Ok, enough shouting. Before we get to the bedroom photos, and instead of making you wait until the end of this post to reveal the name Matt and I chose for Baby K, we'll just tell you right away:
Owen Xavier Kendall
And here is the explanation behind our choice. When we first found out we were pregnant, Matt and I had our girl name immediately: Maisie (pronounced May-zee) which will be Baby Girl K's future name if decide we want another kid some day...but as of now, we are planning on Baby Owen being our one and only. But just in case....dibbs! We were set on the girl name from day one, but struggled with finding a boy name we both liked. After many discussions on the topic, we narrowed our boy names down to Miles, Drake, and Owen. Miles had been number one for us at first, but then when we toured the daycare we wanted, there were two little boys named Miles already attending. Which seemed weird, since DeForest is a town of about only 9000 people and suddenly there were already two little boys under the age of four named Miles. So, we crossed Miles off of the list. I had never liked how Drake and Kendall sounded together...and Drake kind of sounded like a mean name to me too...not sure why, it just did.
Owen wasn't brought into serious consideration until towards the end of our name discussion, but then one day we both started thinking of Baby K as Owen (without the other knowing) and suddenly we just knew it was his name. :) Matt put up a good fight for Pepper as the middle name, so I knew I would have to come up with something amazing for him to relent. Then one day it just came to me: Xavier, which was Matt's great-grandpa's middle name. I told Matt my idea and he thankfully was on board immediately. And he got excited about being able to possibly call him Ox one day.
Name reveal banner from my friend baby shower...Thanks Nicole and Courtney! :)
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And now to show off Baby Owen's finished bedroom :)
I switched the chair/changing table locations because the having the chair in the corner made the room feel small and I had always thought that the changing table looked kind of awkward underneath the window.
Diapers, wipes, and first aid/pacifiers (which will be moved before he's mobile of course) are in the blue totes. And the green totes hold swaddling blankets, burp cloths/bibs, and Baby Owen's hat collection. :)
I made the "O X K" initials art by painting 12"x12" canvases and the letters and then glued them together. Voila! And the letter colors match the monster art print that hangs over the crib.
Baseball man was a lucky find at Hobby Lobby. I thought we needed to add a little masculinity in the room and since it's already been decided that he's going to be a pro baseball player, it's a win/win decor situation.
Nursing and reading nook! The basket under the table holds Baby Owen's books from all his Aunties. The framed picture is from our 20 week ultrasound and the little silver pig piggy bank was mine as a baby.
The chair! :) Awww the long awaited chair. I love it and can't wait to use it on a daily basis...instead of just a couple times a week when I practice hanging out in here. :)
Behind the chair is the toy basket....full of, yup you guessed correctly, toys for Baby Owen! :) I made the little "Toys" tag for the basket.
We never really figured out what to do with the closet, so it's stayed looking like this: Half open, half closed. Behind the doors is a big tote full of bigger sized clothes and a few outfits on hangers (lots of storage space too). And also our travel stroller and a couple baby mat/toys for tummy time. Boxes of diapers are stacked to the right of the dresser and you can just see the dirty clothes basket on the left. In the dresser are baby clothes (weird). Starting with the top drawer and working downwards: Newborn clothes/socks, 3 month clothes, 6 month clothes, and finally extra blankets/sheets in the bottom.
The green froggy hooded towel is all set for bath time. :) The Boppy is hanging out in the crib for now too.
So there you have it, the finished baby room for Baby Owen. If he were to show up tomorrow, we would be ready for him. And please know that I realize that this is probably the only time it will ever be this clean and organized. What do you think? :)
~Matt, Steph, and Baby Owen~
So there you have it, the finished baby room for Baby Owen. If he were to show up tomorrow, we would be ready for him. And please know that I realize that this is probably the only time it will ever be this clean and organized. What do you think? :)
~Matt, Steph, and Baby Owen~
So exciting! You three are coming down the home stretch!
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