Little Touches of Joseph. . .

As you may remember from the beginning of this blog, considerable effort had been made in preparing the nursery for Joseph and Emily. Sadly, Joseph never got to make use of his half of the room, and Emily, being the typical girl, was quick to claim his side of the room for her own use. After much discussion and a brief temper tantrum, I was finally able to reason with her and explain that she is too young to have sleepovers and would not be needing a second crib. With that arguement out of the way, Christa set about redoing certain elements in the nursery, and I think she did a good job. Emily seems to really like her room, well at least she hasn't complained about it yet. As you will see, we did not remove all of Joseph's things from the room as we hope that Emily will be able to know her brother is with her, and still have her own room.

Emily definately gets her craftiness from her mother; Christa made the letters that adorn the wall. We moved Joseph's name to a new, special space and we've added Emily's middle name to the wall above the changing table.

Emily really enjoys looking up at the letters of her name while she's laying on the changing table. There is glitter and shiny things on them and the bright colors catch her attention, much like her mother. (oh look--something shiny!)

We took out the piggy banks that we had in the white cubes and put some other cute things that we've recieved as gifts recently. (Thanks Wisconsin Hiker & Martini Man, Kathy (Grandma), & Linda). We've also added a few more of the cute tiny dresses that have been added to her wardrobe. It's so cute to see those tiny little dresses hanging up on the door.

A closer view of the cubed shelves.

We've done our best to add little touches of Joseph all around the room so that Emily will be able to know about her brother.

This is the view of the nursery from the doorway. You can see how much has changed since the last time we posted nursery pictures.

Emily's crib.

A close-up of the stuff on dresser. Christa loves this lamp, and the knitted cloth it's sitting on was handmade and given to Joseph for Christmas from the March of Dimes.

This is the purple chair that Christa lived in during her pregnancy. It was originally in the living room, but now provides the perfect place to sit and rock Emily during her late night or early morning feedings.

This is Joseph's shelf. We have put some pictures of him and his stuffed animals up there to help us keep his spirit in the nursery. We obviously couldn't leave everything of his out, but it seemed really wrong to put everything away. We thought that this was the perfect solution, he still has a space in the nursery so that we, and his sister, can enjoy our memories of him.