Parker's Room!

So it's been a while since the last post but that is only because I have been nesting in the most insane way possible. I have been spring cleaning my house, car, and life in general and after a few very intense weeks, I appreciate my husband more than ever, the loft has a humungo pile of ginormous empty boxes, the pack 'n play is ready, the hospital bag is packed, all of Parker's laundry is clean and put away, the bassinet is in our bedroom ready to go, all "assembly required" has been assembled, batteries are where they should be, the dog sitter is informed and on call, my house is very clean and Parker's room is finished! Now I can concentrate on things like distinguishing between the valve and the membrane on my breast pump. Two nights ago, I unpacked it and attempted to figure it out. I ended up just sitting on the futon with parts spread out everywhere and staring in confusion. After about fifteen or twenty minutes of that, I decided to just bring it to the hospital and ask the lactation consultant after I have Parker. Thank God for her. My brain is too full to figure things out like that right now.

So today is March 30 which means I have nine more days until the actual due date...and I do have intentions to take more belly pictures since the requests keep pouring in. But I did manage to get pictures of Parker's room so here we go...

This is what Parker's current room looks like...really I just thought it would be fun to take a pic of my view of the giant belly. So no, that's not the moon or a planet...that is my abdomen that is currently housing a 6.5-7 lb. child. No big deal.

The entrance to Parker's actual room....for those of you that have been up to our house, this is the middle bedroom upstairs. His bathroom is the open door to the left, the man room is to the left of that and the guest room is to the right. Hunter's mom sent those letters to us. Aren't they cute?

This is what it looks like walking into his room. We don't have anything on the walls since we are moving this summer and trying to minimize patching the place up.

Turning to the right once you walk through the door....and Majin is on the window sill and Kimba is just hanging out. The cats love this room because the door is usually closed.

His awesome crib that my Grandma and Grandpa Simmons bought for him...it will convert into a day bed and toddler bed later. The jungle theme is so awesome. My aunt Carla bought the sweet safari mobile for him.

His closet which is so full! Parker is our overflowing abundance. :o)

The view from the closet...the dresser on the left is also the changing table which holds diapers and that sort of thing and his sheets and blankets. The dresser on the right holds all of the clothes not in his closet. The rocker in the middle is being borrowed from Hunter's mom...she bought it in Costa Rica when she went with Hunter and Austin. It's soooo comfortable. Then you have the diaper pail on the left (always exciting), a diaper stacker hanging on the right of the changing table and the hamper to the right of the rocker. The foot stool is pretty awesome...the top opens so you can store stuff in it. Right now it's completely empty but I'm pretty excited about it anyway. :o)

Majin chillin' on Parker's window sill.

His closet door with the adorable decorations used on the cake at his last baby shower.

Parker's clothes dresser with cute jungle baby animals to decorate with, a candle in the shape of a banana, a picture frame just itchin' to hold a newborn picture of him, his CD player and a few Cd's, the sweet lamp we got from World Market (that store totally rocks), a journal and his baby calendar.

I keep picking up the calendar and looking at it as if it's going to either tell me something or I would have something to write in it before he's born. Ha ha.

The awesome Boppy Bouncer from Brenda (Hunter's Dad's wife) and Kay (Brenda's daughter)...one of the many assembled and battery stocked items. And, of course, Kimba all up in my business.

Parker's closet from a very Parker level view...I can't wait to start using everything!

A Kimba intermission...this is where she was while I was taking pictures on the floor. Also, I would like to point out that I'm wearing Hunter's pajama pants. Just thought I would share.

The sweet toy cube in his closet complete with books, shoes, a baseball cap and sunglasses, pillows and lots and lots of toys. My Boppy pillows live on top of the toy cube for right now. When I got the covers clean and put on, I was all excited and tried to try one out...funny thing about that though...when you have a ginormous belly, you can't get it around yourself. Duh. That was a smart moment. Hunter appreciated it.

The toy stash...

The humidifier...we could have gotten the nice Red Cross one...but this one is so cute! So hopefully it works well, ha ha. And the monkey rug that I totally had to buy and has no purpose. It was moved around the room a lot until we decided it doesn't really go anywhere. You can also see a bit of the humungo box pile in the loft. It used to be taller than me until Hunter consolidated it. Now it just comes up to my waist. Eventually I will remember to call the trash people so they will pick it up.

The toy bag...it hangs on the closet door to the left of the crib. We are going to use one of the monkeys to measure him in size with pictures every week. One of our friends told us that her sister did that. How great of an idea is that or what?

Parker's clothes...organized by size. His three little robes are on the right and the sizes start at 0-3 months from there over to the left which ends somewhere after a 12 months.

This is Hunter's favorite robe of Parker's....

We also have a matching towel and washcloths that say 'soapasaurus'....

...and the awesome dinosaur hood...

The diaper and wipe stash....

The top drawer of his changing table complete with newborn diapers that are ridiculously small...

The diaper stacker on the side of the changing table...also filled with newborn diapers.

Night light behind the rocker...

Awesome hamper that Brenda and Kay bought for Parker...

The window valance that matches his bedding...

The travel swing folded up in the closet that the wife of my old pediatrician, and best doctor on the planet, gave us. It's so cute.

Parker's crib...complete with bedding, bumper, mobile, infant positioner....

...pillows, and crib mirror toy...

This is the quilt that my Grandma Smith made for Parker. How awesome is that? And, of course, the theme is jungle baby animals.

...a close up of the amazing quilt...it has a red satin border and a cloud printed backing.

This is the bassinet that our awesome friends Frank and Michelle let us borrow. It lives in our room but our room is a disaster area right now so I took pictures of it in the nursery. Isn't it so cute? I just can't wait to lay him down in it!

...it's all ready to go with a blue sheet and everything....

The mobile is really cute...it plays several songs and makes a lot of different nature noises.

And that concludes the tour of Parker's room. The only thing we have left to do is get the car seat in the car! We are anxiously awaiting his arrival and will be sure to post hospital pictures not long after we bring him home. There are only a few days left to vote on the poll if you want to do so. And now I'm off to do what I currently do best...eat.