NURSERY....IN PROGRESS!

I was going to wait to post nursery pics until it was complete, but I don't want to wait that long!  We now have the furniture ~ and ALL pieces are the same shade of chocolate!  (there was a mix up and the crib was the "old" chocolate and the dressers were the "new" chocolate.  all fixed now!)  

Jeff painted the room our "ideal" chosen green.  It seemed bold at first, but once we got the furniture in there, WE.LOVED.IT!  What do YOU think of the green?!?!?

We are waiting to decorate the walls.  We want to know for sure if it will be a son, two sons, or a son and a daughter in the room!  We can easily add purple, pink and blues to the wall decor...........can't wait to finalize the wall decor and tie everything together!

Sharing with you a few photos of our "work-in-progress."  My poor photography skills are evident, but they will give you an idea...........

This is as you walk into the nursery.
This pic is the most accurate depiction of the shade of green.

Different perspective of the room.

Okay, so I don't have the built-in shelves organized.  Yet.

Ok.  My poor camera skills make 

the green look like pea green.

Which it is NOT! 

Closer view of the print ~ that isn't hung yet

{stating the obvious, here}

One more view.

Meet LEO the Rocking Lion.

Press his ear and he sweetly ROARS!

{Recognize the diaper bag?!?!}

 The sweet quilt that comes with the bedding.

Aren't the animals just precious!?!?!

Here is the Safari bedding!

 A closer look at the gingham safari sheets.

 Sweet diaper holder!
{nice shadow, too! ha!}

 Frames need pics of cute babe(s)!
Don't ya LOVE the Giraffes?

And the adorable pageboy hat ~

just waiting to be worn by our handsome boy!

 Can't you just picture this on a 

special someone's sweet litte head?!?

This little monkey can't wait for you to come HOME 

and rock with him and mommy or daddy!

God IS in the small stuff too!

Remember what I said in my last post............God IS in the small stuff!

I just got a call from the Baby Daily to discuss the color difference I had commented on between our crib and our dresser. You see, last time I was in there, I told them that I noticed the color of our double dresser differed from the crib, in that it was more golden/red than our dark chocolate crib. They tried to be polite, but clearly thought that I was crazy! {smile}

Weeellllll.........she just phoned me this morning to inform me that she was at a convention of some sort and learned that Bonavita had changed their "Chocolate" color. YUP! It is more golden! {I'm not sure what is more exciting ~ the fact that we get our nursery furniture to match better, or that I am not crazy! Ha!}

Bless her heart, she remembered my comment and phoned me to let me know that she was on the hunt to find me the "old" {better, in my opinion} chocolate dresser! She is also going to make sure that the remaining tall dresser we are waiting for ~ and the bed rails for when we turn the crib into a toddler bed and then full bed ~ are the correct shade of chocolate too!

This may sound silly, but this means the WORLD to me! HIP HIP HOORAY!!! I am praising GOD right now! He even cares about such little details as this! I KNOW that HE is helping to get this straightened out! HE listened to me and heard my disappointment!

HE IS IN THE SMALL STUFF!

Isn't that just sweet!?!?

NURSERY FURNITURE!

WE ARE HAVING SO MUCH FUN!

So, my dear friend, Connie, decided she better have a "baby intervention" with me. You see, we have only been waiting almost a month, but since becoming DTE, we have not really done anything toward our adoption. Okay, we have been praying and doing our t-shirt/water bottle FUNdraising, but we haven't made any big purchases.

Well, Connie did a great job of showing us just HOW MUCH preparation we have ahead of us for our son or children to come HOME! She put it in an email, and seeing the long list in writing helped awaken me ~ and allowed me to give myself permission to START DOING THE FUN STUFF!!! {giggles of excitement....can you hear them?}

Soooooo......we made some excellent progress this weekend! Jeff's parents, Grandma/Saytee and Dub/Grandpa bought our baby's crib! It is the Marquez family tradition to buy the grandchild's crib, and they are excited to continue this blessing! WE ARE MOST GRATEFUL, Saytee and Dub! Jeff and I also bought the dresser and chest of drawers to complete the nursery set! BABY DAILY even had the crib and dresser in stock! The other pieces will arrive in a few weeks. We wanted to take at least one piece home with us, and we could only fit the dresser into the Yukon, so we will go back one day this week to get the crib with a friend's truck.

OH. MY. GOSH!!!!! This REALLY IS going to happen! We are going to have a baby in our home! And maybe even TWO little ones! I told myself we had to wait until we were DTE to make any big purchases. Well, we are approaching a month of being DTE and we haven't bought anything since sending off our Dossier. WOW! The fun has begun! And I feel the excitement stir BIG within me (I'm giving it permission to surface!), and I see the excitement overflowing in Jeff as well. THANK YOU, GOD!!! We feel we have your green light to BELIEVE and proceed forward with our plans! WOOT! WOOT!

You have NO idea how MANY times I have gone into a baby store to buy something for a friend's or relative's baby (which was totally a joy and fun for me), but THIS time, we went into the baby store for OUR baby/babies!

INDESCRIBABLE JOY!

Well, I am including pics of our nursery set below, if you would like to share in the excitement!

These are the three pieces we purchased. In chocolate.

Here is a picture of a room with some of the pieces (only in black).

Can't wait to get all the pieces and get this room ready for you, baby/babies!!! I anticipate sitting in the rocker in your room dreaming of the day that YOU will be in my arms, YOU will be in this room, in our family. FOREVER!!!!! We love you!