Oh, baby! We are getting ready to welcome a little one into the world and we couldn't be more excited about it. I love surprises so I thought, why not be surprised about the gender of my baby? Seems perfectly normal to me. Well, it turns out I'm not so normal. I admit, there have been times I have thought it would be nice to know, but to be honest, I love not knowing. When this little babe arrives it will be double the blessing and surprise. Babies are blessings either way of course, but for us it has been fun to keep it a surprise.
One of the times it would have been convenient to know the gender is when it came to decorating. While I like the colors green and yellow I didn't want a room full of them. I had a hard time deciding how to decorate and now I can't even remember how I came to the idea that has now developed in the baby's room. I like it though. It was a labor of love and it is still in progress. The decorations may lead you to believe otherwise but no, I am not Native American, nor is my husband. But hey, who doesn't like a little culture and spice in their home?
One more thing...part of the inspiration for the decoration does have some meaning to it. A Bible verse was read to us at our wedding that we did not choose and it has stuck with us. The verse is about a quiver being full, which represents a family full of children. Those who know us know that we both want lots of kids. By "lots" I mean 4 or 5...maybe. Its something that first got us interested in the each other and it was spoke over us at our wedding. I feel so abundantly blessed. I don't have it made yet but I plan to put this verse up in the little one's room... "Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, The fruit of the womb is a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are the children of one's youth. Happy is the man who has his quiver fully of them." Psalm 127: 3-5.
Here are some pictures of what we made for our babe's room. MountainMan helped with construction of the boards and I did the rest.
Handmade mobile.
Our little one will be the third generation to sleep through this crib. The balls were originally white but I painted them to match the room.
This was also a painting project...that I thoroughly enjoyed.
Hurry up little one! We want to meet you!! :)
