I also wanted to mention that since his eyesight will be limited, stimulation is going to be a big deal. We've decided to keep the nursery in a black/gray/dark blue hue. A good friend of mine, Jana Wheelwright, has offered to make us the bumper pad and comforter for his crib. In the first picture, the black and white will be the siding, and the black will be what goes on top. We found some beautiful thread to use as attachment to the crib itself. We also picked out some fabric for his comforter. It's going to be gray and black checkerboard on one side, and on the other, she's going to use silver thread and write "Joshua Daniel Keslar II" in binary on a black background. Then she'll put a black border on it.
Joshua's name in Binary is:
01001010011011110111001101101000
01110101011000010010000001000100
01100001011011100110100101100101
01101100001000000100101101100101
01110011011011000110000101110010
001000000100100101001001
Obviously quite a bit of text, but since she is helping us make it rather than buy it to help with costs, we thought we would go with something unique.
This is the other phrase I liked:
01001100011010010110101101100101
00100000011000010010000001110100
01101000011011110111010101100111
01101000011101000010000001100010
01110010011101010111001101101000
01101001011011100110011100100000
01110101011100000010000001100001
01100111011000010110100101101110
01110011011101000010000001100001
00100000011100110110100101100111
01101000
Which means, "Like a thought brushing up against a sigh"
I'm definitely excited to be working on the nursery... Makes me feel like he'll be here soon! We bought a corkboard that I'm going to cover in black fabric and put ribbon/buttons on to decorate as a wall decoration. We are going to end up going with a techie theme given my love of technology, and the black and gray will help keep his nursery a place of low stimulation. I also picked up the good ol' wooden letters that I'm going to paint black with dark blue trimming and some silver metallic detail to it. I'd like to get a black chalkboard to hang on the wall... Something that's maybe 24 in x 24 in. If you have any ideas, feel free to let me know, I'd love to hear them!
Keep the prayers coming!
Much Love,
Rachel and Joshua
Picture of Rachel and Billey
Colors for the bumper - black/white for the sides, black for the top and bottom lining with black and white checkered thread as the string to attach it to the bed.
Big thanks again to Jana for helping us make the baby blanket/bumper. We would never have been able to afford an entire set, so this is amazing!
(This is not the first blanket we have received. I have received several others, and I want to express how honored and excited I am to have had those created for our little guy. We are so blessed to have you in our lives).
