James' Nursery

Some day James will have a big boy room and I'll miss his sweet nursery, so why not take photos of it so I'll always remember his little room the way it began. If we want to go way back, here's a photo from when we first bought the house.

Adam just saw this photo and says he misses Winnie the Pooh. No, thanks!

We had the carpet removed, floors refinished and I painted all of the walls. Much more of a neutral look so maybe someday a little sister can take over the room. I knew right away after finding out we were having a boy that I wanted to do a beachy, nautical theme. The room faces east and south so it's always bright and sunny (when the curtains are open).

He sleeps in his crib, and through the night might I add. I never believed that Adam did this as a baby until our little guy did the same; he must take after his dad. We have a beautiful white wicker bassinet that has been passed down in the Hoge family, but James only slept in it for one night. I got very little sleep that one night (his first night home) as he was next to our bed and any little stir or noise from him and mostly from his feeding pump kept me awake. The sweet little blue table in the corner was found at an antique shop in Stillwater, MN the week before he was born.

I love the built in shelves in his room, they make a good spot for all of his trinkets and books. The blue truck came with flowers in it when he was born (a gift from Adam's work), the striped yarn vase was made for him by a friend from work, the glass elephant is from aunt Carole's collection, and the seashells I found for him in Puerto Rico. Adam picked out the 'Smile, giggle, be silly' art piece for him before he was born and I painted the J while taking a break from the NICU in Wausau.

Can you spot the little elephant on the shelf? Another piece from aunt Carole's collection, this one I believe was originally James' great grandmother Hoge's. As he continues to grow we're going to have to take the shelf down so he doesn't pull it down on himself. So far he can't quite reach it!

Of course the kitties had to be a part of the photo shoot. Scraggles the rabbit/bear/dog and the red crab both came from Seattle, the crab picked out by me on our trip there just a few weeks before James was born and Scraggles was a gift from uncle Travis on his first visit to meet his nephew. The rocking chair was a steal I found online for $20, originally oak wood with an ugly green fabric that I refinished myself. We didn't have time to get it professionally reupholstered before baby's surprise arrival, so the fabric on the chair is just tucked in but works fine for us! We usually read books and rock James to sleep at night in this chair. He's outgrowing the snuggling phase and likes to sprawl out in my lap with his head on my tummy.

His closet had this great organizer built in when we bought the house so the closet didn't need much work until one of the doors fell off awhile before he was born. Instead of fixing them (they were old and cheap) we hung curtains instead. I can't wait until he's big enough to use his cute white rocking chair from auntie Brittany and life jacket from great aunt and uncle Rolly & Pat.

Again, more great built-ins currently being used by Dad. Say hi to James in his swing! This is where he currently takes most of his naps during the day; we're trying to transition him to napping in his crib more but he won't fall asleep as well there or nap quite as long. For now, he loves that swing and we're just happy he's a good napper.