My friend Keturah is coming for a visit, and thus provided me the incentive to get the baby's room cleared out and cleaned up. (It doubles as our guest bedroom, courtesy of an air mattress.) I must apologize for the less-than-stellar photos -- the lighting in the baby's room is horrible (one north-facing window on a gloomy day and one tabletop lamp!). But you'll get the idea!
You may remember these 1930s-style paper dolls my mom gave me a while ago. I glued them to gingham scrapbooking paper and put them in some inexpensive wooden frames (painted the same color as the baby's shelf). There are three altogether.
My youngest sister-in-law, Louisa, made this cute quilt for the baby. It's hanging on the railing of the crib she used as an infant!
Douglas bought these handcrafted wooden cars for any future sons over the summer. Until they get old enough to play with them carefully, the cars make a nice decoration!
I have a dresser in the baby's room for storage and changing diapers. The mirror has a photo of my dad as a toddler tucked in its frame. (Will my babies be that adorable??) The Baby Bee products, which are too cute to hide away in a drawer, were gifts from my lovely friends
Robin,
Breezy, and
Emily. And in the mirror, you can (blurrily) see a wooden rocking horse made nearly 30 years ago by my Uncle Larry.
On the other side of the dresser, I have a vintage tin from Louisa, which can hold cotton balls, swabs, etc. The other photo is of my own sweet mother as a baby, looking cute as a button!
Labels: family, motherhood
