Let the Shopping Begin!

I drive by a kids furniture store every day on my way to work called Kids Stuff Super Store, so we finally went there yesterday to take a look. We were very surprised....it was A LOT bigger on the inside than it looks from the outside. They had lots and lots of cribs, dressers, bedding sets, strollers, car seats, gliders...you name, they have it! I will definitely be registering there in a few months!

One particular crib was on sale for $70 off. We went back today to see when the sale ends, and it ends at the end of January. We both really liked it and the price was right, so we went ahead and ordered it. They didn't have it in stock here in town, but there's one up in Omaha so it'll be shipped down in 1-2 weeks. It's a 3-in-1 convertible crib, meaning that it converts to a toddler bed, and then again into an adult full-size bed. We ordered it in "cinnamon" which is a shade between oak and cherry. (Shown is honey.)

It's made of solid wood and the frame is steel so it should hold up very well. The mattress adjusts from 9" - 26" which will be nice. I found some reviews online and they were all very positive.

There's a dresser that matches it that we will buy on down the road when we have the nursery cleared out and ready for furniture. (The dresser comes fully assembled where the crib is just in a box and has to be put together.) The only picture I could find showed it in black, but here it is anyway. What I like about it is that I can sit a lamp and baskets of stuff on the higher part and put a changing pad on the lower part of the dresser. The drawers slide out nice and it's also made of solid wood. The other thing that we like about it is it's bigger than most of the other ones we saw. They didn't have as many drawers and weren't as tall....since the hubs is 6'3" and WILL be changing diapers, this dresser will be better for him.

We also have bedding picked out. It's funny because I'd been searching online looking at bedding sets over and over and finally had it down to a couple of choices for each sex. Then we go into this store and I found two sets I like even better! And the best part is I don't have to guess what the fabric feels like or what the color will look like in person. Plus, the price of each is about what I was willing to spend on a set, too.

The room we're turning into a nursery is a light shade of green now, called 'ryegrass.' If it's a girl we shouldn't need to paint because I think the shade of green in the bedding will match. I'll just buy the border stuff and put that around the room to jazz it up a bit. If the green doesn't match, well, Amy will be painting. =) And if it's a boy, she'll definitely be painting because green walls with a blue & brown set wouldn't look the best. ; ) So here's pics of each of the ones we have it narrowed down to. As soon as we find out what we're having we'll go and purchase it.