D is for D......

For several years now I have watched my friends get or make letters of their children's names for their nursery's.  They are adorable! My sister did the same thing and I even helped find some of the letters as she did them all different styles.  I thought about doing this, but none of the letters I had seen really stood out to me and I felt like it was so done these days that it was hard for me to find something unique.  I had given up on the idea.  And then I found these.....

They are books! I was I awe when I saw them.  They are exactly the style and concept that I want for his room.  I almost got just the letters D, E, X, but when I laid out all the letters I fell in love with the way it looked.  It didn't help that a random customer walking by stopped to say how cute she thought that was and loved his name.  Then I had to get his whole name. 

I probably spent 15 mins looking at every letter picking out the covers that I felt looked the best together.  At first I was going off of the title of the books, but that quickly went out the window when I realized they were Readers Digest books and you wouldn't really see the spine anyway.  Who came up with this idea? I just love it. Here is a closer look at the letters.

It was as I was walking out of the store I realized I only have 2 things for his room so far.  These letters and his custom painting by our friend Mike.

Once we get in the house (5 days, not that I'm counting) I will get to put everything together.  I think I'm going to go a darker grey/sage/navy color for his wall color.  I really want to do strips! Man I can't wait to move.  I'm literally dreaming about decorating.  I feel like I could go on and on about my ideas.  Sigh......no doubt I will cry our first night there with joy. 

 

 

On a random note, a while back while at a local movie theater I saw a sign for an event they call Crybaby Matinee.  I remember saying to Preston that we need to remember that for someday when we have a kid!  Well, I just remembered!  I gave them a call and they still do it, yea!  What is it you ask?  Every Tuesday and Wednesday they show a movie at 1:30pm.  It is specifically designed for mothers with babies to come watch the movie with the comfort of not worrying if the baby gets fussy, needs to be feed, or changed.  The lights are dimmed slightly so you can see what you are doing and everyone in there is understanding.  I wish I would have remembered it back in December, but I still have close to 4 weeks left so I'm going to try to go to at least 2 movies! The movie itself changes every week.  I'm going to call tomorrow to see what is this weeks showing.  Fingers crossed it is Wild or Catching Fire.