Cribs and Bedding and Babies...Oh MY!

Okay I never thought in my wildest dreams it would be so difficult to pick out nursery bedding and decorations not to mention a crib. Friends have all given us lots of advice. "Don't buy the expensive ones. Skip drop down sides, you won't need it. Forget the panel back beds, you can't get a bumper pad around it, etc." All great advice! I have listened and taken mental notes. So...I've been shopping at stores and the Internet. So far the stores have nothing.

In an age where the Internet is like shopping at all the best stores in the world...no wonder stores no longer carry these items. I'm such a tactile shopper. I want to touch and feel the bedding, the crib and anything else my child may be touching. I'm not crazy...right?

Here's the thing...since I don't know what God has planned I'm not sure what to do. Should we decorate gender neutral or go ahead and decorate for a girl since that is what we have decided to adopt? Since God is in control of all of this I feel like I have to plan, yeah right, for the unexpected. We are open to adopting siblings so what if one is a boy? For a while I want them to share a room and I doubt a little boy would want to live pretty in pink. I've added picks of the bedding and crib that I've fallen in love with this week. And yes I got to touch and feel all of it. Very nice!

I'm so anxious to get the room set up! I want the Social Worker to know how serious we are about adopting a child and having a room ready certainly could not hurt. If I were pregnant I would wait until we found out the sex of the baby before I bought anything. Unfortunately I don't have such a luxury. Although everyone I talk to tells me I will get pregnant as soon as we adopt. Everyone seems to know someone who this happens to. I'd love to be one of them, but know that may never be God's plan for me. All he asks me to be is faithful and I am holding on to Him. He will give us a child and I want to be ready for it!

Let me know what you think and take the poll listed to the right! Should we go girl, boy or neutral for the decor?

Love ya'll!