Crib

The First Attempt

On Sunday night, we proud, soon-to-be parents were excited by the prospect of learning our babies’ gender on Monday. We hadn’t told our families about this early appointment in the hopes that we could surprise them early with the news. Puck decided to put his twin anticipation energy into putting together our babies’ first crib. We cleaned out some more boxes from the soon-to-be nursery (okay, I looked through and organized them while Puck did all the heavy lifting) and pulled out the pieces of the lovely crib we inherited from my sister Linda. Unfortunately, I couldn’t remember what we had done with the bag of screws for the crib.

(Yes, while Puck is often the primary memory bank for the family, we tend to rely on my memory for the location of mislaid or obscure items in the house.)

Finding a Clue

After searching a little bit Sunday night in the house and in our minivan, I waited to call my dad later in the week. He had helped pack the crib in the car for its trip from Oklahoma to California this past fall, and I was hoping he might remember something that would help. He did, in fact, have the key clue: the bag of screws had made the trip out to California and then back to Oklahoma in my mom’s minivan, so they had sent them to me in the mail.

Ah…so I was looking for a box. Armed with this knowledge, it only took around half an hour to find the missing box tucked in the very back of the shelf in the nursery closet. We were thrilled to find not only the screws (with labels for each kind) but also the original directions. Kudos to Linda and Brian for their amazing packing job!

Starting the Crib

The Crib

Last night, with instructions in hand, Puck attacked the crib again, and he quickly started putting the pieces together.

Putting the Pieces Together

Quickly Getting It on Its Feet

Almost Ready for the Mattress

One Last Screw

A Proud Daddy

Puck finished putting the crib together pretty quickly with few frustrations, plus he completed one of those major duties and privileges of the new dad. Now, I can’t wait to finish clearing out the room and make it into our nursery. (I don’t think we need to start our twins with quite so many books in their room!)

As we finished up, Shakti came in to admire her dad’s work and to get some post-crib lovings.

Will the babies fit in that drawer down there?

Shakti moves in at lightning speed for a kiss.

A little loving for our big baby

Shakti gives Dad an aggressive head snuggle to show her love.

Why Only One Crib?

Some of you may be wondering why we only put together one crib. First, we plan to keep Dominic and Alexander in the same crib for a few months. They are used to having each other close, and we’ll use a crib divider once they start rolling over. Once they are a little bigger and more active we’ll add the second crib. Plus, our second crib and a changing table (from my sister Janet via my sisters Trish and Wendy) will be heading this way early in the summer. WooHoo!