Last weekend, after a seemingly long wait from the baby box store, our crib arrived and was ready for pick up! Chase was kind enough to help me pick it up and put it together. After I pull up the Pilot and wait out front, they wheel out the crib box. It's easily 4/5 my height and just as awkward. After measuring with the employee and Chase, we figure out it's not going to fit. What kind of crib doesn't fit into a full size SUV with nothing else in it??! Turns out, a big one. After going through some possible options like dragging it on a skateboard, tying it to the top, or having it shipped to our place, Chase finally comes up with a perfect solution. We just removed everything from the box and it fit just fine in the back of the car, piece by piece. Plus, we just left the majority of the box there, reducing the cleanup time later. I was half expecting to have to spend at least a day putting it together with the slats and all, but as it turns out, the box consisted mainly of the four sides, preassembled. So, yay for being preassembled, but boo for a giant box with a lot of extra "give" space for shipping.
Once we got this beast of a crib home, Chase and I spent a total of about an hour putting it together. It was a LOT easier than I expected. Partly due to the whole preassembled thing, which resulted in a lot less swearing than I was expecting, too. The crib is basically now complete and the baby's room is now starting to look like one. Big step out of the way! Now for a mattress and bedding!
We also went to a local lapidary (rock store) and got a little lamp made out of salt in the shape of a sphere with a base and cut out at the bottom for a light bulb (which I replaced with a color-changing LED from an old nightlight). We are trying to find lighting and decor that's more nature-based without being super cutesy. So far, so good! Here's basically what the lamp looks like...
3 comments:
Gorgeous crib! And it looks like a convertible. Great planning. We'd have gone that route, but we went with the ultra-cheap hand-me-down plan, drop side and all! :)
Hope you two are feeling much better. Three more weeks til Little Joe is supposed to arrive. So I'm living proof that you can get through it and survive!
Thanks Jen!
Yeah it's convertible. We have been planning hardcore. I'm sure if this wasn't our first child, we probably wouldn't be planning as much in advance. I can't wait for your Joe to arrive. Gonna be awesome I'm sure :)
Good luck with the delivery!! May it go ultra smoothly!
We are feeling a lot better aside from Rachel's cat bite fiasco! But that's another blog ;)
Thanks again!
Looks great, way to go and the salt light what a cool idea..I want one. lol So in my dream the other night we were all sitting outside around a camp fire brain storming about what the kinkster was goin to grown up to be. (Cuz I read Rach's post about ninja kicking). Shelby an Chase were arguing between rock-et and kickboxer. Logan ( his 12yr old self) was offended that nobody considered the baby was like a leggo jedi knight in there, battling the death star. I don't know it was kinda weird even for a dream. Rooms lookin good!
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