More baby room

Well I have finished putting all the pieces of furniture together (crib, glider, dresser and changing table). It was exhilarating and I like to gaze futuristically at the furniture strewn in the room without any particular order to it yet. We still have to put the borders up and add some decorating touches to it but the room as it stands tells a story in and of it self.

This weekend should see the finishing touches put in so for those who have been clamoring for pictures you may get a peek Monday or so. Unless Nikki decides to come up with something else. Like getting block letters that spell Nicholas’ name to hang in the room. So please be patient!

Oh interesting tidbit here. I was sent to the Baby Depot with instructions to pick up some block letters that spells out N-I-C-H-O-L-A-S. So I get there and located where these items are and then start to dig through to find the 8 letters. As I find each letter I put them on a table behind me (really, when I said I had to dig for them, I really had to dig). I realized after thorough searching that I only had four letters and I looked at the table behind me and the four letters that I had found spelt N-O-A-H. Not sure that Nikki would go for that but it would have made an interesting story when he grows up and ask how we decided what name to give him.

More on Nicholas' room

I have finally completed the painting of Nicholas’ room and will get started on the assembling of the furniture this coming week. I must say it is a nice feeling getting the room ready even though I still insist that I am doing the painting and stuff for Nikki and not Nicholas. See, my take is this: Nicholas couldn’t care less about the color of the room and its theme. So aside from a crib, the entire room is really for Mommy.

And Daddy. I find myself secretly glancing back from time to time with a lingering stare at the room whenever I walk past it. Not only am I admiring my handy work but also just pausing long enough to process the significance of the room. What it represents. Its symbolism. Pretty soon there will a baby in there hollering for attention!

I find it funny that we are taking the time to meticulously put the room together perfectly. I doubt we will be able to keep it like that once he gets here though.

Preparing baby room

I am now undertaking the task of preparing Nicholas’ room. Someone pointed out that if we are going to paint and stuff we should try to do it well in advance of his birth so that the fumes would have dissipated so we are well on schedule. Last couple of nights saw me taking measurements of the room since we are going to put in some sort of borders and molding, and covering over the outlets and other areas in preparation of painting. Of course if I had my way all we would need is a couple of wall posters with Manchester United paraphernalia on it but that is another story.

Minor glitch when I took the measurements though. You see, I had my blank paper all lay out and I drew the diagram of each wall and had notations for where the windows were and each outlet etc. Then I took the measurements and wrote them in. Yes I was quite the expert standing there with my tape measure and pen and paper looking at my handy work feeling quite proud. Never mind the fact that the real work is painting and putting up the molding and such. But I was feeling good. Was about to grab a beer to celebrate my efforts when I took one last look at the diagrams I had meticulously drawn.

As it turns out, the back wall and the front wall had two different measurements! See, the room is pretty much rectangular so any two opposing sides should have the same dimensions. Needles to say there was a slight problem with the measurements that I had to remedy.

That is precisely why I am an accountant!