Nursery and Nesting!

I have an incredible mother!  We have decided that her love language is definitely acts of service... little labors of love.  This past week she turned my house upside down.  It was awesome!  Our two international students left  on Wednesday, and on the same day my DH headed off for a 4-day hiking adventure.  For the first time in so long, I had the house empty and all to myself.  So, my parents came over, armed with paintbrushes and work clothes.  They cleaned out the students rooms in the basement, and repainted the room that will become the guest room.  We moved all the storage and stuff from the guest room downstairs to make room for the nursery upstairs (eeee!!!).  My mom and I went through all my closets and kitchen cupboards and got rid of stuff and organized.  We even took the students bedding and mattresses outside to air out in the sunshine after washing countless loads of laundry.  Then we brought our first piece of baby furniture into the nursery. 

It was soooo liberating just to clear out and make space for these babies!  I guess this is what nesting feels like.  I finally feel like I can start to really plan out the nursery and buy things.  The only problem is... it turns out that DH and I have expensive taste!  The wallpaper we really want is sold through Anthropologie (if you know that store, you will understand our dilemma), and is $100/roll.  We need at least 2 rolls to cover our one wall.  The crib bedding I really, really want is also quite pricey, but I am hoping it goes on sale enough for me to make a splurge. Those are really the only things we want to splurge on, so I feel like we should go for it.  Esthetics are really important to both of us.  We will be buying very simple cribs, and we don't need any other furniture, besides maybe bassinets or a playpen.  We have a dresser and closet space, and were given a nice change table.  We do need change pad, crib mattresses and covers, etc.  All this stuff adds up, oh my!  But one thing at a time.  This is starting to get very exciting!!!