dresser = finished!

never again do i want to repaint a piece of furniture.

the sanding, the priming, the many layers of paint.

THE FLORIDA HEAT!!

it was quite the project for someone in their third trimester.

there was a lot of grunting while trying to get up and down.

this is the tutorial i tried to follow but mostly did my own thing.



before...



after sanding and priming and more sanding....

i had a dilemma picking out which color blue i wanted to us. back in the day of roommates i painted a wall in my room navy blue but it mostly looked violet. so i didn't want this little guy to have a violet looking dresser so i didn't want to go too light or too dark, just plain navy blue. i took a risk and ended up going with behr's "navy blue". the paint guy opened the can after it was mixed up and showed me a can of royal blue but promised it would dry darker. i put my trust in him and took it home.



i started to worry the color was more royal blue and less navy blue... 

 

very royal blue...

i was very happy to see that the lighting in the room darkened the dresser just perfectly!

here is the nursery all set up and ready(ish) for little man.

view from the closet

view from the doorway

last night i got the idea of recovering a lamp in our living room thats never used with the left over material from the quilt and the crib skirt that my mom helped me make.



before...



after!

it was probably the easiest project i've done so far.

a little adhesive spray, some snipping and hot glueing and ta-da!

next project: a whale mobile with the left over fabric!

other news non baby project related:

we've added a new name into the mix..... emmett.

so far we like liam, owen and emmett but we decided that we wont pick one until he's born and we see what that little face looks like.

i'm 29 weeks today! (sorry for the lack of belly pictures... those kind of went out the window)

where has the time gone? but at the same time, it feels like i've been pregnant forever.

it is just nuts that i could have a baby in less than 10 weeks!

oh maternity leave, you cannot come soon enough.

this baby loves to move around and we joke that he is doing feet moves like his daddy does.

but seriously, he has to be moon walking or tap dancing in there.

and i know it's a myth, but if the saying about acid reflux meaning this little boy will have a head full of hair, then he's going to come out with a head full of hair and a full beard. it has been rough! i feel for those ladies that have had this problem since the beginning!

last weekend i washed all of little man's clothes and put them away in his dresser.

theres no better way to get more excited and anxious for him to be here than to look at all of his tiny cute little clothes. he's going to need to be changed on the hour to wear all the clothes he's accumulated!