Hongyan's Room

Yes - she does have a name.  It is Hongyan and this is what we call her.  But yes, we are still working on her special "Family Day" name!

Her room is a work in progress.  We had painted the walls a pale yellow and put in a laminate wood floor a few years ago when I started using it as my exercise/zen room.  We knew it would eventually become a kid room and since we did not know if we would be matched with a boy or girl, thought yellow would be a gender-neutral color, bright and cheery to inspire me to engage in some physical activity.  Ha Ha!  Well, I thought it was gender-neutral.  Brandon said he never knew a dude with a yellow room but really, what color would you paint a room for a boy or girl?

The room was also decorated up a bit for Aunt Jenny, since it was "her room" when she would come to visit.  This is what it looks like now...remember, it is a work in progress!

So we've decided to keep the room yellow and work from there.  At this point, we are debating as to whether we want to go all out and buy the bed and bedding we really like, or do something simple now and wait until she's been home for a while and let her tell us what she would like.  She will be nearly three and a half when we bring her home and we are well aware that means she will come with her own personality and opinions.  I am leaning towards the "all out".  I want her to come home to a complete room that was done just for her, with love.

Anyone who knows us well knows were are not "theme-y" and don't want our girl to be molded in to a pretty pink princess!  Not that there's anything wrong with that...just not our thing.  This is the bedding set I am loving right now:

I also like this one very much - it is a modern butterfly and bird pattern in lilac and pink:

We already have a twin mattress set so were looking for a twin bed that is fairly low to the ground.  It would be silly to buy a toddler bed and mattress as she would only need it for a short time.  Those yellow walls are pretty bold and all of the trim is white, so I am in the process of painting some furniture we will re-purpose white as well.  She will have her own little cabinet with a t.v. (no cable!), DVD player and CD player and a bookcase for all the books her Daddy is collecting for her.

So that's where we are at with her room!  I was feeling a little hesitant to get this ball rolling, as if I would somehow jinx things.  But it has felt really good to start working on this project, since we aren't able to send her packages and ask for updates yet.  Working on her room has helped to make this all seem more real.