cribs

For a short while during the early stages of nursery brainstorming, I attempted to talk myself into a modern crib. Something simple and sleek. Clean lines. Oval perhaps? Or maybe acrylic?! But try as I may, my mind kept going to back to my clear favorite that I discovered while helping create my nephew Liam's nursery last year...

...the sweet and vintage-looking Jenny Lind style:

Then it was just a matter of choosing a color. Oh, the options! White, ebony, cherry, espresso? Painted gray or gold?

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I eventually decided on the dark brown espresso finish.

And then last night Ed and I reached that great soon-to-be-parenting milestone: we assembled our baby's crib. At one point I glanced at our reflections in the window - Ed on his hands and knees securing nuts and bolts and me holding two pieces together while trying to keep my (rapidly expanding) belly from knocking it all apart - and thought, "Well would you look at us? We look like a mom and dad."

Of course it didn't take long for Ed to mass text this photo along with "Crib assembled, call me Bob Villa!"

And, yes, those are the newly-painted nursery walls in the background. More photos coming up!