Our little brouhaha a few weeks ago lit a bit of a fire under us.  We've been taking for granted that we have 'plenty of time' but not so much anymore; particularly now that my c-section is scheduled (thank ladies for being breech).  With that, we jumped full force into the final preps for these ladies' arrival, including having my sister snap some casual family shots and getting the nursery ready.  And by 'we', I really mean Scott.  He's really been the force behind getting us ready, designing and implementing the nursery - pretty much keeping us on track.  Which I have to say, has been very nice and very much appreciated.  My planner tendencies tend to take a backseat during pregnancy and so it's very nice to have someone driving for me. I figure I've got enough to work on in the whole growing human beings category.

Usually Scott and I don't exactly see eye-to-eye when it comes to design.  We are both opinionated (him with it being his profession and me with, well, being me) and it usually ends in a fight in the middle of a insert-your-favorite-furniture-store-here.  Good news is, with the nursery, we are pretty much on the same page.  We are going for mostly neutrals, with some pops of pink and golds (including a gold accent wall of some sort - if we can find something that works).


Having twins puts a new spin on things as we need to utilize the space to hold two cribs and a lot of storage.  We ended up not using any of the items that we had used (and stored in anticipation of another child) for Liam.  It wasn't ideal, but we needed more space-conscience cribs; a changing table that served as both a place for changing, as well a storage; and a seating arrangement that had more space.

What most of you probably don't know is Hubs is an interior designer and an incredibly talented one at that.  Not that you'd know it from the space that we live in because mostly I spend my time derailing all of this grand plans with my musings and un-executeable requests that most of the time don't make sense for our space.  Not to mention we have differing tastes (although over the years they've melded a bit more) and agreeing on something takes nothing less than a peace summit.  It's taken me over 4 years of living together to acknowledge this and I wouldn't dare tell him (and he rarely reads my blog, so he may never know that I have admitted this).  The point of this rambling is that I really gave him full on creative license for Baby Mac's room.  Boys rooms are really not as creatively fun as girl rooms (in my opinion) and honestly I had NO idea where to start.  Let me take that back, I knew where to start, but my original plans couldn't be executed per usual.  So Hubs toiled thanklessly for months to paint and outfit our little one's room and re-organize our home to accommodate the newest addition.  (Making room in our townhome was an endeavor in and of itself that is still going on).  He did an amazing job and I am so incredibly excited about the outcome.

What was important to us was that the room not be uber cutesy baby.  No huge cartoon animals on the walls, no pastels-it's just not our style and we figured that he'd have his whole young life to want rooms that were themed in the latest movie or fad that kids are into.  We wanted the nursery to be an extension of our home.  And with that, we decided on classic americana (aka Planes, Trains, and Automobiles).

                    

Halloween is arguably one of my favorite holidays and so I love all of the super fun decor that goes along with it.  Unfortunately, my attention has been a bit diverted recently (ah-hem nursery/baby) so I didn't go all out like I have in years past.  But I thought that I would share a few pics.