Pink Paradise

I'm almost finished with Anna's room--it's still a little cluttered, but I'm posting pictures now anyway. (I had some contractions after a really busy day at work yesterday, which reminded me I'm not guaranteed to have another week to get everything ready.)

We are not going to be in this house for much longer, so I didn't go overboard with decorating. I couldn't resist hanging a few things on the wall, though, and I really wanted to get her name up on the wall. Will has letters spelling his name on his wall, and it's been one of the consistent things in all the times we've moved with him--he knows his name marks his territory!

Here is her crib:

I "borrowed" the idea for the letters from Land of Nod. They sell some made from wallpaper--they are actually very reasonably priced, but the colors of the "A" and "N" didn't match with our decor, so I made my own.


Here is her crib bedding, also from Land of Nod. I love it--one person on the website remarked that it looked a little Holly Hobbie-ish, and I grew up in a Holly Hobbie room for awhile, so maybe that's why I like it so much!



We have lots of new gear because we sold most of Will's baby stuff prior to leaving G-ville. John twisted my arm a little on that decision, and he was definitely right (we had NO room to store all that stuff in NC), but I do miss some of Will's things. Especially his baby swing (Amy and Bob gave us the Ocean Wonders one for Will)--this new one we got is fantastic in that it plugs into the wall (we spent, conservatively, a million dollars on batteries with Will's swing), but the colors are so muted that I don't know if Anna will be entertained by it. (Will LOVED the fish on his, and that swing was a total life-saver during his first 6 months.) Baby Elmo looks pretty content, though.



Here are the rest of the pics:


I'm going to try cloth-diapering with this baby, so here's my starter CD stash:



A bow-holder I made to hold her hairbows and a few headbands:

Framed paper dolls from an Anne of Green Gables paper doll collection--one of my favorite characters ever. I will be so sad if Anna doesn't like to read.

Her closet and drawers--John says he's never seen a baby with so many clothes. She definitely has more clothes than Will. Or John, as a matter of fact.

I got so carried away with the letters idea that I used it again in the guest room. But, really, how can you beat wall decor for two rooms for under $25?

Now we just need a baby girl to use all this stuff!