Building the Baby's Furniture

Two days ago, a BIG BIG box was waiting for us in front of our door.  Yup!  The baby's dresser arrived!  

And last night, Michael and I decided that maybe we would just "quickly put it together" before dinner.  We opened the box, and oh my goodness....there were tons and tons and tons of pieces.  We looked at the directions too and they just look very complicated.  Not many words...just diagrams, and it's not like the pieces were labeled.  We felt really overwhelmed, so I called my very handy father-in-law, Fred, hoping that maybe we could set a day or time that he could come over and help.  Apparently, my timing was perfect, because they (Fred & Mom) were on their way to dinner and invited us to come along...and then afterwards, we could all come back to the apartment and put the dresser together that night!

We had dinner at Chili's and then met back at the apartment.  Fred had also quickly gone home to pick up his electric screwdrivers.  Work immediately began, and Fred taught Michael how to use the tools to build his daughter's dresser.  It was very cute to watch.  :)

The finished product  :)

I couldn't be happier with the new dresser.  We were a little nervous because we had never seen how it would actually look in person, since we found it and bought it online.  But it's perfect!  Matches the crib and fits the room just how we hoped!

THANK YOU SO MUCH GRAMPY!  You blew us away with your generosity...especially since you had just gotten back from Ohio for work and hadn't gotten much sleep.  Our baby's so lucky to have you!  :)