Just a warning - this is a really photo-heavy post (and the photos aren't even any good...took these this afternoon during a rain shower and I'm just too lazy to spend a bunch of time working on editing them up for y'all, sorry).
As most of you know, Lauren's room was previously Logan's room. When I was pregnant with Logan we didn't know if we were having a boy or a girl, so my mom did a mural and we went with a gender-neutral theme. This worked out really well for the second time around because literally all I did was take some
butterflies and put them on the wall and added a few birds into the mural and made it a little more girly.
Like I said, not really a great picture, but you get the idea...
...and just a close up of a couple of birds I added on this weekend...

...and this is the first thing you see as you open the door - sweet words to Lauren from all the wonderful ladies in our life (random baby in that photo in case you were wondering)

The (non-mural) walls in these photos look pink but they are actually a cream color. The pink chandelier is one of my favorite items in the room, but it makes EVERYTHING look pink.

When you first open the door, this is what you see. I painted the "sweet dreams" on the wall after a decal I purchased just didn't look the way I wanted. I'm still trying to figure out what else I want to do with it, but it's working for now.
I finally got around to ordering those super soft sheets and a crib skirt. Under the crib is storage for extra sheets and there is a rug (not pictured).

This shelf Poppy put up for me and I love it. I also love the boxes (thanks Mimi and Poppy) and the monkey (thanks Katrina, who knows my love for all things monkey. Seriously, that is the cutest monkey I have ever seen. She even has a belly button). Those little frames I got on clearance at Target. Not really sure where I'm going with this shelf but this is a start...

The cozy chair + ottoman are something we purchased when we were expecting Logan. It's the most comfortable chair in the world for snuggling up with a sweet new baby. I have been using it lately to read books with Logan and he seems to really like it too :)

This little hair bow holder was spotted on Saturday at Willie's and I couldn't resist. (Still not sure where that frame is going or the stork, which is from my baby shower cake.)

I added some pink velvet paper with baby words to the center of this frame until our baby girl arrives and gets her photo taken with her big brother...

I had my fixed lens on and couldn't get far away enough to get a photo of the dresser/changing table, but you're not missing too much. I will say I have really enjoyed picking out girl clothes to fill the drawers as you can tell

This picture cracks me up because it looks like there are a million outfits here but these range in size from 0-9 months, so it's really not too bad. Ok, maybe it is that bad. I can say though that the first 10 or so outfits in this picture are all carefully handcrafted, smocked (read: expensiiiiiiive) dresses that my mom dressed me and my sister when we were babies. She used to iron them. That makes me laugh. Hysterically. I do not iron. Ryan does the ironing around here, I "do" the dry cleaning. If I asked Ryan to iron one of these dresses he would look at me like I had a third eye. The truth is, I love these little dresses more than anything, but am partially terrified to use them (50% of it is the ironing, the other 50% comes from knowing how much babies spit up on expensive clothes and ruin them).
(That very first outfit hanging there is what I wore home from the hospital - a gift from my Grammy. Lauren will be wearing it when she comes home as well...love that).

and truthfully, one of my absolute favorite purchases I have made so far is this car seat cover. This is the car seat Logan used and well, let's just say it wasn't pretty anymore. I love that this one is machine washable, feels like butter and looks gorgeous too....

the accessories drawer. You don't even want to know.

This branch I bought off etsy for about $4. It was all gold and something straight out of the 70's. I have to admit it was a lot of work, but I love the way it turned out with a little bit of paint. It is hanging above the closet doors.

...and that's about it. Surely some things will be added in or changed over time, but for now I feel good about the progress made.
Hoping to get the time to post some (33 week) pictures tomorrow of my enormous belly (I have no shame these days) so you all can get in a good laugh (and be amazed at how much time I still have facing me until this baby is born).
xoxo
h