Continuing around Ava's room, right where we left off...
If you missed out on the other two parts, click
The Preparation and
Part 1 to check those out. . .
We changed out the light switch plate to a pink one. =) Above that is a picture frame with the mat painted the same "summer sunshine" as her walls. We have purposely left this frame empty. I do not want to put any picture of Ava up that would need to eventually be taken down (from possibly a new sibling), so for now this frame will stay empty.
Ava's diaper bag that we didn't get to use. . .I was SO proud of this too! It's a
Ju-Ju-Be Be All Diaper Bag
that normally cost $120 but I got it for FREE from Amazon. Of course, it matches her carseat perfectly. =)
A peak inside her closet...thanks to grandmas and my good friend passing down a ton of clothes and shoes to us, she was already set with a TON of SUPER CUTE clothes and shoes!
A customized memory board that my dad made for us. It originally came white from Hobby Lobby and my dad gave it a "tea stain" to add some brown to it along with some leftover pink minky fabric from her bedding as the background. They are hard to see, but I made customized push pins. I also used the fabric from her bedding so it would all coordinate together.
A candle leftover from our wedding. We had used it in the ladies bathroom. It just so happened to match her things perfectly so I thought it would be great to deodorize those future stinky diapers when needed. =)
A basket of toys. . .some of the toys are hand-me-downs from B along with a few new "pink" toys. =)
Customized burp cloths that my mom sewed. One side is the original burp cloth (made out of cloth baby diapers) and the other side has the girly patterns. In the picture below, my friend's mom did make the two on the right to go along with my baby shower gift. =)
My mom sewed the two yellow pillows and my friend's mom sewed the pink one to help tie the colors into the guest bed. The pink pillow was great for nursing and holding Ava, one of the other few things she got to actually use.
This painting was done by my grandma who Ava was named after. . .you can see that she signed her name as Lee King (what she went by), rather than Ava Lee King, her full name. Although you can't quite tell very good from the picture, it just so happened to match the color combination that we used for Ava's room PERFECTLY!
Ava's swing that J's parents got us. . .normally it would have gone downstairs in our living room but for obvious reasons we moved it up to Ava's room. Jason had fun assembling it. =) We were really looking forward to watching Ava swing in it and also to see Lilly's reaction to her swinging. The lap blanket is a customized gift from the doctor's office.
As you can see, Ava's room isn't that big so we really didn't have room for a rocker/glider. Originally we weren't going to get one, but then I came up with the idea we could just put one in our room. I decided to splurge on this is one from Target. Remember from this
post, I got SUCH a steal on her crib?!? I thought I would make up for it with this glider. =) It not only glides, it also reclines and swivels too! Don't worry, I got a great deal on it as well. It was orignally on sale 15% off, plus I was able to use J's (employee discount at the time) and my Redcard discount to get another 15% off. Along with a few baby shower giftcards I was able to save a little over $300 out of pocket. J also wants me to mention how he almost broke his back when him and my mom tried to carry it up the stairs into our room. I think he is exaggerating just a lil bit, but it was a HUGE undertaking getting it from our garage to our upstairs bedroom! I just wish we could have been able to rock her in it!
Her pack and play was another item that we had set up in our room, this was a gift from my parents. We had planned on her sleeping in our room in this for a few weeks before we switched her to her crib. We now store this in her closet and I think we will come up with an alternative sleeping arrangement for the first few weeks, months, year if we are blessed with another baby.
Her carseat. . .my mom customized a lap blanket to match the carseat handle holder I got for FREE from Amazon. So cute! Unfortunately, it never even made it out of my car, up to our hospital room.
And this is the box that we were sent home from the hospital with. . .instead of our sweet princess in my lap as I was wheeled down to the car, I had this memory box from the hospital.
One of the things you will notice, we had A LOT of pink! We were SO excited to be having a girl, instead of getting gender neutral items, I wanted all the pink we could get! Originally, we figured we wouldn't be having another child until another 4 to 5 years down the road. By that time, if we were to have a boy, we would want/need new things anyways, at least that was my logic. Now, who knows. We do plan on trying to have another baby as soon as we can and as much as I would LOVE, LOVE, LOVE for it to be a girl, I know we will be blessed with whichever gender we will be given. For now, Ava's room will stay as is. My hope is that Ava will be a big sister to a lil sister very soon. I have already teased B, that if we get pregnant with a boy, he just might be getting a new roommate so Ava's room can stay pink and girly and always be her room. =)
