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Scott just completed the additions to the Target toy box we got for Wyatt’s room.

What do you think?

Wyatt's New Toy Box

On the same day, this arrived in the mail…

A custom present from Auntie Heather and Uncle Anthony in Dana Point, CA…

Best Bib Ever...!

What more can a boy ask for?

Choosing paint colors for the Dude’s room today…

At the Paint Store

After putting together some more furniture today, we decided to see what it would be like for Scott to sit in the new rocker with a baby in one hand and a bottle in another.

Here’s the result:

Trial Run

Not exactly what I had in mind…    (for more detail, click on the image)

Some of you have asked about The Dude’s room, and if we have started decorating it yet.  Not yet.  But we are planning…

Ah planning…  We’ve got all our decorations picked and registered at Target.  And we are picking up the main furniture from Babies R Us on Monday (mainly because we have coupons that are good next week only!)  The furniture will stay in the garage until my Mom gets here in September and then we are going to set it all up together.  Plus Mariki is here in 10 days, and she is small, but I am pretty sure she won’t fit in the crib!

So my Dad drew up the room and furniture to scale on Auto CAD and I have to say I am impressed!  I cut out the furniture and can move it around the room to see what fits best.  One suggestion he made was to change the closet doors to bypass doors, so they don’t swing out, giving us more room.  But I think we will look at that in December, when he’s here too.

So here’s the plan so far:

Dude's Room v1.0

The only thing is, there is no room for the couch!  The green couch in my office looks HUGE compared to the other pieces.  And the spare bed that is currently in there is going to go where the couch currently is so my parents have a place to stay when they come for a few weeks in December / January.  Hmmm.  I know it will work out.  I’ve setup enough rooms and stores to know that the stuff knows where it wants to go.  You just have to figure it out.  Plus I think it will be a lot easier once the furniture is in, so we can move it in a see how it looks in actuality.

Unfortunately, when I say “we” can move it around…  I really mean Scott.

To see the room decorations / theme, click here to go to our registry with Target and search (control F) “Tiddliwinks”