His Name and His Nursery

So yesterday's sneak peak of the nursery gave me a flood of notes asking to see more.  I was going to wait just because- well I have no good reason other than our son's name is in a few places in the nursery.  But here's the thing- we aren't keeping his name a secret either- I just haven't shared it with the blog or facebook world yet.  All of our family and friends know our baby boy's name.  So without further to do, our son's name is...

Colin Douglas.  Ryan and I chose the name Colin before we were even trying for this most special baby.  We just loved it!  And Douglas is a family name on Ryan's side.  We have loved talking about Colin Douglas for the last seven months and I cannot wait to bring him home to his nursery full of things we hope he loves!

We don't have a theme for the nursery- just lots of fun bright colors and things for our little boy!  Ryan and I painted the nursery and we put up the giraffe decal on the wall too.  Both things I don't think we will ever do again (lots of hard work)!  Most of the room is full of purchases from etsy or gifts from family and friends.  The crib was my niece Laura's and I'm so glad to have it for Colin.  The toy chest was my great-grandparents shoe chest that they used to have.  Ryan stained it to match our beloved refurbished dresser we did (the dresser was my sister-in-law's from her childhood).  

All photo credit again goes to Brett Dorrian.

 

 

  

Sometimes I just go in the nursery and sit in the glider and think about what the next few months and years will hold.  I'm so excited for Colin to be here and to snuggle him and play with him in his room.  I hope he likes it.  

Even Dupree knows that it is Colin's room.  We have tried to use his name a lot so Dupree has some idea when our baby gets here.  When we say we are going into Colin's room, Dupree knows where to go.  He loves the Mother Goose on the floor next to the giraffe and he kisses it every time.  I hope you like the nursery and Colin's name and if you don't- well that don't say anything.  I'm too in love with both :)

Happy Wednesday,