I’m back home early from work today, since it was a half day for our studio. I’m looking forward to Thanksgiving dinner at Dan’s parents’ house tomorrow and the four-day weekend… a much-needed respite from staring at code all day. Back when I lived in Virginia, my mom put me in charge of cooking the turkey every year (since she didn’t know how), but since moving here, I’ve just been making pies for dessert to bring over, since Dan’s mom and sister handle the turkey and all the side dishes. I wonder how my mom has been managing cooking the turkey by herself the past couple years….

Dan and I are considering braving the shopping crowds on Black Friday to hit some of the baby stores for some nursery items. Some of our friends have asked us what our nursery theme is going to be — I’ve had my heart set (before I knew the gender… actually, before I even got pregnant) on decorating my future child’s nursery in Classic Pooh! I adore the lovely, hand-drawn style of the older Winnie the Pooh drawings (but not so much the modern Pooh you see everywhere). My nickname as a toddler was “Piglet” because of my button nose, so I think I’ve had an affinity to Pooh instilled in me from a young age.

Right now, we don’t have a whole room to dedicate to the nursery, so we’ll likely be converting half of our office into the “nursery.” Since we’re renting, we can’t really paint or wallpaper the room, but there are some cute Classic Pooh wall decals and prints out there that we’re thinking of decorating with. 🙂

Some of the Classic Pooh nurseries I found online for inspiration are so precious, though… if only we had more space!

I’m trying to resist the urge to go super princess-y and pink with the nursery decor, but it’s difficult once you know you’re having a girl! I just want to put ruffles and lace on everything… haha* I jumped the gun and bought this Classic Pooh crib bedding set as soon as we found out we were having a girl:

We got the matching dust ruffle crib skirt, too:

Our main objective on Friday is to find a good crib! We bought a bassinet (below) a couple months ago that we plan to use for the baby during the first few months (before it starts being able to crawl) so that we can have the baby next to our bed in the bedroom with us, but we’ll need a crib after that.

That said, since we have the bassinet, we still have time before finding the perfect crib, so if we can’t find any good deals, we may wait until later…. We shall see!