Previously Said Done, But Actually Almost About Done Nursery

Apparently the nursery wasn't previously, actually finished because it hadn't been properly "accessorized" (the nursery is still missing 1 minor detail, in addition to Ahnika, and that is the rocking chair seat cushion to be re-finished, but who knows how long it will actually take Jaci to do that, so on with the show).......

Our first picture will profoundly illustrate a very important idea to remember, Jaci has officially ended her reign as a princess and is passing her tiara down to Ahnika (Jaci will now take up the role of Queen of Hessville, where her primary responsibilities will be to ensure that Ahnika is not raised a complete spoiled brat, that she eats her green vegetables - even if she won't - and to keep the King happy).

The letters below were hand painted by Jaci (the letters that spell out the name, not the sign above that says princess)......


The chair below is the one that is currently under reconstruction (seat cushion). Now, it should also be pointed out that this is not just any old rocking chair. This is an antique rocking chair that has seen many, many, many Cross (Jaci's mom's maiden name is Cross) butts and rocked many a babies (the chair has been in Jaci's family for quite sometime and was Jaci's grandmothers who had 13 kids, which is why it doesn't look like a modern day, comfortable Lay-Z-Boy that I would have bought and put in the room).

To the left of the crib is the matching clothes hamper that Jaci made me purchase for her (off ebay) at gun point (she had the crazy look in her good eye as well, so I thought it was best for me to buy the hamper for $30 instead of the plain white one at Wal-Mart for $15). Men, you have to pick your battles!

Now, the picture below gets some special explanation because I am very proud of it. Instead of purchasing a changing table for well over $100 (that may or may not even be used very often), Jaci and I decided to make our own. So for $17, I bought some wood from Lowes and made my own changing table top and screwed in onto the top of a white wicker dresser that we planned on using in the nursery (I also painted it purple for those of you who are not color blind). I think it looks pretty darn good!

And that's all I got for now.....