Wednesday, September 30, 2009

PINK!

Before...

So this is what Julia's room looked like for the first three years of her life: Yellow, green and blue moons and stars. Why? Because someone in this family -- I won't mention names -- didn't want to find out if we were having a boy or girl. So the room is cute, but certainly not girly.


Until NOW:





It's a pink explosion for sure, but Julia has a room to match her fun silly little personality. Pink and green with birds and cupcakes and tissue paper pompoms and a space for a tea party! Very girly, indeed.

Maybe too much so... I'm beginning to worry it's too Pepto-Bismolish. What do you think? We'll be moving her to a toddler bed next week, and the quilt has lots of green in it, so maybe that will tone things down a bit...


Anyway, while it was fun to create a girly space for her, it also broke my heart. No more baby. I put away the mobile and the crib bumpers and all the "nursery" stuff and just wanted to cry because I won't ever have that again. And because I still remember like yesterday putting all that stuff up, getting ready to meet the new little person who would join our family, wondering what he/she would be like. Of course, I got more with Julia than I could ever imagine. But I wish she could just stay little forever.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

GOOD JOB!

Anonymous said...

Once again forgot to sign my name,

GOOD JOB!

Nancy

some asian guy said...

not too pink. it's not as in-your-face as pepto. it's a gentle pink. i hope julia likes it.

anjacara said...

Of course you will miss baby Julia, but let me tell you I really enjoy 6 year old Anja. We have the funniest conversations, she is actually helpful in the kitchen, can pick up her messes and has gotten pretty good at rubbing my feet. Plus it is just fun to see her learn to read and watch her mind grow.

Andrew Knapp said...

Five comments. Is that a record?

Anonymous said...

Carrie you done a wonderful job on Julia's room. I'm sure she will enjoy it for years to come.


Lil