Hand-me-downs pick me up

Not long ago, I was horrified to read that average American families spend $7000 on baby related items before their baby even arrives. Because Julie and I are doing our best to keep our expenses and stuff to a minimum, our wish list is small and we are planning to reuse as many things as we can. We have been the lucky recipient of *lots* of hand-me-downs and are super grateful for them. (Insert huge thanks here to Becky, Christie, Nicole and Elisabeth for providing me with the ability to get dressed in clothes that fit on a daily basis. Delightful.)

Recently, I received a hand-me-down bassinet that looked like this.
I was excited to have a bassinet, but wasn't completely feeling the Winnie the Pooh theme and decided to attempt a Scandinavian makeover. I started renovations on Saturday and, with the help of Meredith's sewing machine, some old scraps of fabric and leftover paint from the outside of our bathtub, I created this in 4 days, and invested exactly zero dollars in it!



After taking the rocker wheels off, the bassinet is exactly the height of our bed. The crazy part is that someone could be sleeping in it in just 98 days!

Red Racer

Regardless of the sex of our future Gjestlegate-Applevang, I kinda want to paint a version of this race car in this in the baby room. Vrooooooooommmmmmm.....