Gavin's Room

If you only knew how thankful I am that Gavin's room is done! Whew. I know he's not due until February, but he could always come early and with us traveling for the holidays, I didn't know when it was going to get done! So both of our families came up here for the UT/Kentucky game (go Vols!) and we had a painting party beforehand.

Our friends RJ and Joslynn from Chicago stopped by in the midst of painting!
We miss you guys!

Ryan's family painted the blue background for the sky. Robert (Ryan's dad) is the fastest painter I've ever seen!


Ryan's sister Amanda graduated from UT in Interior Design. Man, is she helpful to have around! She has told us for years that she would design our nursery for us. She found our beautiful bedding for us which is a forest theme that fits Ryan and me so perfectly. Here's a picture from online so you can see what it will look like put together.

So she decided to do a mini forest in Gavin's room! Here she is sketching the trees on the wall. No joke--she had them sketched out with pencil in about 10 minutes. It was unbelievable.

The weather was yucky, so the guys ended up going to the game and the girls stayed home to finish painting. I think the Lord worked all that out so that it could get finished! Here's the progression of the trees on the wall from start to finish...
Here I am painting my little boy's nursery!
Don't worry, the room was well ventilated and we used a low VOC paint.

The proud artist!
Gavin's crib (when we get it) will go in the middle of the 2 trees. I want to sleep in this room!

For a finishing touch, Amanda had the best idea for Ryan and I to paint our names on one of the trees like we carved our names in it. I can't decide if I should keep it or not. What do you think?