Construction of Ava Elaine's nursery

So I know I haven't posted in a while but we really have a lot going on with Olivia's 2nd birthday, having the nursery painted, crown molding installed in Ava's room, moving the furniture out of Ava's room so we could make it a nursery and much much more! Allen's sister, Jenny, is graciously letting us use her daughter's baby bed. It has always been my dream to have an iron baby bed for my child but knew that I would never be able to afford it so when Jenny offered to let us use Lily Kate's iron baby bed I was out of this world excited! Allen surprised me on Friday and went and got it from her house and had it waiting for me when I got home that afternoon from work. I've posted some pictures below of her baby bed and of the nursery. The twin bed, chair and tables will not be in her room so you'll have to picture the room with just the bed in it. Hopefully, the bedding will be in in two weeks and the chair we ordered should be here in the next couple of weeks too. Ava's diaper changing table/storage compartment for her room is an antique hosier cabinet. This is a picture of a hoosier cabinet. Our hooiser cabinet is painted white and it is being antiqued. The cabinet belonged to my grandparents which they used to hold all of our games and blankets. When they passed away the cabinet was given to me. Mom and I took the cabinet to Minervia's in Homewood to have it refinished with new a new coat of white paint and beautiful glass knobs installed. It should be ready today so I will be post a picture of it as soon as I can!

The Name Game

Allen and I have been stressing for weeks over what we would name our daughter. Before we found out what we were having, we had decided on Jack David for a little boy and really had only tossed around some names for a girl. We REALLY didn't think we were having a girl. I made the mistake of asking people what they thought of names we were considering and of course everyone had an opinion. So, I had to stop the people pleasing and go with a name Allen and I both liked but believe me when I say we really were only able to agree on a name or two!! RIDIC! So the moment that I have been waiting for...we have decided our daughters name will be.... Ava Elaine Oakes!!!! Elaine is my middle name and my mom's middle name and Ava is well just a name that Allen and I thought was beautiful. So come January our little family unit will consist of Allen, Lauren, Ava and Harvey Oakes!!! (We are going with a "V" theme here, which also includes OliVia!) Oh, and also on a happy note we picked out her bedding two weekends ago at Once Upon a Time. I'll attach some pictures of the sample fabric they gave us. Once it arrives, I'll post the finished results.

This is the fabric the bumper will be made out of.

This is what the skirt will look like. Of course the skirt will be gathered so it won't look exactly like this but its going to be so beautiful! I can so picture our little Ava Laine (her nickname) wrapped up in a cozy little blanket inside the baby bed.