Nursery Decor!

Wade, Leah and my mom came over Saturday to help me decorate the very blank wall in the nursery. I really wanted to decorate with Puppies, but not have it be too baby like. I decided to ask people I know for cute pictures of their dogs so I could blow them up and frame them. So Punky (far left) is my friend Kristian's boxer, then there's a picture of Louie, in the middle is Lola, my friend Claire's mastiff puppy, then another one of Louie and then Ebby (Louie's best friend/Jason's dad and stepmom's black lab. I had googled ideas for puppy nursery ideas and found a stencil of a paw print. I figured this would be a nice addition to the wall. Not too much, but just enough. So....I made lots of copies of the print and then made a stencil on a file folder. I do have to admit...I asked the Art department head at my school to help me out. She took my paw prints and cut them out with an exacto knife. If I had done it myself I'm sure I would have come out missing a finger or at least covered in bandaids. Anyways....My mom and I stenciled the paw prints, after Wade designed where they would go and then we went back and painted them brown. It only took about 2 hours to finish the whole thing. I'm very happy with what we did. It is my only attempt to be creative. I definitely didn't receive the artistic gene. Leah didn't either...we took Art together in high school and definitely didn't do very well. She painted one paw and then took on the job of cutting out tags on the blankets and onesies I had washed. She also put all the clothes, blankets, burp clothes and all the other baby clothes up in the dresser. After a long Saturday I feel very accomplished and organized. With just over six weeks away from my due date I couldn't wait any longer to do this. Plus, we're having a shower at our house next weekend and I really wanted the nursery to be ready to show off.

I only have one more month of work to go and then my summer can start. I'm so ready to be done with work. My kids have senioritis so bad and I think its rubbing off on me. I just want the next month to go by quick. It probably will because if you look at my calendar, its covered with so many events, appointments and meetings. Time for bed....so I can wake up every 2 hours to pee. Gotta love pregnancy!