a sports theme and ladybugs:) Everything out there was REALLY REALLY FEMININE or REALLY REALLY MASCULINE in the crib bedding department. It was tough!!

Enter....

spending 6 hours straight on the phone with every pottery barn kids from here to New Jersey.

When I found the bedding that I wanted...I seriously ordered 5 different pieces for each crib (10 total) from 8 different pottery barn stores around the United States. They were discontinuing London's Pink set....and being the dedicated person that I am...I felt like I would absolutely die before I let that happen!

I ordered from The Las Vegas store, New Jersey, New York, Somewhere in California...a few pieces were actually in-stock online and Mason's bumper happened to be the display in good old Salt Lake City...it was absolutely embarrassing! All I know is....when the last item was safely delivered from UPS I was one happy happy happy woman.

I had waited too long for these babies.

I had dreamed about their nursery.

It WAS happening...if I had to call every store in the U.S.

...and so I did...

----

The End.

I think it was successful...because I love being in their room.

I love how bright and happy it is.

I love how Jaorm and I worked together on it for a month....and how I'll always remember how many long hours we spent measuring, cutting, sawing, sanding, etc. It was just another fun memory I have of  getting ready and excited for my babies to come!

Sometimes I still can't believe I have Twins.

London's side:)

Her shelf:)

Her Crib:)

Her Jewelry box:)

My sweetheart!!!

Mason's Side:)

Mason's Shelf:)

Mason's Crib:)

 

My little Man!!

p.s. More than anything I love the feeling in their nursery. I remember loving Jaxson's...but nothing like this. Maybe it's the WAIT that made it that much more special.

I love dimming the lights....and rocking them to sleep.

I love the beautiful pictures of them I had taken a few days after we left the NICU.

I love how bright and happy it is. Do I keep saying that???

....and I love the yellow ruffle dress (size 12 months)  hanging in the closet that inspired it all...

YES. 

She will get her 1st birthday pictures taken wearing that dress...and YES I will hang it above her crib just like I pictured in my mind only DAYS after the Dr. told me I was having MY dreamed about little girl.

 xoxo

ME

* We blessed the babies in Sacrament last week and it was the perfect Sunday filled with and friends.

Pictures to come!