It has been 10 months since our last post which many of our readers have kindly pointed out to us in the past few months. We are way behind on posting and promise to catch you all up on our progress, however, first thing first...
Baby Rose's Nursery
For many of our friends and family, this is the long anticipated nursery post! And for those of you who follow us through our blog, and not Facebook...that's right, we are having a baby! Little Baby Rose is nothing short of a miracle. After 36 rounds of chemotherapy in 2016, we were never quite sure if this little gift would ever enter our lives. We are just days (or maybe even hours...you never know) from meeting our little girl and we are so excited to share our nursery with all of our readers!
The before:
When we first bought the home, these beautiful floors were painted brown and had so many holes and chunks taken out of it. We thought for sure that we were going to have to completely gut the floors until we had archaeologists visit who specialize in this and told us that this wood (tree) is now extinct to our area and to do everything we can to salvage them. We clearly could not remove something this precious from our new home, so Ted worked tirelessly (and I even sanded a little too) to restore the floors in this room to their natural beauty.
As you can see, the room took on quite a transformation with air conditioning duct work, beautiful new windows and the restoring of those gorgeous floors! It didn't take much design effort to showcase this room because it already had its 200 year old character to tell its story.
This chicken coop was stored in our machine shop behind the barn. I have been in this building one time in four years and have always had a dream for this chicken coop. One would think we would use it for our chickens but that is too obvious for Hummingbird Hollow Farm. Instead, my dream, thanks to Ted, has finally come to true! It is now a beautiful book shelf for Baby Rose!
Every nook and cranny of this room is filled with so much love and happy memories already. If you followed our Christmas Blog Edition, I wrote about the many gifts and treasures from our friends, my students, and our family. Rose's room is no different. We are so grateful for all of the thought that everyone has put into each and every gift that grace this room. She is truly blessed to have so many people who care for her and love her like we do.
Our little farm is named Hummingbird Hollow so every room tends to have a hidden Hummingbird or two in it. Somehow, our friend Nicole must have known Rose did not have her own. This was one of our beautiful baby shower gifts and now Rose has her special Hummingbird.
If you look closely, there are lots of floral arrangements in this room. While I have never loved fake flowers, I do love that Rose will be surrounded by the beauty of the beautiful florals that grow around the farm in her room all yearlong. We won't have to wait all fall and winter to see those pretty pink flowers grow. Instead, we can visit her little hanging gardens and wall arrangements all year long. Special thanks to my sister, Jen who made some of these very sweet floral and ribbon hangings for Rose's room. They are easily some of my favorite things in her room and I know baby Rose will love them too.
It is only a matter of time until Rose will be born and get to sleep in her nursery for the first time. While we anxiously await her arrival, we feel so blessed to look into this room and see so many little gifts and sentiment that went into everything so many of our friends and family have given us. The beauty in this room is because of the love that has gone into it from all of you. Rose will learn about all of you who love her and have prayed for her alongside of us.
We'll see you in our next blog entry...when we're a family of three!