Henry now has bedding. Erin’s mom, Granny, sewed it from scratch. Erin picked out the fabric and Granny did the rest. It looks great and will likely be the highest quality bedding that Henry will have in his entire life.
I was under the impression that anything made with a needle and thread was done by a robot in China, but no. Apparently, there are people out there who can take a couple of yards of fabric and turn it into a handcrafted work of art. Erin’s mom is one of those people.
Therefore, I have resolved to never help straighten Henry’s bed after he sleeps in it. Simply saying that I made Henry’s bed would be a great injustice to Erin’s mom.
We finished painting Henry’s room and putting together his crib and dresser. So his room is starting to take shape. Pictures weren’t doing a great job showing the entire room, so here’s a video.
Henry’s future room has been making some dramatic changes in the past week.
Henry’s room started out as James’ office. However, we wanted a room for guests to stay in while visiting Henry, so the office got the boot. The first step was selling our desk, which we did on Craig’s List. Then, cleaning and painting ensued.
We chose a cheerful baby blue for the room plus, as we mentioned earlier, a chalkboard wall. The magnetic primer for the chalkboard wall smelled awful and the odors stayed in the house a good 24 hours after we finished painting.
We woke up early on Sunday planning to just tape off the room for afternoon painting, but we just couldn’t stop once we started. In what is likely one of the most productive mornings on record, we completely painted Henry’s room. I still need to finish up the chalkboard wall but here are some pictures from start to mostly finished.
After much weeping and gnashing of teeth, we’ve selected a crib for Henry. He will be resting his sweet little head in the Da Vinci Kalani Convertible Crib in Espresso. I’m not sure if Erin picked it because she liked the color or it just reminds her of coffee.
One of our first friends to have a baby, the Halls, introduced us to the concept of convertible cribs. These cribs change from a normal crib into a full size bed with the addition of converter rails. With any luck, Henry will be able to use the bed for the rest of his life.
Now like most furniture, they sell you the big pieces at reasonable prices and commit extortion on the accessories. So two wooden boards (a.k.a. conversion rails) end up costing one third of the entire crib.
We purchased the aforementioned crib and rails from SimplyBabyFurniture.com. We originally found the crib on Target’s website but they didn’t have the conversion rails available.
