Eadie's Nursery

Here is a blog post about Eadie's little nursery - I wanted to do this so she could see it when she is older and also because we plan on moving her in to the large spare room soon because she just has so much stuff! 

Eadie's room is tiny little box room, Adam painted it 'Almond White' when I was pregnant as we don't like bright colours and also we didn't know if we were having a boy or a girl. I knew once he or she arrived it would start to fill up with 'stuff' of the appropriate colour! Anyway we were quite lucky when it came to the furniture as my Mum works for a local charity I asked her to look out for pieces as and when they were donated! The first thing we got which my Mums boss kindly bought for us was the cot - its just a plain wooden one and we got a brand new mattress for it. I think I will be painting it white when we move Eadie in to the larger room. Before she was in her large cot she had a moses basket by the bed and then a swing cot which she wasn't in for very long as she sleeps like a starfish! We got the white veil that goes around her cot from Ikea - really cheap and cute and I knew if we were having a girl she had to have one! And the cot bumper is from Mothercare and was around £30 if I remember rightly, its reversible too. Its a neutral theme as we got it when I was expecting. 

Next is the baby changing unit - again this is second hand, Adam sanded it all down and painted panels of it white and inside on the shelves. The little star changing mat is from toys r us, and was in the sale. In her changing unit we keep her nappies, baby wipes, swim nappies, muslins (that hardly get used now) baby oils/ lotions, a little kit with nail clippers/comb/brush/ from Tome Tippee, Calpol, teething things and anything else that doesn't have a home elsewhere. The unit does have a drawer but I don't use it as it makes such a racket to open and close it! 

We have built in wardrobes in every bedroom, so we just got her the hanging storage system which is from Dunelm, I store baby grows, vests, leggings, hats and other odds and ends. The boxes at the bottom of the wardrobe are from ikea and contain clothes for the future. The little basket is from a set of two from Primark - this has hair bands, bows, knickers, socks and dribble bibs. And on the top shelf I store her blankets. Although Eadie prefers to be in grow bags now so they only get used in the pram really! 

We were lucky enough to be given the Kub gliding chair and stool. We have spent many an hour in there - it doesnt get used as much now as Eadie just goes off to sleep herself which makes me feel sad! Shes growing so fast! But I do think a rocking chair is such a lovely piece for a nursery and I would highly recommend a kub! Behind the rocking chair is some star fairy lights from ikea, I have had them years! 

Adam put up two little book shelves from ikea for us to stack her books and other random items. He also out up a shelf above her changing unit which has a few bunnykin items and peter rabbit things. It also has the bed ted my mum got Eadie when she was born. And then we have another shelf high up above the rocking chair with other random keep sakes up there. 

This room has served its purpose for now but Eadie has so much 'stuff' and we have such generous friends and family that after Eadie's naming day she was given so much I said we must move her! I can only imagine what Christmas is going to be like... Chaos! 

I hope you enjoyed her little room tour - I am too excited to get started on her big room now! 

Lots of Love

Emily 

Eadie's Naming Day

I wanted to put together a post about Eadie's naming day because I want to remember it well! The day went by so quickly and I felt like I didnt get a chance to catch up with people properly. But everyone has said it was great and thoroughly enjoyed themselves so that makes it all worthwhile. Sometimes I wish you could have a bernards watch and just pause time to take it all in properly!

We decided to use Freeland Village Hall as we used it for my Mums 60th a couple of years ago and it is beautiful! Its a fairly new build, not like your typical run down village hall! Anyway we decided to book it up for the 16th August and that was that. Eadie turned 8 months that day - this year is flying by. 

With the help of my Mum, Louise, Cady & Linda we covered the food ourselves - a small buffet which was enjoyed by everyone! My Mums best friend made the cake - a chocolate sponge covered in white icing and decorated with ribbon that said 'Eadie Lyn Shepheard 16•8•15' and a little chubby fairy on top! Adorable! We provided bottles of prosecco and beer - we also had a huge kilner drinks dispenser with water and other soft drinks. People just helped themselves which was great. 

I decorated the hall with bunting, huge silver letter balloons spelling out 'Eadie' which we tied to her teddies! I also got loads of paper pom poms in pastel colours and hung them up all over the place, I decoupaged 'Eadie' letters from hobby craft and set them on the cake table with two mason jars of sweet peas! It looked really cute - I went with a kind of mint green, baby pink and a soft mink/grey theme! 

I set up a time capsule for Eadie to be opened on her 18th Birthday, I asked people to bring things they thought would be suitable for it! I left out cards for people to write down some words of wisdom for her! I shall get pictures from the day developed and pop them in there, I will also put all the cards she received on the day in to the capsule. I just thought it would be something she would really appreciate on her 18th - Adam has put his speech in there and we have both written her letters to have on her 18th too! 

The ceremony itself was just very personal to us - we decided not to hire a humanist and instead Adam spoke about Eadie. It was a lovely speech and I cried! We asked her 3 'life mentors' to come up and say some sweet vows to her - Adams best friend Justin had some extra funny vows about how they will reenact the scene from bad boys if a guy turns up at the house to take her out! 

After the speech we cut the cake and just continued to enjoy our friends and family. Luckily the sun was out for us so we had the doors open - picnic blankets on the grass and the kids running wild! 

We got a few nice photos from the day - however huge error I decided to use my Polaroid camera outside and the photos were a wash out... Silly me didnt change the setting!!! 

We have been blown away by all the cards, gifts, and money Eadie received. So many thoughtful items, I just have no idea where I am going to put it all...! We appreciate our friends and family so much - thats the most important thing to us that we spent the day with them celebrating our little girl. 

Eadie, if you are reading this some day you should always know just how loved you are. Everyone who came to celebrate with us came because they love and care for you and if you ever lose your way please know that we are always here for you. 

I love you more than you will ever know, I am so thankful to have you in my life and you behaved like a little angel all day - thank you for that! 

Lots of Love,

Emily