Operation Make Room for BABY!!!

I have been awful at posting this year! Spring was really tough with Hector gone quite a bit! Cohen and I stayed busy which meant I was tired by the time he was in bed and blogging didn't make the priority list. However, I felt like our newest adventure was definitely worth a blog post! As most of you know, we are expecting our 2nd little boy in just 4 months. We are so thankful to announce that he is growing on time and appears healthy up to this point. With the news of another child in our humble home, we had to start thinking about how to make it work. We are thankful to have an extra bedroom but it is packed with...well, stuff! Office stuff, music stuff, craft stuff, and everything else that doesn't have a place and can't bear the heat of the attic. Our thinking turned to action when we found our second pipe leak a couple months back. We had it repaired only about 9 months ago and heard leaking from the same spot. Thankfully, it was the same area just the cold instead of hot water and was a relatively minor fix. However, the carpet in our extra bedroom/office closet had been soaked (for the 2nd time) and into the room. We knew we wanted new carpet if we were going to make that a baby room so, we decided to begin the transformation then instead of put the room back together. 

We cluelessly tried to navigate our way through choosing new carpet and Operation Make Room for Baby began. Here are a couple pictures of the room in somewhat of its original form. 

We decided to turn our dining room into a den/office area. After storing the dining room table and chairs, the first thing to move was the desk. This has actually worked out great for Hector to do his school work. He was using the dining room table or our bed because the desk was often cluttered with junk. This has been a great place for him to study and not feel stuck in a cluttered room. Doesn't he look studious? (Side note: He amazes me with how well he manages his time between being on the road, studying, and being a husband and Daddy! And he's making awesome grades! I'm a fan!)

Here is the empty room with new carpet, patched nail holes needing new paint, and Hector's Albert Pujols stuff he was struggling to take down. We left the room its original green thinking it could go with either gender. 

Hector working hard to repaint our patched holes. He had to do more than expected when I gave him the totally wrong color paint to cover spots the first time. Oops! He's a trooper!

Cohen has loved the new play space! Mess or not, hey it's something new to explore! 

Next we did some research and then made our way to IKEA to buy almost everything we would need to make the transformation complete. We got Cohen a new bed, a dresser to use as a changing table, a toddler table for Cohen to have in the new "den" and some odds and ends. 

It was great to get so much accomplished in one trip! 

Hector had a little helper getting ready for this baby nursery. It was really sweet!

The one thing about getting all the furniture from IKEA was that we had to put it all together. It was actually much easier than anticipated. The dresser/changing table was our first project. We love it and found this cute lamp for $10 at IKEA too! 

After moving the desk and couch to the den, the next addition was Cohen's little table. He loves it and it fits great! I'm so glad he has a place to color and do our preschool work. 

Here is a picture of the den in it's current state. We are still waiting on a rug to be delivered and need a couple new pillows. Otherwise we are happy with it. We may miss our dining room table from time to time, but feel like this was a wise move and it has really made our living space seem bigger because it opens up into the living room. 

Next on the agenda is putting Cohen's new bed in his room, returning his toddler bed to its crib state for the baby, moving the glider into the baby room, and creating a little reading nook for Cohen in his room. I also have solicited the help of my mom to help me make a roman shade and bedskirt for the baby's room. I will post again soon when things progress.