Brooks William Barron, we are officially ready to meet you!!
I’m so excited to share the room that I spend all of my time in now! We have invested so much TLC into this room, picturing how we would function best with him in here was truly a labor of love. I say this all the time, but Matt was a champ is getting furniture moved around, put together, and helping me hang things up. It definitely took some patience in looking at a number of different options to figure out where it would all go. The furniture is the first thing I picked out. I loved the all white look from Pottery Barn and decided on the Fillmore 4-in-1 Convertible Crib, extra wide dresser and topper set, and nightstand. They are a bit on the pricey side for baby furniture, but my thought is that since it is convertible we will be able to use for future kiddos and convert from a crib to a toddler bed to a twin size bed. We were very thankful to have my parents and Matt’s parents/grandparents all pitch in so we could get this furniture. It helped tremendously! We got the glider/recliner from Crate & Kids. It is the Babyletto Kiwi Power Recliner Gliderin ivory. What I love most about this is that is rocks, glides, and has the power reclining feature that you can adjust from the buttons on the arm. Next to those buttons, there is also a USB outlet to plug in and charge your phone or other electronics if needed. I’ve already used that several times because I sit and there pretty often now to do my work! I’ll include the links for some of the other items I found (mostly all from Amazon!): the rug, thefloor lamp, the wall shelves, the curtains. I couldn’t link the wall paper on the Liketoknow.it app but it is from Murals Wallpaper, linked here. They have an amazing selection if you want to browse through their website just for fun!
We put so much thought into choosing his name. Matt and I both initially loved the name Brooks, but I actually have TWO other friends who recently named their son Brooks so I told him we should brainstorm and see if there is any other name out there that we love more. Matt came up with Beau and I came up with Kenneth (we still like both of these names and may end up picking one of those if we have another boy down the road). Well, we went back and forth on these two for about 6-7 months and just could not land on a decision. Finally, one day on our baby moon when we went through every boy name we could think of Matt said, “Maddie, we both love the name Brooks, why can’t we go with that?”. I said, “You know, you’re right. We both have loved that from the start. He’s obviously not going to be the only person in the world with his name and that’s okay!” I also really love the alliteration of Brooks Barron and think it flows really nicely. William is Matt’s middle name, so that was easy!
Most of these items were purchased from our registry (thank you SO much again to our family and friends). I ordered the personalized wall sign from an Etsy shop, linked here. It turned out exactly like I had hoped! One of my good friends, Melanie, surprised me with the hospital announcement sign which I absolutely LOVE!! We will bring it with us to the hospital and have it for his newborn photos and it goes with the theme of the nursery perfectly so I will keep it hung up in here as long as I can! Links for the other items are here: Babyprints frame, changing pad cover, wipes warmer, Ubbi diaper pail, drawer organizer, and round wall mirror.
Melanie also gave us the cute little Brooks blocks! I love it and it goes so well in the nursery. I’m not sure where she got these personalized items but I can find out if you are interested in purchasing them. The milestone age photo blocks are also from Amazon, linked here! The Love at First Sight frame that I put one of his very first ultrasounds is linked here.
We were gifted his bedding from our Pottery Barn registry, continuing with the blue, white, and grey theme.
- Newton Mattress
- Pillow cover
- Quilt Bedding Set: includes the quilt, fitted crib sheet, and crib skirt. This pattern is the Navy Quilt/Navy Broken Arrow.
Our closet in this room came with the shelving this way, thankfully! It made organizing some of his tiny baby items easy to compartmentalize. I mean how cute are those little baby shoes, I can’t! I’ve linked the My First Year photo frame, our UPPAbaby stroller(will have more details to share on this later when I do a product review after we’ve tried everything out with him actually here), and the Boppy pilloweveryone knows and loves!
I’ve been looking forward to holding our baby in our arms for quite some time now and I know it won’t be long before he is here, 23 days to be exact but who’s counting? We can’t wait to bring Brooks home and welcome him into his new space. I hope he likes it as much as I do!
Lots of love,
Maddie
